Rory McIlroy will get the defence of his Masters title under way at 3.31pm UK time on Thursday, when the 90th edition of the first major of the year gets underway.
McIlroy will be teeing it up play alongside US Amateur champion Mason Howell and last month’s Players Championship winner Cameron Young.
The 3-ball are on the early/late half of the first rounds draw and will be the penultimate group to start round two on Friday, at 6.44pm (BST).
World no.1 Scottie Scheffler starts his quest for a third Green Jacket on the late-early side of the draw. The 2022 and 2024 champion heads out on Thursday at 6.44pm alongside Bob MacIntyre and former US Open champion Gary Woodland.
In one of several other marquee groups, Matt Fitzpatrick will tee off with Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele at 3.07pm in round one, while Tommy Fleetwood is due out at 2.55pm.
Three-time Augusta runner-up Justin Rose, starts his 21st Masters at 6.20pm alongside Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka.
Jack Nicklaus will be joined by Gary Player and Tom Watson to hit the honorary starters tee shots at 12.25pm on Thursday.
Round one: Thursday, 9 April (all times BST)
12:40 John Keefer (US), Haotong Li (Chn)
12:50 Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Max Homa (US), Carlos Ortiz (Mex)
13:02 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Aldrich Potgieter (SA)
13:14 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Sami Valimaki (Fin), Jackson Herrington (US*)
13:26 Charl Schwartzel (SA), Max Greyserman (US), Ryan Fox (NZ)
13:38 Vijay Singh (Fij), Matt McCarty (US), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)
13:50 Kurt Kitayama (US), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Casey Jarvis (SA)
14:02 Bubba Watson (US), Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Brandon Holtz (US*)
14:19 Cameron Smith (Aus), Sam Burns (US), Jake Knapp (US)
14:31 Keegan Bradley (US), Ryan Gerard (US), Nick Taylor (Can)
14:43 Dustin Johnson (US), Shane Lowry (Ire), Jason Day (Aus)
14:55 Patrick Reed (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Akshay Bhatia (US)
15:07 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Xander Schauffele (US)
15:19 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Collin Morikawa (US), Russell Henley (US)
15:31 Rory McIlroy (NI), Cameron Young (US), Mason Howell (US*)
15:43 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Patrick Cantlay (US), Alex Noren (Swe)
16:03 Samuel Stevens (US), Sung-jae Im (Kor)
16:15 Andrew Novak (US), Tom McKibbin (NI), Brian Campbell (US)
16:27 Mike Weir (Can), Wyndham Clark (US), Mateo Pulcini (Arg*)
16:39 Zach Johnson (US), Michael Kim (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
16:51 Danny Willett (Eng), Davis Riley (US), Ethan Fang (US*)
17:03 Adam Scott (Aus), Daniel Berger (US), Brian Harman (US)
17:15 Fred Couples (US), Min Woo Lee (Aus), Fifa Laopakdee (Tha*)
17:27 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Aaron Rai (Eng), Jacob Bridgeman (US)
17:44 Harry Hall (Eng), Corey Conners (Can), Michael Brennan (US)
17:56 JJ Spaun (US), Maverick McNealy (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
18:08 Jon Rahm (Spa), Chris Gotterup (US), Ludvig Aberg (Swe)
18:20 Jordan Spieth (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Brooks Koepka (US)
18:32 Sepp Straka (Aut), Ben Griffin (US), Justin Thomas (US)
18:44 Scottie Scheffler (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Gary Woodland (US)
18:56 Harris English (US), Marco Penge (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
* denotes amateur
Round two: Friday, 10 April
12:40 Samuel Stevens (US), Sung-jae Im (Kor)
12:50 Andrew Novak (US), Tom McKibbin (NI), Brian Campbell (US)
13:02 Mike Weir (Can), Wyndham Clark (US), Mateo Pulcini (Arg*)
13:14 Zach Johnson (US), Michael Kim (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
13:26 Danny Willett (Eng), Davis Riley (US), Ethan Fang (US*)
13:38 Adam Scott (Aus), Daniel Berger (US), Brian Harman (US)
13:50 Fred Couples (US), Min Woo Lee (Aus), Fifa Laopakdee (Tha*)
14:02 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Aaron Rai (Eng), Jacob Bridgeman (US)
14:19 Harry Hall (Eng), Corey Conners (Can), Michael Brennan (US)
14:31 JJ Spaun (US), Maverick McNealy (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
14:43 Jon Rahm (Spa), Chris Gotterup (US), Ludvig Aberg (Swe)
14:55 Jordan Spieth (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Brooks Koepka (US)
15:07 Sepp Straka (Aut), Ben Griffin (US), Justin Thomas (US)
15:19 Scottie Scheffler (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Gary Woodland (US)
15:31 Harris English (US), Marco Penge (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
15:51 John Keefer (US), Haotong Li (Chn)
16:03 Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Max Homa (US), Carlos Ortiz (Mex)
16:15 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Aldrich Potgieter (SA)
16:27 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Sami Valimaki (Fin), Jackson Herrington (US*)
16:39 Charl Schwartzel (SA), Max Greyserman (US), Ryan Fox (NZ)
16:51 Vijay Singh (Fij), Matt McCarty (US), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)
17:03 Kurt Kitayama (US), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Casey Jarvis (SA)
17:15 Bubba Watson (US), Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Brandon Holtz (US*)
17:32 Cameron Smith (Aus), Sam Burns (US), Jake Knapp (US)
17:44 Keegan Bradley (US), Ryan Gerard (US), Nick Taylor (Can)
17:56 Dustin Johnson (US), Shane Lowry (Ire), Jason Day (Aus)
18:08 Patrick Reed (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Akshay Bhatia (US)
18:20 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Xander Schauffele (US)
18:32 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Collin Morikawa (US), Russell Henley (US)
18:44 Rory McIlroy (NI), Cameron Young (US), Mason Howell (US*)
18:56 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Patrick Cantlay (US), Alex Noren (Swe)
* denotes amateur
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