Masters 2016 leaderboard live: Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Jordan Spieth in action at Augusta
The latest standings on day one of the tournament
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Your support makes all the difference.The Masters get under way today with Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Jordan Spieth among those bidding for glory in the first major of the year.
- Follow LIVE text commentary from Augusta here
- Play due to start at 1.20pm BST
- Defending champion Jordan Spieth tees off at 2.48pm
- Rory McIlroy in final grouping at 7.01pm and favourite Jason Day out at 6.06pm
- English hopes start: Lee Westwood (2.15pm), Paul Casey (2.48pm), Justin Rose (3.54pm) and Daniel Willett (6.39pm)
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- Read more: Everything you need to know about The Masters
- Read more: McIlroy shuns par three party for more studying
Check out the leaderboard below for the latest standings...
Tee-off times (local time) in the first round of the Masters
Starting at hole 1
0820 Jim Herman, Steven Bowditch (Aus)
0831 Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Robert Streb, Derek Beard
0842 Larry Mize, Victor Dubuisson (Fra), Kevin Streelman
0853 Sandy Lyle (Sco), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Vaughn Taylor
0904 Webb Simpson, Chris Wood (Eng), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha)
0915 Tom Watson, Charley Hoffman, Lee Westwood (Eng)
0926 Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Cheng-de Jin (Chn)
0937 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Jason Dufner, Patrick Reed
0948 Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey (Eng), Bryson De Chambeau (a)
0959 Justin Thomas, Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Dustin Johnson
1021 Vijay Singh (Fij), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Chris Kirk
1032 Harris English, Andrew Sullivan (Eng), Kevin Na
1043 Phil Mickelson, Marc Leishman (Aus), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
1054 Justin Rose (Eng), Jamie Donaldson (Wal), Daniel Berger
1105 Adam Scott (Aus), Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka
1116 Mike Weir (Can), Sammy Schmitz, Cameron Smith (Aus)
1127 Troy Merritt, Ian Woosnam (Wal), Byeong-Hun An (Kor)
1138 Darren Clarke (Nirl), Billy Horschel, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng)
1149 David Lingmerth (Swe), Mark O'Meara, Paul Chaplet (Crc)
1200 Keegan Bradley, Brandt Snedeker, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)
1222 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Davis Love III, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)
1233 Danny Lee (Nzl), Russell Knox (Sco), Smylie Kaufman
1244 Branden Grace (Rsa), Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter (Eng)
1255 Bernhard Langer (Ger), Hunter Mahan, Romain Langasque (a) (Fra)
1306 Jason Day (Aus), Matt Kuchar, Ernie Els (Rsa)
1317 Graeme McDowell (Nirl), Fabian Gomez (Arg), Scott Piercy
1328 Jimmy Walker, Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Anirban Lahiri (Ind)
1339 Daniel Willett (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Ryan Moore
1350 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Shane Lowry (Irl), J.B. Holmes
1401 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Bill Haas, Rory McIlroy (Nirl)
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