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The two top-ranked golfers in the world, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, have been paired together for the opening two rounds of the Masters, while Jason Day will play with Tiger Woods, Augusta National announced on Tuesday.

Woods makes his return to Augusta alongside the Australian, who he shares a strong relationship with.

The pair tee off with Max Homa at 3.24am Friday (AEST).

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Northern Irishman McIlroy, the world number two, is looking to complete the career grand slam this week by claiming the green jacket that has eluded him so far in his career.

Top-ranked Scheffler tasted success at Augusta in 2022 and arrives on a hot streak after wins last month at the Arnold Palmer Championship and The Players Championship and a runner-up effort at the Houston Open.

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The pair are joined by Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Xander Schauffele, who has yet to win a major championship but finished tied for second in the Masters in 2019.

The trio will tee off at 10.42 am local on Thursday (12.42am Friday), just minutes after defending champion Jon Rahm will begin his bid.

Rahm will play with England’s Matt Fitzpatrick, the 2022 US Open champion and American Nick Dunlap, who turned professional earlier this year after winning the American Express tournament on the PGA Tour in January.

Immediately following McIlroy and Scheffler’s group will be a talented trio of reigning US Open champion Wyndham Clark, 2022 British Open champion Cameron Smith of Australia and Norwegian Viktor Hovland.

One of the most notable pairings, meanwhile, was Brooks Koepka with Brian Harman, who is known as one of the the field’s slowest players.

Koepka is one of golf’s most vocal critics of slow play — so people were quick to make note of the cruel grouping.

Meanwhile, there was a big nod to Min Woo Lee’s new-found star power with him put in the big grouping of Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler from 12.06am.

Cameron Smith also has a blockbuster group alongside Wyndham Clark and Viktor Hovland (12.54am).

MASTERS ROUND ONE TEE TIMES (all times AEST)

Thursday

10pm: Erik van Rooyen (South Africa), Jake Knapp

10.12pm: Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain), Taylor Moore, *Santiago de la Fuente (Mexico)

10.24pm: Danny Willett (England), Austin Eckroat, Stephan Jaeger (Germany)

10.36pm: Charl Schwartzel (South Africa), Luke List, *Christo Lamprecht (South Africa)

10.48pm: Gary Woodland, Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark), Bryson DeChambeau

11pm: Zach Johnson, Corey Conners (Canada), *Jasper Stubbs (Australia)

11.12pm: Sergio Garcia (Spain), Chris Kirk, Ryan Fox (New Zealand)

11.24pm: Lucas Glover, Byeong Hun An (Korea), Harris English

11.36pm: Phil Mickelson, Sepp Straka (Austria), Tony Finau

11.48pm: Nick Taylor (Canada), Joaquin Niemann (Chile), Russell Henley

Friday

12.06am: Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee (Australia), Rickie Fowler

12.18am: Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas

12.30am: Jon Rahm (Spain), Matt Fitzpatrick (England), Nick Dunlap

12.42am: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Xander Schauffele

12.54am: Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland (Norway), Cameron Smith (Australia)

1.06am: Lee Hodges, Adrian Meronk (Poland), Grayson Murray

1.18am: Camilo Villegas (Colombia), Denny McCarthy, Cameron Davis (Australia)

1.30am: Mike Weir (Canada), Ryo Hisatsune (Japan), *Neal Shipley

1.42am: Vijay Singh (Fiji), Si Woo Kim (Korea), Emiliano Grillo (Argentina)

1.54am: Fred Couples, Adam Hadwin (Canada), *Stewart Hagestad

2.12am: Justin Rose (England), Eric Cole, Peter Malnati

2.24am: Akshay Bhatia, J. T. Poston, Shane Lowry (Ireland)

2.36am: Bubba Watson, Nicolai Hojgaard (Denmark), Adam Schenk

2.48am: Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im (Korea), Kurt Kitayama

3am: Keegan Bradley, Matthieu Pavon, Tyrrell Hatton (England)

3.12am: Adam Scott (Australia), Sam Burns, Cameron Young

3.24am: Tiger Woods, Jason Day (Australia), Max Homa

3.36am: Brian Harman, Brooks Koepka, Tom Kim (Korea)

3.48am: Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Aberg (Sweden), Sahith Theegala

4am: Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood (England)