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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson, man of the people, appears to have become a man of fewer people.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Forty years after his idol, Seve Ballesteros, won the Masters, Jon Rahm started this year's tournament by four-putting the first hole.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland each shot 7-under 65s at the first round of the Masters, but neither Rahm, a recent World No. 1, nor Hovland, an ebullient, rising young star, made as much noise as LIV Golf ambassador Brooks Koepka.

It was an eventful opening day at Augusta National.

See the best photos of Tiger Woods' first day at the 2023 Masters Tournament.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — On the first round of his 25th Masters, Tiger Woods walked slowly and sometimes with a limp. As he made his way around Augusta National, he sometimes was hunched over in pain.

“The most nervous I am on a golf course is the first tee Thursday at the Masters.”

If a LIV player wins, the PGA Tour will face pressure to create a mechanism by which relevant stars can be rehabilitated.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — British Open champion Cam Smith, the LIV Golf star with the most recent accomplishments, believes it would benefit the brand if one of them wins the Masters. Former Masters champion Sergio Garcia, a controversial LIV Golf star, said the same. Phil Mickelson, the most accomplished and most…