Augusta National has been VERY SUBTLE with its R1 & R2 3-balls at The Masters!

Augusta National has stuck a number of LIV Golf players with PGA Tour players at The Masters, but the R1 and R2 three-balls are not quite as juicy as many golf fans wanted!

Augusta National has been VERY SUBTLE with its R1 & R2 3-balls at The Masters!
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Augusta National has refrained from throwing Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy into threeballs with LIV Golf players for the opening two rounds of The Masters, but there are still a number of LIV / PGA clashes on Thursday and Friday. 

Woods will be out with Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland at 10.18am (3.18pm UK time) on Thursday, while McIlroy joins Tom Kim and Sam Burns at 1.48pm (6.48pm UK time). 

World No.1 and reigning Masters champion Scottie Scheffler has been put together with Max Homa and amateur Sam Bennett, while arguably the strongest threeball of them all sees Jon Rahm join Justin Thomas and Cameron Young

Augusta National has been VERY SUBTLE with its R1 & R2 3-balls at The Masters!

Of the pick of the threeballs featuring the 18 LIV Golf players in the field this week, Dustin Johnson is out with last week's winner Corey Conners and Justin Rose, Cameron Smith is with Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im, and Phil Mickelson joins Tom Hoge and Si Woo Kim. 

Patrick Reed is out with Adam Svensson and Sahith Theegala, last week's LIV Orlando winner Brooks Koepka joins Gary Woodland and Danny Willett, and Sergio Garcia is with Kazuki Higa and Keith Mitchell. 

Former Masters champion Sandy Lyle, who is playing in his final Masters, takes two LIV Golf players with him in Jason Kokrak and Talor Gooch.

That is the only three-ball that sees two LIV Golf players together in one group. 

It's since been confirmed that none of the 18 LIV Golf players will be included in featured groups coverage.

Those groups will be: Woods, Hovland, Schauffele; Thomas, Rahm, Young; Scheffler, Homa, Bennett; Spieth, Fleetwood, Finau. 

Here's a full look at the list of R1 and R2 tee times at the 2023 Masters: 

Augusta National has been VERY SUBTLE with its R1 & R2 3-balls at The Masters!

The Masters R1 Tee Times: Thursday (Times displayed in EDT / BST)

LIV Golf players in bold

8.00am / 1.00pm: Mike Weir, Kevin Na

8.12am / 1.12pm: Vijay Singh, Scott Stallings, Matthew McClean (a) 

8.24am / 1.24pm: Sandy Lyle, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch

8.36am / 1.36pm: Fred Couples, Russell Henley, Alex Noren

8.48am / 1.48pm: Adrian Meronk, Kevin Kisner, Louis Oosthuizen

9.00am / 2.00pm: Larry Mize, Min Woo Lee, Harrison Crowe (a)

9.12am / 2.12pm: Sergio Garcia, Kazuki Higa, Keith Mitchell

9.24am / 2.24pm: Patrick Reed, Adam Svensson, Sahith Theegala

9.36am / 2.36pm: Shane Lowry, Mackenzie Hughes, Thomas Pieters

9.48am / 2.48pm: Bubba Watson, Seamus Power, Mateo Fernandez de Oliviera (a)

10.06am / 3.06pm: Abraham Ancer, Chris Kirk, Keegan Bradley

10.18am / 3.18pm: Tiger Woods, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele

10.30am / 3.30pm: Adam Scott, Patrick Cantlay, Kurt Kitayama

10.42am / 3.42pm: Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Cameron Young

10.54am / 3.54pm: Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Smith, Sungjae Im

11.06am / 4.06pm: Jose Maria Olazabal, Cameron Champ

11.18am / 4.18pm: Charl Schwartzel, Taylor Moore, Aldrich Potgieter (a)

11.30am / 4.30pm: JT Poston, Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau

11.42am / 4.42pm: Bernhard Langer, Mito Pereira, Ben Carr (a)

11.54am / 4.54pm: Danny Willett, Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka

12.12pm / 5.12pm: Sepp Straka, Harold Varner III, KH Lee

12.24pm / 5.24pm: Phil Mickelson, Tom Hoge, Si Woo Kim

12.36pm / 5.36pm: Billy Horschel, Harris English, Ryan Fox

12.48pm / 5.48pm: Zach Johnson, Jason Day, Gordon Sargent (a)

1.00pm / 6.00pm: Brian Harman, Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton

1.12pm / 6.12pm: Dustin Johnson, Corey Conners, Justin Rose

1.24pm / 6.24pm: Matthew Fitzpatrick, Collin Morikawa, Will Zalatoris

1.36pm / 6.36pm: Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, Sam Bennett (a)

1.48pm / 6.48pm: Tom Kim, Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns

2.00pm / 7.00pm: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau

Augusta National has been VERY SUBTLE with its R1 & R2 3-balls at The Masters!

The Masters R2 Tee Times: Thursday (Times displayed in EDT / BST) 

LIV Golf players in bold

8.00am / 1.00pm: Jose Maria Olazabal, Cameron Champ

8.12am / 1.12pm: Charl Schwartzel, Taylor Moore, Aldrich Potgieter (a)

8.24am / 1.24pm: JT Poston, Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau

8.36am / 1.36pm: Bernhard Langer, Mito Pereira, Ben Carr (a)

8.48am / 1.48pm: Danny Willett, Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka

9.00am / 2.00pm: Sepp Straka, Harold Varner III, KH Lee

9.12am / 2.12pm: Phil Mickelson, Tom Hoge, Si Woo Kim

9.24am / 2.24pm: Billy Horschel, Harris English, Ryan Fox

9.36am / 2.36pm: Zach Johnson, Jason Day, Gordon Sargent (a)

9.48am / 2.48pm: Brian Harman, Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton

10.06am / 3.06pm: Dustin Johnson, Corey Conners, Justin Rose

10.18am / 3.18pm: Matthew Fitzpatrick, Collin Morikawa, Will Zalatoris

10.30am / 3.30pm: Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, Sam Bennett (a)

10.42am / 3.42pm: Tom Kim, Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns

10.54am / 3.54pm: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau

11.06am / 4.06pm: Mike Weir, Kevin Na

11.18am / 4.18pm: Vijay Singh, Scott Stallings, Matthew McClean (a) 

11.30am / 4.30pm: Sandy Lyle, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch

11.42am / 4.42pm: Fred Couples, Russell Henley, Alex Noren

11.54am / 4.54pm: Adrian Meronk, Kevin Kisner, Louis Oosthuizen

12.12pm / 5.12pm: Larry Mize, Min Woo Lee, Harrison Crowe (a)

12.24pm / 5.24pm: Sergio Garcia, Kazuki Higa, Keith Mitchell

12.36pm / 5.36pm: Patrick Reed, Adam Svensson, Sahith Theegala

12.48pm / 5.48pm: Shane Lowry, Mackenzie Hughes, Thomas Pieters

1.00pm / 6.00pm: Bubba Watson, Seamus Power, Mateo Fernandez de Oliviera (a)

1.12pm / 6.12pm: Abraham Ancer, Chris Kirk, Keegan Bradley

1.24pm / 6.24pm:  Tiger Woods, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele

1.36pm / 6.36pm: Adam Scott, Patrick Cantlay, Kurt Kitayama

1.48pm / 6.48pm: Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Cameron Young

2.00pm / 7.00pm: Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Smith, Sungjae Im

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