Masters tee times: Round 1 groups and schedule including Rory ...

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Rory McIlroy will tee off alongside World No 1 Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele as the Masters gets underway this afternoon, as champion Jon Rahm begins his defence of the green jacket alongside Matt Fitzpatrick.

McIlroy resumes his quest to end his major drought at Augusta, and starts alongside the 2022 champion and tournament favourite Scheffler – in the pick of the groups on the opening rounds that will see the two best players in the world over the past 12 months go head to head from the first drive.

The tee times were altered on Thursday morning when storms in the area caused the start of the tournament to be delayed and the prospect of finishing round one on Thursday now looks remote, with further rain forecast.

Tiger Woods is included on the round one tee times as the 48-year-old returns to action, playing alongside Jason Day and Max Homa. Tommy Fleetwood tees off in the final group of the day on Thursday with 2020 Masters champion Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa.

Here’s the full list of tee times ahead of the opening round of the Masters.

Masters round one tee times

(All times BST)

1530: Erik van Rooyen, Jake Knapp

1542: Jose Maria Olazabal, Taylor Moore, Santiago de la Fuente (A)

1554: Danny Willett, Austin Eckroat, Stephan Jaeger

1606: Charl Schwartzel, Luke List, Christo Lamprecht (A)

1618: Gary Woodland, Thorbjorn Olsen, Bryson DeChambeau

1630: Zach Johnson, Corey Conners, Jasper Stubbs (A)

1642: Sergio Garcia, Chris Kirk, Ryan Fox

1654: Lucas Glover, Byeong Hun An, Harris English

1706: Phil Mickelson, Sepp Straka, Tony Finau

1718: Nick Taylor Joaquin Niemann, Russell Henley

1736: Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Rickie Fowler

1748: Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas

1800: Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Nick Dunlap

1812: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele

1824: Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland, Cameron Smith

1836: Lee Hodges, Adrian Meronk, Grayson Murray

1848: Camilo Villegas, Denny McCarthy, Cameron Davis

19000: Mike Weir, Ryo Hisatsune, Neal Shipley (A)

1912: Vijay Singh, Si Woo Kim, Emiliano Grillo

1924: Fred Couples, Adam Hadwin, Stewart Hagestad (A)

1942: Justin Rose, Eric Cole, Peter Malnati

1954: Akshay Bhatia, JT Poston, Shane Lowry

2006: Bubba Watson, Nicolai Hojgaard, Adam Schenk

2018: Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im, Kurt Kitayama

2030: Keegan Bradley, Matthieu Pavon, Tyrrell Hatton

2042: Adam Scott, Sam Burns, Cameron Young

2054: Tiger Woods, Jason Day, Max Homa

2106: Brian Harman, Brooks Koepka, Tom Kim

2118: Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Åberg, Sahith Theegala

2130: Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood