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Masters tee times: McIlroy among late starters

Rory McIlroy will begin his Masters tournament at 6.48pm Irish time on Thursday
Rory McIlroy will begin his Masters tournament at 6.48pm Irish time on Thursday

Rory McIlroy faces a lengthy wait before getting his ninth bid to complete the career grand slam by winning the Masters can get under way.

McIlroy, who finished runner-up to Scottie Scheffler last year, tees off in the penultimate group in Thursday's first round at 6.48pm Irish time (1.48pm local time) alongside WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play winner Sam Burns and Tom Kim.

Amateur Matthew McClean is the first Irish player in action on Thursday. The US Mid Amateur Champion at 1.12pm Irish time in the company of Vijay Singh and Scott Stallings.

The 29-year-old optometrist from Belfast was crowned US Mid Amateur Champion back in September

Next up from an Irish perspective is Shane Lowry, who is is part of the ninth grouping, alongside Canadian Mackenzie Hughes and Belgium’s Thomas Pieters. They tee off at 2.36pm.

Twelve minutes later and Seamus Power will get his second appearance at Augusta National underway, with the 36-year-old in the company of two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson and amateur Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira of Argentina.

Seamus Power made his Augusta debut in 2022

Defending champion Scheffler is in the second last group with fellow American Max Homa and US Amateur champion Sam Bennett (6.36pm), while the final trio of 2015 winner Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood and Tony Finau tee off at 7pm.

Five-time champion Tiger Woods gets his 25th Masters appearance under way at 3.18pm alongside Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele.

Open champion Cameron Smith, one of 18 LIV players in the field, will head out alongside 2021 winner Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im for the first two days, while 1988 champion Sandy Lyle has LIV players Jason Kokrak and Talor Gooch for company in what is set to be his final appearance before retiring.

Honorary starters Tom Watson, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus will hit tee shots on the opening hole at 12.40pm Irish time on Thursday.

Thursday/Friday tee times

12:40pm (Irish time) Gary Player (Honorary Starter) Jack Nicklaus (Honorary Starter) Tom Watson (Honorary Starter)

1300 Mike Weir, Kevin Na

1312 Vijay Singh, Scott Stallings, *Matthew McClean

1324 Sandy Lyle, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch

1336 Fred Couples, Russell Henley, Alex Noren

1348 Adrian Meronk, Kevin Kisner, Louis Oosthuizen

1400 Larry Mize, Min Woo Lee, *Harrison Crowe

1412 Sergio Garcia, Kazuki Higa, Keith Mitchell

1424 Patrick Reed, Adam Svensson, Sahith Theegala

1436 Shane Lowry, Mackenzie Hughes, Thomas Pieters

1448 Bubba Watson, Seamus Power, *Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira

1506 Abraham Anceo, Chris Kirk, Keegan Bradley

1518 Tiger Woods, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele

1530 Adam Scott, Patrick Cantlay, Kurt Kitayama

1542 Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Cameron Young

1554 Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Smith, Sungjae Im

1606 Jose Maria Olazabal, Cameron Champ

1618 Charl Schwartzel, Taylor Moore, *Aldrich Potgieter

1630 JT Poston, Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau

1642 Bernhard Langer, Mito Pereira, *Ben Carr

1654 Danny Willett, Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka

1712 Sepp Straka, Harold Varner III, Kyoung-Hoon Lee

1724 Phil Mickelson, Tom Hoge, Si Woo Kim

1736 Billy Horschel, Harris English, Ryan Fox

1748 Zach Johnson, Jason Day, *Gordon Sargent

1800 Brian Harman, Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton

1812 Dustin Johnson, Corey Conners, Justin Rose

1824 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Collin Morikawa, Will Zalatoris

1836 Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, *Sam Bennett

1848 Tom Kim, Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns

1900 Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau

* denotes amateur

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