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Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry set for late starts at the Masters

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are bidding for their fifth and second majors respectively
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are bidding for their fifth and second majors respectively

Rory McIlroy will be among the later starters as he bids to win the 89th Masters and complete the career grand slam.

McIlroy, who has won twice ahead of the Masters for the first time in his career, will play alongside Ryder Cup team-mate Ludvig Aberg and American Akshay Bhatia for the first two rounds at Augusta National, teeing off at 1312 local time (1812 Irish time) on Thursday.

Shane Lowry is in the following group along with Bryson DeChambeau and Hideki Matsuyama, followed by Jon Rahm, Wyndham Clark and Tommy Fleetwood.

Two-time winner Scottie Scheffler will begin the defence of his title at 1015 local time (1515 Irish time) in the company of Justin Thomas and US Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester.

With a field of 95 players, the first group of just two players, Davis Riley and Patton Kizzire, will tee off at 0740 (1240 Irish time).

That follows the traditional honorary starters ceremony in which Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson tee off on the first hole.

Thursday tee times (all times Irish)

12.40 Davis Riley, Patton Kizzire

12.51 Kevin Yu, Jhonattan Vegas, Nicolai Højgaard

1.02 Mike Weir, Michael Kim, Cameron Young

1.13 Zach Johnson, Joe Highsmith, Chris Kirk

1.24 Danny Willett, Nico Echavarria, Davis Thompson

1.35 Bernhard Langer, Will Zalatoris, *Noah Kent

1.52 Cameron Smith, J.T. Poston, Aaron Rai

2.03 Fred Couples, Harris English, Taylor Pendrith

2.14 Corey Conners, Brian Harman, Stephan Jaeger

2.25 Patrick Reed, Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An

2.36 Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel, Nick Dunlap

2.47 Collin Morikawa, Joaquin Niemann, Min Woo Lee

2.58 Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley

3.15 Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, *Jose Luis Ballester

3.26 Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, Tyrrell Hatton

3.37 Tony Finau, Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry

3.48 Cam Davis, Rafael Campos, Austin Eckroat

3.59 Angel Cabrera, Laurie Canter, Adam Schenk

4.10 Jose Maria Olazabal, Thriston Lawrence, Brian Campbell

4.21 Bubba Watson, Matthieu Pavon, *Evan Beck

4.38 Tom Hoge, Matt McCarty, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

4.49 Charl Schwartzel, Denny McCarthy, *Hiroshi Tai

5.00 Max Homa, Justin Rose, J.J. Spaun

5:11 Dustin Johnson, Nick Taylor, *Justin Hastings

5.22 Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Daniel Berger

5.33 Patrick Cantlay, Rasmus Højgaard, Matt Fitzpatrick

5.50 Brooks Koepka, Russell Henley, Sungjae Im

6.01 Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland

6.12 Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Akshay Bhatia

6.23 Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau, Shane Lowry

6.34 Jon Rahm, Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood

6.45 Sahith Theegala, Sepp Straka, Sam Burns

Friday (all times Irish)

12.40 Cam Davis, Rafael Campos, Austin Eckroat

12.51 Angel Cabrera, Laurie Canter, Adam Schenk

1.02 Jose Maria Olazabal, Thriston Lawrence, Brian Campbell

1.13 Bubba Watson, Matthieu Pavon, *Evan Beck

1.24 Tom Hoge, Matt McCarty, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

1.35 Charl Schwartzel, Denny McCarthy, *Hiroshi Tai

1.52 Max Homa, Justin Rose, J.J. Spaun

2.03 Dustin Johnson, Nick Taylor, *Justin Hastings

2.14 Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Daniel Berger

2.25 Patrick Cantlay, Rasmus Højgaard, Matt Fitzpatrick

2.36 Brooks Koepka, Russell Henley, Sungjae Im

2.47 Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland

2.58 Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Akshay Bhatia

3.15 Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau, Shane Lowry

3.26 Jon Rahm, Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood

3.37 Sahith Theegala, Sepp Straka, Sam Burns

3.48 Davis Riley, Patton Kizzire

3.59 Kevin Yu, Jhonattan Vegas, Nicolai Højgaard

4.10 Mike Weir, Michael Kim, Cameron Young

4.21 Zach Johnson, Joe Highsmith, Chris Kirk

4.38 Danny Willett, Nico Echavarria, Davis Thompson

4.49 Bernhard Langer, Will Zalatoris, *Noah Kent

5.00 Cameron Smith, J.T. Poston, Aaron Rai

5.11 Fred Couples, Harris English, Taylor Pendrith

5.22 Corey Conners, Brian Harman, Stephan Jaeger

5.33 Patrick Reed, Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An

5.50 Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel, Nick Dunlap

6.01 Collin Morikawa, Joaquin Niemann, Min Woo Lee

6.12 Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley

6.23 Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, *Jose Luis Ballester

6.34 Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, Tyrrell Hatton

6.45 Tony Finau, Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry

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