Fore, please! The 90th Masters Tournament is officially underway.

Check back here for a breakdown of Round 1 action.

Leaders: McIlroy, Burns set pace

Five-time PGA TOUR winner Sam Burns surged into the early first-round lead at the Masters with a 5-under 67, fueled by a pivotal stretch through Amen Corner. The world No. 33 knocked in a 20-foot birdie putt at the par-3 12th, then followed it by sticking his 50-yard third shot to 11 feet at the par-5 13th and converting again to reach 2-under for the iconic stretch.

Burns added another birdie at the par-5 15th to seize the outright lead, posting his lowest career round at the Masters in his fifth start.

An hour later, defending champion Rory McIlroy matched Burns' 67, but he struggled off the tee and hit just five fairways. McIlroy is just the second player in the last 10 years to shoot 67 or better in one round at the Masters despite hitting five or fewer fairways. Hideki Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion, is the other (2023, Round 3, shot 65 with just five fairways hit).

Six Masters champions have held at least a share of the first-round lead the following year: Jordan Spieth (2016, finished T2), Jose Maria Olazabal (1995, T14), Jack Nicklaus (1966, won), Gary Player (1962, lost in playoff), Arnold Palmer (1961, T2) and Jack Burke Jr. (1957, T7).

Notables

Patrick Reed: The 2018 champion started his round in spectacular fashion Thursday, going birdie-eagle to open and becoming just the sixth player in Masters history to begin a first round with a birdie-eagle start. He followed up with another eagle at No. 8 to turn in 31 and tie the first-nine record. Reed dropped two shots on the second nine with bogeys at 10 and 15 to finish at 3 under.

Quotables

"It just flew straight into the bag. It was a great break. That bounce would've put me in the pine straw and who knows if I would've had a shot to hit up the hill. So thanks to the lady on 8." – Xander Schauffele after his tee shot on No. 8 landed in a patron's shopping bag

Honorary Starters open the week at Augusta

The first major championship of the season teed off on a picturesque Thursday morning in Augusta, Georgia, with the traditional Honorary Starters ceremony at 7:25 a.m. ET.

The trio of Masters champions of Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Gary Player opened up the week of play for the fifth time as a trio. Nicklaus took his place as an Honorary Starter in 2010, joined by Player in 2012 and Watson in 2022.

Following the ceremony, the first tee time of Johnny Keefer and Haotong Li took to the course at 7:40 a.m. ET.