Pairings For 2010 Masters Released: Who's Tiger Woods Paired With?

The biggest question of the 2010 Masters was answered a few minutes ago as Augusta National Golf Club released the pairings for the first round of the 76th annual tournament.

So who is Tiger Woods paired with? Woods will be in the second to last group to tee off at 1:42 p.m. local time. He's paired with Matt Kuchar of the United States and K.J. Choi of Korea.

So, the answer to the biggest question of this entire tournament has been answered, at least for the opening rounds. We'll have to wait and see if Woods can make it to the weekend before the pairings are changed.

There had been speculation that Woods should be paired with someone he's close to or possibly someone that would push him a little bit.  That may have to wait awhile.

Kuchar, one of Woods' playing partners on Thursday, hasn't been in the Masters since 2002, missing the cut that year at six-over par.

As for Choi, he will be making his eighth appearance at Augusta, having missed the cut in two of the last four years, and hasn't finished better than 27th since his third place finish in 2004.

How will both Kuchar and Choi handle playing with Woods and how will they handle the immense crowds that will follow this group all day long?

That's yet to be seen, but I imagine for Kuchar anyway that it might be a tad nerve wracking at first since he hasn't been in this tournament in eight years.

Woods played a practice round with Fred Couples on Monday and played another round with close friend Mark O'Meara earlier today. The reception he received from fans was better than expected according to Woods, but we'll just have to wait and see if that kind of reception carries him all the way through to the final round.