Wolverhampton golf star Aaron Rai to tee off at Masters with former champ
Wolverhampton’s Aaron Rai will tee off at the US Masters alongside a former champion.
Rai, 31, a former Shropshire & Herefordshire junior, has been drawn alongside 2017 Augusta National champion Sergio Garcia in the first round on Thursday.
They will be joined by Masters rookie Jacob Bridgeman. It will be Rai’s second Masters after he finished tied 27th on his first appeance at the storied championship last year. The threesome will tee off at 12.27pm US time tomorrow (5.27pm UK time).
Meanwhile, Masters champion Rory McIlroy has been given a prime mid-morning start time for the defence of his green jacket at Augusta.
The Northern Irishman, who completed the career Grand Slam with an emotional play-off victory over Justin Rose 12 months ago, will go out tomorrow at 10.31am local time (3.31pm UK time) with Players Champion Cameron Young and 2025 US Amateur winner Mason Howell. McIlroy is seeking to become only the fourth man - and first in 24 years - after Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Sir Nick Faldo - to win back-to-back Masters titles.
World number one Scottie Scheffler, who has won the Masters twice in the last four years, goes off at 1.44pm (6.44pm UK).
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