Louis Oosthuizen will start his second round at Augusta National in the fourth from last group on Friday, with Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy involved later in the final pairing.
Oosthuizen was one of two South Africans to finish under par on Thursday as the action-packed Masters wasted no time to deliver the fireworks.
Multiple Masters winner Phil Mickelson was electric on the way in yesterday with five birdies to finish one back of his countrymen. World No 2 Dustin Johnson got his campaign off to a flying start to share fourth with England’s Ian Poulter.
Sharing 6th through 18 is former champion Adam Scott, Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Dell Match Play winner Kevin Kisner, fiery Spaniard Jon Rahm and of course, Justin Harding.
The in-form South African begins his second loop around Augusta at 5:48pm, with Branden Grace starting through later. The 2017 Nedbank Golf Challenge champion opened with an even-par 72 and will be looking to go low ahead of the weekend.
The marquee groupings are spread through the field, with SA’s No 1, Oosthuizen (71), having to wait until 7:27pm to get out again.
Tiger Woods (70) is sure to have a large gathering in the penultimate grouping with Rory McIlroy (73), needing to get a move on. The Northern Irishman, seeking his first Green Jacket and with it the career slam, is joined by Rickie Fowler (70) and Australian Cameron Smith (70).
Justin Rose and Jordan Spieth both opened with 75s, putting them in doubt for the weekend. Rose is off at 4:53pm SA time with Spieth in the group that immediately follows.
Round two tee times:
Add 6 hours for SA time | Grouping |
8:30am |
Sandy Lyle, Michael Kim, Patton Kizzire
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8:41am | Trevor Immelman, Martin Kaymer, Devon Bling |
8:52am |
Larry Mike, Jimmy Walker, Stewart Cink
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9:03am | Jose Maria Olazabal, Kevin Na, Thorbjorn Olesen |
9:14am |
Bernhard Langer, Matt Wallace, Alvardo Ortiz
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9:25am | Alex Noren, Keegan Bradley, Matthew Fitzpatrick |
9:36am |
Vijay Singh, Billy Horschel, Jovan Rebula
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9:47am | Kevin Kisner, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Shugo Imahira |
9:58am |
Zach Johnson, Ian Poulter, Matt Kuchar
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10:09am | Francesco Molinari, Rafael Cabrera Bello, Tyrell Hatton |
10:31am | Bubba Watson, Patrick Cantlay, Satoshi Kodaira |
10:42am | Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day |
10:53am | Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas |
11:04am | Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey, Brooks Koepka |
11:15am | Andrew Landry, Adam Long, Corey Conners |
11:26am | Ian Woosnam, Keith Mitchell, Kevin Tway |
11:37am | Mike Weir, Shane Lowry, Kevin O’Connell |
11:48am |
Angel Cabrera, Aaron Wise, Justin Harding
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11:59am | Danny Willett, Brandt Snedeker, Takumi Kanaya |
12:10pm | Fred Couples, Si Woo Kim, J.B. Holmes |
12:32pm | Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Lucas Bjerregaard |
12:43pm | Charl Schwartzel, Charles Howell III, Eddie Pepperell |
12:54pm | Sergio Garcia, Tony Finau, Henrik Stenson |
1:05pm | Adam Scott, Hideki Matsuyama, Kyle Stanley |
1:16pm | Patrick Reed, Webb Simpson, Viktor Hovland |
1:27pm |
Charley Hoffman, Louis Oosthuizen, Marc Leishman
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1:38pm | Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schauffle, Gary Woodland |
1:49pm |
Tiger Woods, Haotong Li, Jon Rahm
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2pm | Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Cameron Smith |
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