American Ryan Moore is fighting back against the curse of winning the par three competition at Augusta. In its 53-year history, the par three winner has never gone on to win the green jacket and he looked to be heading the same way when he bogeyed the third and fourth. Moore has recovered though with birdies on 10 and 11 to move back to level par after 13. Could the jinx be lifted this year?

Justin Rose has a tricky uphill putt for an eagle to try and rescue his round on eight. Not too close. Phil Mickelson is within a whisker with his shot at a birdie on the same hole. It flirted with the left-hand edge, but coyly refused to seal the seal.

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The golf course will firm up over the weekend. If you don't get it today it is going to be a very tough get later on. The course will become more unforgiving.

Augusta National is proving a cruel mistress around the turn. Just as players settle in and begin to score well on holes seven, eight and nine, Amen Corner comes biting back to wrestle those strokes away. In the three holes before the turn, there have been no Eagles but 43 birdies. Good luck holding on to your gains though as 10, 11 and 12 have given up just 11 birdies, claimed 73 bogeys and 11 double bogeys.

Adam Scott chose Australian wagyu steak and pavlova for the menu, external on Tuesday at the annual Masters Club Dinner.

If you want to look at menus throughout the years then click here., external Tiger Woods chose cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches, french fries, milkshakes in 1998. By 2002 he had introduced sushi to the menu. Get him.

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Defending champion Adam Scott, who opened with a 69: "I played really well from tee to green, except for a poor shot on 12. I perhaps left a couple out there on the par fives, but it's certainly something to build on.

"The adjustment you have to make over the three or four days of practice compared to a regular event is drastic.

"I think winning here calms you down. It was the calmest start I have ever had. I had a fantastic response from the patrons.

"I think the Champions Dinner went well. Everyone ate my food. It was a fantastic evening, something I will remember forever."

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BBC Radio 5 live summariser

It is not a terrible round for Rory McIlroy. No one is running away with it at the moment, so Rory is right in there at one-under par.

It is getting uglier for Luke Donald. The Englishman, once number one in the world, is out at five over at the turn after a double bogey at nine. He is down with the likes of Ian Woosnam in a tie for 77th.

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Rory McIlroy has to be content with a one-under 71. That is good enough for a share of tenth place on the leaderboard. That is a decent platform to launch an attack over the next three rounds.

Patrick Reed, two under at the turn, concedes a stroke on the last green to finish on one over.

Rory McIlroy screws his own par putt wide of the pit as well. A tricksy little one back up the hill to ensure that it is only a bogey.

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Rory McIlroy has a long uphill putt, onto the second tier, for birdie on the 18th. He gives it every chance, with a bold prod, but is just off-target. He should not have much problem getting that one back and in for his par.

Rory McIlroy is heading for the 18th on two under par. There has not been much on offer on the last so far today with just one birdie so far on the homeward hole.

-4 Haas (US); -3 Scott (Aus) 17; -2 Snedeker (US), McIlroy (NI) 17, Oosthuizen (SA) 12; -1 Fowler (US), Jimenez (Spa), Garcia (Spa) 8.

Selected others: E McDowell (NI), Gallacher (Sco) 13, Westwood (Eng) 6; +1 Donaldson (Wal); +3 Clarke (NI) 13, Donald (Eng) 8, Mickelson (US) 7; +4 Poulter (Eng)

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Phil Mickelson tugs his trouser leg in distress as his putt for a double bogey six at seven drifts by without ducking down the drainpipe. The three-time champion is now three over and with plenty to do.

Marc: They're calling it the most open Masters but I can already see Mcilroy and Scott teeing off together last on Sunday.

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Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player got the Masters underway earlier today with their ceremonial tee off. Just the 13 green jackets between them, but the magic of Augusta is still not lost on Player, who first competed in the tournament in 1957.

"What a morning," he says. "To be on that first tee with Arnold and Jack - 100 cameras, over 200 press and 10,000 people at seven thirty in morning. What a compliment, love and respect to give us. How lucky can I be that this gift has been bestowed upon me? I never take it for granted. It grows in perfection. Winston Churchill always said 'change is the price of survival' and chairman Billy Payne is not reluctant to make changes here."

British duo Justin Rose and Luke Donald are both slogging their way round in unspectacular fashion. Rose has just slipped to four over with a bogey on seven, while Donald is three over through eight.

Rory McIlroy is lining up a par putt on 17, meanwhile big-talking playing partner Patrick Reed, he of the "I'm one of the world's top five" claim, has slipped back to level par.

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Celebs have been thin on the ground at Augusta on this first day of the Masters. There have been reports that former Premier League footballers Jamie Redknapp and Alan Shearer, along with television-presenting duo Ant and Dec, are following Rory McIlroy. But the snappers have not managed to capture them.

Instead they have been zooming in on ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and his daughter Paulina. Paulina is engaged to Dustin Johnson for your information.