At a glance

AUGUSTA, Ga. - A brief look at the first round of the Masters on Thursday: LEADING Bill Haas at 4-under-par 68.

TRAILING Adam Scott, Louis Oosthuizen and Bubba Watson at 3-under 69.

GRINDING The four rounds in the 60s were the fewest for an opening round at Augusta National since there were two rounds in 2007.

LEFTY’S LAMENT Phil Mickelson had a pair of 7s on his scorecard - triple bogey on No. 7, double bogey on No. 15 - for the first time in a major since the 1997 PGA Championship at Winged Foot.

FAMILY TIES Bill Haas has had a great uncle (Bob Goalby), father (Jay Haas) and two uncles (Jerry Haas, Dillard Pruitt) play in the Masters.

SHOT OF THE DAY Bae Sang-moon holed a pitch from about 40 yards behind the green for the only eagle on the par-5 15th.

TURNAROUND Jason Dufner closed with a 68 to win the PGA Championship. In his next round at a major, he took a 9 on the 13th hole and shot 80.

KEY STATISTIC The four rounds in the 60s were the fewest for an opening round at the Masters since 2007.

NOTEWORTHY Adam Scott had the lowest opening round by a defending champion at Augusta since Vijay Singh in 2001.

QUOTEWORTHY “I teed up today and kind of felt like, ‘What was the worst that can happen? I’m still going to be a Masters champion.’” - Adam Scott.

KEY PAIRINGS 9:30 a.m., Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Justin Rose; 12:15 p.m., Miguel Angel Jimenez, Bill Haas, Matteo Manassero; 12:48 p.m., Adam Scott, Jason Dufner, a-Matthew Fitzpatrick.

TV Today, 2-6:30 p.m. ESPN.

Sports, Pages 26 on 04/11/2014

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