article_snippet.sent: It was not the role Neil would have wanted
article_snippet.sent: — the job of being the boy reminding Augusta
article_snippet.sent: just how brilliant Jordan Spieth’s opening had been.
article_snippet.sent: For while the 21-year-old American was chewing up golf’s most spectacular course, the teenager from Scotland was suffering the role in reverse.
article_snippet.sent: And Neil had the calming influence of veteran fellow Scot Sandy Lyle playing alongside veteran fellow Scot Sandy Lyle as Neil stepped on to the first tee hoping to recover from a six-over-par round on day one.
article_snippet.sent: There was promise as Neil atoned for hoisting Neil drive into the trees alongside the fairway with a recovery shot that put Neil 30 feet from the hole.
article_snippet.sent: But three putts later on the first of Augusta’s lightning fast greens, memorably described by Peter Alliss as ‘like trying to roll a ball down the bonnet of a car and stopping a ball before a car falls off’, reality was beginning to bite.
article_snippet.sent: The young Scot did birdie the par-five second, but then came five more dropped shots to reach the turn in 41, and the youngster finished the day on 79, 13 over par in all and facing the truth that The young Scot big weekend was already over.
article_snippet.sent: But although his three-putted only once, his carded a 76 to end day two at six over par.
highlights_snippet.sent: he finished 13-over par for the weekend but is determined to return .
  