The Augusta Chronicle followed the course changes closely during the first day of the 2002 Masters tournament. Here is a look at how each of the changed holes played with comments from the field.

No. 1

Par 4, 435 yards

Average: 4.329

Rank: 2

2001: 4.209 (2)

Four-time champion Arnold Palmer made a double-bogey six on the opening hole en route to an 89. Palmer had a 3-wood for his second shot to the hole, which was lengthened 25 yards.

"I hit a 3-wood as hard as I could hit that son of a bitch," Palmer said.

He hit the ball on the front of the green, but four-putted from there.

No. 7

Par 4, 410 yards

Average: 4.306

Rank: 3

2001: 3.986 (14)

Greg Norman made par on this hole, which was lengthened 45 yards. But it required a little more club.

"I hit a driver, 9-iron into the wind," he said. "Last year's event I probably would have hit a 3-wood, pitching wedge, so it wasn't much difference there."

No. 8

Par 5, 570 yards

Average: 5.045

Rank: 12

2001: 4.866 (15)

Nick Price was cruising along at 3-under when he suffered a double bogey on this hole. The tee was pushed back 20 yards and shifted to the right 10 yards, and the fairway bunker was reshaped and doubled in size.

He hooked his second shot, hit his third over the green, chipped back and three-putted for a seven.

"It didn't faze me much," said Price, who finished at 2-under 70. "I hung in there, kept hitting good shots."

No. 9

Par 4, 460 yards

Average: 4.352

Rank: 1

2001: 4.054 (10)

Charles Howell hit his tee shot into the left trees, necessitating a cut shot up the first fairway to the bank left of the ninth green. He nearly holed his chip shot but settled for bogey en route to a 74.

His playing partner, Gary Player, had to hit a metal wood into the hole from 195 yards out.

"This used to be a wedge shot in," the three-time Masters champ said to the gallery.

No. 10

Par 4, 495 yards

Average: 4.25

Rank: 6

2001: 4.231 (1)

Jesper Parnevik hit a 3-iron to about three feet to set up birdie. The tee was moved back 10 yards and shifted five yards to the left.

"That was a good birdie today," he said.

Parnevik, who shot a 2-under 70, said the hole plays long if "you don't really duck-hook it there."

No. 11

Par 4, 490 yards

Average: 4.17

Rank: 9

2001: 4.155 (3)

Moving the tees back 35 yards and shifting them five yards to the right didn't hurt Ernie Els. He still hit a 9-iron for his approach shot and made birdie.

"That was my first birdie of the day, so it felt good to get to even," said Els, who would birdie the other two holes of Amen Corner (Nos. 12 and 13) as well.

"For some reason I got it all the way down there," he said of the drive on No. 11.

No. 13

Par 5, 510 yards

Average: 4.897

Rank: 16

2001: 4.740 (17)

Even with a new tee adding 25 yards to this hole, this classic par-5 was still the third easiest hole of round 1. But for Padraig Harrington, it marked the beginning of a stretch that cost him the lead.

Harrington hit a 5-iron into the tributary of Rae's Creek that guards the green and suffered a bogey. He was 6-under at the time, but closed with two more bogeys and wound up at 69.

"I had a difficult shot on 13, I went for it and I didn't hit a good shot," he said.

No. 14

Par 4, 440 yards

Average: 4.181

Rank: 8

2001: 4.014 (12)

The 35 yards added to this hole didn't stop Davis Love III from making an easy birdie Thursday.

He hit a 6-iron to about six inches from the hole for a tap-in birdie.

Love, the first-round leader, said he enjoyed playing a course softened up by rain.

"It will get tougher, but they may not get it quite as dry as they want it," he said.

No. 18

Par 4, 465 yards

Average: 4.261

Rank: 5

2001: 4.014 (13)

Retief Goosen made a birdie on the closing hole, which was made tougher with the tee pushed back 60 yards and shifted five yards to the right. The fairway bunker complex was increased by 10 percent and trees were added to the left of the fairway.

"On 18 I hit driver and a soft 4-iron," said Goosen, who shot a 3-under 69. "The bunker did not come into play. Playing into the wind made it a tough hole."