The first day of the Masters is one of the most anticipated days of the golf calendar.
We’ve been to Phoenix, we’ve been to Torrey Pines, we’ve been to TPC Sawgrass. The players are primed by the time they drive down Magnolia Lane in April and they all want to peak by the time they step on to the tee at Augusta National on that magical Thursday morning.
You might remember that Rory McIlroy won the Masters for the first time in 2025, and in the first two rounds, he was paired with Akshay Bhatia and Ludvig Aberg.
It was quite a sensational Masters tournament that saw the Northern Irishman slip on the Green Jacket. In round one last year, he started characteristically slowly with a level par 72.
This year, he is playing with Cameron Young and Mason Howell (a) in each of the first two rounds.
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Masters Thursday tee times 2026
The honorary starters teeing off is one of the most-loved traditions of the tournament. Many of golf’s biggest icons like Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Gene Sarazen, Fred McLeod and Jock Hutchison, plus the aforementioned trio, have all taken part.
Patrons at Augusta National flock to the first tee first thing in the morning on day one of the Masters to watch the legends of yesteryear entertain the crowd. It truly marks the beginning of the Masters, and it is such an important day. Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson will get us underway again in 2026.
Masters tee times Thursday 2026
UK times – minus 5 hours for US times
12.40 pm: John Keefer, Haoting Li
12.50 pm: Naoyuki Kataoka, Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz
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1.02 pm: Jose Maria Olazabal, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Aldrich Potgeiter
1.14 pm: Angel Cabrera, Sami Valimaki, Jackson Herringtin (a)
1.26 pm: Charl Schwartzel, Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox
1.38 pm: Vijay Singh, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard
1.50 pm: Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan, Casey Jarvis
2.02 pm: Bubba Watson, Nico Echavarria, Brandon Holtz (a)
2.19 pm: Cameron Smith, Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
2.31 pm: Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor
2.43 pm: Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Jason Day
2.55 pm: Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Akshay Bhatia
3.07 pm: Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele
3.19 pm: Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
3.31 pm: Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Mason Howell (a)
3.43 pm: Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren
4.03 pm: Sam Stevens, Sungjae Im
4.15 pm: Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin, Brian Campbell
4.27 pm: Mike Weir, Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (a)
4.39 pm: Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard
4.51 pm: Danny Willett, Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (a)
5.03 pm: Adam Scott, Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
5.15 pm: Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee, Fifa Laopakdee (a)
5.27 pm: Sergio Garcia, Aaron Rai, Jacob Bridgeman
5.44 pm: Harry Hall, Corey Conners, Michael Brennan
5.56 pm: J.J. Spaun, Maverick McNealy, Tyrrell Hatton
6.08 pm: Jon Rahm, Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Aberg
6.20 pm: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka
6.32 pm: Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
6.44 pm: Scottie Scheffler, Bob MacIntyre, Gary Woodland
6.56 pm: Harris English, Marco Penge, Si Woo Kim
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