Defending champion Bubba Watson, playing with Rory McIlroy, makes a start at Amen Corner, misses the green but avoids the hazard to the left of the 11th green. McIlroy a lot better, about 10ft from the pin, an effort which draws admiring oohs from the crowd. And a promising start for Paul Casey - a birdie on the third and the Englishman is eight under for the tournament.

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Who is Charley Hoffman? Jordan Spieth has hogged the headlines in these opening two days, but his playing partner for the weekend would have had plenty of plaudits on any other day.

Hoffman's stats after 36 holes illustrate that he's a man who can tame Augusta. The three-time PGA Tour winner has been consistent this year, but has had a few lapses on Saturdays. Will this be another iffy third day? "Hopefully this Saturday is a little different," he said on Friday.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Augusta

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"Because radios, mobiles, phablets and faxes are banned at Augusta National, the patrons out on the course frequently have only the faintest grasp of how each player is getting on. There are old-fashioned manual scoreboards at key points, but as these only feature the top eight or so, wild speculation and Chinese whispers often engulf those watching. In the land of the blind, the man with the long-range binoculars is king."

Hello? Who are those cheers for? Tiger Woods conducting the patrons into a rousing chorus. Birdie for the former world number one and he's on six under for the tournament.

Jordan Spieth with a birdie chance on the first. "If he knocks this in it's all over," says a colleague to my left. We wait, we watch... The 21-year-old Texan's attempt curls to the left, though, and the rest can breathe easy for now. Rory McIlroy with a tricky putt for par on the 10th but in it goes. The Northern Irishman still on -6 overall.

-14 Spieth (US) 19:55

-9 Hoffman (US) 19:55

-7 P Casey (Eng) 1, D Johnson (US) 1

-6 McIlroy (NI) 9, Mickelson (US) 1, Rose (Eng) 1

-5 Woods (US) 7, Streelman (US) 3

Selected others: -4 Poulter (Eng), Scott (Aus) 4; -2 B. Watson (US) 9; -1 Fowler (US);

Bye, bye, Benjamin. Hello, Aimee here for a wee while and just as I type we have live moving pictures to accompany these words. Jordan Spieth nonchalantly on the dancefloor on the first... whoops ringing around the eighth as Tiger Woods finds the green. All nicely building towards a crescendo.

England's Justin Rose bogeys the first, falls to six under. The leading pair have just teed off, Spieth and Hoffman, while Kevin Streelman has birdied the third to get to -5. It's time for more Aimee Lewis while I put the spikes up for a bit.

Ken Brown
BBC Sport commentator

"He does something very interesting on the short putts. He looks at the hole rather than the ball. I just don't know how he does it, he must have nerves of steel. This lad is something very special."

American Cameron Tringale is our new clubhouse leader on -1 after a round of 69. Scratch that, Ian Poulter of England is in with a five-under 67 for four under overall.

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Now, to focus on two players who have been kind of a big deal in Augusta over the last two days. Jordan Spieth and Charley Hoffman step onto the first tee. It's first versus second. Dallas versus San Diego. Erm, Anchorman v J. R. Ewing? In the words of our favourites 80s oil tycoon "winning is all that matters".

Paul Azinger
Former United States Ryder Cup captain and BBC expert

"Jordan Spieth has been brilliant from 40 yards this week but when you sleep on a lead, sometimes you lose a little bit of that finesse.

"It's as if he opened up his brain to us in the press room and showed us how he thinks. He plays with an uncluttered mind and that's refreshing to watch.

"The greens are receptive and it's like throwing darts out there. Spieth looks the best of the bunch but he's got some strong pursuers out there."

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Birdies on the eighth and 10th reignited Justin Rose's round on Friday and helped him recover from what he described as a tricky start. "You can't press it too hard on this course you have to let your birdies come and take your opportunities when they come," said the Englishman.

Casey of England, too, parred the first to remain seven under. Here's Rory on the ninth, with a five-footer for birdie... straight down the pipe, he moves to -6 and into a tie for sixth.

Rory has a seven-footer for birdie on nine, Woods missed his birdie attempt back on seven, stays five under. Mickelson, meanwhile, has parred the first to stay six under and eight off the lead.

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Johnson plays alongside Justin Rose and they are on the first tee box now.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Augusta

"For all the rules at Augusta National and draconian punishments for transgressing them, a patron can still let their hair down. With a large beer setting you back a mere £2.70, the concessions opening at the same time as the gates and the heat sucking any stray moisture from the body, by mid-afternoon there is a widespread sense of merriment around the course. Factor in the smoke from the many cigars being chewed and chomped and you have an atmosphere approaching that of a well-oiled Test match - Trent Bridge at tea-time, if not quite Headingley at stumps."

Ben Turner:, external Disagree with Jenni (19:23) It takes a round of 71-73 from Spieth for an exciting Sunday. At Augusta you never know what will happen.

Eugene Nijssen:, external What a program start Stevie Wonder's "A place in the sun" and I think this year the place will be for Spieth.

It's a bogey at the first for Ernie Els, he's back to -4. Tiger has a 10-foot birdie putt on seven to get to six under...