Wednesday 8 April 2015 11:14, UK
Rory McIlroy will play alongside Phil Mickelson and Ryan Moore during the first two days of the Masters at Augusta National.
In selected other groups, Bubba Watson begins the defence of his crown in the company of Justin Rose and Gunn Yang, while Tiger Woods starts alongside Jamie Donaldson and Jimmy Walker.
Jason Day partners Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler, while Ian Poulter will be joined by Keegan Bradley and Patrick Reed.
Elsewhere, Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson and Antonio Murdaca are playing together, with last year's runner-up Jordan Spieth partnering Henrik Stenson and Billy Horschel.
With 98 players in the field, Charley Hoffman and Brian Harman make up the first group out on Thursday, teeing-off at 7:45am local time which is five hours later regarding British Summer Time.
Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer will again act as honorary starters hitting tee shots at the par-four first hole before retiring to the clubhouse.
England's Danny Willett will begin his Masters debut in the second group at 7:56 am, alongside 1987 winner Larry Mize and US amateur public links champion Byron Meth.
The final group tees off at 1:59 pm and features three players ranked in the top 13 in the world, Australian Day, Spain's Garcia and Fowler.
Fowler finished in the top five in all four majors last year.
Full tee-off times for Thursday's opening round (all times BST – second round in brackets):
(US unless specified):
12.45 (15:52): Charley Hoffman, Brian Harman
12.56 (16:03): Larry Mize, Byron Meth (Aus), Danny Willett (Eng)
13.07 (16:14):Tom Watson, Camilo Villegas (Col), Gary Woodland
13.18 (16:25): Mike Weir (Can), Ben Crane, Corey Conners (Can)
13.29 (16:36): Vijay Singh (Fij), Darren Clarke (Nirl), Russell Henley
13.40 (16:47): Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa), Brendon Todd, Kevin Na (Kor)
13.51 (17:09): Jonas Blixt (Swe), Kevin Streelman, Stephen Gallacher (Sco)
14.02 (17:20): Patrick Reed, Keegan Bradley, Ian Poulter (Eng)
14.13 (17:31): Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Lee Westwood (Eng)
14.24 (17:42): Bubba Watson, Justin Rose (Eng), Gunn Yang (Kor)
14.35 (17:53): Adam Scott (Aus), Dustin Johnson, Antonio Murdaca (Aus)
14.57 (18:04): Morgan Hoffmann, Steve Stricker, Matt Every
15.08 (18:15): Ben Crenshaw, Bill Haas, Jason Dufner
15.19 (18:26): Webb Simpson, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Paul Casey (Eng)
15.30 (18:37): Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Joost Luiten (Ned), Sang-moon Bae (Kor)
15.41 (18:48): Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy (Nirl), Ryan Moore
15.52 (18:59): JB Holmes, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Brandt Snedeker
16.03 (12.45): Ian Woosnam (Wal), Erik Compton, Marc Leishman (Aus)
16.14 (12.56): Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Kevin Stadler, Scott Harvey
16.25 (13.07): Ben Martin, Robert Streb, Cameron Tringale
16.36 (13.18): Sandy Lyle (Sco), Seung-yul Noh (Kor), Bradley Neil (Sco)
16.47 (13.29): Bernhard Langer (Ger), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)
17.09 (13.40): Zach Johnson, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els (Rsa)
17.20 (13.51): Angel Cabrera (Arg), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Matias Dominguez (Chi)
17.31 (14.02): Chris Kirk, Mark O'Meara, Shane Lowry (Irl)
17.42 (14.13): Padraig Harrington (Irl), Ryan Palmer, Thomas Bjorn (Den)
17.53 (14.24): James Hahn, Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Hunter Mahan
18.04 (14.35): Matt Kuchar, Brooks Koepka, Graeme McDowell (Nirl)
18.15 (14.57): Henrik Stenson (Swe), Jordan Spieth, Billy Horschel
18.26 (15:08): Fred Couples, Branden Grace (Rsa), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha)
18.37 (15:19): Victor Dubuisson (Fra), Luke Donald (Eng), John Senden (Aus)
18.48 (15:30): Jamie Donaldson (Wal), Tiger Woods, Jimmy Walker
18.59 (15:41): Jason Day (Aus), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Rickie Fowler
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