The Masters is underway with defending champion Rory McIlroy in the box seat heading into day two after a superb opening round of 67, to hold the joint lead alongside Sam Burns at five-under.
McIlroy took a little while to warm up on the opening day but hit his straps in the second half of his round, making five birdies over the final 11 holes to immediately set himself up as the man to catch once again.
American Ryder Cup player Burns also impressed early in the day to notch his best-ever round at The Masters, is tied with the Northern Irishman, while last year’s runner-up Justin Rose had to endure bogeys on each of the last two holes to fall three shots behind at two-under.
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler flew out of the blocks on Thursday before fading as the round went on but is also at two-under, while players lower down the leaderboard will try to do enough to at least make the cut this evening and play two more rounds over the weekend.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the second round.
Masters tee times
Round two: Friday, 10 April
*denotes amateur
12:40 Samuel Stevens (US), Sung-jae Im (Kor)
12:50 Andrew Novak (US), Tom McKibbin (NI), Brian Campbell (US)
13:02 Mike Weir (Can), Wyndham Clark (US), Mateo Pulcini (Arg*)
13:14 Zach Johnson (US), Michael Kim (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
13:26 Danny Willett (Eng), Davis Riley (US), Ethan Fang (US*)
13:38 Adam Scott (Aus), Daniel Berger (US), Brian Harman (US)
13:50 Fred Couples (US), Min Woo Lee (Aus), Fifa Laopakdee (Tha*)
14:02 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Aaron Rai (Eng), Jacob Bridgeman (US)
14:19 Harry Hall (Eng), Corey Conners (Can), Michael Brennan (US)
14:31 JJ Spaun (US), Maverick McNealy (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
14:43 Jon Rahm (Spa), Chris Gotterup (US), Ludvig Aberg (Swe)
14:55 Jordan Spieth (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Brooks Koepka (US)
15:07 Sepp Straka (Aut), Ben Griffin (US), Justin Thomas (US)
15:19 Scottie Scheffler (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Gary Woodland (US)
15:31 Harris English (US), Marco Penge (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
15:51 John Keefer (US), Haotong Li (Chn)
16:03 Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Max Homa (US), Carlos Ortiz (Mex)
16:15 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Aldrich Potgieter (SA)
16:27 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Sami Valimaki (Fin), Jackson Herrington (US*)
16:39 Charl Schwartzel (SA), Max Greyserman (US), Ryan Fox (NZ)
16:51 Vijay Singh (Fij), Matt McCarty (US), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)
17:03 Kurt Kitayama (US), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Casey Jarvis (SA)
17:15 Bubba Watson (US), Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Brandon Holtz (US*)
17:32 Cameron Smith (Aus), Sam Burns (US), Jake Knapp (US)
17:44 Keegan Bradley (US), Ryan Gerard (US), Nick Taylor (Can)
17:56 Dustin Johnson (US), Shane Lowry (Ire), Jason Day (Aus)
18:08 Patrick Reed (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Akshay Bhatia (US)
18:20 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Xander Schauffele (US)
18:32 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Collin Morikawa (US), Russell Henley (US)
18:44 Rory McIlroy (NI), Cameron Young (US), Mason Howell (US*)
18:56 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Patrick Cantlay (US), Alex Noren (Swe)
How can I watch The Masters 2026?
Fans in the UK can watch The Masters on Sky Sports, with coverage underway from 2pm BST on Thursday. Featured Group action and updates around the course are available on Sky Sports Golf until 6pm BST, when the global broadcast window opens up. That time is brought forward at the weekend, for rounds three and four, at 5pm BST.
Sky Sports+ will have live coverage of the Featured Holes/Amen Corner from 3:45pm BST on Thursday and Friday, 5pm BST on Saturday and 4:45pm BST on Sunday.
Fans can subscribe to Sky, or use Now TV with a day or month pass. Independent Sport will also have a live blog with all the latest scores, news and reaction.
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