Tiger Woods paired with Jason Day for first two rounds of Masters at Augusta
In short:Jason Day has been paired with fellow former world number one Tiger Woods and Max Homa for the first two rounds at the Masters.
At 48 years of age, Woods is aiming to become the oldest Masters winner ever.
What’s next? The first group tees off at Augusta at 10pm (AEST) on Thursday.
Australian former world number one Jason Day has been grouped with golf legend Tiger Woods in one of the marquee first-round trios at the Masters.
Now among an elite group of golfers to have finished runner-up at all four major championships after his joint second at last year’s British Open, Day has been afforded the ultimate billing at Augusta National.
At 48 and barely a part-timer these days, Woods has arrived for his 26th Masters campaign adamant he can break then-46-year-old Jack Nicklaus’s 1986 record as the oldest player ever to win a green jacket.
“If it all comes together, I think I can get one more,” Woods said after playing nine practice holes on Tuesday with Justin Thomas and 1992 champion Fred Couples.
Day, Woods and Max Homa will tee off at 3:24am (AEST) on Friday.
Tiger Woods is hoping for a hot weekend at Augusta. (AP: Charlie Riedel)
Woods has completed only two competitive rounds since , with the 15-time major winner admitting he was in no physical shape to play more than a handful of times a year.
But he said it was not his rebuilt right ankle, shattered in a Los Angeles car accident in 2021, that restricts him during golf’s most gruelling walk.
“It’s fused, it’s not going anywhere, so that’s fine,” he said.
“It’s other parts of my body that now have to take the brunt of it. … The back, the knee, other parts of the body have to take the load of it, and just the endurance capability of walking a long time and being on my feet for a long time.
“I ache. I ache every day. And I prefer it warm and humid and hot. And I know we’re going to get some thunderstorms, so at least it will be hot. It won’t be like last year.”
Adam Scott, Australia’s only Masters winner, hits off in the preceding three ball with US pair Cameron Young and Sam Burns.
Australian Cameron Smith also features in a star-studded grouping with reigning US Open champion Wyndham Clark and Norwegian world number six Viktor Hovland.
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Smith, the 2022 British Open champion, tees off at 12:54am.
Min Woo Lee also has a morning start (12:06am) with American big guns Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler.
Australian amateur Jasper Stubbs will make his major debut alongside 2007 champion Zach Johnson and Canadian Corey Conners from 11pm Thursday.
Defending champion John Rahm is playing the first two rounds with European Ryder Cup teammate Matt Fitzpatrick and rising American Nick Dunlap.
World number one Scottie Scheffler and second-ranked Rory McIlroy, who is once again trying to complete a career major at Augusta, have been paired up in another heavyweight group.
Australians’ tee times at Masters
(all times AEST)
11pm Thursday: Jasper Stubbs (AUS), Zach Johnson (USA), Corey Conners (CAN)
12.06am Friday: Min Woo Lee (AUS), Patrick Cantlay (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA)
12:54am: Cameron Smith (AUS), Wyndham Clark (USA), Viktor Hovland (NOR)
1:18am: Cam Davis (AUS), Camilo Villegas (COL), Denny McCarthy (USA)
3:12am: Adam Scott (AUS), Sam Burns (USA), Cameron Young (USA)
3:24am: Jason Day (AUS), Tiger Woods (USA), Max Homa (USA)
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