The 90th US Masters at Augusta National has begun with Swedish hopes Ludvig Åberg and Alex Norén. Åberg started strongly but finished at +2 after double bogeys, while Norén ended at +5. Sam Burns and Rory McIlroy lead at –5.
The first round of the 2026 US Masters is complete. Ludvig Åberg and Alex Norén represent Sweden, but neither fully impressed.
Alex Norén started well with a birdie on hole two, but a double bogey on the tricky third was followed by bogeys on holes 10, 11, 12, and 14. He finished five over par. This is Norén's fifth Masters, his first since 2023, and he has made the cut only once before at Augusta National.
Ludvig Åberg, 26, teed off later and opened with par on one and birdie on two, followed by birdies on four and six. But double bogeys on nine and thirteen, plus bogeys in between, led to +2 overall. Åberg is in his third Masters: second in 2024 behind Scottie Scheffler (23.5 million SEK in prize money) and seventh in 2025.
American Sam Burns and Rory McIlroy share the lead at –5. Scheffler is the big favorite. The second round is Friday, with Åberg off at 15:43 and Norén in the last group at 19:56.
