Golf: Masters first-round scores

SPANIARD Sergio Garcia sent a signal that his hunt for an elusive golf Major is still on with a stirring 1st round score of 66 at the 77th Masters in Augusta, Georgia. He shares the lead with Aussie Marc Leishman, the world’s for a one-shot lead over Dustin Johnson, two ahead of six others on 65.

Big names – Tiger Woods, Justin Rose and Lee Westwood are all two-under on 70, with three-times winner Phil Mickelson one shot behind. World Number Two is biding his time on level par.

Youngest-ever Masters competitor, China’s Guan Tianlang, 14, is one over par, loudly making his mark by birdying the 18th.

Masters Full leaderboard after Day 1

66 - Marc Leishman (AUS), Sergio Garcia (ESP)

67 - Dustin Johnson (USA)

68 - David Lynn (ENG), Rickie Fowler (USA), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP), Trevor Immelman (RSA), Fred Couples (USA), Matt Kuchar (USA)

69 - Jim Furyk (USA), Zach Johnson (USA), Adam Scott (AUS)

70 - Kevin Na (USA), David Toms (USA), Tim Clark (RSA), Lee Westwood (ENG), Brandt Snedeker (USA), Justin Rose (ENG), KJ Choi (KOR), John Huh (USA), Tiger Woods (USA), Jason Day (AUS)

71 - John Peterson (USA), Ryan Moore (USA), Ryo Ishikawa (JPN), Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Luke Donald (ENG), Ernie Els (RSA), Bernhard Langer (GER), Bo Van Pelt (USA), Angel Cabrera (ARG), Phil Mickelson (USA)

72 - Russell Henley (USA), Brian Gay (USA), Mike Weir (CAN), Peter Hanson (SWE), John Senden (AUS), DA Points (USA), Vijay Singh (FIJ), Yang Yong-Eun (KOR), Martin Kaymer (GER), Fredrik Jacobson (SWE), Rory McIlroy (NIR), Bill Haas (USA), Jason Dufner (USA)

73 - Sandy Lyle (SCO), Larry Mize (USA), Richard Sterne (RSA), Webb Simpson (USA), Graeme McDowell (NIR), Michael Thompson (USA), Thomas Bjorn (DEN), Steve Stricker (USA), Guan Tianlang (CHN), Keegan Bradley (USA)

74 - Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP), Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL), John Merrick (USA), Mark O'Meara (USA), Jamie Donaldson (WAL), Lucas Glover (USA), Francesco Molinari (ITA), Louis Oosthuizen (RSA)

75 - Stewart Cink (USA), Bubba Watson (USA), Scott Piercy (USA), George Coetzee (RSA), Matteo Manassero (ITA), Henrik Stenson (SWE)

76 - Ted Potter (USA), Kevin Streelman (USA), Robert Garrigus (USA), Carl Pettersson (SWE), Ian Poulter (ENG), Steven Fox (USA), Ben Curtis (USA), Martin Laird (SCO), Paul Lawrie (SCO), Hunter Mahan (USA)

77 - Nathan Smith (USA), TJ Vogel (USA)

78 - Padraig Harrington (IRL), Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN), Michael Weaver (USA), Nick Watney (USA), Branden Grace (RSA)

79 - Tom Watson (USA), Thaworn Wiratchant (THA), Craig Stadler (USA), Hiroyuki Fujita (JPN)

80 - Ian Woosnam (WAL), Ben Crenshaw (USA)

83 - Alan Dunbar (NIR)