The 89th playing of the Masters is underway.
The first major championship of the year got off and running on Thursday morning at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, starting with the annual ceremonial tee shot from Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson. From there, the quest for the iconic green jacket was on.
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Scottie Scheffler is the betting favorite this week after his win there last year. The top-ranked golfer in the world flew ahead to a four-shot win over Ludvig Åberg and the rest of the field on Sunday to claim his second career Masters win. Scheffler has three top-10 finishes so far this season on the PGA Tour, including a runner-up finish in his last start at the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
Rory McIlroy has the second-best odds entering the tournament, though he hasn’t won a major championship since 2014 despite coming painfully close plenty of times. There are 12 LIV Golf members in the field this week, too, including 2023 winner Jon Rahm. Only seven of them have lifetime status from previous wins, though, which is only going to make things more difficult for the rest of the golfers on the Saudi Arabian-backed circuit to earn a spot in the field in the future so long as the golf world remains fractured.
Stick with Yahoo Sports this week as we keep you up to date with the latest action from Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
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9:47 a.m. — Collin Moriakwa, Joaquin Niemann, Min Woo Lee9:58 a.m. — Phil Mcikelson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley10:15 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, Jose Luis Ballester (a)1:12 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Akshay Bhatia1:23 p.m. — Hidkei Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau, Shane Lowry
1:34 p.m. — Jon Rahm, Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood
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The first two rounds of the Masters will be shown by ESPN, while CBS will pick up coverage for the final two rounds this weekend. Tournament coverage is also simulcast on Masters.com, the Masters app, ESPN+ and Paramount+ each day.
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Round 1 | Thursday, April 10
3 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
Round 2 | Friday, April 11
3 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
Round 3 | Saturday, April 12
2 p.m. – 7 p.m. | CBS
Round 4 | Sunday, April 13
2 p.m. – 7 p.m. | CBS
