AUGUSTA, Georgia - Defending Masters champion Tiger Woods will start his title defense at 7:55 a.m. local time off the 10th tee on Thursday and will be grouped with Open Champion Shane Lowry and U.S. Amateur champion Andy Ogletree. For the first time due to daylight concerns in November, the Masters will be played off two tees in the opening two rounds with Woods set to get to Amen Corner early Thursday. Select groupings joining Woods to play the downhill par-4 10th to begin Round 1 include Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and Louis Oosthuizen (7:33 a.m.), and Patrick Reed, Paul Casey and Tony Finau (7:44 a.m.). Sandy Lyle, Jimmy Walker and Yuxin Lin will be out first at 7 a.m. The first tee will see the first action as Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player perform Honorary Starter duties prior to Lucas Glover, Corey Conners and C.T. Pan getting underway at 7 a.m. Star-studded afternoon groups include Justin Thomas with Matthew Fitzpatrick and Brooks Koepka (11:49 a.m., first tee) and Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy (12 p.m., first tee). Related: Power Rankings | Remembering final round of the 2019 Masters ROUND 1 TEE TIMES (ALL TIMES ET) 1st Tee 7:00 A.M. – Lucas Glover, Corey Conners (Canada), C.T. Pan (Chinese Taipei) 7:11 A.M. – Brandt Snedeker, Charles Howell III, Jazz Janewattananond (Thailand) 7:22 A.M. – Larry Mize, Andrew Landry, *Lukas Michel (Australia) 7:33 A.M. – Matt Kuchar, Lee Westwood (England), Kevin Na 7:44 A.M. – Xander Schauffele, Jason Kokrak, Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 7:55 A.M. – Charl Schwartzel (S. Africa), Jason Day (Australia), *Abel Gallegos (Argentina) 8:06 A.M. – Vijay Singh (Fiji), Lanto Griffin, Tyler Duncan 8:17 A.M. – Mike Weir (Canada), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spain), Matt Wallace (England) 11:05 A.M. – Sung Kang (Korea), Erik van Rooyen (S. Africa) 11:16 A.M. – Danny Willett (England), Rickie Fowler, *John Augenstein 11:27 A.M. – Phil Mickelson, Abraha.m. Ancer (Mexico), Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 11:38 A.M. – Ada.m. Scott (Australia), Collin Morikawa, Tyrrell Hatton (England) 11:49 A.M. – Justin Thomas, Matthew Fitzpatrick (England), Brooks Koepka 12:00 P.M. – Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy (N. Ireland) 12:11 P.M. – Zach Johnson, Justin Rose (England), Ca.m.eron Cha.m.p 12:22 P.M. – Victor Perez (France), Sungjae Im (Korea), Brendon Todd 10th Tee 7:00 A.M. – Sandy Lyle (Scotland), Jimmy Walker, *Yuxin Lin (China) 7:11 A.M. – Webb Simpson, Marc Leishman (Australia), Hideki Matsuya.m.a (Japan) 7:22 A.M. – Kevin Kisner, Ada.m. Hadwin (Canada), Scottie Scheffler 7:33 A.M. – Jon Rahm (Spain), Bryson DeCha.m.beau, Louis Oosthuizen (S. Africa) 7:44 A.M. – Patrick Reed, Paul Casey (England), Tony Finau 7:55 A.M. – Tiger Woods, Shane Lowry (Ireland), *Andy Ogletree 8:06 A.M. – Jordan Spieth, Gary Woodland, Ian Poulter (England) 8:17 A.M. – Graeme McDowell (N. Ireland), Si Woo Kim (Korea), Nate Lashley 11:05 A.M. – Justin Harding (S. Africa), Shugo Imahira (Japan), Nick Taylor (Canada) 11:16 A.M. – Chez Reavie, Sebastian Munoz (Colombia), Byeong Hun An (Korea) 11:27 A.M. – Bubba Watson, Matthew Wolff, Tommy Fleetwood (England) 11:38 A.M. – Francesco Molinari (Italy), Billy Horschel, Ca.m.eron Smith (Australia) 11:49 A.M. – Bernhard Langer (Germany), J.T. Poston, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (S. Africa) 12:00 P.M. – Fred Couples, Max Homa, Dylan Frittelli (S. Africa) 12:11 P.M. – Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain), Andrew Putna.m., *Ja.m.es Sugrue (Ireland) ROUND 2 TEE TIMES 1st Tee 7:00 A.M. – Justin Harding (S. Africa), Shugo Imahira (Japan), Nick Taylor (Canada) 7:11 A.M. – Chez Reavie, Sebastian Munoz (Colombia), Byeong Hun An (Korea) 7:22 A.M. – Bubba Watson, Matthew Wolff, Tommy Fleetwood (England) 7:33 A.M. – Francesco Molinari (Italy), Billy Horschel, Ca.m.eron Smith (Australia) 7:44 A.M. – Bernhard Langer (Germany), J.T. Poston, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (S. Africa) 7:55 A.M. – Fred Couples, Max Homa, Dylan Frittelli (S. Africa) 8:06 A.M. – Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain), Andrew Putna.m., *Ja.m.es Sugrue (Ireland) 11:05 A.M. – Sandy Lyle (Scotland), Jimmy Walker, *Yuxin Lin (China) 11:16 A.M. – Webb Simpson, Marc Leishman (Australia), Hideki Matsuya.m.a (Japan) 11:27 A.M. – Kevin Kisner, Ada.m. Hadwin (Canada), Scottie Scheffler 11:38 A.M. – Jon Rahm (Spain), Bryson DeCha.m.beau, Louis Oosthuizen (S. Africa) 11:49 A.M. – Patrick Reed, Paul Casey (England), Tony Finau 12:00 P.M. – Tiger Woods, Shane Lowry (Ireland), *Andy Ogletree 12:11 P.M. – Jordan Spieth, Gary Woodland, Ian Poulter (England) 12:22 P.M. – Graeme McDowell (N. Ireland), Si Woo Kim (Korea), Nate Lashley 10th Tee 7:00 A.M. – Sung Kang (Korea), Erik van Rooyen (S. Africa) 7:11 A.M. – Danny Willett (England), Rickie Fowler, *John Augenstein 7:22 A.M. – Phil Mickelson, Abraha.m. Ancer (Mexico), Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 7:33 A.M. – Ada.m. Scott (Australia), Collin Morikawa, Tyrrell Hatton (England) 7:44 A.M. – Justin Thomas, Matthew Fitzpatrick (England), Brooks Koepka 7:55 A.M. – Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy (N. Ireland) 8:06 A.M. – Zach Johnson, Justin Rose (England), Ca.m.eron Cha.m.p 8:17 A.M. – Victor Perez (France), Sungjae Im (Korea), Brendon Todd 11:05 A.M. – Lucas Glover, Corey Conners (Canada), C.T. Pan (Chinese Taipei) 11:16 A.M. – Brandt Snedeker, Charles Howell III, Jazz Janewattananond (Thailand) 11:27 A.M. – Larry Mize, Andrew Landry, *Lukas Michel (Australia) 11:38 A.M. – Matt Kuchar, Lee Westwood (England), Kevin Na 11:49 A.M. – Xander Schauffele, Jason Kokrak, Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 12:00 P.M. – Charl Schwartzel (S. Africa), Jason Day (Australia), *Abel Gallegos (Argentina) 12:11 P.M. – Vijay Singh (Fiji), Lanto Griffin, Tyler Duncan 12:22 P.M. – Mike Weir (Canada), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spain), Matt Wallace (England)
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