Rory McIlroy paired with Phil Mickelson at Augusta

The trio will tee off at 15:41 BST on Thursday.

The Masters is the one Major missing from McIlroy’s resume. He clinched the US Open in 2011, is a two-time winner at the PGA Championships (2012 and 2014) and triumphed at the Open Championship in 2014.

Tiger Woods, set to attract huge crowds on his much hyped return to the Masters, has been grouped with fellow American Jimmy Walker and Welshman Jamie Donaldson.

Four-times champion Woods, who missed the Masters last year while recovering from back surgery, will be competing for the first time in two months after a self-imposed absence from the PGA Tour due to poor form.

Woods, Donaldson and Walker, a double winner on the 2014-15 PGA Tour, will tee off in the penultimate group of the day at 18:48 BST.

In other groupings, 2013 champion Adam Scott of Australia will set off with long-hitting American Dustin Johnson and Australian amateur Antonio Murdaca while 2011 winner Charl Schwartzel of South Africa has been paired with Dutchman Joost Luiten and South Korean Bae Sang-moon.

Defending champion Bubba Watson, aiming to become the sixth triple winner at Augusta National, will launch his title defence in the company of US amateur champion Gunn Yang of South Korea and England's Justin Rose.

12:45 (Thursday), 15:52 (Friday): Charley Hoffman (US), Brian Harman (US)

12:56, 16:03: Larry Mize (US), Danny Willett (Eng), Byron Meth (US - amateur)

13:07, 16:14: Tom Watson (US), Gary Woodland (US), Camilo Villegas (Col)

13:18, 16:25: Mike Weir (Can), Ben Crane (US), Corey Conners (Can - amateur)

13:29, 16:36: Vijay Singh (Fij), Russell Henley (US), Darren Clarke (NI)

13:40, 16:47: Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Brendon Todd (US), Kevin Na (Kor)

13:51, 17:09: Jonas Blixt (Swe), Kevin Streelman (US), Stephen Gallacher (Sco)

14:02, 17:20: Patrick Reed (US), Keegan Bradley (US), Ian Poulter (Eng)

14:13, 17:31: Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Lee Westwood (Eng), Anirban Lahiri (Ind)

14:24, 17:42: Bubba Watson (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Gunn Yang (Kor - amateur)

14:35, 17:53: Adam Scott (Aus), Dustin Johnson (US), Antonio Murdaca (Aus - amateur)

15:19, 18:26: Webb Simpson (US), Hideki Matsuyama (Jap), Paul Casey (Eng)

15:30, 18:37: Charl Schwartzel (SA), Joost Luiten (Ned), Sangmoon Bae (Kor)

15:41, 18:48: Phil Mickelson (US), Rory McIlroy (NI), Ryan Moore (US)

15:52, 18:59: J. B. Holmes (US), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Brandt Snedeker (US)

16:03, 12:45: Ian Woosnam (Wal), Erik Compton (US), Marc Leishman (Aus)

16:14, 12:56: Trevor Immelman (SA), Kevin Stadler (US), Scott Harvey (US - amateur)

16:25, 13:07: Ben Martin (US), Robert Streb (US), Cameron Tringale (US)

16:36, 13:18: Sandy Lyle (Sco), Seung-Yul Noh (Kor), Bradley Neil (Sco - amateur)

16:47, 13:29: Bernhard Langer (Ger), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)

17:09, 13:40: Zach Johnson (US), Jim Furyk (US), Ernie Els (SA)

17:20, 13:51: Angel Cabrera (Arg), Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Matias Dominguez (Chi - amateur)

17:31, 14:02: Mark O'Meara (US), Chris Kirk (US), Shane Lowry (Ire)

17:42, 14:13: Padraig Harrington (Ire), Ryan Palmer (US), Thomas Bjorn (Den)

17:53, 14:24: James Hahn (Kor), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Hunter Mahan (US)

18:04, 14:35: Matt Kuchar (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Graeme McDowell (NI)

18:15, 14:57: Jordan Spieth (US), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Billy Horschel (US)

18:26, 15:08: Fred Couples (US), Branden Grace (SA), Thongchai Jaidee (Thai)

18:37, 15:19: Luke Donald (Eng), Victor Dubuisson (Fra), John Senden (Aus)

18:48, 15:30: Tiger Woods (US), Jamie Donaldson (Wal), Jimmy Walker (US)

18:59, 15:41: Jason Day (Aus), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Rickie Fowler (US)