Masters Tournament: Round 2 Groupings and Start Times in the UK
The second round of the 90th Masters tournament is underway at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, with 91 players competing in the first men's major of the year. Defending champion Rory McIlroy, who won last year's event in a dramatic playoff against Justin Rose, started his title defense with a strong opening-round 67. McIlroy will tee off at 6:44 pm UK time on Friday, alongside Players champion Cameron Young and US Amateur champion Mason Howell. Sam Burns, who also sits on five under, will start his round at 5:32 pm UK time, while world No 1 Scottie Scheffler will be on the opposite side of the draw as he looks to build on his solid start. Two-time champion Bryson DeChambeau is among those struggling to make the cut after an opening-round 76, and former Masters champion Jon Rahm is further down the leaderboard, facing a potential early exit. The full list of groupings and start times for the second round is as follows: 12:40 pm - Samuel Stevens, Sungjae Im; 12:50 pm - Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin, Brian Campbell; 1:02 pm - Mike Weir, Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini; 1:14 pm - Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard; 1:26 pm - Danny Willett, Davis Riley, Ethan Fang; 1:38 pm - Adam Scott, Daniel Berger, Brian Harman; 1:50 pm - Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee, Fifa Laopakdee; 2:02 pm - Sergio Garcia, Aaron Rai, Jacob Bridgeman; 2:19 pm - Harry Hall, Corey Conners, Michael Brennan; 2:31 pm - JJ Spaun, Maverick McNealy, Tyrrell Hatton; 2:43 pm - Jon Rahm, Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Ã…berg; 2:55 pm - Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka; 3:07 pm - Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas; 3:19 pm - Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre, Gary Woodland; 3:31 pm - Harris English, Marco Penge, Si Woo Kim; 3:51 pm - John Keefer, Haotong Li; 4:03 pm - Naoyuki Kataoka, Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz; 4:15 pm - Jose Maria Olazabal, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Aldrich Potgieter; 4:27 pm - Angel Cabrera, Sami Valimaki, Jackson Herrington; 4:39 pm - Charl Schwartzel, Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox; 4:51 pm - Vijay Singh, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard; 5:03 pm - Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan, Casey Jarvis; 5:15 pm - Bubba Watson, Nicolas Echavarria, Brandon Holtz; 5:32 pm - Cameron Smith, Sam Burns, Jake Knapp; 5:44 pm - Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor; 5:56 pm - Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Jason Day; 6:08 pm - Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Akshay Bhatia; 6:20 pm - Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele; 6:32 pm - Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley; 6:44 pm - Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Mason Howell; 6:56 pm - Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren. The weather forecast for the tournament is expected to be rain-free, with temperatures increasing throughout the event. Live coverage of the Masters will continue on Sky Sports Golf, with Featured Group action and regular updates available until the global broadcast window begins at 6 pm. The 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 reaches that part of the course, and another stream covers the 15th and 16th holes, with Featured Groups also available on Sky Sports+.