Live Updates| Scheffler set to defend Masters championship

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest from the first round of the Masters (all times local):

7:45 a.m.

The 87th Masters

tees off this morning

amid the blooming azaleas and towering pines of Augusta National Golf Club.

From

the renegade LIV tour

to Scottie Scheffler's bid for a

second straight green jacket

to

an elongated 13th hole

, golf’s first major of the year provides its usual

abundance of compelling storylines

.

And don't forget about

five-time champion Tiger Woods

or Rory McIlroy, who is looking to

complete a career grand slam

.

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