Defending champion Scottie Scheffler will play alongside Justin Thomas and US Beginner champion Jose Luis Ballester when the 89th Masters tees off on Thursday at Augusta Nationwide.

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World quantity two Rory McIlroy, in the meantime, was grouped with Sweden’s Ludwig Aberg and American Akshay Bhatia for the primary two rounds in tee occasions introduced on Tuesday by the famed membership.

Two-time Masters winner Scheffler and fellow American Thomas, a two-time PGA Championship winner, will be a part of Spanish novice Ballester at 16:15 (SA time).

4-time main winner McIlroy, the Northern Eire star who would full a profession Grand Slam with a Masters victory, and his group tee off at 19:12 (SA time).

American Davis Riley is about to hit the primary aggressive tee shot on Thursday at 13:40 (SA time).

German Bernhard Langer begins his forty first and remaining Masters at 14:35 (SA time).

95-player discipline

Different high contenders are unfold early and late within the opening-day discipline.

Two-time main winner Collin Morikawa, Australian Min Woo Lee and Chilean Joaquin Niemann tee off two teams forward of Scheffler at 15:47 (SA time), adopted by Aussie Jason Day, US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and six-time main winner Phil Mickelson at 15:58 (SA time).

Simply behind Scheffler’s trio can be three-time main winner Jordan Spieth, South Korean Tom Kim and England’s Tyrrell Hatton at 16:26 (SA time).

Within the afternoon, five-time main winner Brooks Koepka and fellow American Russell Henley be a part of South Korean Im Sung-jae at 18:50 (SA time). and simply behind them at 19:01 (SA time), and simply forward of McIlroy’s group, can be Aussie Adam Scott, Viktor Hovland and reigning British Open and PGA Championship champion Xander Schauffele.

The group behind McIlroy’s trio contains reigning US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and Eire’s Shane Lowry and 19:23 (SA time), simply 11 minutes later will begin 2023 Masters winner Jon Rahm of Spain, England’s Tommy Fleetwood and American Wyndham Clark.

Three South Africans

In the meantime, there are simply three South Africans within the 95-player discipline.

Thriston Lawrence will begin his opening spherical at 17:10 (SA time), alongside Spain’s Jose-Maria Olazabal and American Brian Campbell.

Christiaan Bezuidenhout will get his event below method at 17:38 (SA time) alongside two People in Tom Hoge and Matt McCarty.

Lastly, Charl Schwazrtzel, the 2011 champion at Augusta Nationwide, has been paired alongside American Denny McCarthy and Singapore novice Hiroshi Tai.

They’ll tee off at 17:49 (SA time).

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