McIlroy paired with Schauffele, Scheffler: Complete guide to Thursday Masters tee times at Augusta

McIlroy, who finished second behind Scheffler in the 2022 Masters, will play alongside the world number one and Xander Schauffele for the first two days at Augusta National, teeing off at 3.42pm on Thursday.

Rory McIlroy watches his drive.

Rory McIlroy will have pre-tournament favourite Scottie Scheffler for company when he gets his 10th bid to complete the career grand slam under way.

McIlroy, who finished second behind Scheffler in the 2022 Masters, will play alongside the world number one and Xander Schauffele for the first two days at Augusta National, teeing off at 1042 local time (1542BST) on Thursday.

Scheffler is the strongest favourite for a major since Tiger Woods was in his prime after following his victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational by becoming the first player ever to win back-to-back Players Championship titles.

Jon Rahm gets his attempt to join Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo in winning back-to-back Masters titles under way in the preceding group alongside Matt Fitzpatrick and Nick Dunlap, while Woods himself tees off at 1324 local time (1824BST) with Jason Day and Max Homa.

Weather permitting, Erik van Rooyen will hit the opening tee shot at 0800 local time (1300BST), while the final group of Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa and Tommy Fleetwood will get under way six hours later.

Thursday groups and tee times

1pm: Erik van Rooyen (Rsa), Jake Knapp (US) 

1.12pm: Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Taylor Moore (US), Santiago de la Fuente (Mex)

1.24pm: Danny Willett (Gbr), Austin Eckroat (US), Stephan Jaeger (Ger) 

1.36pm: Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Luke List (US), Christo Lamprecht (Rsa)

1.48pm: Gary Woodland (US), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Bryson DeChambeau (US)

2pm: Zach Johnsonm (US), Corey Conners (Can), Jasper Stubbs (Aus)

2.12pm: Sergio Garcia (Spa), Chris Kirk (US), Ryan Fox (NZ)

2.24pm: Lucas Glover (US), Byeong Hun An (Kor), Harris English (US)

2.36pm: Phil Mickelson (US), Sepp Straka (Aut), Tony Finau (US)

2.48pm: Nick Taylor (Can), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Russell Henley (US)

3.06pm: Patrick Cantlay (US), Min Woo Lee (Aus), Rickie Fowler (US)

3.18pm: Hideki Matsuyama (Jap), Will Zalatoris (US), Justin Thomas (US)

3.30pm: Jon Rahm (Spa), Matt Fitzpatrick (Gbr), Nick Dunlap (US)

3.42pm: Scottie Scheffler (US), Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Xander Schauffele (US)

3.54pm: Wyndham Clark (US), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Cameron Smith (Aus) 

4.06pm: Lee Hodges (US), Adrian Meronk (Pol), Grayson Murray (US)

4.18pm: Camilo Villegas (Col), Denny McCarthy (US), Cameron Davis (Aus)

4.30pm: Mike Weir (Can), Ryo Hisatsune (Jap), Neal Shipley (US) 

4.42pm: Vijay Singh (Fij), Si Woo Kim (Kor), Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 

4.54pm: Fred Couples (US), Adam Hadwin (Can), Stewart Hagestad (US) 

5.12pm: Justin Rose (Gbr), Eric Cole (US), Peter Malnati (US)

5.24pm: Akshay Bhatia (US), J.T. Poston (US), Shane Lowry (Irl) 

5.36pm: Bubba Watson (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Adam Schenk (US) 

5.48pm: Patrick Reed (US), Sungjae Im (Kor), Kurt Kitayama (US)

6pm: Keegan Bradley (US), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Tyrrell Hatton (Gbr) 

6.12pm: Adam Scott (Aus), Sam Burns (US), Cameron Young (US)

6.24pm: Tiger Woods (US), Jason Day (Aus), Max Homa (US)

6.36pm: Brian Harman (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Tom Kim (Kor)

6.48pm: Jordan Spieth (US), Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Sahith Theegala (US) 

7pm: Dustin Johnson (US), Collin Morikawa (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Gbr)