Masters 2024: dates, tee times, favorites, schedule and how to follow BBC

The 88th Masters will be played from April 11 to 14 and will feature defending champion Jon Rahm, as well as five-time champions Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

BBC Sport will provide live radio commentary on 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra throughout the four days.

The BBC Sport website and mobile app will also feature live text commentary, in-play clips, reaction and analysis.

Start times and pairings for Rounds 1 and 2 will be announced on Tuesday, April 9th.

spanish Jon Rahm The defending champion is among 13 players from the Saudi-backed circuit who will play at Augusta National for the 2024 season after moving to LIV Golf.

Three of the top five in 2023 were LIV players. Brooks Koepka He finished tied for second and won his fifth major title at the PGA Championship the following month.

Three of the six pre-Rahm winners are now LIV players – dustin johnson (2020), patrick reed (2018) and Sergio Garcia (2017) – Despite being a three-time champion Phil Mickelson Won twice bubba watson and the 2010 winner charles schwarzel They are currently playing on a new tour.

Chile's Joaquin Niemann Since joining LIV, which does not award ranking points, he has fallen to No. 91 in the world and is among the favorites to win and has received an invitation to play at the Masters.

world number one Scotty Scheffler He became the first player to defend the Players Championship last month, entered the tournament in good form and hopes to add to his Masters title in 2022.

Rory McIlroy The world number two has already won the British Open, US Open and two PGA Championships, and is making his 10th attempt at a Grand Slam by winning all four major tournaments. There is.

Norwegian Viktor Hovland and of england matt fitzpatrick His Ryder Cup teammate finished in the top 10 in 2023. Ludwig Aberg This will be his first major appearance.

former champion jordan spies Can't ignore that his fellow American is the reigning US Open champion Wyndham Clark, open winner brian herman and Olympic golf medalist Xander Schauffele It also ranks high in the rankings.

Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods is in the 88-man field and will be making his 26th appearance at Augusta National. He won his first title in 1997 and his last in 2019.

The 48-year-old Woods, who has overcome a series of injuries and is chasing Jack Nicklaus' record of six Masters wins and 18 major titles, ended his last PGA Tour tournament in February by teeing off on the seventh hole. He took the shot and then missed the game.

The 15-time major champion did not play in March's Arnold Palmer Invitational, which he has won eight times, or the Players Championship, the PGA Tour's flagship event, which he has won twice.

Woods qualified for half of the tournament in 2023, but later withdrew and will undergo ankle surgery to address ongoing issues from a 2021 car accident.

Six-time champion Jack Nicklaus will be rejoined by three-time champion Gary Player and two-time champion Tom Watson on the first tee on Thursday morning. They all hit their tee shots before stepping aside as the pros take over.

First held in 1960, this par-3 contest is a traditional and entertaining conclusion to the Masters.

It will start on Wednesday 10th April at approximately 17:00 BST. Most players have their wives, girlfriends, children, and even grandchildren as caddies, and wear traditional white boiler suits.

Past non-competing champions such as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson still play in the nine-hole event, which intersects DeSoto Springs Pond and Ike's Pond.

First played in 1960, no player is known to have won the par 3 contest and then won the green jacket in the same year.

All times BST and subject to change. The BBC accepts no responsibility for any changes that may be made.

21:00 – Masters Preview Program, BBC Radio 5 Live

12:30-01:00 – Round 1 live text commentary, featuring in-play clips and highlights

20:00-01:00 – Live radio commentary on 5 Sports Extra

12:30-01:00 – Round 2 live text commentary, featuring in-play clips and highlights

21:00-22:00 – Live radio commentary on 5 Live

22:00-01:00 – Live radio commentary on 5 Sports Extra

17:00-01:00 – Round 3 live text commentary, featuring in-play clips and highlights

21:00-01:00 – 5 Live radio commentary

17:00-01:00 – Round 4 live text commentary, featuring in-play clips and highlights

20:00-01:00 – 5 Live radio commentary