Masters TV Schedule 2015: Complete Tee Times, Live Stream and Coverage Listings
A field of 98 hope to conquer 72 holes this week at Augusta.
This iteration of the Masters is all in the numbers. Bubba Watson, winner of two green jackets in three years, wants to be only the fourth to defend his title. Rory McIlroy takes his first swing at a career Grand Slam. Jordan Spieth, aged 21, wants to tie Tigers Woods' age when he first won at Augusta.
Woods, 39, just wants to play well.
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The 2015 Masters aren't a tournament to miss. History in some form will occur, whether it's one of the above feats coming to fruition or a surprise from a deep field stealing the jacket.
Below rest the important details surrounding the event.
2015 Masters Day 1 and 2 Schedule
| Thursday, April 8 | 3 - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Friday, April 9 | 3 - 7:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Saturday, April 10 | 3-7 p.m | CBS |
| Sunday, April 11 | 2-7 p.m | CBS |
Live Stream: Above coverage at WatchESPN.com. Masters Live provides live streams beginning at 10:45 a.m. ET, courtesy of CBS Sports.
Day 1 and 2 Tee Times
| 7:45 a.m. | 10:52 a.m. | Charley Hoffman | Brian Harman | |
| 7:56 a.m. | 11:03 a.m. | Larry Mize | Danny Willett | Byron Meth |
| 8:07 a.m. | 11:14 a.m. | Tom Watson | Gary Woodland | Camilo Villegas |
| 8:18 a.m. | 11:25 a.m. | Mike Weir | Ben Crane | Corey Conners |
| 8:29 a.m. | 11:36 a.m. | Vijay Singh | Russell Henley | Darren Clarke |
| 8:40 a.m. | 11:47 a.m. | Jose Maria Olazabal | Brendon Todd | Kevin Na |
| 8:51 a.m. | 12:09 p.m. | Jonas Blixt | Kevin Streelman | Stephen Gallacher |
| 9:02 a.m. | 12:20 p.m. | Patrick Reed | Keegan Bradley | Ian Poulter |
| 9:13 a.m. | 12:31 p.m. | Miguel Angel Jimenez | Lee Westwood | Anirban Lahiri |
| 9:24 a.m. | 12:42 p.m. | Bubba Watson | Justin Rose | Gunn Yang |
| 9:35 a.m. | 12:53 p.m. | Adam Scott | Dustin Johnson | Antonio Murdaca |
| 9:57 a.m. | 1:04 p.m. | Morgan Hoffman | Steve Strticker | Matt Every |
| 10:08 a.m. | 1:15 p.m. | Ben Crenshaw | Bill Haas | Jason Dufner |
| 10:19 a.m. | 1:26 p.m. | Webb Simpson | Hideki Matsuyama | Paul Casey |
| 10:30 a.m. | 1:37 p.m. | Charl Schwartzel | Joost Luiten | Sang-moon Bae |
| 10:41 a.m. | 1:48 p.m. | Phil Mickelson | Rory McIlroy | Ryan Moore |
| 10:52 a.m. | 1:59 p.m. | J.B. Holmes | Martin Kaymer | Brandt Snedeker |
| 11:03 a.m. | 7:45 a.m. | Ian Woosnam | Erik Compton | Marc Leishman |
| 11:14 a.m. | 7:56 a.m. | Trevor Immelman | Kevin Stadler | Scott Harvey |
| 11:25 a.m. | 8:07 a.m. | Ben Martin | Robert Streb | Cameron Tringale |
| 11:36 a.m. | 8:18 a.m. | Sandy Lyle | Seung-yul Noh | Bradley Neil |
| 11:47 a.m. | 8:29 a.m. | Bernhard Langer | Bernd Wiesberger | Geoff Ogilvy |
| 12:09 p.m. | 8:40 a.m. | Zach Johnson | Jim Furyk | Ernie Els |
| 12:20 p.m. | 8:51 a.m. | Angel Cabrera | Louis Oosthuizen | Matias Dominguez |
| 12:31 p.m. | 9:02 a.m. | Mark O'Meara | Chris Kirk | Shane Lowry |
| 12:42 p.m. | 9:13 a.m. | Padraig Harrington | Ryan Palmer | Thomas Bjorn |
| 12:53 p.m. | 9:24 a.m. | Jams Hahn | Mikko Illonen | Hunter Mahan |
| 1:04 p.m. | 9:35 a.m. | Matt Kuchar | Brooks Koepka | Graeme McDowell |
| 1:15 p.m. | 9:57 a.m. | Jordan Spieth | Henrik Stenson | Billy Horschel |
| 1:26 p.m. | 10:08 a.m. | Fred Couples | Branden Grace | Thongchai Jaidee |
| 1:37 p.m. | 10:19 a.m. | Luke Donald | Victor Dubuisson | John Senden |
| 1:48 p.m. | 10:30 a.m. | Tiger Woods | Jamie Donaldson | Jimmy Walker |
| 1:59 p.m. | 10:41 a.m. | Jason Day | Sergio Garcia | Rickie Fowler |
Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus will hit off the first tee Thursday at 7:40 a.m. ET. Full list available at PGATour.com.
Top Round 1 Group to Watch: Tiger Woods, Jamie Donaldson, Jimmy Walker
There are many, many names to watch at Augusta this week, but the second-to-last group Thursday and Friday offers perhaps more intrigue than any other.
I'll begin with Jamie Donaldson.
At 39 years old, Donaldson didn't participate in the tournament until 2013, when he missed the cut. Last year, he tied for 14th. While that's an improvement, this year he has been hit or miss, missing the cut at his last two appearances but reeling in sixth place at the Honda Classic.
Still, Donaldson is not a name to sleep on over the course of the first couple of days. He ranks among the top 30 putters on the tour in strokes gained and 34th in scoring average, per PGATour.com.
Even more interesting is Jimmy Walker, who might be one of the top underrated bets this week.
While it took 187 starts for the Oklahoma City native to win his first tour trophy, he's the tour's lone two-tournament winner so far this season. At his Masters debut one year ago, he put on quite the show before finishing eighth.
The numbers all check out for Walker, too, per PGATour.com:
| Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green | 1.057 | 16 |
| Strokes Gained: Putting | .950 | 3 |
| Strokes Gained: Total | 2.007 | 4 |
| Birdie Average | 4.70 | 1 |
| Scoring Average | 69.714 | 6 |
Not only does Walker score well and birdie more than anyone, but he's a beast with a putter in his hands, which is quite important on the tricky, touch-based course of Augusta.
In fact, Golf.com's Gary Van Sickle goes as far as to suggest Walker is the biggest threat to McIlroy this week:
"Though he is ranked a career-best 10th in the world, Walker is underrated and overlooked because he's 36. Potential is measured in talent plus time remaining. Thus, golf is ga-ga over 20-somethings such as McIlroy and Spieth and Patrick Reed. Walker doesn't have enough years left to challenge golf's career marks, so he gets dismissed. But lest we forget, note who the hoss was in the Ryder Cup last September in a pairing with Rickie Fowler.
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About Woods.
Maybe it's best to temper expectations and ignore the fact he's chasing a fifth Masters title and 15th major, but those are things impossible to ignore.
The thing is, Woods has hardly taken to the tour this season, so the state of his game is quite the mystery. One side of the brain says not to underestimate Woods, while the other says tempered expectations are best.
Despite only playing 47 holes this year, missing the cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and withdrawing from the Farmers Insurance Open, Woods seems confident going into Augusta, as PGATour.com captured on Twitter:
The Wall Street Journal captured another nugget of Woods' encounter with the media:
Whether Woods makes the cut and stays in the running will be perhaps the biggest storyline of the first two days, with obvious repercussions for the rest of his season on the line.
Woods on his own makes for an interesting group. Splash in Donaldson and a serious threat to more recognizable names, and it's easy to see why the trio is one of the last to take center stage at Augusta.
Stats and info courtesy of PGATour.com unless otherwise specified.
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