Golf
The draws have been made for the 2015 Masters─── 08:40 Wed, 08 Apr 2015
The draws have been made for the first two rounds of the 2015 Masters which tees-off at the Augusta National tomorrow.
2011 winner, Charl Schwartzel will be the first of the South African’s to tee it up tomorrow after at 16:30, when he plays alongside Joost Luiten of the Netherlands and Bae Sang-Moon of Korea.
2008 Champion, Trevor Immelman and the American duo of Kevin Stadler and Scott Harvey with be on the teebox at 17:14, while at 18:09 we will see an interesting three ball with the two-time runner up and four-time majors winner Ernie Els, Jim Furyk and Zach Jonson.
2012 Runner-up and 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen, Argentina’s Angel Cabrera and Chile’s Matias Dominguez follow at 18:20 and Brandon Grace, Fred Couples and Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee pay their first strokes at 19:26.
Former world number one, 14-time major champion and four-time Masters winners Tiger Woods gets a late start alongside Luke Donald and Jimmy Walker at 19:48.
While had a lot has changed in Woods’ illustrious career, he said his competitive streak hasn’t changed.
"I'm exited to be here. There is no other tournament like this.
"Competing again and really looking forward to Thursday," he said.
"I spent a lot of time and a lot of work on this. I've been working my ass off. That's the easiest way to kind of describe it. I worked hard."
Meanwhile, world number one, Rory McIlroy is going for the Career Slam this week, and he will tee-off alongside Phil Mickelson and and Ryan Moore at 16:41.
Tee-off times for the 79th Masters opening round
13:45 - Charley Hoffman (USA), Brian Harman (USA)
13:56 - Larry Mize (USA), Danny Willett (ENG), Byron Meth (USA)
14:07 - Tom Watson (USA), Gary Woodland (USA), Camilo Villegas (COL)
14:18 - Mike Weir (CAN), Ben Crane (USA), Corey Conners (CAN)
14:29 - Vijay Singh (FIJ), Russell Henley (USA), Darren Clarke (NIR)
14:40 - Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP), Brendon Todd (USA), Kevin Na (KOR)
14:51 - Jonas Blixt (SWE), Kevin Streelman (USA), Stephen Gallacher (SCO)
15:02 - Patrick Reed (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Ian Poulter (ENG)
15:13 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), Lee Westwood (ENG), Anirban Lahiri (IND)
15:24 - Bubba Watson (USA), Justin Rose (ENG), Yang Gunn (KOR)
15:35 - Adam Scott (AUS), Dustin Johnson (USA), Antonio Murdaca (AUS)
15:57 - Morgan Hoffmann (USA), Steve Stricker (USA), Matt Every (USA)
16:08 - Ben Crenshaw (USA), Bill Haas (USA), Jason Dufner (USA)
16:19 - Webb Simpson (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Paul Casey (ENG)
16:30 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Joost Luiten (NED), Bae Sang-Moon (KOR)
16:41 - Phil Mickelson (USA), Rory McIlroy (NIR), Ryan Moore (USA)
16:52 - J.B. Holmes (USA), Martin Kaymer (GER), Brandt Snedeker (USA)
17:03 - Ian Woosnam (WAL), Erik Compton (USA), Marc Leishman (AUS)
17:14 - Trevor Immelman (RSA), Kevin Stadler (USA), Scott Harvey (USA)
17:25 - Ben Martin (USA), Robert Streb (USA), Cameron Tringale (USA)
17:36 - Sandy Lyle (SCO), Noh Seung-Yul (KOR), Bradley Neil (SCO)
17:47 - Bernhard Langer (GER), Bernd Wiesberger (AUT), Geoff Ogilvy (AUS)
18:09 - Zach Johnson (USA), Jim Furyk (USA), Ernie Els (RSA)
18:20 - Angel Cabrera (ARG), Louis Oosthuizen (RSA), Matias Dominguez (CHI)
18:31 - Mark O'Meara (USA), Chris Kirk (USA), Shane Lowry (IRL)
18:42 - Padraig Harrington (IRL), Ryan Palmer (USA), Thomas Bjorn (DEN)
18:53 - James Hahn (KOR), Mikko Ilonen (FIN), Hunter Mahan (USA)
19:04 - Matt Kuchar (USA), Brooks Koepka (USA), Graeme McDowell (NIR)
19:15 - Jordan Spieth (USA), Henrik Stenson (SWE), Billy Horschel (USA)
19:26 - Fred Couples (USA), Branden Grace (RSA), Thongchai Jaidee (THA)
19:37 - Luke Donald (ENG), Victor Dubuisson (FRA), John Senden (AUS)
19:48 - Tiger Woods (USA), Jamie Donaldson (WAL), Jimmy Walker (USA)
19:59 - Jason Day (AUS), Sergio Garcia (ESP), Rickie Fowler (USA)
Morgan Piek / OFM News
