Justin Rose insists he is looking "at the big picture" at The Masters, despite "a couple of poor mistakes" towards the end of day one at Augusta National.

The former Olympic champion carded a two-under 70 in the opening round of the season's first major, putting him tied-sixth alongside Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Shane Lowry, and three shots behind joint-leaders Rory McIlroy and Sam Burns.

It could have been even better for the 45-year-old, had he not registered back-to-back bogies on the final two holes, and three on the last five.

The former U.S. Open champion was runner-up to McIlroy at Augusta 12 months ago, having also agonisingly missed out on the Green Jacket to Sergio Garcia in 2017.

Rose, who also finished tied-second behind Jordan Spieth in 2015, believes his previous Masters exploits will boost his chances of staying in contention this weekend.

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"I'm a little hot [after the bogey-bogey finish], but I've got to look at the big picture," he said. 

"It was a good round of golf, and it felt like the course was playing quite challenging.

"It was a day to be patient. I was doing a nice job of that, but then the course was getting a bit firmer towards the end of the day, and I made a couple of poor mistakes.

"Small margins and I got it a little wrong on a couple of occasions. But overall, a pretty good start to the tournament and I can build on it.

"The lesson [from three previous runners-up finishes] is that I can win here. There's nothing I can say I need to massively do differently.

"It's just about, in the moment, finding that special shot. Until then, it's doing what I am doing and not forcing a win."

Former Masters champion Patrick Reed is tied for third on three-under, along with Jason Day and Kurt Kitayama, while Tommy Fleetwood is one of seven players in tied-10th after carding an opening-round 71.