A beauty of a tee shot from Nicolai Hojgaard on the long par-four 10th.

He's followed down the fairway by Scottie Scheffler who has made five straight pars.

Both are off to a promising start as they hunt birdies on the back nine.

Look over your shoulder, Scottie...

-7 Scheffler (9)

-6 Morikawa (9), Hojgaard (9), Homa (8), DeChambeau (8)

-5 Aberg (10), Davis (9)

-3 Young (10)

Selected others:

E Fitzpatrick (14), Fleetwood (10)

+1 Hatton (15), Willett (11

+3 McIlroy (71)

+5 Rahm (72)

+9 Woods (15)

Unsurprisingly more dropped shots for Tiger and Tyrrell. Like confetti in the wind.

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Here comes Nicolai! Two birdies in a row for the Masters debutant and he's joined the bunch of players at six under par. He's not going anywhere.

A fine second shot from Scottie Scheffler leaves him nine feet for birdie but once again it misses.

All of a sudden, the chasing pack are closing in.

Tyrrell Hatton is not a happy man on the 15th. He takes a three wood as he tries to negate the front pond and travel the 250 yards required to the green but my has he caught that.

It flies miles over the green and carries on another 50 yards or so to a watery grave at the back of the dance floor.

Tiger lays up but skips through the green as he attacks the pin at the back left.

Oh, Ludwig Aberg is human.

He misses the birdie putt from seven feet on the 10th.

That was to go into a five-way tie for second, instead he stays five under.

The Swede has climbed into contention after going seven under in the past 21 holes, which means - if the quick arithmetic is correct - he went two over in the first 25 holes.

A quick learner.

Bryson DeChambeau gets back to within one of the lead as he takes care of another par five with the minimum of fuss.

Max Homa has a dart at a birdie too after a nice approach following his tree trouble, but he can't convert and he remains firmly on the par train with eight of them to start his third round.

That was horrible. Collin Morikawa barely touches his ball and its off like a bobsleigh at Innsbruck, tracking slightly right to leave a tricky par putt, which he makes.

Cam Davis can't sink his birdie attempt.

Another hole, another birdie chance for Aberg.

This is why Luke Donald called him a "generational talent".

The boy's got game and shows it again with another killer drive-approach combo on the 10th.

The European Ryder Cup player is controlling the ball like he's got a joystick in his hand.

Watch below how he moved to four under with a birdie on the fifth...

Tommy Fleetwood is next on the 10th green behind Danny Willett although he's got there via an excursion behind the putting surface.

That misjudgement has cost him as well as he leaves himself too much to do for par and his putt runs out of gas.

A clean card gets its first blemish.

Collin Morikawa is going a little under the radar here if that is possible when you are tied for second in the Masters.

He has a putt on the ninth for a share of the lead but it's a slippery, sliding one down the slope from the back of the green, which is far from ideal.

Cam Davis, who stiffs his iron into five feet, with a much better opportunity incoming.

"Watch out!"

Not sure these walkways are positioned correctly as Scottie Scheffler motors his drive off the ninth tee and it lands among the unsuspecting fans crossing the ninth fairway.

One particularly nimble patron allows Scheffler's ball to run through her legs as it trundles to a halt.

To be fair to the organisers, the tee shot did carry more than 380 yards before finally stopping.

That's more like it from Danny Willett who has showed his skill on the green to birdie the 10th.

Sizing up a putt from 33 feet, he downs it to claw back one of those bogeys he made during a tough opening stretch,

Tiger Woods does not look like a player that has thrown in the towel but after scooting into the trees on the 14th he is punished again.

A low punch through the trees for his second is about the best he could do and it skirts the green before straying right. Very little chance of an up and down from there and he's back to eight under.

Meanwhile, Tyrrell Hatton shrugs his shoulders as he misses a birdie putt which he got a read on moments earlier.

Max Homa lines up for the power fade off the eighth tee, but he hits it straight as an arrow and into the trees down the left, let's see if he gets lucky...

He does not! He's in darkness under some branches and has to just punch it out to the fairway, which leaves him still over 200 yards to the green on this par five.

Come on Scottie, I stuck a clip in the last post and everything!

Not to be for the world number one who can't get his chip any closer than 10 feet and then drifts his birdie chance wide of the hole.

An opportunity for daylight goes begging.

Nicolai Hojgaard shows him how it's done as he confidently rolls in for his birdie. He's closed the gap on his playing partner.

A bit of momentum for Matt Fitzpatrick!

Having gone close at the 12th, the Sheffield native sinks a fine 18-foot birdie putt on his way out of Amen Corner.

Six shots back... too far away to make a move?

Patience and picking your moments can be the key to unlocking Augusta.

Ludwig Aberg may be a debutant here - a major debutant, in fact - but he's showing he knows what to do.

After a string of pars, the Swede puts his foot on the gas on nine and sticks his approach on the par four close. Very close.

A fantastic birdie chance is confidently taken, leaving Aberg smiling and high-fiving a fan as he goes to the 10th tee.

The 24-year-old is enjoying himself and why not? He's tied fourth at the Masters!

Fine sand save from Bryson DeChambeau from what looked a terror of a shot from a deep bunker with not much green to work with, but he landed it in the fringe to kill the momentum and played it about as well as you can imagine.

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Next up for Scottie Scheffler is the par-five eighth, the easiest hole at Augusta so far.

Perfect tee shot and then a slightly short approach from 267 yards leaves him 20 yards from the pin.

Chip that in for an eagle?

After all, this is how he opened his round today.