When is the 2025 Masters? Date, tee times, field and how to follow as Scheffler and McIlroy return to damaged Augusta

Scottie Scheffler will return to Augusta National as Masters Champion for a second time as he headlines the field for the first golf major of the year.

The Masters ushers in the start of major season in the golf calendar each year and the traditions and pageantry of Augusta make the tournament one of great sporting highlights.

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Scheffler became a two-time Green Jacket winner last April as he held off his rivals to romp to victory.

It was the showpiece win of a stellar year for the American and he will be the red-hot favourite in Georgia once again.

The chasing pack will include the likes of Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Bryson Dechambeau.

McIlroy is still striving for Masters glory as he seeks to complete the coveted career Grand Slam and he’ll be desperate to finally end his major drought this year.

The Masters 2025: Date and how to follow

The 2025 Masters Tournament will get going on Thursday, April 10. 

It will take place at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia and will be played over four days until Sunday, April 13. 

The action is expected to get started at 1:30pm UK time (8:30am in Georgia) over the opening two days and at 3pm UK time over the weekend.

talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2 will have live coverage of all the action from Georgia. 

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. 

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

The event will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK too. 

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The Masters 2025: Field and tee times 

The tournament has the smallest field of the four major championships with around 90 players teeing it up before Friday’s cut.

The full field will be confirmed in due course but the likes of Scheffler, McIlroy, Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas will head up the all-star cast.

A number of LIV Golf stars will be in action too including Rahm, DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Cameron Smith.

Five-time champion Tiger Woods is hoping to tee it up once again as all past winners of the Masters are invited back.

Jose Luis Ballester won the 2024 US Amateur and will lead the contingent of amateur players in the field.

The Masters has already announced two special exemptions with Joaquin Niemann and Nicolai Hojgaard invited to compete.

The full field will be confirmed closer to the event while tee times and groupings can be found here when announced.

The latest leaderboard from Augusta can be found here once play is up and running.

The Masters 2025: The course

Augusta National is a par 72 and measured 7,555 yards in length last year.

Augusta suffered ‘catastrophic’ damage in the wake of Hurricane Helene in September with several trees falling down and severe flooding.

Greenkeepers at the famous course have been working hard ever since to repair the damage and the course will no doubt look as spectacular as ever come the opening tee shot.

Any courses changes for the 2025 tournament will be confirmed in due course with the par-5 second hole lengthened by ten yards last year.

The course has been steadily extended over the last few years and is 120 yards longer than it was when Jordan Spieth won ten years ago.

As ever, the world-famous par-3s of Golden Bell and Redbud will take centre-stage as will the treacherous run of holes at Amen Corner.

The 520-yard par-4 White Dogwood 11th was the most difficult hole last year, just ahead of the 18th finishing hole Holly.

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The Masters 2025: What has been said?

Scheffler was visibly emotional following his win at Augusta last year as his wife Meredith was due to give birth while he claimed victory.

Amid his celebrations, Scheffler said: “I am coming home. I will be home as quick as I can. I love you and I am coming home.

“You are going to make me cry. It is a very special time for us. I can’t put it into words what it means to win this tournament again and I can’t put into words what it’s going to be like to be a father for the first time.

“I am looking forward to getting home and celebrating with Meredith, it has been a long week here without her.”

He added: “I did my best to stay calm and stay patient on the course and was able to make some key shots and putts to keep my round going.

“I hadn’t hit many good iron shots which is a bit unusual for me. I hit some good ones but they weren’t ending up where they were supposed to.

“I had that bogey on seven, birdie putt on eight and going to nine it was nice to get the feeling of hitting a really well-hit shot and it set me up for the back nine.”

Meanwhile, US Open champion DeChambeau believes it’s ‘just a matter of time’ before he claims Masters glory.

He said: “I’ve just always wanted to win the Masters. That dates backs to my amateur days and even before that as a junior when I was watching Tiger win it. His chip in on 16 in 2005 really sold it for me.

“I thought to myself ‘OK, this is an event that I want to be a part of.’ When I saw Augusta for the first time and experienced the people there and the pro shop, the people in the shop and the head pros that are there, they’re just fantastic.

“I just love coming back to Augusta every single year, and I really believe that I’m going to get it done there one of these days. It’s just a matter of time and continued hard work and learning from my failures.”

DeChambeau added: “The career grand slam is number one on the top of my priority list. I’ve won two of them (US Opens) but I’ve got to win three more to get the career grand slam.

“I gave myself some good chances last year and [the goal] every year is to continually give myself good chances.”