Irish star stepping into the marquee

Padriag Harrington, who leads Europe's challenge in the 68th Masters, has been drawn in the marquee group for the first and second rounds.

The Irishman partners former champion Vijay Singh of Fiji and John Daly, the larger-than-life American who is the gallery favourite.

Ryder Cup rivals Phil Mickelson of the United States and Ulsterman Darren Clarke go out together. And European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer, twice a Masters title winner, gets a close-up chance to assess the form of enigmatic Spaniard Sergio Garcia.

Tiger Woods is in the penultimate group in tomorrow's opening round, the American teeing off at 6.30pm British summer time.

1st Round - notable draws
(all times BST)

13.00 (first group): Tommy Aaron (US), Charles Coody (US), Sandy Lyle (Scot).
13.22: Chris DiMarco (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Rocco Mediate (US).
14.06: Nick Faldo (Eng), Scott Verplank (US), Angel Cabrera (Arg).
14.39: Arnold Palmer (US), Nathan Smith (US, am), Bob Estes (US).
15.12: Phil Mickelson (US), Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn), Darren Clarke (N Ire).
15.23: Vijay Singh (Fiji), Padraig Harrington (Ire), John Daly (US).
15.34: Bernhard Langer (Ger), Sergio Garcia (Spn), Lian-Wei Zhang (China).
15.56: Jonathan Byrd (US), Craig Parry (Aus), Ian Poulter (Eng).
16.18: Jeff Sluman (US), Stephen Leaney (Aus), Paul Casey (Eng).
17.02: Ian Woosnam (Wal), Len Mattiace (US), Todd Hamilton (US).
17.46: Jack Nicklaus (US), Toshi Izawa (Jpn), Alex Cejka (Ger).
17.57: Mark O'Meara (US), Ernie Els (SA), Robert Allenby (Aus).
18.08: Jose Maria Olazabal (Spn), Davis Love III (US), Retief Goosen (SA).
18.30: Tiger Woods (US), Casey Wittenberg (US, am), Thomas Bjorn (Den).
18.41 (last group): John Rollins (US), Brian Davis (Eng), Tim Petrovic (US).