Marc Leishman has claimed the top-Aussie honours after the first round of the 2017 Masters Tournament.

Playing in the second last group of the round, alongside Bill Haas and Justin Thomas, Leishman got off to a great start at Augusta National making birdie at the par-5 2^nd hole.

On a day where others struggled in the wind the Victorian remained solid. Accustomed to playing in the wind having grown up in Warrnambool, Leishman made par on each of his next seven holes.

A mistake on the par-4 10^th saw Leishman drop back to even par for his round. Returning to his steady ways Leishman parred his way into the clubhouse until a disappointing bogey on the 18^th saw him finish the round with a 73.

Still nicely placed heading into the second round Leishman is tied 19^th and eight shots behind Charley Hoffman who played a magnificent round of golf.

Jason Day was 3-over after 11 holes but looked like he was going to make a late charge up the leaderboard with birdies at the 15^th and 16^th however a bogey at the 17^th put a halt to that.

The World Number 3 finished his round on 2-over to be tied 27^th alongside fellow Aussie Rod Pampling who is playing the Masters Tournament for the first time since 2007.

“If you’re a degree off, it can do exactly what it did.  A degree off is one second in the clock of your watch.  And that’s how delicate it is,” said Day.

“Just grind. That’s the only real thing you can do is just try and grind and have more birdies than bogeys.

“There’s really nothing that you can do.  But I think I’m playing some decent golf.  I’ve just got to get myself a little bit closer to the hole.”

Adam Scott also found the first round a grind with the wind making Augusta National play harder than usual.

Scott fired 3-over 75 to be T42 but is optimistic ahead of his second round.

“It’s not exactly what I wanted.  I bogeyed three of my last four holes.  I did a lot of good stuff out there considering conditions are really tough. But two three‑putts to finish kind of sour’s the day’s work,” said Scott.

“It could have been worse for me today.  I would have liked to have putt better from six to ten feet, but it’s very difficult when the wind is blowing really hard and you don’t have complete control over the golf ball.

“If it’s going to be windy again (tomorrow), I don’t think we’re going to have any super low scores out there.

“So if I can go a couple back towards par with a really good round with just even par or better tomorrow, should keep me hopefully in touch with the lead for the weekend where it looks like it may be a little calmer weather.”

Curtis Luck rounds out the Australian contingent, he had a round of 6-over 78 after a challenging back-9.

However the young West Aussie who took the amateur world by storm last year and who has already recorded a professional victory on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia was impressive in his composure amongst the world’s best.

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