By Derek Lawrenson for the Daily Mail
Published: 19:41 BST, 12 April 2019 | Updated: 20:00 BST, 12 April 2019
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The lifetime exemption for former Masters champions continues to divide opinion, with some past winners clearly abusing the privilege and staying on long past their sell-by dates.
Against that, it's not hard to understand the obvious pleasure that performers like Bernhard Langer and Sandy Lyle bring in holding back the years, to the considerable number of patrons who are about the same age.
Langer, in particular, might be the most remarkable performer in the entire sport. In 228 events on the Champions Tour for the over 50s set, he's missed just three halfway cuts, so it's perhaps not surprising he's more than holding his own here.
Bernhard Langer showed why it is good value to have lifetime exemption for former champions
After shooting 71 at the age of 61 in the first
