The stars have arrived at Augusta National Golf Club. Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and Viktor Hovland share the 2023 Masters lead at 7 after 18 holes of play. Each reached the top of the leaderboard in varying fashions. Rahm signed for the lowest round in Masters history after opening with a double bogey or worse, Hovland carded his lowest round in a major championship, and Koepka turned back the clock to look like his former self.
Yet this tournament is surely not just a three-horse race as Cameron Young and Jason Day sit two strokes back at 5 under entering second-round play Friday. World No. 1 and defending champion Scottie Scheffler signed for a 68 on Thursday to keep his back-to-back aspirations alive. Scheffler sits alongside a murder’s row including Xander Schauffele, Shane Lowry and Sam Burns in tie for sixth. Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas and Cameron Smith are all still within striking distance.
Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy (E) and Tiger Woods (+2) may have one eye on the cutline as weather rolls into the Augusta National area. As such, tee times were moved up 30 minutes for Friday’s second round with play beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET.
Watch Round 2 action at the 2023 Masters streaming Friday with Masters Live as we follow the best golfers in the world throughout Augusta National with Featured Groups, check in at the famed Amen Corner and see every pairing round the turn on holes 15 & 16. Watch live on CBSSports.com, the CBS Sports App and Paramount+.
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