Masters 2016 live: Jason Day falls apart, Rory McIlroy fades at the death as Jordan Spieth sets pace with cracking 66

Day one of the first major of the year comes to a close at Augusta National

Rory McIlroy puts on the 2nd green at Augusta (Getty)

Hello and welcome to The Independent's coverage of the 80th edition of The Masters, live from Augusta National.

• Jordan Spieth, defending his crown, shoots 66
• Rory McIlroy rues dropped shots in closing holes  
• Ireland's Shane Lowry in the hunt as Justin Rose, Ian Poulter and Paul Casey shoot 69s
• World No 1 Jason Day goes out in 31 but capitulates on back 9

Follow all the latest action here:

Day one tee-off times

(USA unless stated, all times Local):

(x) denotes amateurs

0820 Jim Herman, Steven Bowditch (Aus)

0831 Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Robert Streb, Derek Beard

0842 Larry Mize, Victor Dubuisson (Fra), Kevin Streelman

0853 Sandy Lyle (Sco), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Vaughn Taylor

0904 Webb Simpson, Chris Wood (Eng), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha)

0915 Tom Watson, Charley Hoffman, Lee Westwood (Eng)

0926 Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Cheng-de Jin (Chn)

0937 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Jason Dufner, Patrick Reed

0948 Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey (Eng), Bryson De Chambeau (a)

0959 Justin Thomas, Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Dustin Johnson

1021 Vijay Singh (Fij), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Chris Kirk

1032 Harris English, Andrew Sullivan (Eng), Kevin Na

1043 Phil Mickelson, Marc Leishman (Aus), Henrik Stenson (Swe)

1054 Justin Rose (Eng), Jamie Donaldson (Wal), Daniel Berger

1105 Adam Scott (Aus), Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka

1116 Mike Weir (Can), Sammy Schmitz, Cameron Smith (Aus)

1127 Troy Merritt, Ian Woosnam (Wal), Byeong-Hun An (Kor)

1138 Darren Clarke (Nirl), Billy Horschel, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng)

1149 David Lingmerth (Swe), Mark O'Meara, Paul Chaplet (Crc)

1200 Keegan Bradley, Brandt Snedeker, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)

1222 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Davis Love III, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)

1233 Danny Lee (Nzl), Russell Knox (Sco), Smylie Kaufman

1244 Branden Grace (Rsa), Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter (Eng)

1255 Bernhard Langer (Ger), Hunter Mahan, Romain Langasque (a) (Fra)

1306 Jason Day (Aus), Matt Kuchar, Ernie Els (Rsa)

1317 Graeme McDowell (Nirl), Fabian Gomez (Arg), Scott Piercy

1328 Jimmy Walker, Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Anirban Lahiri (Ind)

1339 Daniel Willett (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Ryan Moore

1350 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Shane Lowry (Irl), J.B. Holmes

1401 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Bill Haas, Rory McIlroy (Nirl)

[7 April 2016 23:35 · Matt Gatward]

Par 3 16 for Rory now. Overhits tee shot though and now leaves killer putt to even get it close. Ouch! 

[7 April 2016 23:44 · Matt Gatward]

Rory (-4) has to aim way left of hole with putt on 16 - and makes a decent job of it. 

[7 April 2016 23:45 · Matt Gatward]

Argghh...But then Rory misses four footer for par and drops back to three under. Pays price for poor tee shot