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Tee times for the opening two rounds of the 85th Masters have been released with defending FedExCup and Masters champion Dustin Johnson set to play with England’s Lee Westwood and U.S. Amateur champion Tyler Strafaci at 10:30a.m. local time Thursday.
Rory McIlroy’s quest for the career grand slam begins at 10:42 a.m. Thursday with new father Jon Rahm and four-time PGA TOUR winner Xander Schauffele.
Further featured groupings include PLAYERS Champion Justin Thomas set to go at 1:48 p.m. on Thursday with Louis Oosthuizen and Tony Finau while the recent Valero Texas Open winner and former Masters champion Jordan Spieth takes the final Thursday slot at 2:00 p.m. with Australian Cameron Smith and fellow American Collin Morikawa.
U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau is grouped with former Masters champion Adam Scott and The Genesis Invitational winner from earlier this year in Max Homa at 1:36 p.m.
Michael Thompson and Hudson Swafford will lead the tournament at 8:00a.m. following the traditional ceremonial tee shots which this year feature African American trailblazer Lee Elder with former Masters champions Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.
* – Denotes amateur
Source: PGA tour
