As two-horse races go this was quite the contest.

Chez Reavie and Martin Laird toured the Augusta course yesterday in a little over four hours when most rounds are taking around five. How?

An eagle on a hole where he once took nine gave Padraig Harrington a superb start to The Masters at Augusta today.

Gary Player joined Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer as honorary starters for The Masters today – and showed them what he is still capable of.

It’s a curiosity that is hard to fathom, though it perhaps says much about our human flaws.