Guido Migliozzi has made a fine start to his round with birdies at 2 and 3 to join Harrington out in front. The 25-year-old Italian is making his Masters debut but has plenty of credentials behind him, with two wins on the European Tour and a fourth-place finish on his maiden US Open start last year.

Rory McIlroy quipped earlier this week that he didn’t realise Padraig Harrington was playing this week at Augusta before the pair played a practice round together. He won’t make that mistake now because the Ryder Cup captain is in the outright lead after back-to-back birdies at 3 and 4.

JJ Spaun tasted glory on the PGA Tour for the first time last week when he won the Valero Texas Open. Augusta is a different kind of animal though and the American is feeling the brunt of it already. A nightmare on the green at the short par-4 3rd leads to a double-bogey before his woes are reinforced at the par-3 4th after finding the bunker off the tee. He’s currently bottom of the field.

Garrick Higgo, the 22-year-old from South Africa, is playing in his first Masters this week. He has benefitted from lots of advice from Gary Player, though, and uses it to great advantage with a birdie at the first. An impressive start from Higgo, who won on the PGA Tour in just his second start last year.

Danny Willett, the 2016 champion, is out on the practice putting green. He gets underway in an hour’s time. He spoke to The Independent about recovering from a dramatic fall after winning the green jacket six years ago and why he’d go through it all again to win another major.

Of course, Tiger Woods has already completed one Lazarus-like comeback at Augusta, when he surged through the field as others faltered on the final day in 2019 to clinch a remarkable 15th major.

It’s been a less than spectacular start for 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir, though. The Canadian makes a double-bogey at the first, after falling short with his approach and then three-putting on the green.

The next group to go off the first includes 2021 Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington. The Irishman is playing at The Masters for the first time since 2015 and it’s been ten years since he last made the cut, finishing T8 in 2012. There are no problems here, though. He finds the middle of the fairway and then sticks his approach to just 6ft.

As cool as you like. Olazabal claimed the Green Jacket in 1994 and 1999. Now, 23 years on from that second victory, the Spaniard rolls in a birdie putt from the fringe at the first hole.