Masters 2026 tee times: Pairings for the first and second round at Augusta National

AUGUSTA, Ga. — We're more than half way through the first round of the 2026 Masters, and a familiar name is near the top of the lead. Rory McIlroy might have been a bit distracted earlier in the week by his duties as the defending champion, but he didn't show it on Thursday en route to a opening-round 67 that put him in a share of the lead early with Sam Burns. The Northern Irishman made just one bogey (the par-4 third) and birdied Nos. 13-15 to become the first defending champion to sit atop the lead since Jordan Spieth in 2016.

McIlroy will have to wait until the afternoon on Friday to get back out and see if he can build on his lead, playing in second to last pairing (1:44 p.m.) along with U.S. Amateur champion Mason Howell and Players Championship winner Cameron Young.

Here are some of the more notable groupings: Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Jason Day (9:43 am); Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele (10:07 am); Jon Rahm, Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Aberg (1:08 pm); Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka (1:20 pm); Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre, Gary Woodland (1:44 pm).

Below is the complete list of tee times for Friday's second round at Augusta National. (all times eastern; a-amateur)

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7:40 am: Sam Stevens Sungjae Im

7:50 am: Andrew Novak, Tom McKibbin, Brian Campbell

8:02 am: Mike Weir, Wyndham Clark, Mateo Pulcini (a)

8:14 am: Zach Johnson, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard

8:26 am: Danny Willett, Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (a)

8:38 am: Adam Scott, Daniel Berger, Brian Harman

8:50 am: Fred Couples, Min Woo Lee, Fifa Laopakdee (a)

9:02 am: Sergio Garcia, Aaron Rai, Jacob Bridgeman

9:19 am: Harry Hall, Corey Conners, Michael Brennan

9:31 am: J.J. Spaun, Maverick McNealy, Tyrrell Hatton

9:43 am: Jon Rahm, Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Aberg

9:55 am: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka

10:07 am: Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas

10:19 am: Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre, Gary Woodland

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10:31 am: Harris English, Marco Penge, Si Woo Kim

10:51 am: John Keefer, Haotong Li

11:03 am: Naoyuki Kataoka, Max Homa, Carlos Ortiz

11:15 am: Jose Maria Olazabal, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Aldrich Potgieter

11:27 am: Angel Cabrera, Sami Valimaki, Jackson Herrington (a)

11:39 am: Charl Schwartzel, Max Greyserman, Ryan Fox

11:51 am: Vijay Singh, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hojgaard

12:03 pm: Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan, Casey Jarvis

12:15 pm: Bubba Watson, Nicolas Echavarria, Brandon Holtz (a)

12:27 pm: Cameron Smith, Sam Burns, Jake Knapp

12:44 pm.: Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerard, Nick Taylor

12:56 pm: Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Jason Day

1:08 pm: Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Akshay Bhatia

1:20 pm: Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele

1:32 pm: Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley

1:44 pm: Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Mason Howell (a)

1:56 pm: Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren

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