It was an exhilarating opening day of action at Augusta National for the , with plenty of drama at both ends of the leaderboard. Overnight leader Justin Rose enjoyed a stellar round one, with the Englishman sitting seven under after his first 18 holes of golf.

kept things simple - but also stylish - during his opener, hitting a four under to position himself nicely heading into day two. However, it was a mixed day of emotions for , whose pursuit of the career grand slam hit an early roadblock.

The Irishman had been four under with just four holes left to play, only to end up finishing the day at even par following two double bogeys. As they say, you can't win the Masters on day one, but you can certainly go some way to losing it, and McIlroy has left himself with a mountain to climb if he's to don the green jacket come Sunday night.