The Masters 2026 tee times: Full R1 groupings and UK tee times for the first round at Augusta National | Golf News
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 a dramatic playoff victory over Justin Rose last year.
McIlroy has been given a late start for the first two rounds of his title defence, starting at 10.31am local time (3.31pm UK time) with Cameron Young – winner of The Players last month – and US amateur champion Mason Hole.
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Rory McIlroy completes his career Grand Slam by defeating Justin Rose in a playoff at the Masters.
Two-time Masters champion Scotty Scheffler is on the opposite side of the draw from former US Open champion Gary Woodland and Scotland’s Robert McIntyre, while Rose is also a late starter with fellow former world No. 1 Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka.
Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson will return for the honorary opening ceremony at 7.25am (12.25pm BST) on Thursday, before the tournament starts 15 minutes later.
Thursday’s R1 groupings and UK start times
BST at all times, USA, unless otherwise stated; (x) denotes amateur.
1240 John Keefer, Hutong Lee (Chn)
1250 Naoyuki Kataoka (Japan), Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz (Mex)
1302 Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP), Rasmus Nirgaard Patterson (Dan), Aldrich Potgieter (RSA)
1314 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Sami Valimaki (Fin), Jackson Herrington (x)
1326 Charles Schwartzel (Rsa), Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox (Nzl)
1338 Vijay Singh (Fudge), Matt McCarthy, Rasmus Højgaard (Dean)
1350 Kurt Katayama, Christopher Ritton (Noor), Casey Jarvis (Rsa)
1402 Bubba Watson, Nicholas Echavarria (Col), Brandon Holtz (X)
1419 Cameron Smith (Aus), Sam Burns, Jack Knapp
1431 Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerrard, Nick Taylor (Kane)
1443 Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry (Irl), Jason Day (Aus)
1455 Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood (English), Akshay Bhatia
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1507 Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Xander Schauffele
1519 Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Colin Morikawa, Russell Henley
1531 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Cameron Young, Mason Howell (x)
1543 Victor Holland (Noor), Patrick Cantley, Alex Noreen (Soy)
1603 Samuel Stevens, Sungjae IM (cor.)
1615 Andrew Novak, Tom McCibbon (NIRL), Brian Campbell
1627 Mike Weir (can), Wyndham Clarke, Matteo Pulsini (x) (org)
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1639: Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nikolai Højgaard (Dean)
1651 Danny Willett (English), Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (x)
1703 Adam Scott (Aus), Daniel Berger, Brian Herman
1715 Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee (Aus), Fifa Laopakdee (x) (Tha)
1727 Sergio Garcia (Esp), Aaron Roy (Eng), Jacob Bridgman
1744 Harry Hall (English), Cory Connors (Can), Michael Brennan
1756 JJ Spin, Maverick McNally, Tyrell Heaton (English)
1808 Jon Rahm (Esp), Chris Gottrup, Ludwig Åberg (Swe)
1820 Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose (English), Brooks Koepka
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1832 Sep Straka (out), Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
1844 Scotty Scheffler, Robert McIntyre (Sco), Gary Woodland
1856 Harris English, Marco Peng (English), Si Woo Kim (cover)
When is the Masters live on Sky Sports?
Wall-to-wall coverage of the tournament begins Thursday at 2 p.m., with featured group action and regular updates from around the course. Sky Sports Golf until the start of the global broadcast window at 6 p.m.
The same times will apply on Friday, before the first starts for the weekend – with coverage starting at 4.30pm before full coverage at 5pm and running late until the last putt is holed.
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The infamous Amin Corner stream will also be available, focusing on the famous three-hole stretch from the 11th, with this featured group offering also available on the Sky Sports+ channel.
A feed of the fourth, fifth and sixth holes will be live each day as the opening group reaches that part of the course and another stream covers the 15th and 16th holes, with featured groups also available on Sky Sports+.
