Defending Masters champion McIlroy grouped with Young, Scheffler to play with MacIntyre

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcilroy-rory/djwanksN/"]McIlroy[/a], the world number two from Northern Ireland who completed a career Grand Slam last year with his first Masters title, starts in Thursday's 15th group at 10:31 (15:31 BST).[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/young-cameron/WAjf7EFq/"]Young[/a] won last month's Players Championship while fellow American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/howell-mason/pxbbNtYa/"]Howell[/a] captured last year's US Amateur at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, aged 18.[/p][p]In other groupings, top-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scheffler-scottie/bXfIuBYu/"]Scottie Scheffler[/a] is in the 30th and penultimate group at 13:44 (18:44 BST) alongside fellow American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/woodland-gary/lQRqur2j/"]Gary Woodland[/a] and Scotsman [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/macintyre-robert/SGvTWqfP/"]Robert MacIntyre[/a].[/p][embed guid="c66d8b69-1af7-452b-89c8-8c97eca77fa2" url="https://x.com/TheMasters/status/2041546766718284075?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Two-time Masters winner Scheffler, the reigning PGA Championship and British Open champion, won at LaQuinta earlier this year.[/p][p]Woodland took an emotional PGA Houston Open victory two weeks ago, his first triumph since the 2019 US Open.[/p][p]Earlier last month, Woodland revealed he still fights anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder following 2023 brain surgery.[/p][p]MacIntyre, last year's US Open runner-up, was second in last week's Texas Open.[/p][embed guid="c790253b-b52c-43a5-9b86-6c8255611114" url="https://x.com/TheMasters/status/2041546779351560491?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Following ceremonial starters [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nicklaus-jack/6qVIRQU3/"]Jack Nicklaus[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/player-gary/IJYMQppA/"]Gary Player[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/watson-tom/2ZvKxtjs/"]Tom Watson[/a], are the twosome of American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/keefer-john/Gd6uzyAU/"]John Keefer[/a] and China's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haotong-li/Asfe84Ed/"]Li Haotong[/a].[/p][p]Americans [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dechambeau-bryson/vZG7Cn7s/"]Bryson DeChambeau[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schauffele-xander/OnIoiVkm/"]Xander Schauffele[/a] and England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fitzpatrick-matthew/6whOHmtf/"]Matt Fitzpatrick[/a] start Thursday at 10:07 (15:07 BST) with Americans [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morikawa-collin/0UlRrMgE/"]Collin Morikawa[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henley-russell/4xlMJb5S/"]Russell Henley[/a] joining Japan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matsuyama-hideki/GOHJOEb5/"]Hideki Matsuyama[/a] 12 minutes later in the group just ahead of McIlroy's trio.[/p][p]Other later groups include Spain's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rahm-jon/h41jCwka/"]Jon Rahm[/a], Sweden's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aberg-ludvig/67ZVNhdN/"]Ludvig Aberg[/a] and American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gotterup-christopher/nVwVk9Kf/"]Chris Gotterup[/a] at 13:08 (18:08 BST), followed by England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rose-justin/rR1fSdat/"]Justin Rose[/a] and Americans [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koepka-brooks/t0xtKfZH/"]Brooks Koepka[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/spieth-jordan/p0739Ny4/"]Jordan Spieth[/a].[/p]