Live on Skysports 1: Fri 19.00: Rory McIlroy shot the highest 1st Round score at the Masters in 15 years and is now 11/2 fav (Paddy Power).
McIlroy is joined on -7 by Spaniard Alvaro Quiros, who commands a 14/1 tag with Ladbrokes while Phil Mickleson is hot on McIlroy’s tail in the betting at 6/1 with Betfred and lies 5 shots back on -2.
Koreans YE Yang (20/1, ) and KJ Choi (16/1, William Hill) are tied for 3rd on -5 while American hopefuls Matt Kuchar (15/1, Sportingbet) and Ricky Barnes (45/1, Coral) came in on -4.
Spaniard Sergio Garcia is threatening to fulfill some of his promise and lies in contention on -3, he is 40/1 with bet365 and he is joined by Ross Fisher, 66’s at Paddy Power.
Tiger Woods was solid and came around with a decent 1 under-par while tipped up Nick Watney recovered slightly to come in at even par. They are 14/1 (Betfred) and 40/1 (Coral) respectively.
Lee Westwood’s short game let him down a touch but he remains on even par (and 33/1, bet365) while World no. 1 Martin Kaymer, who holds a poor record at Augusta, flopped to +6 with just 4 players below him and is now 250/1 (Boylesports).
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