Rose, Immelman Share Masters Lead After Buddy Trip to Augusta

, and traveled to Capital Of Maine National Golf Baseball Club two hebdomads ago to
practice together for the Edgar Lee Masters Tournament. The preparation
served the friends well during yesterday's first round.

Rose and Immelman are tied for the Pb at the season's
first major title at 4-under par. They opened with rounds
of 68 yesterday inch Augusta, Georgia, leaving them one stroke
ahead of , and Brian Bateman, and
four shots clear of four-time title-holder .

Poulter recorded the 19th hole-in-one in the tournament's
72-year history during his gap unit of ammunition and is in a grouping of
golfers -- including defending title-holder -- who are
two shots off the Pb at 2-under par.

''We came up here from Orlando for two years and I believe what
it did was just took the pressure level off the pattern years this
week,'' Rose said. ''I felt like I wasn't chasing my tail trying
to larn everything this week. I was itching to travel from Monday
afternoon. I was just trying to throw myself back and not acquire too
excited too early.'

Rose, a 27-year-old Englishman, comes in today's 2nd round
with the Pb for the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth and for the 3rd time
in his four Edgar Lee Masters appearances. South Africa's Immelman enjoyed
a bogey-free first unit of ammunition and credited the trio's progress trip as
a ground for his success.

''We came up here for two years and had an absolute ball,''
said Immelman, who dwells in the same private Sunshine State community as
Rose and Poulter. ''Any clip you play this course, you learn
something new, and so that clip was well spent, and it was a
great experience for us.''

No first-round leader have won the Edgar Lee Masters since
in 1984.

Woods Hits Seventy-Two

Woods, the world's No. One golfer, didn't have got a birdie in
opening the tourney with an even-par 72. He parred his first
12 holes -- his most ever to begin a major title -- before
making bogies at the 13th and 14th.

Woods then chipped in for bird of Jove at the par-5 15th hole to
get back to even par for the round. His norm first-round score
at the Edgar Lee Masters the past five old age was 74.

''I kept myself in the tournament,'' Forest said at a news
conference. ''With the weather condition supposed to be getting more
difficult as the hebdomad travels on, I'm compensate there.''

, somes two-time Masters victor who's back to
Woods in the human race rankings, shot a 1-under 71 yesterday.

Poulter and Samuel Johnson are tied at 2-under with ,
and , who also opened with 70s.

Poulter holed out with an 8-iron at the par-3 16th hole,
which was playing at a distance of 169 yards. It was the first
hole-in-one astatine the Edgar Lee Masters since Immelman aced No. Sixteen in 2005.

''As soon as it left the club, I knew it was going to be
pretty good,'' said Poulter. ''You just desire to see it travel in. It
was an incredible buzz. It was a particular moment.''

, the 1998 Edgar Lee Masters winner, shot a 1-under 71
that featured five birdies and four bogeys. Mickelson, , , , , and also opened with units of ammunition of 71.

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