Woods grouped with Oosthuizen and Niemann at The Masters

Tiger Woods will begin his comeback from injury alongside former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen and Chile’s Joaquin Niemann for the opening two rounds of the 86th Masters.

The former world No 1, making his first major appearance since sustaining career-threatening leg injuries in last February's car crash, will go out at 10.34am local time (3.34pm BST) on Thursday at Augusta National.

Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama is out in the following threeball with Justin Thomas and US Amateur champion James Piot, with the Japanese star looking to become the first player since Woods to win the Green Jacket in successive years.

Bryson DeChambeau, who said on Tuesday he was only '80 per cent' fit after an injury-plagued start to 2022, is also out in the morning wave with Paul Casey and Cameron Smith - who can move to world No 1 if he follows victory at The Players with another win this week.

New world No 1 Scottie Scheffler, chasing a fourth win in six starts on the PGA Tour, tees off at 10.56am (3.56pm) with Tony Finau and former Masters champion Adam Scott, while two-time major champion Dustin Johnson is in an all-American grouping with world No 3 Collin Morikawa and Billy Horschel.

Rory McIlroy has been handed a late start time in his bid to complete golf's career Grand Slam, with the Northern Irishman going out at 2.03pm (7.03pm BST) alongside four-time major champion Brooks Koepka and Matt Fitzpatrick.

US Open champion Jon Rahm is also a marquee afternoon grouping, with Patrick Cantlay - another player who can move to world No 1 this week - and last year's runner-up Will Zalatoris completing that threeball.

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