Eight birdies rescue Masters rookie McCarty after horror start

"I didn't really hit a good shot until six," McCarty said. "I think that was our first green (hit) of the day." The 27-year-old left-hander, playing his first Masters, said he was "100%" contemplating a missed cut after opening with a double bogey and a bogey that pushed him to two-over par for the tournament after a respectable one-under 71 on Thursday. McCarty found a way to cope with the whiplash Augusta National so famously produces, drawing confidence from his Thursday ball-striking and the knowledge that he was...