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Defending champion Tiger Woods alongside Open Champion Shane Lowry in Augusta, Rory McIlroy plays alongside world number one Dustin Johnson, while Bryson DeChambeau is in a power-packed group with Jon Rahm.
Last Updated: 11/10/20 8:31 pm
Tiger Woods will have Open champion Shane Lowry in his group for the first two rounds of the 84th Masters at Augusta National.
Woods will begin his title defense at 12:55 pm (GMT) from the 10th tee along with Lowry and last year’s American amateur champion Andy Ogletree, two groups after pre-tournament favorite Bryson DeChambeau departed with Jon Rahm. and Louis Oosthuizen.
The two three-ball canopies have also been confirmed as the first two Featured Groups on Thursday, with live coverage starting at 12:30 pm on our dedicated Sky Sports The Masters channel.
Shane Lowry will play alongside Woods for the first two rounds
Rory McIlroy will begin his latest attempt at completing a majors Grand Slam with world number one Dustin Johnson and Patrick Cantlay as company, and they are off to a late start from the first tee on Thursday.
McIlroy, Johnson and recent Zozo Championship winner Cantlay are in the third and final group in the first round at 12 p.m. local time and will face the prospect of completing their rounds in low light, with sunset at 5:26. p.m
Woods’ group will trade places with the McIlroy three-ball for the second round, with DeChambeau, Rahm and Oosthuizen also finishing late on Friday.
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Sandy Lyle, the 1988 champion, will hit the tournament’s first tee shot from the 10th tee at 7 a.m. Thursday morning, and 2009 US Open winner Lucas Glover will enjoy the same honor at the first.
BMW PGA Champion Tyrrell Hatton’s rise to ninth place in the world rankings has earned him a spot in a high-profile group with Adam Scott and PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa, while Matt Fitzpatrick dates Brooks. Koepka and Justin Thomas.
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Key departure times for Thursday (all GMT):
1200 First start of the groups (first and tenth start)
1233 Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Louis Oosthuizen (Featured Group)
1255 Tiger Woods, Shane Lowry, Andy Ogletree (Featured Group)
1638 Adam Scott, Collin Morikawa and Tyrrell Hatton
1649 Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick and Brooks Koepka
1700 Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy
Watch The Masters this November live on Sky Sports, with all four rounds exclusively live on Sky Sports’ Masters channel. Live coverage begins with Featured Groups starting at 12:30 pm on Thursday, November 12.
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