Grouping and tee time for the opening round of the 90th Masters Tournament held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
There will be 91 players competing in this year’s opening men’s major, with Rory McIlroy returning as the defending champion after a dramatic playoff win over Justin Rose last year.
McIlroy received an early late draw for the first two rounds of his title defense, starting at 10:31am local time (3:31pm UK time) alongside last month’s Players winner Cameron Young and US amateur champion Mason Howell.
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Rory McIlroy achieved a career grand slam by defeating Justin Rose at the Masters.
Two-time Masters winner Scottie Scheffler joins former US Open champion Gary Woodland and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre on the other side of the draw, while Rose is a late starter alongside former world number one Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka.
Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson will attend the honorary selection ceremony at 7.25am (12.25pm BST) on Thursday, before the tournament begins 15 minutes later.
Thursday’s R1 grouping and UK start times
always BST; United States, unless specified; (x) represents amateur.
1240 John Kiefer, Li Haotong (Chn)
1250 Naoyuki Kataoka (Japan), Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz (Mexico)
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 Grazerman, Ryan Fox (Nzl)
1338 Vijay Singh (Fij), Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hoygaard (Den)
1350 Kurt Kitayama, Christopher Reitan (Nor), Casey Jarvis (Rsa)
1402 Bubba Watson, Nicholas Echaveria (Col), Brandon Holtz (x)
1419 Cameron Smith (Australia), Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
1431 Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerrard, Nick Taylor (CAN)
1443 Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry (Irl), Jason Day (Aus)
1455 Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Akshay Bhatia
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Sky Sports News reporter Jamie Weir is in Augusta for the countdown to the Masters. What are the chances for this year’s UK winner?
1507 Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick (UK), 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, Seongjae Lim (Cor)
1615 Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin (NIrl), Brian Campbell
1627 Mike Weir (Can), Wyndham Clarke, Matteo Pulcini (x) (Arg)
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We’ve delved into the Augusta archives to bring you some of the greatest moments in Masters history!
1639 Jack Johnson, Michael Kim, Nikolaj Hoygard (The)
1651 Danny Willett (Eng), Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (x)
1703 Adam Scott (Australia), Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
1715 Fred Couples, Lee Min-woo (Aus), Fifa Laopakdee (x) (Tha)
1727 Sergio Garcia (Esp), Aaron Rai (Eng), Jacob Bridgman
1744 Harry Hall (Eng), Corey Connors (Can), Michael Brennan
1756 JJ Spaun, Maverick McNeely, Tyrell Hatton (English)
1808 Jon Rahm (Esp), Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Åberg (Swe)
1820 Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose (Eng), Brooks Koepka
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Ahead of the 2026 Masters Tournament, three-time runner-up Justin Rose insists he has no regrets about his narrow defeat at Augusta National.
1832 Seb Straka (Aut), Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
1844 Scotty Scheffler, Robert McIntyre (SCO), Gary Woodland
1856 Harris English, Marco Penzi (Eng), Siwoo Kim (Chorus)
When will the Masters be broadcast live on Sky Sports?
Full tournament coverage begins Thursday at 2 p.m. Key group activities and regular updates around the course include: Sky Sports Golf Until the global broadcast begins at 6 p.m.
The same timing applies on the Friday before the early start to the weekend. Coverage begins at 4:30 PM, full coverage begins at 5:00 PM and continues long after the last putt is holed.
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Some of the most shocking moments in Masters history, including Jordan Spieth’s collapse on the 12th hole and an injured Tiger Woods being tackled by security
From the 11th, you can also watch the infamous Amen Corner stream centered around the famous three-hole stretch, and the featured group service will also be available on the Sky Sports+ channel.
Feeds for the fourth, fifth and sixth holes will go live each day as soon as the opening group reaches that part of the course and another stream will cover holes 15 and 16. The featured group can also be viewed on Sky Sports+.
Who will win the Masters? Watch this year’s opening major live exclusively on Sky Sports. Live coverage of the first round begins on Sky Sports Golf from 2pm on Thursday. Access or stream Sky Sports with no contract.
