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Tiger Woods begins his quest for a clean sweep of golf's major championships at the Masters playing alongside Angel Cabrera and Stuart Appleby.
The world number one insists he is capable of becoming the first man to land all four majors in a calendar year.
The four-time champion at Augusta National tees off at 15.45 UK time in Thursday's first round, and immediately goes up against Cabrera, who pipped him to the US Open title last year.
Defending champion Zach Johnson tees off shortly before Woods in a group which also includes England's Luke Donald and 2006 US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy.
Open champion Padraig Harrington goes out in the group before Woods alongside Canada's Mike Weir, the winner of the 2003 Green Jacket, and Jeev Milkha Singh on India.
Other eye-catching three-balls include Adam Scott, Paul Casey and Retief Goosen and Ernie Els, Shingo Katayama and Jim Furyk.
Phil Mickelson, the champion of 2004 and 2006, plays with rising Argentinian star Andres Romero and Korea's KJ Choi, while Lee Westwood is in the final group of the opening day with Aaron Baddeley and Camilo Villegas.




