AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Scottie Scheffler will launch his Masters title defence on Thursday in a group with Max Homa and amateur Sam Bennett while British Open winner Cameron Smith of LIV Golf will play the first two rounds alongside former champion Hideki Matsuyama.
World number one Scheffler, bidding to become the fourth player to repeat as Masters champion, will go out in the third-last group at 1:36 p.m. ET (1736 GMT) with forecasts predicting a 40% chance of afternoon thunderstorms.
