The Masters 2026 tee times: Full R1 groupings and UK start times for first round at Augusta National
Rory McIlroy among the morning starts for the opening round, partnering Cameron Young and Mason Howell; world No 1 Scottie Scheffler out late with Gary Woodland and Robert MacIntyre; watch the opening round live on Thursday from 2pm on Sky Sports Golf
Tuesday 7 April 2026 18:00, UK
Groupings and tee times for the opening round of the 90th Masters tournament, held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
There are 91 players in the field for the opening men's major of the year, where Rory McIlroy returns as defending champion after last year's dramatic play-off victory over Justin Rose.
McIlroy has been given an early-late draw for the first two rounds of his title defence, beginning at 10.31am local time (3.31pm UK time) alongside Cameron Young - winner of The Players last month - and US Amateur champion Mason Howell.
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Two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is on the opposite side of the draw alongside former US Open champion Gary Woodland and Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, while Rose is also a late starter with fellow former world No 1s Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka.
Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson will return for the Honorary Starters ceremony on Thursday morning at 7.25am (12.25pm BST), ahead of the tournament getting under way 15 minutes later.
Thursday's R1 groupings and UK start times
All times BST; USA unless stated; (x) denotes amateur
1240 John Keefer, Haotong Li (Chn)
1250 Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz (Mex)
1302 Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)
1314 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Sami Valimaki (Fin), Jackson Herrington (x)
1326 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox (Nzl)
1338 Vijay Singh (Fij), Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)
1350 Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Casey Jarvis (Rsa)
1402 Bubba Watson, Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Brandon Holtz (x)
1419 Cameron Smith (Aus), Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
1431 Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor (Can)
1443 Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry (Irl), Jason Day (Aus)
1455 Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Akshay Bhatia
1507 Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Xander Schauffele
1519 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
1531 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Cameron Young, Mason Howell (x)
1543 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren (Swe)
1603 Samuel Stevens, Sungjae Im (Kor)
1615 Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin (NIrl), Brian Campbell
1627 Mike Weir (Can), Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (x) (Arg)
1639 Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
1651 Danny Willett (Eng), Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (x)
1703 Adam Scott (Aus), Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
1715 Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee (Aus), Fifa Laopakdee (x) (Tha)
1727 Sergio Garcia (Esp), Aaron Rai (Eng), Jacob Bridgeman
1744 Harry Hall (Eng), Corey Conners (Can), Michael Brennan
1756 JJ Spaun, Maverick McNealy, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
1808 Jon Rahm (Esp), Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Åberg (Swe)
1820 Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose (Eng), Brooks Koepka
1832 Sepp Straka (Aut), Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
1844 Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Gary Woodland
1856 Harris English, Marco Penge (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
When is The Masters live on Sky Sports?
Wall-to-wall coverage from the tournament begins at 2pm on Thursday, with Featured Group action and regular updates from around the course available on Sky Sports Golf until the global broadcast window begins at 6pm.
The same timings will apply on Friday, before an earlier start kicks in for the weekend - with coverage starting at 4.30pm ahead of full coverage getting under way at 5pm and lasting until long after the final putt is holed.
The notorious Amen Corner stream will also be available, focusing on the famous three-hole stretch from the 11th, with that Featured Group offering also available on the Sky Sports+ channel.
A feed of the fourth, fifth and sixth holes will go live each day as soon as the opening group reach that part of the course and another stream covers the 15th and 16th holes, with Featured Groups also available on Sky Sports+.
Who will win The Masters? Watch the opening major of the year exclusively live on Sky Sports. Live coverage of the first round begins on Thursday from 2pm on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.
