Groupings and tee times for the opening round of the ninetieth Masters event, held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
There are 91 gamers within the subject for the opening males’s main of the yr, the place Rory McIlroy returns as defending champion after final yr’s dramatic play-off victory over Justin Rose.
McIlroy has been given an early-late draw for the first two rounds of his title defence, starting at 10.31am native time (3.31pm UK time) alongside Cameron Young – winner of The Players final month – and US Amateur champion Mason Howell.
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Rory McIlroy accomplished his profession Grand Slam after beating Justin Rose in a play-off at The Masters
Two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is on the alternative aspect of the draw alongside former US Open champion Gary Woodland and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, whereas Rose can also be a late starter with fellow former world No 1s Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka.
Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson will return for the Honorary Starters ceremony on Thursday morning at 7.25am (12.25pm BST), forward of the event getting underneath approach quarter-hour later.
Thursday’s R1 groupings and UK start times
All times BST; USA except acknowledged; (x) denotes beginner
1240 John Keefer, Haotong Li (Chn)
1250 Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz (Mex)
1302 Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)
1314 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Sami Valimaki (Fin), Jackson Herrington (x)
1326 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox (Nzl)
1338 Vijay Singh (Fij), Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)
1350 Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Casey Jarvis (Rsa)
1402 Bubba Watson, Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Brandon Holtz (x)
1419 Cameron Smith (Aus), Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
1431 Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor (Can)
1443 Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry (Irl), Jason Day (Aus)
1455 Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Akshay Bhatia
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1507 Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Xander Schauffele
1519 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
1531 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Cameron Young, Mason Howell (x)
1543 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren (Swe)
1603 Samuel Stevens, Sungjae Im (Kor)
1615 Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin (NIrl), Brian Campbell
1627 Mike Weir (Can), Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (x) (Arg)
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1639 Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
1651 Danny Willett (Eng), Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (x)
1703 Adam Scott (Aus), Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
1715 Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee (Aus), Fifa Laopakdee (x) (Tha)
1727 Sergio Garcia (Esp), Aaron Rai (Eng), Jacob Bridgeman
1744 Harry Hall (Eng), Corey Conners (Can), Michael Brennan
1756 JJ Spaun, Maverick McNealy, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
1808 Jon Rahm (Esp), Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Åberg (Swe)
1820 Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose (Eng), Brooks Koepka
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1832 Sepp Straka (Aut), Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
1844 Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Gary Woodland
1856 Harris English, Marco Penge (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
The Masters climate: What is the forecast at Augusta National?
There is not any rain forecast all through this yr’s Masters, with the temperature getting hotter every event day. Here’s the forecast issued by the on-site meteorologist:
- Thursday: A cool start. Partly cloudy and breezy. Winds 10-15 mph, with gusts to twenty mph. High temperature: 23°C (73F)
- Friday: Mostly sunny and hotter. Winds 5-10mph. High temperature: 26°C (79F)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and scorching. Winds 4-8 mph. High temperature: 29°C (85F)
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and scorching. Winds 5-10mph. High temperature: 29°C (85F)
When is The Masters reside on Sky Sports?
Wall-to-wall protection from the event begins at 2pm on Thursday, with Featured Group motion and common updates from across the course out there on Sky Sports Golf till the worldwide broadcast window begins at 6pm.
The similar timings will apply on Friday, earlier than an earlier start kicks in for the weekend – with protection beginning at 4.30pm forward of full protection getting underneath approach at 5pm and lasting till lengthy after the ultimate putt is holed.
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The most surprising moments from Masters historical past, together with Jordan Spieth’s collapse on the twelfth gap and an injury-plagued Tiger Woods being tackled by safety
The infamous Amen Corner stream can even be out there, specializing in the well-known three-hole stretch from the eleventh, with that Featured Group providing additionally out there on the Sky Sports+ channel.
A feed of the fourth, fifth and sixth holes will go reside every day as quickly because the opening group attain that a part of the course and one other stream covers the fifteenth and sixteenth holes, with Featured Groups additionally out there on Sky Sports+.
Who will win The Masters? Watch the opening main of the yr solely reside on Sky Sports. Live protection of the first round begins on Thursday from 2pm on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.
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