Who Phil Mickelson and the Rest of the LIV Golfers Are Paired With at the 2023 Masters

Find out who each of the LIV Golf members are playing with at Augusta National on Thursday and Friday.

The Thursday and Friday tee times for the 2023 Masters were released on Tuesday and the 18 LIV Golf members in the field have largely been placed in groups that lack major star power. 

Phil Mickelson, making his 30th Masters appearance, will play alongside Tom Hoge and Korea’s Si Woo Kim at 12:24 p.m. ET on Thursday afternoon. 

Dustin Johnson—the 2020 Masters winner—is paired with Valero Texas Open champion Corey Conners and Justin Rose, who is making his 18th appearance at Augusta National at 1:12 p.m.

Cameron Smith, the reigning British Open champion, is teeing it up with former Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im at 10:54 a.m on Thursday morning. 

Bryson DeChambeau is playing with Francesco Molinari and J.T. Poston at 11:30 a.m.

Brooks Koepka—who won last weekend’s LIV Orlando event—will tee it up with Danny Willett and Gary Woodland at 11:54 a.m.

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Sergio Garcia is paired with Keith Mitchell and Japan’s Kazuki Higa at 9:12 a.m. 

Patrick Reed is playing with Adam Svensson and Sahith Theegala at 9:24 a.m.

Joaquin Niemann is playing alongside Tyrrell Hatton and Brian Harman at 1 p.m.

Talor Gooch and Jason Kokrak are the only two LIV players paired in the same group, where at 8:24 a.m. they'll tee it up with Sandy Lyle, who is playing in his 42nd and final Masters this year. 

Bubba Watson, another former Masters champion, is playing with Ireland’s Seamus Power and amateur Mateo Fernandez Oliveira at 9:48 a.m. 

Harold Varner III is paired with Sepp Straka and Kyoung-Hoon Lee of Korea, at 12:12 p.m.

Kevin Na is playing in a twosome with Mike Weir in the first tee time of the tournament at 8 a.m.

Thoma Pieters is paired with Ireland’s Shane Lowry and Mackenzie Hughes at 9:36 a.m. 

Louis Oosthuizen is paired with Kevin Kisner and Adrian Meronk at 8:48 p.m.

Mito Pereira is playing with Bernhard Langer and amateur Ben Carr at 11:42 a.m. 

Charl Schwartzel is off with Taylor Moore and British Amateur champion Aldrich Potgieter at 11:18 a.m ET. 

Abraham Ancer is paired with Chris Kirk and Keegan Bradley at 10:06 a.m ET. 

The top PGA Tour stars are largely paired together. Tiger Woods will tee it up with Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland at 10:18 a.m. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is paired with Max Homa as well as reigning U.S. Amateur champion Sam Bennett—a traditional Masters grouping.  

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