Rory McIlroy has been grouped alongside Cameron Young and amateur Mason Howell for the first two rounds of his title defence at The Masters.
The world No 2 completed the career Grand Slam with last year’s dramatic play-off win at Augusta National and is now looking to become just the fourth player in history to win back-to-back editions of The Masters.
McIlroy is in the early-late side of the draw and will tee off at 10.31am local time (3.31pm BST) on Thursday alongside Young, who is looking to become the third successive player to win The Players and The Masters in the same season.
Rory McIlroy is looking to defend his title at The Masters
Howell completes that threeball, with tournament officials continuing the tradition of pairing the previous year’s winner with the reigning US Amateur champion.
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Thursday’s key R1 tee times
USA unless stated; (x) denotes amateur
1443 Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry (Irl), Jason Day (Aus)
1455 Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Akshay Bhatia
1507 Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Xander Schauffele
1519 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
1531 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Cameron Young, Mason Howell (x)
1808 Jon Rahm (Esp), Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Åberg (Swe)
1820 Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose (Eng), Brooks Koepka
1844 Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Gary Woodland
When is The Masters live on Sky Sports?
Wall-to-wall coverage from the tournament begins at 2pm on Thursday, with Featured Group action and regular updates from around the course available on Sky Sports Golf until the global broadcast window begins at 6pm.
The same timings will apply on Friday, before an earlier start kicks in for the weekend – with coverage starting at 4.30pm ahead of full coverage getting under way at 5pm and lasting until long after the final putt is holed.
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The most shocking moments from Masters history, including Jordan Spieth’s collapse on the 12th hole and an injury-plagued Tiger Woods being tackled by security
The notorious Amen Corner stream will also be available, focusing on the famous three-hole stretch from the 11th, with that Featured Group offering also available on the Sky Sports+ channel.
A feed of the fourth, fifth and sixth holes will go live each day as soon as the opening group reach that part of the course and another stream covers the 15th and 16th holes, with Featured Groups also available on Sky Sports+.
Who will win The Masters? Watch the opening major of the year exclusively live on Sky Sports. Live coverage of the first round begins on Thursday from 2pm on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.
