Masters Thursday-Friday Groupings

[Chilli Dipper]

And the threesomes for the first two days of the Masters are (Thursday tee times listed; Thursday morning pairings [before 11:00 AM] tee off in same order on Friday afternoon [after 11:00 AM], and vice versa):

8:00 AM Ian Woosnam, Chez Reavie, Briny Baird 8:11 AM Sandy Lyle, Billy Mayfair, Tim Clark 8:22 AM Kevin Sutherland, Ross Fisher, Prayad Marksaeng 8:33 AM Louis Oosthuizen, Carl Pettersson, Dudley Hart 8:44 AM Raymond Floyd, Justin Leonard, Reinier Saxton 8:55 AM Fuzzy Zoeller, Michael Campbell, Ken Duke 9:06 AM Ben Curtis, Nick Watney, Miguel Angel Jimenez 9:17 AM Craig Stadler, Rory Sabbatini, Dustin Johnson 9:28 AM Gary Player, Luke Donald, Stephen Ames 9:39 AM Retief Goosen, Soren Hansen, Shingo Katayama 9:50 AM Bernhard Langer, Greg Norman, Lee Westwood 10:12 AM Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Angel Cabrera 10:23 AM Vijay Singh, Geoff Ogilvy, Ernie Els 10:34 AM Mike Weir, Padraig Harrington, Ryuji Imada 10:45 AM Phil Mickelson, Camilo Villegas, Jim Furyk 10:56 AM Stuart Appleby, Oliver Wilson, Sergio Garcia 11:07 AM Larry Mize, John Merrick, Drew Kittleson 11:18 AM Todd Hamilton, Steve Flesch, Mathew Goggin 11:29 AM Tom Watson, Ian Poulter, Steve Wilson 11:40 AM Aaron Baddeley, Bubba Watson, Graeme McDowell 11:51 AM Mark O'Meara, Pat Perez, D.J. Trahan 12:02 PM Fred Couples, Rocco Mediate, Jack Newman 12:24 PM Soren Kjeldsen, Sean O'Hair, Richard Sterne 12:35 PM Andres Romero, Boo Weekley, Chad Campbell 12:46 PM Ben Crenshaw, Paul Casey, Steve Stricker 12:57 PM Y.E. Yang, Robert Allenby, Hunter Mahan 1:08 PM Zach Johnson, Wen-Tang Lin, Robert Karlsson 1:19 PM Jose Maria Olazabal, Martin Kaymer, Brandt Snedeker 1:30 PM K.J. Choi, Alvaro Quiros, Kenny Perry 1:41 PM Trevor Immelman, Adam Scott, Danny Lee 1:52 PM Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink, Jeev Milkha Singh 2:03 PM Anthony Kim, Rory McIlroy, Ryo Ishikawa

Some of the groups I look forward to watching on Thursday and Friday...

Gary Player, Luke Donald, Stephen Ames Player announced at the beginning of the week that his 52nd Masters would be his last. The perfect send-off for the 73-year-old Player would be if he shot his age during one of first two rounds, but merely breaking 80 would be an achievement. Bernhard Langer, Greg Norman, Lee Westwood The Shark has been the old-timer getting all the buzz going into this week (and rightfully so), but I wouldn't be surprised if two-time green jacket winner Langer managed to post a low score and threaten to be in the thick of things going into the weekend. Westwood has cooled off since his third-place finish at last year's U.S. Open, but he's coming off a solid T11 showing at Augusta in 2008. Vijay Singh, Geoff Ogilvy, Ernie Els Phil Mickelson, Camilo Villegas, Jim Furyk Two threesomes where any of the golfers grouped together can be wearing the green jacket come Sunday evening. Trevor Immelman, Adam Scott, Danny Lee An amateur has never won the Masters, and it has been 76 years since an Amateur has won any major, but there are a lot of people who think that Lee has the ability to change history this week in his last event before turning pro. Immelman is the defending champion; Scott has not had a top-ten finish in a major since the 2006 PGA. Anthony Kim, Rory McIlroy, Ryo Ishikawa Wow. That's the next 20 years of golf right here.

[David in FL]

Those last 3 pairings will be all over the telecast on Thursday. They'll be great to watch!

[Chilli Dipper]

Those last 3 pairings will be all over the telecast on Thursday. They'll be great to watch!

Friday afternoon should end with a bang, too. 16 major championships in the last five groups, Justin Rose's annual second-round letdown at Augusta, Norman and Langer, Camilo Villegas, and the enigma that is Sergio Garcia...all trying to make the cut line.

[NorCalGolfer]

bullshit coverage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! starts at 4est? WTF?!

it's bullshit because ESPN is only showing f*ckin sportscenter re-runs until coverage starts. they make so much money, why can't they just start coverage from like 10-4. HORSESHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chilli Dipper]

bullshit coverage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! starts at 4est? WTF?!

It's the same story every year: the Masters always has limited coverage during the first two rounds. My theory is that the membership of Augusta National prefers its course to be broadcast in the ethereal glow of the late afternoon sunlight, so that the vivid colors of the grounds are not washed out in the harsh mid-day brightness overhead.

[Bump-n-MI]

Stadler and Johnson together? Is it coincidence that they put the 2 drunk drivers together?

[Big_M]

bullshit coverage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! starts at 4est? WTF?!

Did you expect something different this year?

It's not entirely ESPN's fault... as this is the way "they" want the tournament run... ESPN is a BS network though, just look what they did with hockey just to put more sh*ty basketball games and poker on.

Stadler and Johnson together? Is it coincidence that they put the 2 drunk drivers together?

[TomDonS]

bullshit coverage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! starts at 4est? WTF?!

Get DirecTV. 4 channels All day.

[colin007]

no interest in tigers rounds?

[mcfc_nick]

tv coverage is crap (only on from 9 over here (4 your time)) but great groups towards the end with tiger group before last and the young guns in the final groupings! gonna be great to watch!