The 2025 Masters returns Friday with plenty of drama, and questions.
Will overnight rain make the course play easier, or harder? Will the wind that follows wreck the hopes of afternoon players? We’ve got the latest on Masters weather, live odds to win the tournament and Masters cut line projections (plus an explanation of cut line rules if you need it).
As for drama, can Rory McIlroy wipe away the disastrous finish from Thursday? Will Scottie Scheffler remain inevitable? Will Justin Rose come back to the field?
Follow along with the Augusta Chronicle all day Friday for answers to these questions and plenty of other happenings at Augusta National Golf Club.
Masters Friday live leaderboard
USA TODAY’s sports data hub has all the live scores as they happen from Augusta National. You can follow along live with the scoreboard here.
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Justin Rose opened the day with a three-shot lead on defending champion Scottie Scheffler, 2024 runner-up Ludvig Aberg and Canada’s Corey Conners.
Here’s where they stand at 1:45 p.m.:
- 1. Justin Rose -8 thru 17
- 2. Bryson DeChambeau -7 thru 12
- 3. Sungjae Im -6 thru 14
- T-4. Matt McCarty -5 thru 18
- T-4. Rory McIlroy -5 thru 13
- 6. Corey Conners -5 thru 3
- T-7. Rasmus Hojgaard -4 thru 14
- T-7. Ludvig Aberg -4 thru 13
- T-7. Shane Lowry -4 thru 12
- T-7. Scottie Scheffler -4 thru 1
Masters projected cut line
After Friday’s second round, the field will be cut from 95 players to the top 50 and ties.
You can follow along with the cut line as it moves and who’s on the good and bad sides with our live tracker here.
With such good weather to start the day, the cut has actually moved down to 1 over at 1:30 p.m. As Friday began, 50 players were at 2 over or better.
What holes are Amen Corner?
Amen Corner is the most famous part of the course at Augusta National Golf Club, where tournaments often have been won or lost throughout history.
The treacherous stretch takes golfers from the par-4 11th and follows Rae’s Creek to the short-but-difficult par-3 12th and into the par-5 13th.
How’d Amen Corner get its name. Here’s an explanation from the Palm Beach Post.
Has Justin Rose won the Masters?
Justin Rose has never won the Masters. Making his 20th appearance in the tournament, Rose’s best finish came in 2017 when he finished solo second behind Sergio Garcia. Rose also finished T-2 in 2015 behind Jordan Spieth.
Has Justin Rose won a major?
Rose’s only major win came at the 2013 U.S. Open when he outdueled Phil Mickelson at the East Course of Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania. Rose finished 1 over for the tournament to capture the victory.
He also won golf’s return to the Olympic Games, bringing home the gold medal from Rio in 2016.
Rory McIlroy scorecard today
Rory McIlroy, seeking the career grand slam with a Masters win, has swept through Amen Corner with vengeance.
He entered the critical stretch of holes with a birdie on No. 10, then made birdie on 11 and par on 12.
From the pine straw, he attacked the pin on the par-5 13th, narrowly clearing tributary of Rae’s Creek. His eagle putt rolled into the side of the hole, making him 5 under on the day, and for the tournament, despite collapsing late Thursday to card even par in the first round.
Masters Schedule Today
While rain occurred overnight, play has started on time Friday.
The action gets started with the first grouping goes off the No. 1 tee at 7:40 a.m., and tee times run through 1:45 p.m., giving patrons nearly 12 hours of golf on Friday.
To watch coverage online, you can stream a host of channels at Augusta National Golf Club through Masters.com.
- 8:30-10:30 a.m. – On The Range
- 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m. – Holes 4, 5 & 6
- 9:15 a.m.-7:30 p.m. – Featured Groups
- 10:45 a.m.-6 p.m. – Amen Corner
- 11:45 a.m.-7 p.m. – Holes 15 & 16
Masters payout, purse 2025
The payout and total prize money for the 2025 Masters has not yet been announced.
In 2024, the total payout was $20 million, with winner Scottie Scheffler taking home $3.6 million.
Masters odds 2025
The live odds for the 2025 Masters Tournament as Friday’s Round 2 are underway can be found here.
At BetMGM, here were the top 13 after Thursday’s round.
- Scottie Scheffler +225
- Ludvig Aberg +600
- Bryson DeChambeau +700
- Justin Rose +750
- Rory McIlroy +1200
- Corey Conners +1800
- Tyrrell Hatton +2500
- Akshay Bhatia, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry +4000
- Jason Day, Joaquin Niemann +5000
Masters tee times Friday
- 7:40 a.m.: Cameron Davis, Rafael Campos, Austin Eckroat
- 7:51 a.m.: Angel Cabrera, Laurie Canter, Adam Schenk
- 8:02 a.m.: Jose Maria Olazabal, Thriston Lawrence, Brian Campbell
- 8:13 a.m.: Bubba Watson, Matthieu Pavon, Evan Beck
- 8:24 a.m.: Tom Hoge, Matt McCarty, Christian Bezuidenhout
- 8:35 a.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Denny McCarthy, Hiroshi Tai
- 8:52 a.m.: Max Homa, Justin Rose, J.J. Spaun
- 9:03 a.m.: Dustin Johnson, Nick Taylor, Justin Hastings
- 9:14 a.m.: Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Daniel Berger
- 9:25 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Rasmus Hojgaard, Matt Fitzpatrick
- 9:36 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Russell Henley, Sungjae Im
- 9:47 a.m.: Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland
- 9:58 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg, Akshay Bhatia
- 10:15 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau, Shane Lowry
- 10:26 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood
- 10:37 a.m.: Sahith Theegala, Sepp Straka, Sam Burns
- 10:48 a.m.: Davis Riley, Patton Kizzire
- 10:59 a.m.: Kevin Yu, Jhonattan Vegas, Nicolai Hojgaard
- 11:10 a.m.: Mike Weir, Michael Kim, Cameron Young
- 11:21 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Joe Highsmith, Chris Kirk
- 11:38 a.m.: Danny Willett, Nicolas Echavarria, Davis Thompson
- 11:49 a.m.: Bernhard Langer, Will Zalatoris, Noah Kent
- Noon: Cameron Smith, J.T. Poston, Aaron Rai
- 12:11 p.m.: Fred Couples, Harris English, Taylor Pendrith
- 12:22 p.m.: Corey Conners, Brian Harman, Stephan Jaeger
- 12:33 p.m.: Patrick Reed, Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An
- 12:50 p.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel, Nick Dunlap
- 1:01 p.m.: Collin Morikawa, Joaquin Niemann, Min Woo Lee
- 1:12 p.m. : Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
- 1:23 p.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, Jose Luis Ballester
- 1:34 p.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, Tyrrell Hatton
- 1:45 p.m.: Tony Finau, Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry
LIV Golfers in Masters
There are a dozen LIV Golf players in the 2025 Masters, seven of them as former champions. They are, in alphabetical order along with their first-round scores:
Bryson DeChambeau (69), Sergio Garcia (72), Tyrrell Hatton (69), Dustin Johnson (74), Brooks Koepka (74), Phil Mickelson (75), Joaquin Niemann (72), Jon Rahm (75), Patrick Reed (71), Charl Schwartzel (74), Cameron Smith (71) and Bubba Watson (71).
Masters TV Coverage Today for Round 2
TV coverage of the second round of the Masters will be on ESPN and ESPN+. Fubo is currently offering free trials.
Radio coverage runs on SiriusXM Radio Channel 92 from 7 a.m.-10 p.m.
- 1-3 p.m. – Welcome to the Masters
- 3-7:30 p.m. – Live First Round Coverage
