Rory — overcooked a long iron into 11, the ball went kerplunk straight into the pond. Double bogey. Then bogey on 12, lead completely gone. Then birdies on 14 and 15 to retake the lead, before a bogey on 17 let Young back in. Finished tied at -11. After the round: "This golf course has a way of, when you're not quite feeling it, you struggle. You have to dig deep, and I felt like I did that... I still have a great chance. I'm in the final group. I just need to figure it out a little bit."

Cameron Young — shot 65, 8 birdies, 1 bogey. Briefly held the solo lead at the par-3 16th. His drive on 13 hit a tree and miraculously kicked back into the fairway. Augusta likes him. Tied for the lead heading into Sunday.

Scottie Scheffler — hello, world. Eagle on 2, birdies everywhere, a 65 to go from 12 back to -7. The irons are back and he's absolutely in this thing.

Shane Lowry — aced the par-3 6th. His SECOND career hole-in-one at Augusta. The first was on 16 exactly a decade ago. Rounds of 70-69-68, trending the right direction at -9.

Sam Burns — bogey-free 68, steady as a rock, sitting at -10 one back. "I can't control anything Rory does. Control what we can control — our attitude, our emotions."

Haotong Li — almost withdrew Friday with stomach issues. Shot 69 Saturday, nearly eagled 8, sits at -7. Remarkable.

🏆 Team Challenge — Sunday Standings

C. Cochran's 4-shot lead shrunk to 2 — but still led by Rory, Burns, Lowry and Rose. What a team. 41 entries within 10 shots of the lead. Sunday morning early starters can vault teams up the board fast.

💰 Final Payout Breakdown

Final purse tallied once all payments are verified. Approximate payouts assuming full collection of the pot.

Payout timing: Payouts will be sent throughout the next week. Venmo has transaction limits — I'll start from the top and work my way down the Top 20.

Tiebreakers will be used for all payout positions: (1) Chosen winner's best finish  ·  (2) Closest chosen winning score  ·  (3) Chosen amateur's best finish.

Rory after the round: "I knew I had some chances coming in when I was standing on the 12th tee, but I didn't think I'd birdie six of the last seven. It just shows what you can do around here."

On staying grounded: "I know what can happen around here, good and bad. You don't have to remind me not to get ahead of myself. There's a long way to go. I got off to an amazing start."

On his mindset: "My little mantra to myself today was keep swinging, keep swinging hard at it, even if you're not hitting fairways, just keep swinging."

1st   C. COCHRAN — -32

T2    C. CLAYTON — -28

T2    S. HAMEL — -28  be cool be cool be cool... let's goooooo!

4th   P. FITZGERALD — -27

T5    J. MORGAN — -26

 T5    P. HAUGH — -26

💰 Payout Breakdown

Final purse tallied once all payments are verified. Percentages of total pot:

Rory picks up right where he left off — a clean 67, strolling into the Champions locker room like he owns it. Because he does. Is this a new Rory? Or just... Rory?

Quietly, Sam Burns played the Par 5s in -5. A good friend once told me it's all about Par 5 scoring at Augusta. Co-leader heading into Friday.

MacIntyre brought full theater — flicking off the course, that shirt, go watch the putt on 13. Bobby Mac is not here to make friends.

Spietheron Central. My. Man. -2 on the front had me feeling all kinds of things. Sits at E, 5 back, right in this thing with a morning tee time. Watch that punch cut on 10. What have I been saying.

Freddie Couples was 2-under through 14 holes at 66 years old before a quad-9 on 15 (two balls in the water) sent things sideways. Still — FREDDIE. Standing ovation.

Rahm — yikes. Not a single birdie. Worst round of his Masters career. The trendy pick delivered a -6 hangover.

Bryson — triple bogey on 11, three shots in the bunker. Walking up 18 muttering "everything is hooking." PFFFFffFFfft.

Xander's tee shot on the par-5 8th landed inside someone's merchandise bag. He used a tee to mark the spot, handed the bag back, played on without penalty and made par. Only at Augusta.

Shane Lowry called it: "I think this could be the toughest Masters we've played in a while." Firm, fast, and unforgiving. Only 16 players in red. That number matters.

L. MARRINAN sits atop 875 other entries to take the sole lead heading into Friday. A clear 1-2-3 with this many entries almost seems impossible. How good is that.

1) L. MARRINAN — -15
2) C. COCHRAN — -14
3) A. BRIEN — -13
T4) M. BIENVENU — -12
T4) T. HEAD — -12

Today is CUT DAY. You need at least 5 players to make the cut to advance to the weekend and have a chance at the purse. Let's see what ANGC drums up.

Still auditing entries but sitting at approximately 876 total. Please get your entry fees in — tracking payments across this many entries is no small task. The purse page has been temporarily taken down since this is now a real public website — it'll be back.

Payouts are calculated at entries × $24 — meaning 96% of all entry fees go directly back into the pot. For the first time in over 10 years of running this thing — coordinating picks, building the site, tracking entries, hunting down payments, getting banned from Venmo — I've taken a 4% commissioner fee for the time and effort. A lot goes into this and I hope it brings some joy to your week.

The People's Team sits at -4 after Round 1, good for T278. Mason Howell (a) at +5 was our most popularly picked player in the entire pool — picked by 39% of entries — followed by Scottie and Tommy Fleetwood. The people had faith. Augusta had other plans.

The Contrarian Team also sits at -4 after Round 1, good for T278. A side battle vs. the People's Team is on! Seeing Rory AND Sam Burns on the contrarian squad... innnnnnteresting. Only 5% of entries took Rory. If you're one of them, you earned it.

The Perfect Team — the theoretical best possible score from each group — sits at -18 after day one. The leader at -15 is just 3 off perfect pace. Room to grow.

Best performing groups in Round 1 were Groups 1 & 2 — appropriately so — with their top 5 sitting at -6. Shoutout to Group 6 who got in the clubhouse at -5. Worst day in the pool? Group 11 — the amateurs. Howell +5, Fang +2. Rough day in the Crow's Nest. 😂