Drama builds for tension-packed golf Masters shootout

Last man in will be the first man out when the 80th Masters gets underway at Augusta National on Thursday, with the new generation of Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy all keen on making strong starts. At 38, Jim Herman won his first tournament in 106 tries at the Houston Open on Sunday to punch the last ticket into the first of the year's four majors. Defending champion Spieth is first in action at 9:48am (1348GMT) in the company of England's Paul Casey and rising young US amateur Bryson DeChambeau.