Masters Leaderboard

The 2011 Masters leaderboard isn’t worth getting too excited over just a few hours into the tournament, but Ross Fisher is the early name atop it as the first groups have reached the round one turn.

Through nine holes, Fisher posted a 3-under par, two strokes better than anyone else in the Masters field thus far. It was a colorful front nine scorecard for Fisher, with two bogeys, five birdies and just two pars. The other two golfers in Fisher’s pairing, Jonathon Byrd and Sean O’Hair, are even and 1-over par, respectively.

Elsewhere, Retief Goosen is off to a fast start, birding his first two holes of the round. And American Brandt Snedeker is 1-under through seven holes. About one-third of the field is on the course. Tiger Woods is set to tee off at 10:41 with Phil Mickelson starting later in the afternoon at 1:48.