AUGUSTA, April 12 — Tiger Woods struggled to start a difficult 23-hole walk aimed at making Masters history while Max Homa and Nicolai Hojgaard charged after leader Bryson DeChambeau as the first round of the 88th Masters concluded today.

After a rain delay of two and one-half hours on Thursday, darkness fell with 27 players from the field of 89 still on the course, including Woods, Homa and Hojgaard.