Masters 2025: Look forward to Friday when Rose leads and McIlroy triple up

Masters 2025 takes place and after the busy first 18 holes has a wrapped ranking on top of three former winners, including Scottie Schefflerwho is looking for his third green jacket in four years.

How the site changes to Friday, here’s what we watch.

Can Justin Rose Stand on the lead?

The English golfer experienced this beginning earlier, but hopes for another Sunday.

It is the fifth time Rose held the first round in Masters, most in the history of the tournament. It is the eighth thing that led or led in any round in Augusta National Golf Club, most of the players who did not win the green jacket.

“I feel I played well enough to win this tournament,” Rose said. “I just feel like I didn’t have a jacket to do it. I feel like, no, it’s a compliment. I played a lot of good golf rounds.

Rose, 44 years old, took care that if he plays well in the last 54 holes. Unable to win the previous four times held the lead of the first round:

-In 2004, the 23 -year -old Rose had two -stroke leadership after the first and second rounds. But then it disintegrated with 9-over 81, which included nine bogeys on Saturday. It was the worst score of the third round from the 36-hole leader in Masters in more than 25 years. He tied 22. On 2 over, 11 strikes behind the winner Phil Micelson.

– Rose has been tied for the first round of the line Brett Wetterich to 3 per year 2007. During the last 54 holes, Rose was in cold and wind conditions 7. He was in hunting until the end and dragging a possible winner Zach Johnson After one stroke of the production of birds for No. 14 and 16 in the last round. But double bogey at 17. The hole fell up to the tie at the fifth at 4 via.

– next year Rose and Trevor Immelman He finished the first round at the top of the ranking in 4 pod. Rose dropped out of the dispute after she sent 6-Ner 78 in the second round. After putting the water in front of the green, he confessed the triple bogey 8 in a 15th place. Rose has been 11 in the last three rounds and was tied 36. In 7 via.

-In Masters 2021 was Rose 9 under his last 11 holes of the first round to open 4-rake the lead Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama. It was the fourth time Rose led or led along with the binding Jack nicklaus For Masters. Again, Rose couldn’t do it on the weekend. After the second round he had 1-shot and after the third third Matsuyam. Rose finished the seventh solo at 5, five shots for Matsuyama.

Can Rose do it this year? It’s a double finalist in Masters and is losing Jordan Spieth In 2015 and Sergio Garcia In 2017, so he knows too well what it will take for Sunday to slip on the green jacket.

Rose will have many best golfers in the world-scottie Scheffler (-4), Ludvig Åberg (-3), Bryson Brazambeau (-3) and another-Ho.

“A little women’s happiness here and sometimes there is always a difference,” Rose said. “But occasionally I was lucky and I was a champion. But you have to play golf to create these opportunities, and of course the only way to achieve it is to get your name on the ranking. I definitely don’t avoid it.” – Mark Schlabach

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Yes Rory McILroy Do you still have a chance?

It looked as if McIlroy had all the dynamics in the world. After countless slow start in Augusta, the four -time main winner seemed to break the code. He was 4-under through 14 holes and just hit the perfect drive to Par-5 .. His long iron shot landed on the green and running down from behind and leaving him a complicated but straight chip.

But as soon as McIlroy made contact, he seemed to have happened. He wore the ball too far, and when he began to roll around a pin, the crowd begged the ball to sit. It wasn’t and ran into the water. McIlroy made a long, strenuous walk across the bridge to the drop zone and made a double bogey. Momentum away.

“Green is new, so it’s a little stronger than some others,” he said Ludvig ÅbergOne of McIlroy’s playing partners. “But of course, you play with fire when you play with this front, especially with a short pin.

Another negligent chip and three-lens on 17 produced the second double bogey and a quick error turned into a catastrophic surface. 14., McIlroy was tied to Scottie Scheffler, who shot 4-Dod 68 in the morning wave and suddenly after he got on his last four holes, there was even par-four shots behind Scheffler and eight shots as leader, Justin Rose.

After his round, McIlroy refused to talk to the media and headed straight to reach.

Although McIlroy had strong completion in Augusta, the slow beginning was his Achilles heel and impossible to overcome it. In the last seven first rounds in Masters McILroy, he broke a few once. In addition, 18 out of the last 19 champions winners were after 1 round to four shots from the lead. McIlroy was four shots back to 14; He’s eight now.

If this is the year when McILroy finally dresses the green jacket, as many expect to expect, it will be a monumental effort. The four -time main winner will have to start to match on Friday morning. If there is a silver lining on Thursday, it is that McILroy drove the ball well and, except 15 and 17, played a stable golf. But as this course often shows – and as McILroy knows too well – one fundamental mistake can be too much to overcome. – Paolo objects

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Which Liv players started strongly in the first major of the year?

Although 2023 masters of masters Jon Rahm He had another hard round in Augusta National on Thursday, shot 3-over par and showed a lot of frustration, five other members of LIV Golf found themselves in the TOP 11 one round.

Sixteen players in total are in 11th place and are tied in 11th place, including Cameron Smith2018 Masters Champion Patrick reed and the double master of the masters Bubba watson. Bryson Brazambeau and Tyrrell Hatton Both missiles 3-wheels after 69 years and are tied in fifth place. Joaquin NiemannThe triple winner this year is on 27th place in 27th place.

“It’s just so hard,” said Hatton, who looked slightly pleased with his bike. “It’s like, you love you are here and it’s very strange, but whenever you can just hit a shot, and that just makes a head in. I just have to beat perfect shots.”

Hatton had his best goal in Augusta (T-9) last year (T-9), and on Thursday he reminded reporters that at that time he said he needed to better manage it to improve this course. Hatton hit 11 out of 14 fairways on Thursday. Mission fulfilled.

Brazambeau also hit 11 fairways in the first round and compiled a strong round after his best goal came last year (T-4). After that, however, Brazambeau was not quite pleased with his performance, and no one surprised to reach the reach to work on his swing under the lights. During the task of the tournament this week no one hit more balls than him.

“I want to drive the ship in the right direction. I feel like I have a golf swing that is favorable right now; it just is not dialed as if I wanted it,” he said. “I have to work on it a little and get comfortable on tomorrow.”

Reed, part of it, was pleased with his swing, but it was his putter that gave him headaches. He hit everyone except one lock and missed five green in regulation, but lost over half a brain blow to the Putter field in his hands, to data golf.

“Ballstrking wasn’t a problem,” Reed said. “Flatstick is on vacation and needs to show. He must get for years and meet with me here.”

Despite the round of 75 years, Rahm – who threw his driver for the ninth hole and looked prepared in half – said he felt ready on Friday.

“I’m sure,” Rahm said. “It’s a very difficult golf course. It will be harder. If I can get to a good start, tomorrow at 60. – objects

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Who is to work on Friday?

Top 50 scores and bindings cause the 36-hole cut in Masters (there is no 10-shot rule), and after 18 holes there were 62 golfers with a score of 2 or better after 18 holes. The predictive model of the Golf data had the following expected cuts after the first round: 2 over (18.5%), 3 above (39.5%) and 4 above (29.6%).

There are several big names that must play well to hold on to the weekend: Will zapatoris (2 above), Keegan Bradley (2 above), Max Homa (2 above), Dustin Johnson (2 above), Patrick Cantlay (2 above), Brooks Koepka (2 above), Phil Micelson (3 above), Tony arguments (3 above), Jon Rahm (3 over), Wyndham Clark (4 over), Adam Scott (5 over) and Russell Henley (7 above).

Scott, Champion of the Champions 2013, made a cut in the previous 15 masters, the last weekend in 2009.

Lucas Gloverwho fought through the wheel for 68 years, was not in a very mood to speak on Thursday.

Glover, asked to describe the conditions of the course, “The course was perfect.”

Asked to describe his bike, he replied, “terrible.”

Asked what he would have to do to turn his game around Friday, Glover said, “He did nothing I did today.” – Schlabach

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What about the weather on Friday?

Even after taking over the thumb of rain on Monday, which erased most of the daily training wheels, Greens and Fairways August National in the first round were solid and fast.

“It’s hard. It’s hard,” said Brian Harman, who raced 1-below 71 with 4 birdies, 1 bogey and double bogey. “The Greens are super firm in some places. It’s so difficult on nine, it’s hard to get a good look.

“You have to hit perfect shots to get a good look, and it’s just Augusta, man. It’s a bear. I always say to me it’s the hardest place we play all year.

The next round of the shower and potentially storms is a forecast on Friday overnight with a cold front passing Augusta. It is expected that 80% chance of collisions and showers will end on Friday between 6 and 9 to 9:00. About two tenths to four tenths of the rain may drop.

The prognosis at the weekend is good with a sunny sky and temperatures at 60 years up to the low 70 years.

“Fingers crossed the rain,” said England Tyrrell Hatton“Dod 69 in the first round. – Schlabach