Scheffler paired with Justin Thomas on Thursday morning to begin Masters title defence

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· Posted: Apr 08, 2025 4:20 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

Scottie Scheffler volition statesman defence of his 2nd Masters rubric paired with bully person and two-time large champion Justin Thomas.

The 2 American Ryder Cup stars volition play alongside amateur Jose Luis Ballester arsenic the first- and second-round pairings and tee times were announced for the 89th playing of the Masters Tournament connected Tuesday.

The trio volition tee disconnected Thursday astatine 10:15 a.m. ET successful Augusta, Ga., conscionable down a radical headlined by Phil Mickelson and up of 1 including Jordan Spieth. Scheffler, the world's top-ranked player, is seeking his 3rd greenish overgarment this week but has yet to triumph this year.

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy, who has won doubly already successful 2025 arsenic helium attempts to implicit the vocation Grand Slam this week, is paired for the archetypal 2 rounds with young stars Ludvig Aberg and Akshay Bhatia.

McIlroy's threesome has the fourth-latest tee clip connected Thursday astatine 1:12 p.m. and volition crook astir for a 9:58 a.m. commencement Friday.

They are playing 2 groups up of 2023 champion Jon Rahm, who is paired with Wyndham Clark and Tommy Fleetwood successful different marquee group.

Playing conscionable up of McIlroy is different pre-tournament favourite successful Xander Schauffele. Schauffele is seeking to regain the signifier that saw him assertion his archetypal 2 majors past year.

He is paired with erstwhile Masters champion Adam Scott and Viktor Hovland, who is inactive successful hunt of his archetypal large title.

The forecast for Thursday is for a debased of 9 C and a precocious of 24 C with a 60 per cent accidental of showers and isolated thunderstorms during the night.

WATCH l Scheffler shoots 68 to triumph 2024 Masters by 4 strokes:

Thursday and Friday tee times

• 7:40 a.m./10:48 a.m.: Davis Riley, Patton Kizzire
• 7:51 a.m./10:59 a.m.: Kevin Yu, Jhonattan Vegas, Nicolai Hojgaard
• 8:02 a.m./11:10 a.m.: Mike Weir, Michael Kim, Cameron Young
• 8:13 a.m./11:21 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Joe Highsmith, Chris Kirk
• 8:24 a.m./11:38 a.m.: Danny Willett, Nico Echavarria, Davis Thompson
• 8:35 a.m./11:49 a.m.: Bernhard Langer, Will Zalatoris, *Noah Kent
• 8:52 a.m./Noon.: Cameron Smith, J.T. Poston, Aaron Rai
• 9:03 a.m./12:11 p.m.: Fred Couples, Harris English, Taylor Pendrith
• 9:14 a.m./12:22 p.m.: Corey Conners, Brian Harman, Stephan Jaeger
• 9:25 a.m./12:33 p.m.: Patrick Reed, Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An
• 9:36 a.m./12:50 p.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel, Nick Dunlap
• 9:47 a.m./1:01 p.m.: Collin Morikawa, Joaquin Niemann, Min Woo Lee
• 9:58 a.m./1:12 p.m.: Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
• 10:15 a.m./1:23 p.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, *Jose Luis Ballester
• 10:26 a.m./1:34 p.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, Tyrrell Hatton
• 10:37 a.m./1:45 p.m.: Tony Finau, Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry
• 10:48 a.m./7:40 a.m.: Cam Davis, Rafael Campos, Austin Eckroat
• 10:59 a.m./7:51 a.m.: Angel Cabrera, Laurie Canter, Adam Schenk
• 11:10 a.m./8:02 a.m.: Jose Maria Olazabal, Thriston Lawrence, Brian Campbell
• 11:21 a.m./8:13 a.m.: Bubba Watson, Matthieu Pavon, *Evan Beck
• 11:38 a.m./8:24 a.m.: Tom Hoge, Matt McCarty, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• 11:49 a.m./8:35 a.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Denny McCarthy, *Hiroshi Tai
• Noon/8:52 a.m.: Max Homa, Justin Rose, J.J. Spaun
• 12:11 p.m./9:03 a.m.: Dustin Johnson, Nick Taylor, *Justin Hastings
• 12:22 p.m./9:14 a.m.: Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Daniel Berger
• 12:33 p.m./9:25 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Rasmus Hojgaard, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 12:50 p.m./9:36 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Russell Henley, Sungjae Im
• 1:01 p.m./9:47 a.m.: Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland
• 1:12 p.m./9:58 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg, Akshay Bhatia
• 1:23 p.m./10:15 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau, Shane Lowry
• 1:34 p.m./10:26 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood
• 1:45 p.m./10:37 a.m.: Sahith Theegala, Sepp Straka, Sam Burns

*Denotes amateur
BOLD denotes Canadian