More frustration for Sergio Garcia's fellow Spaniard though as Jon Rahm's second shot screws left of the 10th green.

The 2023 champion has not had his best stuff yet and he swipes his club to leave us in no doubt exactly how he feels about it.

If you ever wondered what country Sergio Garcia was from...

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Shane Lowry misses right of the dance floor on 10 and has the worst sort of chip, straight over a bunker on to a down slope.

The 38-year-old tries to flop that over the sand and land it on the fringe but it just runs on and on and all of a sudden he's faced with a par putt from some 30 feet away which stops six inches short and results in his second bogey of the round.

Matt Fitzpatrick cards his first bogey of the day, and it comes on the 12th after he found the back bunker off the tee and failed to get up and down.

The Englishman slides back to one under.

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We think Jon Rahm got a lucky break on the ninth as his drive was heading out of state but must have hit a tree to come back onto the fairway.

He's found an unlikely birdie chance and, while he's not quite managed to clinch it, maybe that's the stroke of fortune he needs to get himself going.

Also making the turn at two over par is England's Tommy Fleetwood whose putter has been stone cold so far.

Hideous hole for Wyndham Clark as he four putts on his way to a penal double bogey that throws him back to one over.

The 2018 champion Patrick Reed carded a one-under 71 in his first round but it would be fair to say he is not overly happy with it.

"Hit it fine, missed it in the wrong spots, and putted like a blind man," he said.

"I expected the greens, just from previous years when they kind of have that type of look, I just kept leaving putts short. When I finally got the ball to the hole, didn't have the right read. Hit the ball fine and putted horribly."

When it was pointed out that breaking par might not be that bad, he responded:"I don't care. It's not good enough. You're not going to win golf tournaments putting the way I putted today. You've got to give putts a chance. Leaving them short, there's just no need for that. You want to break it. You want to break the putter. That's what you want to do."

Listen to that thud. Rory McIlroy cut a frustrated figure a few minutes ago when he splashed into the greenside bunker at the 10th.

However, he plays a superb sand wedge out to leave a one-foot putt for par.

Not a good couple of holes for Akshay Bhatia, who records successive bogeys after going left with his iron to the green.

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Consecutive birdies for Brooks Koepka at 10 and 11 is a statement of intent.

The five-time major champ wasn't on the agenda in 2024 but is usually highly competitive at golf's biggest events.

He'll be a brooding presence at one over par. Plenty of time for him to eat into the leaders above him over his final seven holes.

He's not missed much today, but Justin Rose misses his birdie try on 13 from only around five feet to let a golden opportunity to stretch his lead slip by.

It's not the end of the world making a par, but he's already two ahead and if he could make that three or four then he'd be in a commanding position.

And players always want to get the very most out of rounds when they're playing this well.

Laser-guided stuff from Bryson DeChambeau on the ninth as he zips into eight feet and then sinks his birdie putt.

And it's also a case of anything you can do and all that as Shane Lowry replicates that to grab successive birdies.

All of a sudden the leaderboard is looking a lot better for the Irishman.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport senior golf reporter

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Tournament favourite Scottie Scheffler says he felt "pretty good" out there in his opening round. Four birdies and no bogeys on his card suggested so.

"Anytime you can keep a card clean out here, it's a really good thing," says the defending champion.

"I struggled for what felt like two pars today. I had to make two really good up-and-downs.

"But other than that, the golf course was in front of me most of the day, kept the ball in play, did a lot of really good things out there."

Oh Jon Rahm - that should have gone in!

And the burly Spaniard knows it as a great birdie chance goes begging.

No luck for Tommy Fleetwood either but 2023 US Open champ Wyndham Clark does at least manage to pick up a shot.

Signs that Rory McIlroy is finding his stride as he knocks a wedge shot into four feet before dispatching the resulting birdie putt.

Three under par at the turn with consecutive birdies, McIlroy is now up into a tie for fourth and three off the lead.

Justin Rose hits a wild drive on 13 that flies miles out to the right, but that just means he can lay up to a good number on the par five and then sticks a wedge nice and close so he'll have another look at birdie.

Let's check back in with Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood who are two over through seven.

Both could benefit from this par-five eighth and Rahm is on the green in two.

A serious putt awaits him on this long narrow green.

Bryson DeChambeau can't half whack a golf ball but there's no birdie waiting for him on the eighth despite some big hitting, in this case, three putts equals par, albeit the first might as well have not been on the green it was that far back

Hideki Matsuyama does drop in a birdie chance from 13 feet, mind. The 2021 champion is on the move, while Shane Lowry also picks up his second birdie of the round.

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Oof so close from Tyrrell Hatton as his 28-foot birdie putt at the last pulls up agonisingly close to the hole.

Still a fine round though and he's well positioned.

A solid finish for Jordan Spieth too who pars the 18th to card a one-over 73.

We said earlier being within five shots of the lead after round one is key - as things stand, he's a little off that.

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A bizarre stretch of holes for Australia's Cameron Davis.

He bogeyed the 13th, sank a good birdie on the 14th before a magnificent eagle on the 15th from way off the green.

Then he found the water off the tee on the 16th, the bunker from his lay-up and walked away with a double bogey.

So he's now back where he started the 13th at one over par.

But what a journey to get there!

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Scottie Scheffler has a 10 footer for birdie on the 18th green but he just doesn't hit it and it pulls up about a foot short so he has to settle for a par.

Still, that's a bogey-free 68 to start the defence of his Masters title and a share of the clubhouse lead as it stands. Not bad Scottie, not bad at all.

That's not far away from eagle at all for Rory McIlroy. The Northern Irishman can't drain his putt from 21 feet but has a tap-in birdie as his consolation prize.

Nowt doing for Ludvig Aberg though even if the shot tracker tells me he's just recorded a birdie. I definitely saw that effort slide just past!