The 2026 Masters Round 2 will tee off at 7:40 a.m. ET on Friday, April 10, with defending champion Rory McIlroy and Sam Burns sharing the first round lead at 5-under par.
McIlroy, who won the 2025 Masters, tallied 6 birdies and a bogey to finish with a 67 — just the sixth defending Masters champion to open the following weekend with 67 or better.
Below, we'll break down our 2026 Masters Round 2 picks for Friday, including predictions for the Masters second-round leader, strokes, and birdies on PrizePicks.
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2026 Masters Round 1 Results, Takeaways
Tied for the Round 1 lead at 5-under-par, McIlroy is aiming to become just the fourth golfer to win back-to-back green jackets. If he continues his Thursday pace, he would join Jack Nicklaus (1965-66), Nick Faldo (1989-90), and Tiger Woods (2001-02).
Meanwhile, Sam Burns also shot a 67, easily the best round he’s ever shot at Augusta National and the surprise of Thursday's first round.
Burns, in his fifth Masters appearance, had only broken 70 once in 12 career rounds at the grandaddy of them all. It’s the fourth time that Burns holds the first-round lead/co-lead on the Tour, converting for a win once.
Patrick Reed, Kurt Kitayama, and Jason Day are tied for second, 2 shots back of McIlroy and Burns at 3-under par. Right behind them, tied for third, are world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, two-time major champion Xander Schauffele, and 2025 Masters runner-up Justin Rose, all well within striking distance at 2-under par.
The Masters first round results are key, as 18 of the last 20 Masters champions have been inside the top 10 after Thursday's first round.
This year's top 10 group is rounded out by 2025 FedExCup winner Tommy Fleetwood and 2019 U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland, who won two weeks ago in Houston after having brain surgery in 2023.
Of the top 10 favorites to win the Masters coming into the first round, Jon Rahm (+6) and Bryson DeChambeau (+4) were the underwhelming performers at Augusta on Thursday. Both will have to improve to make the cut on Friday.
2026 Masters Round 2 Picks, Predictions, Payouts
As we head to Friday for the Masters second round, keep in mind that each of the last 14 Masters winners were in the top-7 or better after 36 holes. McIlroy was in third place after the second round en route to his win last year.
Can Rory go back-to-back after winning his first Masters? Or will Scottie Scheffler or Patrick Reed jump to the top of the leaderboard on Friday?
Here are the top favorites to lead the Masters leaderboard after Friday at the 2026 Masters, via PrizePicks Team Picks, including their second round leader payouts.
Numbers represent payout multipliers; for example, a 4x payout on a $100 entry pays $400. Lower payout multipliers indicate a higher implied probability based on user picks.
- Rory McIlroy - 2.85x Payout | No 1.47x
- Sam Burns - 4.34x | No 1.17x
- Scottie Scheffler - 7.14x | No 1.07x
- Patrick Reed - 9.09x | No 1.03x
- Jason Day - 11.11x | No 1.02x
- Kurt Kitayama - 11.11x | No 1.01x
- Xander Schauffele - 11.11x } No 1.02x
- Justin Rose - 14.28x | No 1.02x
- Shane Lowry - 16.66x
- Tommy Fleetwood - 22.22x
- Rest of Field - 33.33x (individually)
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Patrick Reed To Be Masters Round 2 Leader
Patrick Reed End of Round 2 Leader: Yes 9.09x | No 1.03x
- Patrick Reed shot a first-round 3-under 69 on Thursday that included 1 birdie, 2 eagles, and 2 bogeys.
- Reed hit 11 of 14 fairways and 10 of 18 greens in the first round.
- His front 9 score of 31 was the lowest in the field and included eagles on holes No. 2 and No. 8.
- The 69 is the third consecutive 69 recorded by the 2018 Masters champion at Augusta National.
- Reed finished strong last year at the Masters, scoring a 69 in each of the last two rounds en route to a third-place finish in 2025.
- Reed’s second-round scoring average is 71.92, and he has broken par (72) in three straight second rounds at the event.
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Jason Day – 72.5 Strokes
- Jason Day bogeyed the third hole in Thursday’s first round and then shot 4-under par the rest of the way, with four birdies and no bogeys.
- Each of Day’s last six Masters rounds has been par (72) or better, as he shot 70-70-71-72 at the 202 Masters and finished with a 69 in the final round in 2024.
- Day’s second-round scoring average in 14 appearances at August National is 71.92, better than his first-round average.
- Eight of Day’s last nine rounds this season have been 72 or better, including all four in the 70s in his last event in Houston.
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Xander Schauffele Round 2 Projection: .5 Birdies or Better vs. Wyndham Clark
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- Xander Schauffele recorded 6 birdies in Thursday’s first round en route to a 2-under 70.
- Wyndham Clark finished even par 72 with 3 birdies and 3 bogeys.
- Schauffele has a 72.13 scoring average in the second round over his eight Masters appearances.
- Clark has a 68 and a 78 in his two appearances.
- Schauffele has two eighth-place finishes and a 10th-place finish over the last three appearances at Augusta National.
- The other two top-10 finishes for Schauffele were runner-up in 2019 and third place in 2021.
- Schauffele, the 2024 Olympic gold medalist, hit 14-of-18 greens on Thursday and 11 of 14 fairways.
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2026 Masters Round 2 Tee Times for Friday, April 10
To get ready for Friday's Masters Round 2, here is the full list of 2026 Masters Round 2 tee times and groupings for Friday, April 10.
7:40 a.m. ET: Samuel Stevens / Sungjae Im
7:50 a.m. ET: Andrew Novak / Tom McKibbin / Brian Campbell
8:02 a.m. ET: Mike Weir / Wyndham Clark
8:14 a.m. ET: Zach Johnson / Michael Kim / Nicolai Højgaard
8:26 a.m. ET: Danny Willett / Davis Riley
8:38 a.m. ET: Adam Scott / Daniel Berger / Brian Harman
8:50 a.m. ET: Fred Couples / Min Woo Lee
9:02 a.m. ET: Sergio Garcia / Aaron Rai / Jacob Bridgeman
9:19 a.m. ET: Harry Hall / Corey Conners / Michael Brennan
9:31 a.m. ET: J.J. Spaun / Maverick McNealy / Tyrrell Hatton
9:43 a.m. ET: Jon Rahm / Chris Gotterup / Ludvig Åberg
9:55 a.m. ET: Jordan Spieth / Justin Rose / Brooks Koepka
10:07 a.m. ET: Sepp Straka / Ben Griffin / Justin Thomas
10:19 a.m. ET: Scottie Scheffler / Robert MacIntyre / Gary Woodland
10:31 a.m. ET: Harris English / Marco Penge / Si Woo Kim
10:51 a.m. ET: John Keefer / Haotong Li
11:03 a.m. ET: Naoyuki Kataoka / Max Homa / Carlos Ortiz
11:15 a.m. ET: José María Olazábal / Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen / Aldrich Potgieter
11:27 a.m. ET: Angel Cabrera / Sami Valimaki
11:39 a.m. ET: Charl Schwartzel / Max Greyserman / Ryan Fox
11:51 a.m. ET: Vijay Singh / Matt McCarty / Rasmus Højgaard
12:03 p.m. ET: Kurt Kitayama / Kristoffer Reitan / Casey Jarvis
12:15 p.m. ET: Bubba Watson / Nicolas Echavarria
12:32 p.m. ET: Cameron Smith / Sam Burns / Jake Knapp
12:44 p.m. ET: Keegan Bradley / Ryan Gerard / Nick Taylor
12:56 p.m. ET: Dustin Johnson / Shane Lowry / Jason Day
1:08 p.m. ET: Patrick Reed / Tommy Fleetwood / Akshay Bhatia
1:20 p.m. ET: Bryson DeChambeau / Matt Fitzpatrick / Xander Schauffele
1:32 p.m. ET: Hideki Matsuyama / Collin Morikawa / Russell Henley
1:44 p.m. ET: Rory McIlroy / Cameron Young
1:56 p.m. ET: Viktor Hovland / Patrick Cantlay / Alex Noren
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Rory McIlroy set the tone in Round 1, tying for the first-round leader in defense of his 2025 Masters victory. Can Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Reed, or someone further back chase him and Sam Burns down and take the lead in Masters Round 2?
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