Shane Lowry was egged on by seemingly everyone in Ireland as he finished Day One in joint second

From 125/1 on Wednesday night to 20/1 just 24 hours later.

Shane Lowry proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that, contrary to popular belief, the 2016 Masters was far from a three horse race between Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day. The Offaly man carded an opening round of 68 to finish just two shots off of leader Spieth on Thursday evening. https://twitter.com/TheMasters/status/718214974754201600 After parring the first, Lowry went on to birdie five of his next seven holes to storm into contention in Augusta. Spieth would have felt relatively safe as he packed away his glove for the afternoon but Lowry could well have taken the lead if he'd had a bit more luck on the back nine. The world number 32 left plenty of shots out on the course and was unfortunate not to benefit from a birdie over his final five parred holes. His only bogey arrived on the 12th but, other than that, Lowry will have been delighted with his showing on day one. And he certainly had his fans out in full voice. https://twitter.com/RealCFrampton/status/718214477188108288 https://twitter.com/shanebyrneoffic/status/718203130677194753 https://twitter.com/Ian_madigan/status/718173459457667072 https://twitter.com/osemarc2/status/718183280764416000 https://twitter.com/nbrez/status/718169019812024321 https://twitter.com/kdkilbane77/status/718161015746256897 https://twitter.com/RACHEL_WYSE/status/718169139496493057 https://twitter.com/leinsterrugby/status/718169942848352256 https://twitter.com/NedzerB13/status/718156119890403328 https://twitter.com/crossbar13/status/718157177219850240 https://twitter.com/laurencekinlan/status/718154998169862144 https://twitter.com/Ladbrokes/status/718189160981524480 https://twitter.com/eunan10/status/718193123109834752 https://twitter.com/jacquihurley/status/718177952438034433 https://twitter.com/Robroe505/status/718200905661853696 https://twitter.com/turftalktom/status/718199430126690305 https://twitter.com/KT_Kerr/status/718195713545515010 https://twitter.com/grahamhurtado24/status/718195534356463616 https://twitter.com/ianfitz1992/status/718194563286962177 https://twitter.com/tomdkeating/status/718193213530615808