On the course, South Africa's James Kingston ended the first day at the top of the leaderboard after carding a six-under 66.
There were other notable performances during the first day at the Masters.
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However, there were some shock results on the first day at Roland Garros, with defeats for 10th seed Victoria Azarenka and Spanish 20th seed Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
The latter made two half centuries against West Indies in May but averages only 22 after five Tests and on the first day at Arundel, he took an hour to make just five runs.
Although there was no sign of the sex robots Thursday, there were plenty of other vendors at the first day of the conference at the Sands Expo Center.
Mr Scilingo arrived at the first day of his trial at the national court in Madrid in an ambulance and complained of feeling ill.
At 16, he would have been Pompey's youngest-ever player had he been used in the game with Blackburn on the first day of the season at Fratton Park in August 2006, but he did not get on the field.
Indeed, the theme of the day at first minister's questions - such as it was - focused upon competing sources of information.
But England's task at the start of the first day was to bat until at least tea time on the second.
That is odd: Within a few hours of the first day, the wireless network at D8 overloaded, and was blocked in the main hall with no notification, presumably so people would take their noses out of their screens.
Those needing a temporary escape from the pace of 21st-century life can stay at the abbey for a few days or a whole week, praying with the monks (some guests might decide to skip the first service of the day, at 3:20 in the morning), eating the same vegetarian fare as the monks, and observing the same strict silence at mealtimes.
At the end of his first day at training with Arsenal, Bergkamp was asked - as is Gunners custom - to make a short speech to the other players.
The solitary, elusive cat is one of the most difficult animals to spot in the wild, but thanks to the site, Nadav says, the couple got lucky on their first day at the park.
The Dow started 2012 at 12, 221 and closed on that first day of the year at 12, 397.
The older ones had their first day at school on June 8th and 25 of the younger ones have just started at the primary school next door, where, despite language problems, teachers say they mingle well with local children.
The announcement was made by Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop on the first day of the Digital Spark Conference at the University of Abertay in Dundee, which brings together a range of experts in Intellectual Property from academics, legal experts, business leaders, students and entrepreneurs.
After wins at Arsenal and Tottenham the Tigers earned their first victory at home since the opening day of the season.
England, who need to win the Test to regain the Ashes, won the first battle of the day when Ricky Ponting called incorrectly at the toss and Strauss chose to have first use of what looked to be a perfect batting wicket.
The unions said 500, 000 members walked out on the first day, but employers put the number at 100, 000.
On the first day of the hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, counsel for the families explained that they thought there were a number of reasons why the tragedy happened.
When his mistake emerged, Bob would have had a metaphorical clip round the ear from the gaffer and would be sent out at first light the next day with brush and paint to correct his mistake.
Indeed Ponting has not asked a team to bat first since the Ashes series of 2005 at Edgbaston when England amassed 400 on the first day.
Strauss, who has talked up Ponting as the one "great player" in Australia's ranks, will have vivid memories of how he took England's attack apart on the first day of the series on his way to 196 at Brisbane four years ago and the England skipper will have plenty of plans in place for his Aussie counterpart.
But the Americans, traditionally stronger in the singles, made the most of the afternoon to claim a narrow lead at the end of the first day.
That was the first day of football championship weekend at Canton and Massillon.
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When the first day's doodle changed at midnight on the dot, she was captive in front of the computer to watch.
An hour before court began, there were four people in line, compared with about 50 at the first day of McVeigh's trial.
Absenteeism was so rampant the district even lured kids in for the first day by offering a chance at Saints tickets to those who showed up.
We found 14 examples, and someone who bought the lot at first-day closing prices would have enjoyed an average relative-to-market score of 135 (where 100 means tracking the market).
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