Masters tee times and groups revealed

Tiger Woods will partner Louis Oosthuizen and Joaquin Niemann in the first two rounds of the Masters following his latest remarkable recovery from injury.

Woods suffered severe injuries to his right leg in a car accident in Los Angeles in February last year, but confirmed on Tuesday that he plans to contest the year's first major at Augusta National.

The 15-time major winner will tee off at 3.34pm Irish time (10.34am local time) on Thursday and at 6.41pm Irish time on Friday.

Woods has not competed in a top-level event since the 2020 Masters, which was held in November due to the coronavirus pandemic, but raised hopes of being able to play this week after a practice round at Augusta last Tuesday.

The 46-year-old played nine holes on both Sunday and Monday and plans to play nine more on Wednesday, with bad weather forcing the course to be closed shortly before he gave his pre-tournament press conference on Tuesday morning.

Rory McIlroy faces a lengthy wait until he gets his eighth bid to complete the career Grand Slam under way, the four-time major winner teeing off in the final group on Thursday at 7.03pm Irish time alongside Matt Fitzpatrick and Brooks Koepka. McIlroy and his playing partners will tee off in round two at 3.45pm Irish time on Friday.

Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington will make an early start alongside fellow veteran Mike Weir of Canada and amateur Austin Greaser at 1.11pm Irish time on Thursday.

Shane Lowry takes to the course at 3.01pm Irish time for his first round in a group which also contains Max Homa and Kevin Na.

Seamus Power,on the back of a meteoric rise up the rankings over the last year, lines up with 2018 winner Patrick Reed and Lucas Herbert at 5.24pm on Thursday.

Thursday's first round tee