The Masters 2025 LIVE: Leaderboard, latest scores and updates from Augusta

Driver for McIlroy on the par-4 third: he sends it down the middle of the fairway and takes the bunkers of either side out of play.

Tyrrell Hatton has been calm and composed through the first two-thirds of his round, but finds a moment of magic on 12. A wonderful approach of the par-3 sets up a birdie chance and the Englishman rolls it in to move to -4. We have a new leader.

Leaderboard: (-4) Tyrrell Hatton (-3) Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler,, Justin Rose (-2) Aaron Rai, Corey Conners

Hello Collin Morikawa! There was a huge cheer somewhere at Augusta and it’s the former Open champion and last year’s Masters runner-up scoring an eagle-three on the par-5 13th. Very nice indeed from Morikawa, who rolls in a beauty of a putt down the hill. Stunning.

In the same group, Niemann also went for the green in two but found the creek. He somehow got it up from the stones but drops a shot. Elsewhere, Scheffler isn’t too far away from birdie at 12th but comes away with a fine par, as does Hatton with a cool up-and-down from the side of the green at 11.

Leaderboard: (-3) Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Rose (-2) Aaron Rai, Corey Conners

McIlroy’s first par-5 of the week, and he finds the bunker of the right side of the fairway, by the dog-leg.

The lie is ok, with the ball landing in the middle of the trap, and McIlroy is able to get a full swung on it with the iron to get it back onto the fairway.

The approach to the green doesn’t quite go to plan, either, skipping into the fringe, but avoiding any danger.

He left himself some work to do with the pitch back down the hill, but McIlroy comes away with the par. The second has been the easiest hole on the course today, but McIlroy makes five.

McIlroy score: E (thru 2)

Aaron Rai and Stephan Jaeger were both at -4 at the turn but have had a difficult back nine with both falling to -1. Rai drops another shot at the par-3 16th after finding the near bunker.

Leaderboard: (-3) Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Rose (-2) Joaquin Niemann, Brian Campbell, Laurie Canter

Scheffler, already the early leader on the opening day of the Masters, works his way to a steady par on the 11th after landing his approach to the right and making his up-and-down for four. He’ll head onto the par-3 12th next.

Justin Rose backs up his excellent start with a par save on the fifth. He rattled that towards the hole with pace and looks relieved to get away with it!

Leaderboard: (-3) Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Rose (-2) Joaquin Niemann, Brian Campbell, Laurie Canter

McIlroy takes a step back as he watches his ball approach the green… and it’s a beauty, landing on the green and in the narrow slip between the pin and the bunker. He’ll have an early chance at birdie.

It’s downhill, and left to right. McIlroy trickles it towards the hole… and it fades away to the right. An opening par.

Here we go again. Rory McIlroy is underway at the Masters as he chases the green jacket and looks to complete the career grand slam. There have been heartbreaks in the past, and McIlroy is prepared to put his heart on the line once more in his attempt to conquer Augusta. He will look to make a solid start and chase Scottie Scheffler.

McIlroy is playing with Ryder Cup team-mate Ludvig Aberg (who is among the contenders) and Akshay Bhatia.

Disaster for Stephan Jaeger, who has led the Masters on his own for the last hour or so but his reign at the top meets a watery end on the par-5 13th. Jaeger went for the green in two but his shot rolled back into the creek. The German ends up carding a double-bogey seven, leaving Scheffler, Hatton and Rose on top.

Leaderboard: (-3) Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Rose (-2) Harris English , Brian Harman, Stephan Jaeger, Joaquin Niemann, Brian Campbell, Matt McCarty

Three birdies, six pars. Scottie Scheffler reaches the turn in 33 and looks to be in total control out there. He got a huge boost with a monster birdie putt from 60ft on the second hole, sure, but he hasn’t put a foot wrong.

Tyrrell Hatton, who is playing in the group behind Scheffler, is also off to a fantastic start and has picked up another birdie at the par-5 eighth.

He’s on -3 too, as is Justin Rose! The 44-year-old has made it three birdies in a row to start his round. A birdie a hole would probably win the Masters if he keeps this up.

Leaderboard: (-4) Stephan Jaeger (-3) Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Rose (-2) Joaquin Niemann, Brian Campbell, Matt McCarty