Masters pairings: Here’s what time the South Africans will tee off

· The South African

Defending champion Rory McIlroy will tee off alongside third-ranked Cameron Young and US Amateur winner Mason Howell on Thursday in first-round tee times for the 90th Masters announced on Tuesday.

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Defending champion Rory McIlroy plays a practice shot at Augusta National ahead of the 90th Masters. Image: Andrew Redington / AFP

McIlroy, the world number two from Northern Ireland who completed a career Grand Slam last year with his first Masters title, starts in Thursday’s 15th group at 16:31 (SA time).

Young won last month’s Players Championship while fellow American Howell captured last year’s US Amateur at The Olympic Club in San Francisco aged 18.

Emotional win

In other groupings, top-ranked Scottie Scheffler is in the 30th and penultimate group at 19:44 (SA time) alongside fellow American Gary Woodland and Scotsman Robert MacIntyre.

Two-time Masters winner Scheffler, the reigning PGA Championship and British Open champion, won at LaQuinta earlier this year.

Woodland took an emotional PGA Houston Open victory two weeks ago, his first triumph since the 2019 US Open. Earlier last month, Woodland revealed he still fights anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder following 2023 brain surgery.

MacIntyre, last year’s US Open runner-up, was second in last week’s Texas Open.

Ceremonial starters

Following ceremonial starters Jack Nicklaus, Gary Players and Tom Watson, are the twosome of American John Keefer and China’s Li Haotong.

Americans Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele and England’s Matt Fitzpatrick start Thursday at 16:07 (SA time) with Americans Collin Morikawa and Russell Henley joining Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama 12 minutes later in the group just ahead of McIlroy’s trio.

Other later groups include Spain’s Jon Rahm, Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg and American Chris Gotterup at 19:08 (SA time) followed by England’s Justin Rose and Americans Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth.

South African representation

The field also includes three South Africans, namely 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, current South African Open champion Casey Jarvis, and big-hitting Aldrich Potgieter.

Jarvis will be playing in his first Masters, while Potgieter missed the cut in 2023 in his only appearance to date.

Schwartzel will be making his 17th start at Augusta National.

Masters Tee Times: Round 1

All times SA

  • 13:40: John Keefer, Haotong Li
  • 13:50: Naoyuki Kataoka, Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz
  • 14:02: Jose Maria Olazabal, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Aldrich Potgieter
  • 14:14: Angel Cabrera, Sami Valimaki, Jackson Herrington (a)
  • 14:26: Charl Schwartzel, Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox
  • 14:38: Vijay Singh, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard
  • 14:50: Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan, Casey Jarvis
  • 15:02: Bubba Watson, Nicolas Echavarria, Brandon Holtz (a)
  • 15:19: Cameron Smith, Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
  • 15:31: Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor
  • 15:43: Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Jason Day
  • 15:55: Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Akshay Bhatia
  • 16:07: Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele
  • 16:19: Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
  • 16:31: Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Mason Howell (a)
  • 16:43: Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren
  • 17:03: Samuel Stevens, Sungjae Im
  • 17:15: Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin, Brian Campbell
  • 17:27: Mike Weir, Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (a)
  • 17:39: Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard
  • 17:51: Danny Willett, Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (a)
  • 18:03: Adam Scott, Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
  • 18:15: Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee, Fifa Laopakdee (a)
  • 18:27: Sergio Garcia, Aaron Rai, Jacob Bridgeman
  • 18:44: Harry Hall, Corey Conners, Michael Brennan
  • 18:56: JJ Spaun, Maverick McNealy, Tyrrell Hatton
  • 19:08: Jon Rahm, Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Aberg
  • 19:20: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka
  • 19:32: Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
  • 19:44: Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre, Gary Woodland
  • 19:56: Harris English, Marco Penge, Si Woo Kim

Masters tee times: Round 2

All times SA

  • 13:40: Samuel Stevens, Sungjae Im
  • 13:50: Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin, Brian Campbell
  • 14:02: Mike Weir, Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (a)
  • 14:14: Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard
  • 14:26: Danny Willett, Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (a)
  • 14:38: Adam Scott, Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
  • 14:50: Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee, Fifa Laopakdee (a)
  • 15:02: Sergio Garcia, Aaron Rai, Jacob Bridgeman
  • 15:19: Harry Hall, Corey Conners, Michael Brennan
  • 15:31: JJ Spaun, Maverick McNealy, Tyrrell Hatton
  • 15:43: Jon Rahm, Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Aberg
  • 15:55: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka
  • 16:07: Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
  • 16:19: Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre, Gary Woodland
  • 16:31: Harris English, Marco Penge, Si Woo Kim
  • 16:51: John Keefer, Haotong Li
  • 17:03: Naoyuki Kataoka, Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz
  • 17:15: Jose Maria Olazabal, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Aldrich Potgieter
  • 17:27: Angel Cabrera, Sami Valimaki, Jackson Herrington (a)
  • 17:39: Charl Schwartzel, Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox
  • 17:51: Vijay Singh, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard
  • 18:03: Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan, Casey Jarvis
  • 18:15: Bubba Watson, Nicolas Echavarria, Brandon Holtz (a)
  • 18:32: Cameron Smith, Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
  • 18:44: Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor
  • 18:56: Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Jason Day
  • 19:08: Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Akshay Bhatia
  • 19:20: Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele
  • 19:32: Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
  • 19:44: Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Mason Howell (a)
  • 19:56: Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren

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