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When is Rory McIlroy playing at the Masters today? UK tee times for round two

Defending champion has share of early lead after brilliant opening to title defence at Augusta

By Evening Standard

• April 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM

When is Rory McIlroy playing at the Masters today? UK tee times for round two Photo: Evening Standard

Rory McIlroy goes into the Masters second round today tied for the early lead at Augusta National.

A stunning opening five-under-par 67 has put the reigning champion in contention to become the first back-to-back winner of the green jacket since Tiger Woods in 2001/02.

McIlroy will face stiff competition from world no1 Scottie Scheffler and co-leader Sam Burns, but the likes of heavily fancied LIV Golf pair Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm face a tough task to make the cut after nightmare opening rounds.

McIlroy will be able to watch most, if not all, of his rivals tee off before taking to the first in the penultimate group.

McIlroy tees off at 6.44pm BST on day two - Friday, April 10, 2026 - at Augusta.

He will again play alongside Cameron Young and amateur Mason Howell.

What time does the Masters start?

The first group tees off for the second round today at Augusta at 12.40pm BST, which is 7.40am local time in Georgia.

Masters 2026 day two UK tee times
12.40pm: Samuel Stevens (US), Sung-jae Im (Kor)
12.50pm: Andrew Novak (US), Tom McKibbin (NI), Brian Campbell (US)
1.02pm: Mike Weir (Can), Wyndham Clark (US), Mateo Pulcini (Arg*)
1.14pm: Zach Johnson (US), Michael Kim (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
1.26pm: Danny Willett (Eng), Davis Riley (US), Ethan Fang (US*)
1.38pm: Adam Scott (Aus), Daniel Berger (US), Brian Harman (US)
1.50pm: Fred Couples (US), Min Woo Lee (Aus), Fifa Laopakdee (Tha*)
2.02pm: Sergio Garcia (Spa), Aaron Rai (Eng), Jacob Bridgeman (US)
2.19pm: Harry Hall (Eng), Corey Conners (Can), Michael Brennan (US)
2.31pm: JJ Spaun (US), Maverick McNealy (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
2.43pm: Jon Rahm (Spa), Chris Gotterup (US), Ludvig Aberg (Swe)
2.55pm: Jordan Spieth (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Brooks Koepka (US)
3.07pm: Sepp Straka (Aut), Ben Griffin (US), Justin Thomas (US)
3.19pm: Scottie Scheffler (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Gary Woodland (US)
3.31pm: Harris English (US), Marco Penge (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
3.51pm: John Keefer (US), Haotong Li (Chn)
4.03pm: Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Max Homa (US), Carlos Ortiz (Mex)
4.15pm: Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Aldrich Potgieter (SA)
4.27pm: Angel Cabrera (Arg), Sami Valimaki (Fin), Jackson Herrington (US*)
4.39pm: Charl Schwartzel (SA), Max Greyserman (US), Ryan Fox (NZ)
4.51pm: Vijay Singh (Fij), Matt McCarty (US), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)
5.03pm: Kurt Kitayama (US), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Casey Jarvis (SA)
5.15pm: Bubba Watson (US), Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Brandon Holtz (US*)
5.32pm: Cameron Smith (Aus), Sam Burns (US), Jake Knapp (US)
5.44pm: Keegan Bradley (US), Ryan Gerard (US), Nick Taylor (Can)
5.56pm: Dustin Johnson (US), Shane Lowry (Ire), Jason Day (Aus)
6.08pm: Patrick Reed (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Akshay Bhatia (US)
6.20pm: Bryson DeChambeau (US), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Xander Schauffele (US)
6.32pm: Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Collin Morikawa (US), Russell Henley (US)
6.44pm: Rory McIlroy (NI), Cameron Young (US), Mason Howell (US*)
6.56pm: Viktor Hovland (Nor), Patrick Cantlay (US), Alex Noren (Swe)
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.