AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) a The 18-footer for birdie on the final gap slid by on the left, another opportunity lost on a day filled up with missed opportunities. Rory McIlroy walked off the green and offered his putter a gentle spank, as though to punish it for allowing him down when he needed it most. His even-par 72 wasn't awful at all and may have been a report he would have settled for in yet another Masters. But on a day when 32 people broke level, the No. 2 player on earth was not exactly happy. He got a kiss and hug from girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki after signing his scorecard, but any overtime focus on the putting green would need to wait. It was getting dark and, in the same way McIlroy was starting to talk about what went wrong, the weather sirens sounded and he was hustled inside the Augusta National club. All through the year the be concerned about McIlroy was the way in which he was striking the ball along with his new Nike groups. However in the opening round of the Masters, it absolutely was the club that let him down. "I felt like I enjoyed well," McIlroy said. "Just ridiculous mistakes and a few 3-putts on the trunk nine." Per day that began with guarantee for McIlroy a he was 2-under after making birdie on No. 6 a' turned bad on the last seven as he made four bogeys coming in. McIlroy played like he was rustic, the very thing he played a couple of weeks in a row getting into the Masters to prevent. He was six shots right back of co-leaders Sergio Garcia and Marc Leishman, an edge that's definitely not insurmountable with three times left on Augusta National. But McIlroy will have to find a way to make the brief putts he missed if he really wants to be in rivalry going into Sunday. The Northern Irishman found the initial key of 2013, hoping to boost a year that up to now has been a disappointment. He played well to have in contention at the Texas Open the other day, finishing second with your final round 66, and expected to maintain contention here. But bad swings on greens adding slower than usual made for one frustrating days. "I am hitting the ball well," he explained. "It is just a matter of benefiting from the opportunities and eliminating errors. McIlroy seemed to have gotten the worst of the pull with a coupling in the penultimate group as thunderstorms threatened. Nevertheless the wind did not gust up to expected and the rain held off until just after McIlroy arrived of the clubhouse after signing his card. McIlroy began your day like he couldn't wait to get in contention. He scarcely missed holing a 50-yard message for eagle on the second opening and came near creating a second direct birdie on No. 3. But after holing a for birdie on No. 6 he gave it straight back with an unhealthy second shot on the next gap, the first of a number of miscues that he was never in a position to cure. McIlroy admitted earlier in the day in the week that the adjustment to his new clubs a' which came within a huge endorsement cope with Nike a' had taken some time. But he said his driving had improved greatly and he was getting confidence with every round he enjoyed. But McIlroy's problem in the first round came from his level stick, maybe not his driver. He struck 9 of 14 fairways but had 32 putts, including the two 3-putts. If there is a confident for McIlroy it's that he appears to be just starting to feel very much at home on Augusta National, where he famously imploded in 2011 after having a four-shot lead into the final round. A year ago, he was one off the lead starting the weekend, only to shut with 77-76 and tie for 40th. "Everything felt good but every time I did some thing good I gave it back," McIlroy said. "And surrounding this course you can not do that".
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