Masters now underway with focus still on Tiger Woods

The 74th Masters is now under way in the USA with Tiger Woods the centre of attention at Augusta National.



Woods will be playing for the first time since a November night car wreck led to revelations of numerous extramarital affairs.



A thunderstorm could get in the way when he tees off in the next-to-last group. The forecast called for afternoon rain and wind to sweep over Augusta.



Woods was scheduled to tee off with K.J. Choi and Matt Kuchar at 1.42 p.m.



Tom Watson, who nearly became the oldest major champion at last year\'s British Open, got off to a strong start on a course where he hasn\'t made the cut since 2002.



The 60-year-old birdied two of the first three holes and trailed only early leader Steve Marino, who was at 3 under.



Another elder statesman, 52-year-old Bernhard Langer, made the turn with a 3-under 33, but fell back with bogeys at 10 and 11.