One of the first signs of spring is the first major of the golf season. Here are live updates of the first round of the 2023 Masters.
3 PM ET–Afternoon leaderboard of the Masters has Norway’s Viktor Hovland leading at -7. Three more golfers are tied for second at -5. There you can find Australia’s Adam Scott, Spain’s Jon Rahm and American Xander Schauffele. Meanwhile, there are four golfers at -4. There you have major winners Brooks Koepka and Shane Lowry, along with Americans Cameron Young and Sam Burns….
3:06 PM ET–The major champions on the current leaderboard have combined to win seven major championships. Koepka of West Palm Beach, Florida have won the 2017 and 2018 United States Open, and the 2018 and 2019 PGA Championship. Rahm won the 2021 United States Open, Scott won the 2013 Masters, and Lowry of Ireland won the 2019 British Open….
3:06 PM ET–Rahm birdies the 16th hole to get to -6…
3:07 pm ET–American amateur Sam Bennett of Madisonville, Texas, and not the Florida Panthers forward, makes an impressive long putt on the par three sixth hole, to move into contention at -4…
3:08 PM ET–Cameron Young records a birdie after an amazing tee shot on the 16th hole…was his third birdie in the last four holes and moves to -5 and two strokes back of Hovland….
3:14 PM ET–Koepka birdies the 12th hole to move to -5…
3:19 PM ET–Announcement made that Americans Will Zalatoris and Kevin Na have withdrawn because of injuries.
3:21 PM ET–Schauffele finishes his round at -4…had a par on the 18th hole after a bogey on the 17th hole…
3:23 PM ET–Tiger Woods completes his first round by shooting two over par.
3:27 PM ET–Hovland in the clubhouse at -7…
3:35 PM ET–Scott bogeys 18th hole to drop to -4…Was his first bogey of the day…His best hole in the first round was the 15th hole where he had an eagle…
3:35 PM ET–Koepka bogeys the par five 13th hole to drop to -4….
3:37 PM ET–Tough day for world number two, Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, who is at +2 after a double bogey on the 7th hole…
3:42 PM ET–Young finishes his round at -5…
3:44 PM ET–Jon Rahm sets Masters history…posts the best score ever for 18 holes at -7 in a round that began with a double bogey…tied for the lead with Hovland at -7…
3:45 PM ET–Another LIV player has jumped into contention as Chile’s Joaquin Niemann is at -4 after nine holes…Koepka is also at -4…
4:02 PM ET–Sam Burns, the World Matchplay champion, birdies the eighth hole to go to -5….remember the World Matchplay champion from 2022, Scottie Scheffler, won the Masters last year…
4:06 PM ET–Light rain in Augusta at the moment…
4:09 PM ET–Koepka birdies the 15th to move to -5….
4:10 PM ET–Scheffler finishes front nine at -3, four back of Rahm and Hovland….
4:10 PM ET–Enhanced and fascinating television coverage on ESPN at the moment…Jim Nantz and Trevor Immelman are interviewing McIlroy during his round….first player to be interviewed during his round in the history of the Masters…
4:17 PM ET–Three-time major champion Jordan Spieth of Dallas, Texas moves to -4 and into contention with a birdie on the eighth hole…Spieth won the Masters and United States Open in 2015, and the British Open in 2017…
4:28 PM ET–Rahm trying to become the fourth Spaniard to win a major title following Seve Ballesteros (1980, 1983), Jose Maria Olazabal (1994 and 1999), and Sergio Garcia (2017)…
4:38 PM ET–McIlroy returns to even par after slow start…
4:38 PM ET–round 1 leaderboard update…Rahm and Hovland at -7, Koepka and Young at -5, Spieth, Schauffele, Scott, Lowry, Bennett and Burns at -4…10 players are at -4 or better…
4:40 PM ET–Koepka birdies 17th hole to go to -6, and one stroke back of Rahm and Hovland…
4:53 PM ET–Bennett now has six straight pars and the amateur from Texas remains at -4…
4:55 PM ET–Rose has only the second eagle on the 13th hole…moves to -2…
4:57 PM ET–Gary Woodland of Topeka, Kansas, the 2019 United States Open champion, moves to -4 after a birdie on the 18th hole and three back of Rahm and Hovland…
4:57 PM ET–Speaking of birdieing the 18th, that is what Koepka just did to move to -7 and a tie with Rahm and Hovland…
5:08 PM ET–Spieth bogeys the 11th hole…drops to -3…long bogey putt..
5:08 PM ET–Day birdies the 16th hole to go to -4…
5:31 PM ET–Joo-hyung Kim of South Korea eagles the 13th hole to move to -4 and a tie for fifth place…
5:31 PM ET–Day birdies the 17th hole to move to -5…
5:40 PM ET–Spieth double bogeys the 13th to drop from -3 to -1…
5:46 PM ET–Day goes into the clubhouse at -5…
5:51 PM ET–World number five Max Homa eagles 15th hole to go from +1 to -1…
5:52 PM ET–Second birdie in three holes for world number one Scottie Scheffler puts the defending champion at -4 with three holes to finish his first round…
5:53 PM ET–Kim’s tee shot lands in the bunker on the 15th hole…
5:59 PM ET–Kim’s bunker shot lands in the water…
6:04 PM ET–Burns birdies the 15th hole…began his round going birdie, eagle, birdie…currently at -5, and two back of Rahm, Hovland and Koepka…
6:07 PM ET–Kim double bogey drops from -4 to -2 on 15th hole…
6:07 PM ET–round 1 leaderboard update…Rahm, Koepka and Hovland at -7, Day, Burns and Young at -5, Scheffler, Schauffele, Scott, Lowry, Bennett and Woodland at -4…12 players are at -4 or better…
6:15 PM ET–McIlroy returns to under par at -1…
6:17 PM ET–Burns bogeys the 16th hole to drop to -4…
6:37 PM ET–Bennett pars the 18th…goes 18 holes without a bogey…is the low amateur at -4…
6:51 PM ET–Burns finishes round at -4…
6:56 PM ET–Heavy rain expected at the Masters the next three days…
6:57 PM ET–Updates over the next couple of days are weather dependent…
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