The pairings for the Masters have been released. Notably the club will pair major champions with first-time amateurs or pro golfers as a way to connect the present and past.
Background
We will see Rory, last year’s champion, paired with the Amateur Champ, Mason Howell , and this year’s Players Champion, Cameron Young. There are quite a few interesting pairings for Thursday’s first tee time at 7:40 AM. Check out the Bryson, Matt Fitzpatrick and Xander Schaffle one! Three gentlemen that could win the green jacket.
For the afternoon round, you couldn’t beat Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth and Justin Rose! So with today being the last practice round and the par three tournament, hopefully patrons are enjoying their pimento sandwiches, peach ice cream sandwiches, and breakfasts while identifying the best places to park and watch Thursday’s round.
Here are the pairings.
Thursday, Round 1
7:40 am: John Keefer, Haotong Li
7:50 am: Naoyuki Kataoka, Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz
8:02 am: Jose Maria Olazabal, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Aldrich Potgieter
8:14 am: Angel Cabrera, Sami Valimaki, Jackson Herrington (a)
8:26 am: Charl Schwartzel, Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox
8:38 am: Vijay Singh, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard
8:50 am: Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan, Casey Jarvis
9:02 am: Bubba Watson, Nicolas Echavarria, Brandon Holtz (a)
9:19 am: Cameron Smith, Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
9:31 am: Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor
9:43 am: Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Jason Day
9:55 am: Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Akshay Bhatia
10:07 am: Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele
10:19 am: Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
10:31 am: Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Mason Howell (a)
10:43 am: Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren
11:03 am: Sam Stevens, Sungjae Im
11:15 am: Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin, Brian Campbell
11:27 am: Mike Weir, Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (a)
11:39 am: Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard
11:51 am: Danny Willett, Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (a)
12:03 pm: Adam Scott, Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
12:15 pm: Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee, Fifa Laopakdee (a)
12:27 pm: Sergio Garcia, Aaron Rai, Jacob Bridgeman
12:44 pm.: Harry Hall, Corey Conners, Michael Brennan
12:56 pm: J.J. Spaun, Maverick McNearly, Tyrrell Hatton
1:08 pm: Jon Rahm, Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Aberg
1:20 pm: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka
1:32 pm: Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
1:44 pm: Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre, Gary Woodland
1:56 pm: Harris English, Marco Penge, Si Woo Kim
If you think Si Woo Kim has a decided disadvantage teeing off last, keep this in mind. Jon Rahm (2023), Scottie Scheffler (2024) and Tiger Woods (1997) have won with the late Thursday tee time. In fact, Tiger’s 12 shot victory began with it.
The Masters will give these later groups early times on Friday, where one could make a charge when the conditions are calm and pristine. But if the weather is bad on Friday morning, all bets are off!
Unfortunately, NO ONE has ever won the Masters when they are assigned the last Thursday tee time. Here’s hoping Kim destroys that statistic!
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