Rory McIlroy continued where he left off from last year and tops the leaderboard after Round 1. Joining him at the top is Sam Burns who also carded -5.

We currently have an outright leader on our Last Man Standing leaderboard, Kyle Innes is currently on -11, having picked the two joint leaders along with Jacob Bridgeman. There are five entries on -10, so the Round 2 update could look very different especially with some heavily picked players potentially being cut!

At the other end of the table, John probably won’t be challenging for the prize pot as he’s currently on +20 after picking Jon Rahm (+6), Robert MacIntyre (+8) and Rasmus Højgaard (+6).

After the chaotic start to The Players Championship, thankfully there we no withdrawals meaning the prize pot remains at £19,450, which is split as follows:

1st – £14,575

2nd – £3,900

3rd – £975

Top 10

After Round 1, the top 10 is as follows:

1st – Kyle innes -11 (-5,-5,-1)

2nd – Calum Devine -10 (-5,-5,0)

2nd – Matt Goodall -10 (-5,-5,0)

4th – Kevin De Asha 2 -10 (-5,-3,-2)

4th – David Langley 9 -10 (-5,-3,-2)

4th – Jamie Rose 3 -10 (-5,-3,-2)

7th – Sammy mccracken 2 -9 (-5,-5,1)

7th – Sam Morris -9 (-5,-5,1)

9th – Darren Coles -9 (-5,-3,-1)

10th – Adam Hobart 3 -8 (-5,-3,0)

10th – Andrew Taylor -8 (-5,-3,0)

The predicted cut currently stands at +3, so the entries with JJ Spaun – 110 (332), Matt Fitzpatrick – 20 (289), Bryson Dechambeau – 10 (285), Ludvig Åberg – 14 (279), Jon Rahm – 11 (219), Corey Conners – 75 (200), Robert MacIntyre – 25 (153), Nicolai Højgaard – 70 (124), Tyrrell Hatton – 70 (120) and Sungjae Im – 100 (118) will all be sweating today as they are in danger of missing the cut.

Individual scores can be viewed on our website by clicking on the link below

https://lms.golf/2026-lms/2026-the-masters/2026-the-masters-last-man-standing-leaderboard/

Shot of the Day

Shot of the day goes to Corey Conners who hit a slam dunk for birdie on hole 14.

https://x.com/TheMasters/status/2042350625304752402

We will send out an update after Round 2 with details on how many people have survived the cut.

Best of luck,

Cole & Alex