1 week Ago By Arthur Ferridge and George Flood
The Masters has reached the halfway stage and a thrilling weekend is in store. Justin Rose made a brilliant start to proceedings at Augusta National, matching his best-ever round at the iconic course on Thursday with a superb seven-under 65, but a three-shot lead has been cut to one after the second round. Bryson DeChambeau is his closest challenger, while Rory McIlroy is within two of the lead as a sparkling 66 on Friday got him firmly back into contention after his stumbling finish to the opening round.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler and Tyrrell Hatton are among those on five-under and three off Rose’s lead, while Viktor Hovland enters the weekend inside the top ten despite continuing to be open about struggling with his game. The first group tees off for the third round at Augusta on Saturday, April 12 at 2:50pm BST, which is 9:50am local time in Georgia. (All times BST) 2:50pm Tom Kim 3:00pm Joaquin Niemann; Jordan Spieth 3:10pm Stephan Jaeger; Max Greyserman 3:20pm Danny Willett; J.
T. Poston 3:30pm Jon Rahm; Zach Johnson 3:40pm Patrick Cantlay; Akshay Bhatia 3:50pm Denny McCarthy; J. J.
Spaun 4:10pm Maverick McNealy; Charl Schwartzel 4:20pm Brian Campbell; Byeong Hun An 4:30pm Aaron Rai; Justin Thomas 4:40pm Sahith Theegala; Davis Thompson 4:50pm Matt Fitzpatrick; Wyndham Clark 5:00pm Nick Taylor; Daniel Berger 5:10pm Tom Hoge; Max Homa 5:30pm Harris English; Min Woo Lee 5:40pm Sam Burns; Nicolas Echavarria 5:50pm Brian Harman; Bubba Watson 6:00pm Davis Riley; Michael Kim 6:10pm Xander Schauffele; Tommy Fleetwood 6:20pm Patrick Reed; Collin Morikawa 6:30pm Ludvig Aberg; Hideki Matsuyama 6:50pm Jason Day; Sungjae Im 7:00pm Rasmus Hojgaard; Viktor Hovland 7:10pm Scottie Scheffler; Tyrrell Hatton 7:20pm Matt McCarty; Shane Lowry 7:30pm Rory McIlroy; Corey Conners 7:40pm Justin Rose; Bryson DeChambeau TV channel: All four days of the Masters are being televised live in the UK on Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports Main Event, though as usual viewing is restricted early on. Featured group coverage usually begins at 2pm BST on Thursday and Friday, and 3pm on Saturday and Sunday. Full coverage is available from 7pm on Thursday and Friday, and 6:30pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will be able to watch all the action online via the Sky Go app. Rory McIlroy: 10/3 Scottie Scheffler: 7/2 Bryson DeChambeau: 7/2 Justin Rose: 8/1 Corey Conners: 12/1 Shane Lowry: 16/1 Tyrrell Hatton: 20/1 Collin Morikawa: 22/1 Ludvig Aberg: 28/1 Viktor Hovland 28/1 (Bar 33/1, odds via Betfair and subject to change.).
