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Woods, Jimenez and Bae among featured Masters groups

Posted April 3, 2012, 12:18 pm
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The 76th Masters Tournament kicks off Thursday with several featured groupings.

Honorary starters Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player will hit their ceremonial tee shots at 7:40 a.m.

Defending Masters champion Charl Schwartzel goes off with reigning PGA Champion Keegan Bradley and U.S. Amateur champion Kelly Kraft at 10:24 a.m.

Four-time Masters champion Tiger Woods goes off at 10:35 a.m. with Miguel Angel Jimenez and Sang-moon Bae.

World No. 1 Luke Donald tees off at 10:46 a.m. with Francesco Molinari and Nick Watney.

Rory McIlroy, the reigning U.S. Open champ, goes off at 1:42 p.m. with 2009 Masters champion Angel Cabrera and Bubba Watson.

In the final pairing of the day at 1:53 p.m., three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson goes off with Hunter Mahan and Peter Hanson.

Dustin Johnson announced Tuesday that he was withdrawing from the tournament. That left the Masters with a field of 96 players for 32 threesomes.