The Masters 2023 LIVE: Leaderboard and scores as Brooks Koepka leads and Rory McIlroy begins fightback in round 2 at Augusta National

Oh wow – Koepka could have had his left arm halfway in the sleeve of a green jacket by now. After missing a birdie by an inch an the ninth, Koepka then sees another birdie chance roll by at the 10th. This putt was much shorter, but the lead remains just three shots for now.

Here we go… Collin Morikawa jumps to -5 with his second birdie in the opening five holes, rolling in a lovely birdie putt at the fifth.

Meanwhile Scheffler chugs his way to a par at the third, but that was hard work. The defending champion isn’t quite looking at home.

And there it is. Not the start McIlroy wanted to make and he drops to +1 after a brutal six at the par-5 second. He just did not hit a single shot right over that hole, from the drive into the bunker, to the pitch over the green, to the chip back up the hill.

The fightback just got that bit harder.

Oh McIlroy is making hard work of this par-5 second. After chipping out from the bunker, his third shot into the green from the fairway is pitched to the back corner of the green. But the ball springs away and tumbles down the bank, giving McIlroy a tough up and down to even make par.

Here’s the footage of a couple of holes earlier as Brooks Koepka crushes it with a monster approach and a perfect putt on the eighth. He’s giving Jon Rahm plenty to do when he tees off about two and a half hours from now. Hovland gets going 20 minutes before that.

Koepka with a birdie chance at 9… and it rolls an inch to the left! Still, that’s a front nine of 33 from the American. Very impressive and timely too, given the weather we expect later on tonight, as Koepka heads to the turn.

After an opening par, McIlroy sends his drive at the par-5 second into the bunker on the left edge of the fairway. Not a disaster, but he started the second round last year 10 strokes behind the leader in Scottie Scheffler, and he’s doing the same today given Koepka’s fine start.

The American hits a birdie on hole eight, his second of the day. He’s also had two bogeys in Round 2 and currently lies T7 on the leaderboard at -4. Elsewehere, Mickelson double-bogeys on his sixth hole before returning to par on the seventh.

Here’s every player left to get underway today and their tee times for round two at Augusta:

3.36pm: Mike Weir, Kevin Na

3.48pm: Vijay Singh, Scott Stallings, Matthew McClean (A)

4.00pm: Sandy Lyle, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch

4.12pm: Fred Couples, Russell Henley, Alex Noren

4.24pm: Adrian Meronk, Kevin Kisner, Louis Oosthuizen

4.42pm: Larry Mize, Min Woo Lee, Harrison Crowe (A)

4.54pm: Sergio Garcia, Kazuki Higa, Keith Mitchell

5.06pm: Patrick Reed, Adam Svensson, Sahith Theegala

5.18pm: Shane Lowry, Mackenzie Hughes, Thomas Pieters

5:30pm: Bubba Watson, Seamus Power, Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira

5.42pm: Abraham Ancer, Chris Kirk, Keegan Bradley

5.54pm: Tiger Woods, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele

6.06pm: Adam Scott, Patrick Cantlay, Kurt Kitayama

6.18pm: Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Cameron Young

6:30pm: Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Smith, Sungjae Im

Wow, Koepa (-10) with an eagle on the eighth hole to increase his lead at the top! He’s followed by Australian Jason Day who has begun Round 2 with two birdies and two pars. A strong start for Day, who is making his first appearance at the Masters since 2021.

He goes T2 with Hovland and Rahm who are yet to start today.