The Masters tee times 2022: Round 1 schedule, pairings, groups - when Tiger Woods will tee off at Augusta

The world’s best golfers will soon be teeing off at Augusta National for the 2022 edition of The Masters - the first major tournament of the PGA calendar.

There will be 91 players taking part in total ranging from amateurs to legends of the sport and it all gets underway on Thursday, April 6.

Sky Sports will have live coverage of all the action starting at 2pm on the opening days, 7:30pm on Saturday and 6:30pm on Sunday.

The tee times and groupings have been decided for the opening day and here is when and how the field will make their way out as the race for the Green Jacket begins.

The Masters 2022: Tee times & groups for opening day

The first ball of the tournament will be be struck at 1pm (BST), which is 8am in Georgia, as the first group makes their way out onto the famous course.

Spain’s Jose Maria Olazabal, who qualifies alongside all former winners of the competition having claimed the Green Jacket in 1994 and 1999, will be joined by the USA’s JJ Spaun in the opening pair.

Following them out eleven minutes later will be the threesome of 2003 winner Mike Weir, Padraig Harrington and Austin Greaser with the other groups continuing to tee off in eleven minute intervals.

There is sure to be plenty of attention on the 3:34pm (BST) tee off with Tiger Woods making his sensational comeback to the course.

The five time winner is joined by South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen and 23-year old Chilean Joaquin Niemann.

The group immediately following Tiger at 3:45pm (BST) will feature defending champion Hideki Matsuyama along with Justin Thomas and James Piot.

Pre-tournament favourite Jon Rahm will tee off at 6:41pm (BST) and will be playing alongside last year’s runner-up Will Zalatoris and Patrick Cantlay.

Rory McIlroy will be in the final group of the day to tee off as the Northern Irishman looks to win the tournament for the first time and, in doing so, join the elite group of players to have completed the Career Grand Slam.

He will be playing alongside England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick and the USA’s Brooks Koepka and they will make their way out at 7:03pm (BST).

The full tee off times for day one of The Masters are:

NOTE: Tee times have been delayed by 30 minutes due to adverse weather conditions.

• 1300 Jose Maria Olazabal, JJ Spaun
• 1311 Mike Weir, Padraig Harrington, Austin Greaser
• 1322 Larry Mize, Sepp Straka, Francesco Molinari
• 1333 Fred Couples, Garrick Higgo , Guido Migliozzi
• 1344 Vijay Singh, Ryan Palmer, Kyoung-Hoon Lee
• 1355 Min Woo Lee, Hudson Swafford, Cameron Young
• 1406 Stewart Cink, Brian Harman, Harry Higgs
• 1417 Zach Johnson, Si Woo Kim, Aaron Jarvis
• 1439 Luke List, Matthew Wolff, Mackenzie Hughes
• 1450 Danny Willett, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch
• 1501 Max Homa, Kevin Na, Shane Lowry
• 1512 Kevin Kisner, Daniel Berger, Tommy Fleetwood
• 1523 Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Smith, Paul Casey
• 1534 Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthuizen, Joaquin Niemann
• 1545 Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas, James Piot
• 1556 Adam Scott, Scottie Scheffler, Tony Finau
• 1616 Sandy Lyle, Stewart Hagestad
• 1629 Lucas Glover, Erik van Rooyen, Cameron Champ
• 1640 Bernhard Langer, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Cameron Davis
• 1651 Charl Schwartzel, Robert MacIntyre, Laird Shepherd
• 1702 Gary Woodland, Justin Rose, Takumi Kanaya
• 1713 Lee Westwood, Russell Henley, Corey Conners
• 1724 Patrick Reed, Seamus Power, Lucas Herbert
• 1735 Bubba Watson, Tom Hoge, Keita Nakajima
• 1757 Marc Leishman , Webb Simpson, Sungjae Im
• 1808 Sergio Garcia, Thomas Pieters, Harold Varner III
• 1819 Abraham Ancer, Tyrrell Hatton , Sam Burns
• 1830 Dustin Johnson, Billy Horschel, Collin Morikawa
• 1841 Will Zalatoris, Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm
• 1852 Jordan Spieth, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele
• 1903 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy

More information on the tee off time is available at the official website of The Masters.