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McIlroy will have Garcia for company

Golf:  Rory McIlroy will tee off in the third round of the US Masters alongside Spaniard Sergio Garcia after both finished with…

Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00

Golf: Rory McIlroy will tee off in the third round of the US Masters alongside Spaniard Sergio Garcia after both finished with a four-under-par total of 140 after Friday's play.

The world number two is due to take to the course at 7.25pm (Irish time), two hours after Pádraig Harrington (level par) gets underway with Houston Open champions Hunter Mahan.

Graeme McDowell, on three over, will be the first out of the Irish when he tees off with American Brandt Snedeker.

Overnight leaders Jason Dufner and 1992 Masters champion Fred Couples will be the final pairing out at 7.45pm.

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Tee-off times in the third round of The Masters at Augusta National, Augusta, Georgia, United States, on Saturday (Irish time):

(x) denotes amateurs

2.15pm(x) Kelly Kraft

2.25pmAngel Cabrera (Arg), Trevor Immelman (Rsa)

2.35pm(x) Patrick Cantlay, Thomas Bjorn (Den)

2.45pmGonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Edoardo Molinari (Ita)

2.55pmKeegan Bradley, Luke Donald (Eng)

3.05pmSteve Stricker, Rickie Fowler

3.15pmRobert Karlsson (Swe), Bo Van Pelt

3.25pmAnders Hansen (Den), Ross Fisher (Eng)

3.35pmScott Verplank, Martin Laird (Sco)

3.45pmCharl Schwartzel (Rsa), Tiger Woods

3.55pmScott Stallings, Martin Kaymer (Ger)

4.15pm Graeme McDowell (N Irl), Brandt Snedeker

4.25pmBae Sang-moon (Kor), Kevin Chappell

4.35pmBill Haas, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)

4.45pmDavid Toms, Stewart Cink

4.55pmKevin Na, Webb Simpson

5.05pmAdam Scott (Aus), (x) Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

5.15pmJustin Rose (Eng), Francesco Molinari (Ita)

5.25pmHunter Mahan, Pádraig Harrington (Irl)

5.35pmIan Poulter (Eng), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe)

5.45pmGary Woodland, Zach Johnson

5.55pmJim Furyk, YE Yang (Kor)

6.15pmSean O'Hair, Jonathan Byrd

6.25pmHenrik Stenson (Swe), Nick Watney

6.35pmPeter Hanson (Swe), Aaron Baddeley (Aus)

6.45pmVijay Singh (Fij), Phil Mickelson

6.55pmBen Crane, Charles Howell

7.05pmMatt Kuchar, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)

7.15pmBubba Watsonm Paul Lawrie (Sco)

7.25pmSergio Garcia (Spa), Rory McIlroy (N Irl)

7.35pmLouis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Lee Westwood (Eng)

7.45pmJason Dufner, Fred Couples