Summary

  • -4 Hoffman (18), Garcia (18), Pieters (18), Fowler (18)

  • -2 McGirt (18); -1 Moore (18), Rahm (18), Couples (18), Rose (18)

  • Selected - Level: Scott (18), Spieth (18), Mickelson (18); +1 McIlroy (18); +2 Kaymer (18)

  • +3 Westwood (18), Casey (18); +5 Fitzpatrick (18)

  • Missed cut: Defending champion Danny Willett +7

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  1. Round of the Daypublished at 13:08 British Summer Time 7 April 2017

    And if you'd like a look at how Charley Hoffman stormed into a lead on Thursday, he's made our 'Round of the Day'...

  2. Hoff leads the waypublished at 13:03 British Summer Time 7 April 2017

    Hoffman -7 (15:01 BST)

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    Yes, it's Charley Hoffman who leads the Masters heading into day two.

    The 40-year-old sank nine birdies in a seven-under-par 65, giving him the biggest first-round advantage at Augusta since 1941.

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    Only one previous top-25 finish at a major, you say? You wouldn't have guessed on yesterday's performance as the Hoff, who tied for ninth at the 2015 Masters, put together a remarkable round.

    The world number 52 closed the front nine with two birdies to move two under, then blitzed the back nine with a five-under 31 which included four straight birdies.

    The Californian almost made it five on the last, only to see a 16-foot putt fall agonisingly short.

    "The putts started going in the hole - as simple as that sounds," he said.  

    Simples.

  3. Let the games begin...published at 13:00

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    The Dustin Johnson hokey-cokey. Leaders holding on to top spot like a hot potato. Past champions carding quadruple-bogeys.

    Thursday was not a day to win the Masters, they said, but certainly one where you could lose it.  

    But as the big names stuttered, an unheralded American rose to the fore at Augusta.

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    Recovered yet?

    We're about to do it all over again...