Groupings and tee times for the second round of the 90th Masters tournament, held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
There are 91 players in the field for the opening men’s major of the year, where Rory McIlroy returns as defending champion after last year’s dramatic play-off victory over Justin Rose.
McIlroy made a strong start to his title defence with an opening-round 67, with the Northern Irishman out among the later starters for Friday – teeing off at 6.44pm UK time alongside Players champion Cameron Young and US Amateur champion Mason Howell.
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Speaking after opening his Masters defence with a five-under 67, Rory McIlroy claimed that he felt just as nervous during the round as he’s felt during previous tournaments
Sam Burns also sits on five under and goes out in the afternoon wave, teeing off at 5.32pm UK time (12.32pm local time), while world No 1 Scottie Scheffler is on the opposite side of the draw as he looks to build on his solid start.
Two-time Bryson DeChambeau is among those battling to make the cut after an opening-round 76, with former Masters champion Jon Rahm even further down the leaderboard and struggling to avoid a shock early exit.
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Tommy Fleetwood made three consecutive birdies early in his opening-round 71
Friday’s R2 groupings and UK start times
All times BST; USA unless stated; (x) denotes amateur
1240 Samuel Stevens, Sungjae Im (Kor)
1250 Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin (NIrl), Brian Campbell
1302 Mike Weir (Can), Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (x) (Arg)
1314 Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
1326 Danny Willett (Eng), Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (x)
1338 Adam Scott (Aus), Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
1350 Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee (Aus), Fifa Laopakdee (x) (Tha)
1402 Sergio Garcia (Esp), Aaron Rai (Eng), Jacob Bridgeman
1419 Harry Hall (Eng), Corey Conners (Can), Michael Brennan
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Patrick Reed holed a 56ft eagle putt on the par-five eighth hole during his strong start to the tournament
1431 JJ Spaun, Maverick McNealy, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
1443 Jon Rahm (Esp), Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Åberg (Swe)
1455 Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose (Eng), Brooks Koepka
1507 Sepp Straka (Aut), Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
1519 Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Gary Woodland
1531 Harris English, Marco Penge (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
1551 John Keefer, Haotong Li (Chn)
1603 Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz (Mex)
1615 Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)
Jose Maria Olazabal briefly led The Masters before an opening-round 74
1627 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Sami Valimaki (Fin), Jackson Herrington (x)
1639 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox (Nzl)
1651 Vijay Singh (Fij), Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)
1703 Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Casey Jarvis (Rsa)
1715 Bubba Watson, Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Brandon Holtz (x)
1732 Cameron Smith (Aus), Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
1744 Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor (Can)
1756 Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry (Irl), Jason Day (Aus)
1808 Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Akshay Bhatia
1820 Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Xander Schauffele
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Bryson DeChambeau fell down the leaderboard after needing three shots to get out of the greenside bunker on the 11th hole
1832 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
1844 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Cameron Young, Mason Howell (x)
1856 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren (Swe)
The Masters weather: What is the forecast at Augusta National?
There is no rain forecast throughout this year’s Masters, with the temperature getting warmer each tournament day. Here’s the forecast issued by the on-site meteorologist:
- Friday: Mostly sunny and warmer. Winds 5-10mph. High temperature: 26°C (79F)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and hot. Winds 4-8 mph. High temperature: 29°C (85F)
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and hot. Winds 5-10mph. High temperature: 29°C (85F)
When is The Masters live on Sky Sports?
Wall-to-wall coverage from the tournament continues at 2pm on Friday, with Featured Group action and regular updates from around the course available on Sky Sports Golf until the global broadcast window begins at 6pm.
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Rory McIlroy and some of golf’s most familiar faces reflect on the moment where he achieved his lifelong dream of winning The Masters to complete the career Grand Slam
The notorious Amen Corner stream will also be available, focusing on the famous three-hole stretch from the 11th, with that Featured Group offering also available on the Sky Sports+ channel.
A feed of the fourth, fifth and sixth holes will go live each day as soon as the opening group reach that part of the course and another stream covers the 15th and 16th holes, with Featured Groups also available on Sky Sports+.
Who will win The Masters? Watch the opening major of the year exclusively live on Sky Sports. Live coverage of the first round begins on Thursday from 2pm on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.
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