Rose Leads, Tiger Even After First Round of the Masters

Tiger Woods struggled to score Thursday at the Masters. (AP Images)

England's Justin Rose is the clubhouse leader after completing his first round of the 2008 Masters at Augusta National. Rose rattled off six birdies between the sixth and 13th holes after starting the day with a couple of bogeys.

Trevor Immelman is tied with Rose atop the leaderboard at four-under through 17.

The heavy favorite, Tiger Woods, had a so-so day and finished at even par. It could've been worse after bogeys at 13 and 14, but Woods answered with a chip-in eagle on 15.

"I didn't get anything going my way. I thought I played a lot better than my score indicates," he said after the round.

"The way the course plays now, you don't really shoot low scores round here. You just kind of plod along. It plays more like a US Open than a Masters.

"It was very quiet. The only roar I heard all day was for Poulter's eagle."

Other notable scores at the year's first major: Jim Furyk (-2 through 9), Phil Mickelson (-1 through 10), Vijay Singh (E through 10), Ernie Els (+1 through 9), Geoff Ogilvy (+3 F).