Masters tee times: Rory McIlroy to play with Ludvig Aberg and Akshay Bhatia

Shane Lowry to play with Hideki Matsuyama and Bryson DeChambeau

Rory McIlroy: will play late/early at the Masters. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
Rory McIlroy: will play late/early at the Masters. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Rory McIlroy will play with Ludvig Aberg and Akshay Bhatia for the first two rounds of the Masters. He will tee off on Thursday at 6.12pm Irish time on Thursday and 2.58pm on Friday.

His group has been selected as a featured group, which means that his early round coverage will be available to watch. Shane Lowry will play with Hideki Matsuyama and Bryson DeChambeau at 6.23pm on Thursday and 3.15pm on Friday, the next grouping after McIlroy.

On the other side of the draw, defending champion and world number one Scottie Scheffler will play with Justin Thomas and the amateur Jose Luis Ballester at 3.15pm on Thursday and 6.23pm on Friday.

Thursday tee times:
  • 12.40 Davis Riley, Patton Kizzire
  • 12.51 Kevin Yu, Jhonattan Vegas, Nicolai Højgaard
  • 1.02 Mike Weir, Michael Kim, Cameron Young
  • 1.13 Zach Johnson, Joe Highsmith, Chris Kirk
  • 1.24 Danny Willett, Nico Echavarria, Davis Thompson
  • 1.35 Bernhard Langer, Will Zalatoris, *Noah Kent
  • 1.52 Cameron Smith, J.T. Poston, Aaron Rai
  • 2.03 Fred Couples, Harris English, Taylor Pendrith
  • 2.14 Corey Conners, Brian Harman, Stephan Jaeger
  • 2.25 Patrick Reed, Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An
  • 2.36 Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel, Nick Dunlap
  • 2.47 Collin Morikawa, Joaquin Niemann, Min Woo Lee
  • 2.58 Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
  • 3.15 Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, *Jose Luis Ballester
  • 3.26 Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, Tyrrell Hatton
  • 3.37 Tony Finau, Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry
  • 3.48 Cam Davis, Rafael Campos, Austin Eckroat
  • 3.59 Angel Cabrera, Laurie Canter, Adam Schenk
  • 4.10 Jose Maria Olazabal, Thriston Lawrence, Brian Campbell
  • 4.21 Bubba Watson, Matthieu Pavon, *Evan Beck
  • 4.38 Tom Hoge, Matt McCarty, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
  • 4.49 Charl Schwartzel, Denny McCarthy, *Hiroshi Tai
  • 5.00 Max Homa, Justin Rose, J.J. Spaun
  • 5:11 Dustin Johnson, Nick Taylor, *Justin Hastings
  • 5.22 Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Daniel Berger
  • 5.33 Patrick Cantlay, Rasmus Højgaard, Matt Fitzpatrick
  • 5.50 Brooks Koepka, Russell Henley, Sungjae Im
  • 6.01 Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland
  • 6.12 Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Akshay Bhatia
  • 6.23 Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau, Shane Lowry
  • 6.34 Jon Rahm, Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood
  • 6.45 Sahith Theegala, Sepp Straka, Sam Burns
Friday tee times:
  • 12.40 Cam Davis, Rafael Campos, Austin Eckroat
  • 12.51 Angel Cabrera, Laurie Canter, Adam Schenk
  • 1.02 Jose Maria Olazabal, Thriston Lawrence, Brian Campbell
  • 1.13 Bubba Watson, Matthieu Pavon, *Evan Beck
  • 1.24 Tom Hoge, Matt McCarty, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
  • 1.35 Charl Schwartzel, Denny McCarthy, *Hiroshi Tai
  • 1.52 Max Homa, Justin Rose, J.J. Spaun
  • 2.03 Dustin Johnson, Nick Taylor, *Justin Hastings
  • 2.14 Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Daniel Berger
  • 2.25 Patrick Cantlay, Rasmus Højgaard, Matt Fitzpatrick
  • 2.36 Brooks Koepka, Russell Henley, Sungjae Im
  • 2.47 Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland
  • 2.58 Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Akshay Bhatia
  • 3.15 Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau, Shane Lowry
  • 3.26 Jon Rahm, Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood
  • 3.37 Sahith Theegala, Sepp Straka, Sam Burns
  • 3.48 Davis Riley, Patton Kizzire
  • 3.59 Kevin Yu, Jhonattan Vegas, Nicolai Højgaard
  • 4.10 Mike Weir, Michael Kim, Cameron Young
  • 4.21 Zach Johnson, Joe Highsmith, Chris Kirk
  • 4.38 Danny Willett, Nico Echavarria, Davis Thompson
  • 4.49 Bernhard Langer, Will Zalatoris, *Noah Kent
  • 5.00 Cameron Smith, J.T. Poston, Aaron Rai
  • 5.11 Fred Couples, Harris English, Taylor Pendrith
  • 5.22 Corey Conners, Brian Harman, Stephan Jaeger
  • 5.33 Patrick Reed, Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An
  • 5.50 Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel, Nick Dunlap
  • 6.01 Collin Morikawa, Joaquin Niemann, Min Woo Lee
  • 6.12 Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
  • 6.23 Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, *Jose Luis Ballester
  • 6.34 Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, Tyrrell Hatton
  • 6.45 Tony Finau, Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry
David Gorman

David Gorman

David Gorman is a sports journalist with The Irish Times