Masters Tee Times Announced And There Are Some Interesting Pairings

The most important golf tournament of the year is almost here. The 2026 Masters begins on Thursday and tee times were announced for the first two rounds at Augusta National. Obviously, all eyes are on reigning champion Rory McIlroy, two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and two big-name LIV Golf players who many golf fans probably haven't seen much of in 2026: 2023 Masters champion Jon Rahm and two-time U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau.  

Fans will get a look at DeChambeau first, as he starts at 10:07 a.m. ET on Thursday morning. He'll be playing alongside a pair of major winners, Matt Fitzpatrick and Xander Schauffele. Two groups later, at 10:31 a.m., McIlroy begins his title defense alongside Cameron Young and Mason Howell. 

Imagine being Howell, an amateur, playing two rounds at Augusta National with reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy, who completed the career Grand Slam after capturing his first Green Jacket. Talk about pressure. 

Bryson DeChambeau finished in a tie for 5th at last year's Masters and is seeking his first career Green Jacket in 2026. 

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Jon Rahm is in the afternoon wave, beginning his Masters tournament at 1:08 p.m. He's paired with Chris Gotterup and Ludvig Aberg. And while McIlroy will get his title defense underway in the morning, fans are going to have to wait a bit to see world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler in action. He has the penultimate tee time for Round 1, starting at 1:44 p.m. He'll be playing alongside Robert MacIntyre and Gary Woodland. 

Johnny Keefer and Haotong Li have perhaps the most tense first tee shots of anyone on the course, as they'll be the first players to start the 2026 Masters following the ceremonial tee shots. They start at 7:40 a.m. after Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson kick off the festivities with the Honorary Starters Ceremony. 

Other groups of note: 

2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, who has never finished inside the Top 20 at Augusta, tees off at 9:31 a.m. with Ryan Gerard and Nick Taylor. 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama will begin at 10:19 a.m. playing alongside two-time major champion Collin Morikawa, who is nursing a back injury, and American Russell Henley. 

In the afternoon wave, the two groups between the Rahm and Scheffler groups are notable: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose and Brooks Koepka (who have nine major championships combined) start at 1:20 p.m., followed by Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin and two-time major champion Justin Thomas. 

FULL LIST OF TEE TIMES FOR ROUND 1 OF THE 2026 MASTERS TOURNAMENT AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL 

All times Eastern, featured groups in BOLD, (A) denotes amateur 

7:40 a.m.: Johnny Keefer, Haotong Li
7:50 a.m.: Naoyuki Kataoka, Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz
8:02 a.m.: Jose Maria Olazabal, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Aldrich Potgieter
8:14 a.m.: Angel Cabrera, Sami Valimaki, Jackson Herrington (A)
8:26 a.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox
8:38 a.m.: Vijay Singh, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard
8:50 a.m.: Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan, Casey Jarvis
9:02 a.m.: Bubba Watson, Nicolas Echavarria, Brandon Holtz (A)
9:19 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
9:31 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor
9:43 a.m.: Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Jason Day
9:55 a.m.: Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Akshay Bhatia
10:07 a.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele
10:19 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
10:31 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Mason Howell (A)
10:43 a.m.: Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren
11:03 a.m.: Samuel Stevens, Sungjae Im
11:15 a.m.: Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin, Brian Campbell
11:27 a.m.: Mike Weir, Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (A)
11:39 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard
11:51 a.m.: Danny Willett, Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (A)
12:03 p.m.: Adam Scott, Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
12:15 p.m.: Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee, Fifa Laopakdee (A)
12:27 p.m.: Sergio Garcia, Aaron Rai, Jacob Bridgeman
12:44 p.m.: Harry Hall, Corey Conners, Michael Brennan
12:56 p.m.: J.J. Spaun, Maverick McNealy, Tyrrell Hatton
1:08 p.m.: Jon Rahm, Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Aberg
1:20 p.m.: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka
1:32 p.m.: Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
1:44 p.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre, Gary Woodland
1:56 p.m.: Harris English, Marco Penge, Si Woo Kim

FULL LIST OF TEE TIMES FOR ROUND 2 OF THE 2026 MASTERS TOURNAMENT AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL 

7:40 a.m.: Samuel Stevens, Sungjae Im
7:50 a.m.: Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin, Brian Campbell
8:02 a.m.: Mike Weir, Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (A)
8:14 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard
8:26 a.m.: Danny Willett, Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (A)
8:38 a.m.: Adam Scott, Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
8:50 a.m.: Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee, Fifa Laopakdee (A)
9:02 a.m.: Sergio Garcia, Aaron Rai, Jacob Bridgeman
9:19 a.m.: Harry Hall, Corey Conners, Michael Brennan
9:31 a.m.: J.J. Spaun, Maverick McNealy, Tyrrell Hatton
9:43 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Aberg
9:55 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka
10:07 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
10:19 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre, Gary Woodland
10:31 a.m.: Harris English, Marco Penge, Si Woo Kim
10:51 a.m.: John Keefer, Haotong Li
11:03 a.m.: Naoyuki Kataoka, Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz
11:15 a.m.: Jose Maria Olazabal, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Aldrich Potgieter
11:27 a.m.: Angel Cabrera, Sami Valimaki, Jackson Herrington (A)
11:39 a.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox
11:51 a.m.: Vijay Singh, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard
12:03 p.m.: Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan, Casey Jarvis
12:15 p.m.: Bubba Watson, Nicolas Echavarria, Brandon Holtz (A)
12:32 p.m.: Cameron Smith, Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
12:44 p.m.: Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor
12:56 p.m.: Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Jason Day
1:08 p.m.: Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Akshay Bhatia
1:20 p.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele
1:32 p.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
1:44 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Mason Howell (A)
1:56 p.m.: Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren