The Masters 2026: day one golf updates from Augusta National – live | The Masters
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Four long and beautiful days await us. No need to run out there first thing, let’s have breakfast on the porch. Here’s what our man at Augusta, Andy Bull, chose. Iced tea and one of the famous egg salad sandwiches. It will be $3.50 please. Have a nice day now.
Preamble
Welcome, dear patrons, to the 90th edition of the Masters Tournament. And with Rory McIlroy finally having his hands on his Holy Grail, as the man himself wondered: what is there left for us to talk about now?
Well, how about… Can world number one Scottie Scheffler, supposedly in crisis with just one Tour victory this year (!), pull through in time to land a third green jacket? Will Jon Rahm or Bryson DeChambeau score one for LIV Golf? Can Xander Schauffele, Ludvig Åberg or Justin Rose, so often present or nearby at Augusta National, take the final step? Will Cameron Young repeat Rory’s feat last year by following up victory in the Players with success here? Would Tommy Fleetwood be the most popular winner? Or is it Bob MacIntyre? Oh, and what prize does Rory become the fourth man, after Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods, to successfully defend his title? And all that?
Everything will come out in the wash over the next four days. But first, some administrators and a reminder that candidates are guests and should be treated with courtesy and respect. While applause and positive reactions to good play are encouraged, unsolicited or consistent calls from the gallery are prohibited. Running is considered unacceptable behavior. Prohibited items include cell phones, pagers, electronic devices, tablets, any device with recording and/or transmitting capability, flags, banners, signs, ladders, periscopes, and weapons of any kind (regardless of permit). Pimento cheese sandwiches are $1.50 and iced tea is two dollars. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is the favorite, all the starts are below, and it’s the famous CBS theme on a looooong loop to get you in the mood. Here we go! The fever of the masters is real; Won’t someone call Dr. Golf?
Round 1 start times (USA unless otherwise noted, all times BST, one means amateur)
1240 Johnny Keefer, Haotong Li (Chn)
1250 Max Homa, Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Carlos Ortiz (Mexico)|
1302 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)
1314 Angel Cabrera (Arg), (a) Jackson Herrington, Sami Valimaki (Fin)
1326 Ryan Fox (Nzl), Max Greyserman, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa)
1338 Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Matt McCarty, Vijay Singh (Fij)
1350 Casey Jarvis (Rsa), Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)
1402 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), (a) Brandon Holtz, Bubba Watson
1419 Sam Burns, Jake Knapp, Cameron Smith (Australia)
1431 Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor (Can)
1443 Jason Day (Aus), Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry (Irl)
1455 Akshay Bhatia, Tommy Fleetwood (English), Patrick Reed
1507 Bryson DeChambeau, Matthew Fitzpatrick (English), Xander Schauffele
1519 Russell Henley, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Collin Morikawa
1531 (a) Mason Howell, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Cameron Young
1543 Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland (north), Alexander Noren (sweden)
1603 Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Sam Stevens
1615 Brian Campbell, Tom McKibbin (NIrl), Andrew Novak
1627 Wyndham Clark, (a) Mateo Pulcini (Arg), Mike Weir (Can)
1639 Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Zach Johnson, Michael Kim
1651 (a) Ethan Fang, Davis Riley, Danny Willett (English)
1703 Daniel Berger, Brian Harman, Adam Scott (Aus)
1715 Fred Couples, (a) Pongsapak Laopakdee (Tha), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
1727 Jacob Bridgeman, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Aaron Rai (England)
1744 Michael Brennan, Corey Conners (Can), Harry Hall (England)
1756 Tyrrell Hatton (English), Maverick McNealy, JJ Spaun
1808 Ludvig Aaberg (Sweden), Chris Gotterup, Jon Rahm (Spa)
1820 Brooks Koepka, Justin Rose (English), Jordan Spieth
1832 Ben Griffin, Sepp Straka (Aut), Justin Thomas
1844 Robert MacIntyre (Scottish), Scottie Scheffler, Gary Woodland
1856 Harris English, Si-Woo Kim (Kor), Marco Penge (Eng)
