Update: The Final Round Sunday Tee Times and Pairings have been posted for the 2009 Masters.
The groupings and tee times for the 2009 Masters were announced yesterday. Here is a quick rundown of the tournament specifics, some links, and then the pairings for Thursday.
2009 Masters Quick Preview
- What: 73rd Masters Tournament
- When: Thursday April 9 – Sunday April 12
- Where: Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia
- TV Coverage: Live on ESPN (Wed-Fri); Live on CBS (Sat-Sun)
- 2009 Masters TV Schedule, Announcers, and Odds
- Masters Online Coverage: Augusta Live Online Coverage of 2009 Masters
- Official Website: 2009 Masters
- StubHub: 2009 Masters Tickets
- RazorGator: 2009 Masters Tickets
Round 1 Groupings and Tee Times for 2009 Masters
And here are the groupings and tee times for opening round action of the 2009 Masters, scheduled to start with the first tee time at 8:00 am and with TV coverage kicking off on ESPN at 3:00 pm.
- 8:00 – Ian Woosnam | Chez Reavie | Briny Baird
- 8:11 – Sandy Lyle | Tim Clark | Billy Mayfair
- 8:22 – Kevin Sutherland | Ross Fisher | Prayad Marksaeng
- 8:33 – Louis Oosthuizen | Carl Pettersson | Dudley Hart
- 8:44 – Raymond Floyd | Justin Leonard | Reinier Saxton
- 8:55 – Fuzzy Zoeller | Michael Campbell | Ken Duke
- 9:06 – Ben Curtis | Nick Watney | Miguel Angel Jimenez
- 9:17 – Craig Stadler | Rory Sabbatini | Dustin Johnson
- 9:28 – Gary Player | Luke Donald | Stephen Ames
- 9:39 – Retief Goosen | Soren Hansen | Shingo Katayama
- 9:50 – Bernhard Langer | Greg Norman | Lee Westwood
- 10:12 – Justin Rose | Henrik Stenson | Angel Cabrera
- 10:23 – Vijay Singh | Geoff Ogilvy | Ernie Els
- 10:34 – Mike Weir | Padraig Harrington | Ryuji Imada
- 10:45 – Phil Michelson | Camilo Villegas | Jim Furyk
- 10:56 – Stuart Appleby | Oliver Wilson | Sergio Garcia
- 11:07 – Larry Mize | John Merrick | Drew Kittleson
- 11:18 – Todd Hamilton | Steve Flesch | Mathew Goggin
- 11:29 – Tom Watson | Ian Poulter | Steve Wilson
- 11:40 – Aaron Baddeley | Bubba Watson | Graeme McDowell
- 11:51 – Mark O’Meara | Pat Perez | D.J. Trahan
- 12:02 – Fred Couples | Rocco Mediate | Jack Newman
- 12:24 – Soren Kjeldsen | Sean O’Hair | Richard Sterne
- 12:35 – Andres Romero | Boo Weekley | Chad Campbell
- 12:46 – Ben Crenshaw | Paul Casey | Steve Stricker
- 12:57 – Y.E. Yang | Robert Allenby | Hunter Mahan
- 1:08 – Zach Johnson | Wen-Tang Lin | Robert Karlsson
- 1:19 – Jose Maria Olazabal | Martin Kaymer | Brandt Snedeker
- 1:30 – K.J. Choi | Alvaro Quiros | Kenny Perry
- 1:41 – Trevor Immelman | Adam Scott | Danny Lee
- 1:52 – Tiger Woods | Stewart Cink | Jeev Milkha Singh
- 2:03 – Anthony Kim | Rory McIlroy | Ryo Ishikawa
Interestingly, Ryo Ishikawa is the second youngest competitor ever at the Masters – 17 years, 6 months, and 23 days. Tommy Jacobs was the youngest, way back in 1952. Jacobs was 17 years, 1 month, and 21 days. Ishikawa won the 2007 Munsingwear Open KSB Cup when he was a 15-year old amateur, making him the youngest champion ever of an Official World Golf Ranking recognized tour.
The best part about the Round 1 groupings and tee times, obviously, is that Tiger tees off in the afternoon and thus the majority of the two-hour live coverage on ESPN will be able to focus on Woods.
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