Nicolai

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Meet Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard, an identical pair that’s singularly focused.

It’s helpful that Rasmus has a swoop of brown hair, and Nicolai has a buzz.

“So we would sit there for an hour, and everyone was trying to be serious about the situation. Then the teacher eventually would find out that it’s Nicolai here and not Ras, and they would just laugh about it. We did that a few times and we thought it was quite fun.”

Whereas Rasmus is making his debut, Nicolai played last year and actually held the Saturday lead through 10 holes before tailing off and finishing in a tie for 16th.

“After the tournament,” Nicolai said, “I looked at that thinking, ‘������ went wrong after you had been in perfect position to then finish 16th, and what can you learn from that?’”