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As Alvaro Quiros and his playing partners Jhonattan Vegas and Gary Woodland walked off the ninth tee Friday here at the Masters, an eerie reality dawned on the gallery. They had just seen three men utterly emulsify drives that traveled more than 1,000 yards combined — on the fly. No roll required, thanks. We’ll just go Express Mail direct. It’s a whole new world.
“That is the first time in a long time that I can check the clubs of the colleagues who are playing close enough to me,” said the 6-foot-3 Quiros, a Spaniard whose amused relaxed candor has captured fans here as he has smiled and joked his way into a third-place tie.
Usually Quiros is so far into the next zip code, there’s no point in his paying attention to his partners. His...
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