The tee times have been made, and the groupings have been set. This year’s Masters tournament start at 8:06am on Thursday morning with Jonathan Kaye, David Howell, and Ted Purdy. The last group – John Daly, Shigeki Maruyama, and Jesper Parnevik – tees off at 1:55pm.
Ian Poulter will play with Craig Stadler and Joakkim Haeggman at 9:16. Padraig Harrington follows him at 9:27. Retief Goosen and Stewart Cink play alongside Tiger-slayer Nick O’Hern at 9:49. Nicklaus goes off at 10:11. Phil Mickelson, last year’s winner, plays with Ryan Moore at 10:38 and is followed immediately by Vijay Singh at 10:49.
Davis Love III, Luke Donald, and Charles Howell III go off in the 26th group at 1:00pm sharp. Tiger Woods will play with Darren Clarke and Carlos Franco, and will be followed by one of the most exciting threesomes on the grouping sheet: Ernie Els, David Toms, and Adam Scott kick off their 2005 Masters at 1:44.
Group Time Competitors 1 8:05 J. Kaye D. Howell T. Purdy 2 8:16 I. Woosnam K. Triplett J. Maggert 3 8:27 S. Micheel M. Hensby J. Kelly 4 8:38 L. Mize P. Casey D. Duval 5 8:49 G. Player A. Eaton III T. Hamilton 6 9:00 N. Price C. Riley J. Ogilvie 7 9:16 C. Stadler J. Haeggman I. Poulter 8 9:27 F. Zoeller P. Harrington A. Cabrera 9 9:38 N. Faldo P. Lonard T. Lehman 10 9:49 R. Goosen S. Cink N. O'Hern 11 10:00 M. Weir R. Beem F. Jacobson 12 10:11 J. Nicklaus J. Haas S. Katayama 13 10:27 J. Olazabal J. Leonard T. Bjorn 14 10:38 P. Mickelson R. Moore S. Appleby 15 10:49 V. Singh L. Westwood C. Campbell 16 11:00 B. Langer S. Garcia K. Perry 17 11:11 C. Coody T. Aaron B. Casper 18 11:22 T. Watson S. Wilson J. Furyk 19 11:38 B. Curtis B. Van Pelt T. Immelman 20 11:49 S. Flesch C. Wittenberg R. Pampling 21 12:00 F. Funk S. Verplank R. Sabbatini 22 12:11 F. Couples L. List T. Herron 23 12:22 B. Crenshaw G. McDowell T. Clark 24 12:33 S. Lyle R. Palmer R. Allenby 25 12:49 R. Floyd T. Levet S. Ames 26 1:00 D. Love III L. Donald C. Howell III 27 1:11 C. Dimarco C. Parry M. Angel Jimenez 28 1:22 M. O'Meara K. Choi Z. Johnson 29 1:33 T. Woods D. Clarke C. Franco 30 1:44 E. Els D. Toms A. Scott 31 1:55 J. Daly S. Maruyama J. Parnevik
For second-round times, check out masters.org.