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The race for the famous green jacket is on at Augusta National

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Justice Taylor slides in Jack Nicklaus's name on the first tee starting board during the honorary starters ceremony before the start of the 2015 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Ga., April 9, 2015.© Jim Young / Reuters

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Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus wait on the first tee during the first round of the 2015 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 9, 2015.Andrew Redington/Getty Images

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Golfing great Gary Player of South Africa celebrates with a leg kick after he and U.S. golfers Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus finished the ceremonial tee off while participating in the honorary starters ceremony before the start of the 2015 Masters golf tournament.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters

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Mike Weir of Canada watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during the first round of the 2015 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

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Keegan Bradley of the United States watches a shot on the first hole during the first round of the 2015 Masters.Jamie Squire/Getty Images

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Corey Conners of Canada hits off the fourth tee during first round play of the Masters at the Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Ga.PHIL NOBLE/Reuters

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Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland plays a bunker shot on the second hole during the first round of the 2015 Masters.Andrew Redington/Getty Images

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Camilo Villegas hits out of a bunker on the second fairway during the first round of the Masters golf tournament.Matt Slocum/The Associated Press

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Dustin Johnson tees off on the third hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament Thursday, April 9, 2015, in Augusta, Ga.David J. Phillip/The Associated Press

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Charley Hoffman of the United States waits on the first green during the first round of the 2015 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.Jamie Squire/Getty Images

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Stephen Gallacher of Scotland plays a shot from the pine straw on the first hole during the first round of the 2015 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.Jamie Squire/Getty Images

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Ian Poulter, of England, hits out of a bunker on the seventh hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament.David J. Phillip/The Associated Press

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Jason Dufner hits a shot during the first round of the 79th Masters at Augusta National.DON EMMERT/AFP / Getty Images

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Amateur Gunn Yang, of South Korea, tees off on the ninth hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament Thursday, April 9, 2015, in Augusta, Ga.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press

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Bradley Keegan plays on a green during Round One of the 79th Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 9, 2015, in Augusta, Ga.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP / Getty Images

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Phil Mickelson knocks the sand off his shoes after chipping onto the seventh green during first-round play at the Masters.PHIL NOBLE/Reuters

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Trevor Immelman of South Africa watches his second shot from the first fairway during first round play of the Masters at the Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Ga., April 9, 2015.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters

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Morgan Hoffmann of the United States hits an approach shot on the fifth hole during the first round of the 2015 Masters.David Cannon/Getty Images

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Darren Clarke's caddie James Lane looks over the second green during the first round of the 2015 Masters.Andrew Redington/Getty Images

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Justin Rose hits on the 15th hole during the first round of the Masters in Augusta, Ga.Matt Slocum/The Associated Press

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A rules official is seen during the first round of the 2015 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.Andrew Redington/Getty Images

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