Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Tom McKibbin's Masters tee times set
WE GO AGAIN: Masters champion Rory McIlroy has been given a prime mid-morning start time for the defence of his green jacket at Augusta. Pic: AP Photo/David J. Phillip.
Masters champion Rory McIlroy has been given a prime mid-morning start time for the defence of his green jacket at Augusta.
The Northern Irishman, who completed the career Grand Slam with an emotional play-off victory over Justin Rose 12 months ago, will go out at 10.31am local time (3.31pm Irish time) with Players Champion Cameron Young and 2025 US Amateur winner Mason Howell.
McIlroy is seeking to become only the fourth man - and first in 24 years - after Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo - to win back-to-back Masters titles.
Shane Lowry will tee off alongside Jason Day and Dustin Johnson before McIlroy at 2.43pm while at 3.07pm in-form duo Bryson DeChambeau and Matt Fitzpatrick and two-time major winner Xander Schauffele will begin their round.
Then at 4.15pm Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin will get underway along with Brian Campbell and Andrew Novak.
The 2023 champion Jon Rahm is out with Ryder Cup team-mate Ludvig Aberg, who has finished second and seventh in his two Masters so far, and Chris Gotterup, a two-time PGA Tour winner this year at 6.08pm.
World number one Scottie Scheffler, who has won the Masters twice in the last four years, goes off at 6.44pm with Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and recent Texas Children's Houston Open winner Gary Woodland.
The event begins at 12.25pm with honorary starters Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson, who have a combined 11 green jackets between them over 140 combined appearances, teeing off at the first.
John Keefer and Haotong Li get the tournament proper under way at 12.40pm as a two-ball in a 91-man field.
Jason Day (Aus), Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry (Irl)
Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Cameron Young, Mason Howell
Brian Campbell, Tom McKibbin (NIrl), Andrew Novak
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