I mentioned Tyrrell Hatton had tree trouble but he's played his way carefully out of that down the 15th.

He's not going to take advantage of the 15th but he's stayed clean with a par.

As for Jordan Spieth, his topsy turvy round continues with a magnificent third shot to two feet that he taps in for a much-needed birdie.

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Just a par for Rory McIlroy on the sixth. He drops his iron shot into 18 feet and two putts. Safe as houses.

Scottie Scheffler's chip from off the back of 15 is just a touch weak, and from there he can't find the bottom of the cup with his birdie putt so he has to settle for par here.

Hmm, that's an erratic tee shot from Tyrrell Hatton at the 15th.

Plenty of trees down the right side of that fairway and it looks like he's heading for the middle of them.

Stunning, just a stunning front nine from Justin Rose who adds a fifth birdie on the ninth hole and that's five under and the solo lead.

That front nine 31 is just one off the record at Augusta, with seven players carding 30 for the first nine holes over the course of Masters history.

Great shooting so far from Rose!

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Not quite sure what I'm seeing here but Tommy Fleetwood seems to have just missed pretty much a gimme at the fourth.

A chance to get his round back on track but a two-feet birdie putt doesn't drop.

Jon Rahm is also frustrated as he drops back to one over with a bogey.

Collin Morikawa lets another shot fade away after a wild tee shot on the par-three 16th that misses the target by a country mile, leaving a huge putt down the hill that always seemed a tough task to get down in two.

And so it proved as Morikawa slipped back to one under.

Not a great second from Rory into the fifth green. He's got the yardage slightly out and his ball trickles backwards to leave an awkward uphill putt for birdie, which he prods to seven feet.

The Northern Irishman has looked extremely solid so far and saves his par, unlike Akshay Bhatia, whose approach flew 20 feet past the pin.

There's also a par for Ludvig Aberg, although the 2024 runner-up narrowly misses his birdie attempt.

Up at 14, Jordan Spieth's round has fallen apart and he is now at two over after missing from six feet to save par.

He needs to look across at Tyrrell Hatton who is rock solid at the moment. No bogeys on the card today for the joint leader.

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I tell you what, he had a sticky spell down the back nine but that two-under round of 70 is pretty good for Aaron Rai on his Masters debut.

Yes, after turning in four under it could have been better, but after three straight bogeys down Amen Corner it could also have got worse.

He'll take a 70 all day.

A bounce-back birdie for Ireland's Shane Lowry on the fourth. He shoots through the green on off the tee but judges his chip beautifully and watches as it's swallowed by the cup.

Bernhard Langer's 41st and final Masters appearance begins with a round of 74.

The all-red look he's rocked today is very much in homage to his first Masters triumph in 1985.

"The red was when I won in '85 on Sunday, and tomorrow may be green and yellow, which was my outfit in '93," the 67-year-old German said.

"So it's more or less to celebrate the two outfits that I put the green jacket on. That's the idea behind it."

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I briefly mentioned Corey Conners before but he warrants another entry as he's just birded the last to set a clubhouse lead at -4.

That'll take some beating today.

Fine effort from the Canadian who birdied three of his final four holes.

He can rest up now until he goes out as one of the later starters on Friday afternoon.

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Back-to-back birdies for Bryson DeChambeau on the third as he pitches into four feet having found the perfect spot to the left of the green off the tee.

The two-time US Open champion is cooking as Shane Lowry drops a shot after problems on the putting surface.

Collin Morikawa lets a shot slip at 15 as his chip from way off the back pulls up just short of the green, and from there he can't get down in two as his par putt just rolls across the right edge of the hole.

Both Tommy Fleetwood and Jon Rahm set up birdie chances at the third while Wyndham Clark's second has clunked off the flagstick and rolled back two feet.

Tommy misses but his playing partners tuck home.

It's an all English affair at the top of the Masters leaderboard as Justin Rose makes his birdie on eight to join Tyrrell Hatton on four under and leading the tournament.

Textbook par five play from Rose, with a nice drive, amd second shot that's just short of the green then a nice chip to six feet.

Justin Rose means business today.

Whatever has happened, it's a bogey six for Spieth at the 13th so he's now over par for his round.

As for Tyrrell Hatton? He'll escape Amen Corner at -4 and a one-shot lead over the field.