88TH MASTERS TEE TIMES ANNOUNCED

The tee times for the first two rounds of the 88th Masters have been announced, and among the key pairings are Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele, who get their tournament under way on 3.42pm (UK time) on Thursday.

McIlroy will be making his tenth attempt to get his sleeves into the coveted green jacket and complete the career Grand Slam, while Scheffler will be hoping to repeat his victory in 2022.

Spain’s defending champion Jon Rahm is out in the group before at 3.30pm, alongside Matt Fitzpatrick and first season PGA Tour player Nick Dunlap.

Five-time winner Tiger Woods is among the later starters, going out at 6.24pm. The 15-time major champions playing with Max Homa and Jason Day

Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson will hit the ceremonial opening tee shots before South Africa’s Erik Van Rooyen is first to tee off at 1pm.

The final group of Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa and Tommy Fleetwood will get under way six hours later.

Round one, Thursday, 11 April (all times BST)

13:00 Erik van Rooyen (SA), Jake Knapp (US)

13:12 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Taylor Moore (US), Santiago de la Fuente (Mex)*

13:24 Danny Willett (Eng), Austin Eckroat (US), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)

13:36 Charl Schwartzel (SA), Luke List (US), Christo Lamprecht (SA)*

13:48 Gary Woodland (US), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Bryson DeChambeau (US)

14:00 Zach Johnson (US), Corey Conners (Can), Jasper Stubbs (Aus)*

14:12 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Chris Kirk (US), Ryan Fox (NZ)

14:24 Lucas Glover (US), Byeong Hun An (Kor), Harris English (US)

14:36 Phil Mickelson (US), Sepp Straka (Aut), Tony Finau (US)

14:48 Nick Taylor (Can), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Russell Henley (US)

15:06 Patrick Cantlay (US), Min Woo Lee (Aus), Rickie Fowler (US)

15:18 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Will Zalatoris (US), Justin Thomas (US)

15:30 Jon Rahm (Spa), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Nick Dunlap (US)

15:42 Scottie Scheffler (US), Rory McIlroy (NI), Xander Schauffele (US)

15:54 Wyndham Clark (US), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Cameron Smith (Aus)

16:06 Lee Hodges (US), Adrian Meronk (Pol), Grayson Murray (US)

16:18 Camilo Villegas (Col), Denny McCarthy (US), Cameron Davis (Aus)

16:30 Mike Weir (Can), Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Neal Shipley (US)*

16:42 Vijay Singh (Fij), Si Woo Kim (Kor), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)

16:54 Fred Couples (US), Adam Hadwin (Can), Stewart Hagestad (US)*

17:12 Justin Rose (Eng), Eric Cole (US), Peter Malnati (US)

17:24 Akshay Bhatia (US), JT Poston (US), Shane Lowry (Ire)

17:36 Bubba Watson (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Adam Schenk (US)

17:48 Patrick Reed (US), Sung-jae Im (Kor), Kurt Kitayama (US)

18:00 Keegan Bradley (US), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

18:12 Adam Scott (Aus), Sam Burns (US), Cameron Young (US)

18:24 Tiger Woods (US), Jason Day (Aus), Max Homa (US)

18:36 Brian Harman (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Tom Kim (Kor)

18:48 Jordan Spieth (US), Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Sahith Theegala (US)

19:00 Dustin Johnson (US), Collin Morikawa (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)

Round two, Friday, 12 April (all times BST)

13:00 Lee Hodges (US), Adrian Meronk (Pol), Grayson Murray (US)

13:12 Camilo Villegas (Col), Denny McCarthy (US), Cameron Davis (Aus)

13:24 Mike Weir (Can), Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Neal Shipley (US)*

13:36 Vijay Singh (Fij), Si Woo Kim (Kor), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)

13:48 Fred Couples (US), Adam Hadwin (Can), Stewart Hagestad (US)*

14:00 Justin Rose (Eng), Eric Cole (US), Peter Malnati (US)

14:12 Akshay Bhatia (US), JT Poston (US), Shane Lowry (Ire)

14:24 Bubba Watson (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Adam Schenk (US)

14:36 Patrick Reed (US), Sung-jae Im (Kor), Kurt Kitayama (US)

14:48 Keegan Bradley (US), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

15:06 Adam Scott (Aus), Sam Burns (US), Cameron Young (US)

15:18 Tiger Woods (US), Jason Day (Aus), Max Homa (US)

15:30 Brian Harman (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Tom Kim (Kor)

15:42 Jordan Spieth (US), Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Sahith Theegala (US)

15:54 Dustin Johnson (US), Collin Morikawa (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)

16:06 Erik van Rooyen (SA), Jake Knapp (US)

16:18 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Taylor Moore (US), Santiago de la Fuente (Mex)*

16:30 Danny Willett (Eng), Austin Eckroat (US), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)

16:42 Charl Schwartzel (SA), Luke List (US), Christo Lamprecht (SA)*

16:54 Gary Woodland (US), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Bryson DeChambeau (US)

17:12 Zach Johnson (US), Corey Conners (Can), Jasper Stubbs (Aus)*

17:24 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Chris Kirk (US), Ryan Fox (NZ)

17:36 Lucas Glover (US), Byeong Hun An (Kor), Harris English (US)

17:48 Phil Mickelson (US), Sepp Straka (Aut), Tony Finau (US)

18:00 Nick Taylor (Can), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Russell Henley (US)

18:12 Patrick Cantlay (US), Min Woo Lee (Aus), Rickie Fowler (US)

18:24 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Will Zalatoris (US), Justin Thomas (US)

18:36 Jon Rahm (Spa), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Nick Dunlap (US)

18:48 Scottie Scheffler (US), Rory McIlroy (NI), Xander Schauffele (US)

19:00 Wyndham Clark (US), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Cameron Smith (Aus)

* denotes amateur