Rose in front as storm stops play

Justin Rose, without a single top 20 finish all year, raised his game when it mattered most today, firing a superb 67 before a thunderstorm halted play on the opening day of the Masters.

The 23-year-old from Hampshire, as excited to be back playing Augusta National as he was for his debut last year, led by two from Americans Jay Haas and Chris DiMarco, who recorded just the fourth hole-in-one in the tournament’s history on the 180-yard sixth.