Bhatia lies seventh as does Rai at Masters; Rose blooms and takes leads

Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai, two of the three Indian-origin at the 89th Masters, were on the front page of the leaderboard at the end of opening day, which had a lot of big names led by Justin Rose, who shot a 7-under 65.

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Bhatia, who, with Sahith Theegala, signed up Hero as their new sponsor at the start of the week, and debutant Rai had put themselves in a good place to make the cut after a decent first day. Bhatia and Rai carded 2-under 70 and Theegala shot even par 72 as the leaderboard had a bunch of big names. The top 50 and ties make the cut.