Shane Lowery got his Masters Tournament off to a flying start with a hole-in-one at the Par 3 tournament on Wednesday.

GRAEME McDowell will tee off at the Masters Par 3 at Augusta, Georgia, later today with a double amputee war veteran as his caddy.

Shane Lowry has the game to come of age on his Masters debut today, both Pádraig Harrington and Darren Clarke agree, but for all the talents the newest Irish participant possesses, making them come alive at Augusta National is the biggest challenge of all.

NINETEEN year-old Rory McIlroy and Japanese Ryo Ishikawa, almost two years his junior, have been drawn in the last match in tomorrow’s first round of the Masters.