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Woods carded five bogeys and three birdies to finish two over par.

Lyle accidentally snapped a club as he struggled to an opening nine-over-par 81.

The 29-year-old amateur from Northern Ireland led early on but ended up signing for a 77.

Playing just his fifth competitive round of the year, Woods looked understandably rusty as he covered the front nine in two over par.

The 29-year-old amateur birdied the first hole.

The action starts on Thursday.

The world number 34 is the third player to make consecutive aces in the curtain-raiser, joining Claude Harmon (1968) and Toshi Izawa (2002).

Lyle became the first British winner of the Masters in memorable fashion in 1988.

McIlroy’s best finish at Augusta came 12 months ago when he surged through the field with a closing 64 to finish runner-up.

Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and world number three Jon Rahm are the joint-favourites to be slipping on the green jacket on Sunday evening.

The world number 15 admits he is in a “rebuild phase” following a neck injury.

The five-time Augusta champion called making the cut last year, on his first tour-level start since a serious car accident, a ‘small victory’.

Since winning the Open Championship in 2014, McIlroy has had eight attempts to win a green jacket.

Since winning the Open Championship in 2014, McIlroy has had eight attempts to win a green jacket.

LIV boss Greg Norman said the entire contingent from the Saudi-funded breakaway would gather around the 18th to congratulate one of their own winning.

The Australian’s ranking slipped as low as 164th last year.

Couples called Phil Mickelson a ‘nutbag’ and Sergio Garcia a ‘clown’.

The American becomes the first two-time individual tournament winner in LIV Golf.

The 26-year-old was unable to hit the final birdie and catch Ruoning Yin.

The Northern Irishman is looking to add a first Masters title to his collection having finished runner-up last year.