Masters 2012

• AUGUSTA, GA. — Tiger Woods's second tee shot of the day hit, in order, a tree, a cart path, and a bush, never to be seen again. Rory McIlroy's highly anticipated Masters began inartfully, with a double bogey.
(Washington Post)
• For Rory McIlroy, the start of the 2012 Masters had to feel like the 2011 Masters — awful. He hit his first shot off the tee into the trees at Augusta National and settled for a double-bogey on the hole.
(Washington Post)
• AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - British world number three Lee Westwood ended a day of high drama and tumultuous swings of fortune by grabbing a one-shot lead in Thursdays opening round of the Masters.
(Reuters India)
• AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Japanese amateur Hideki Matsuyama continued his love affair with the Masters on Thursday, carding a one-under-par 71 in the first round to outshoot most of the professionals at Augusta National.
(Reuters)
• Augusta, Ga. — Lee Westwood has a first-round lead at a major for the first time in his career. Not really the distinction hes looking for, though.
(The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com (blog))
• AUGUSTA, Ga. -- It wont be easy for Henrik Stenson to enjoy the cake Thursday night. He celebrated his birthday with 17 great holes at the Masters but closed out his first round with one big disaster.
(Huffington Post)
• WASHINGTON -- A White House spokesman said today that President Barack Obama believes women should be admitted as members to the all-male Augusta National, home of the Masters golf tournament.
(NJ.com)
• The 2012 Masters began as all these events do, with a ceremonial tee shot by the games three legendary icons, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. All three players striped their shots down the fairway.
(YAHOO!)
• After months of searching and considering bids, the ISA has announced that the fifth edition of the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship will take place in the land of constant offshore winds: Nicaragua.
(Surfline)