Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy entered the first round of the 2012 Masters in Augusta on Thursday as the favorites to take home the green jacket, but all three players had their share of struggles. Only McIlroy, who double-bogeyed the very first hole of the tournament, was able to fight back and finish under par. McIlroy's 1-under must look great to Woods and Mickelson. Woods bogeyed his final two holes to finish at par, while Mickelson looked out of sorts all day and finished 2-over.
Tom Watson, Nick Watney and Kevin Chappell are the golfers with Bay Area ties who are still in the thick of things. They, along with the rest of the field, will be right back in action on Friday in the second round.
Here are the full pairings and tee times for Friday. All times are Eastern.
7:50 a.m. | Sean O'Hair | Scott Verplank | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano |
8:01 a.m. | Martin Laird | Chez Reavie | Mark O'Meara |
8:12 a.m. | Corbin Mills (a) | Simon Dyson | Sandy Lyle |
8:23 a.m. | Kevin Chappell | Edoardo Molinari | Ian Woosnam |
8:34 a.m. | Louis Oosthuizen | Graeme McDowell | Mark Wilson |
8:45 a.m. | Zach Johnson | Patrick Cantlay (a) | Ian Poulter |
8:56 a.m. | Ben Crane | Kevin Na | Fredrik Jacobson |
9:07 a.m. | Jonathan Byrd | John Senden | Paul Casey |
9:18 a.m. | Jason Dufner | Charles Howell III | Bernhard Langer |
9:29 a.m. | Webb Simpson | Brandt Snedeker | Mike Weir |
9:40 a.m. | Lee Westwood | Jim Furyk | Vijay Singh |
10:02 a.m. | Scott Stallings | Rory Sabbatini | Thomas Bjorn |
10:13 a.m. | Fred Couples | Darren Clarke | Ryo Ishikawa |
10:24 a.m. | Sergio Garcia | David Toms | K.J. Choi |
10:35 a.m. | Bubba Watson | Angel Cabrera | Rory McIlroy |
10:46 a.m. | Peter Hanson | Hunter Mahan | Phil Mickelson |
10:57 a.m. | Tim Clark | Brendan Steele | Craig Stadler |
11:08 a.m. | Jose Maria Olazabal | Robert Garrigus | Randal Lewis (a) |
11:19 a.m. | Paul Lawrie | Anders Hansen | Larry Mize |
11:30 a.m. | Ross Fisher | Harrison Frazar | Ryan Palmer |
11:41 a.m. | Robert Karlsson | Ben Crenshaw | Bryden MacPherson |
11:52 a.m. | Martin Kaymer | Bo Van Pelt | Adam Scott |
12:14 p.m. | Stewart Cink | Padraig Harrington | Steve Stricker |
12:25 p.m. | Aaron Baddeley | Kyung-tae Kim | Lucas Glover |
12:36 p.m. | Bill Haas | Kyle Stanley | Jason Day |
12:47 p.m. | Justin Rose | Rickie Fowler | Trevor Immelman |
12:58 p.m. | Hideki Matsuyama (a) | Tom Watson | Johnson Wagner |
1:09 p.m. | Matt Kuchar | Y.E. Yang | Geoff Ogilvy |
1:20 p.m. | Henrik Stenson | Gary Woodland | Alvaro Quiros |
1:31 p.m. | Keegan Bradley | Charl Schwartzel | Kelly Kraft (a) |
1:42 p.m. | Miguel A. Jimenez | Tiger Woods | Sang-Moon Bae |
1:53 p.m. | Francesco Molinari | Nick Watney | Luke Donald |
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