Bryson DeChambeau and FSU's Brooks Koepka are tied for the lead at The Masters after an opening day filled with all kinds of intriguing wrinkles. The youngster and the Seminole both shot 6-under-par 66s and hold a one-stroke edge over Phil Mickelson heading into today's play.

   DeChambeau made an eye-opening nine birdies to go along with three bogeys, and included the difficult feat of making birdies on 15 through 18. Koepka, the world's No. 1 player, made six birdies, no bogeys, and his own four-in-a-row streak started on No. 12 and went through No. 15. 

    Mickelson made seven birdies and two bogeys, and Lefty birdied all four par 5s. 

    Ian Poulter and Dustin Johnson are tied for fourth at 4 under and there's a group tied for sixth at 3 under.

    Tiger Woods shot 2-under 70, but his bid to be tied with the top two was stalled by four missed putts of from 3 1/2 to seven feet, two of them under four feet. 

    Gator Billy Horschel is tied for 29th at even-par 72, and Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas are both 1 over.  

    Three of the seniors are under the early projected cut line of 4-over 76. They are Bernhard Langer (71), Mike Weir (72) and Sandy Lyle (73). Over the limit are Larry Mize (77), Fred Couples and Jose Maria Olazabal (78), and Ian Woosnam and Vijay Singh (80). 

    

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