AUGUSTA, Ga. -- For a while, it looked as if Sergio Garcia's chances at winning the Masters had taken a major hit.
The tournament's internal scoring system listed Garcia with a triple-bogey 7 on the 10th hole on Friday, briefly dropping him four shots behind then-leader Charley Hoffman. It was soon announced that it was a scoring error and Garcia had merely made bogey on the hole, leaving him at 2 under par for the tournament.
Apparently Garcia had hit a provisional ball after a poor tee shot to start his final nine. But he found his original ball and played it from there, making a 5 instead of incurring a penalty if he'd had to play his second shot.
Once the error was discovered, Garcia was put back at 2 under. He later cut into Hoffman's lead further with a birdie on the 15th hole, and he finished the day tied with Hoffman, Thomas Pieters and Rickie Fowler atop the leaderboard.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.