Masters 2019: What time does Rory McIlroy tee off today and how can I watch it?

The Northern Irishman needs only a Green Jacket to complete the set of Major titles

Rory McIlroy gets his quest for a career grand slam underway later today as The 2019 Masters begins in earnest.

The Northern Irishman needs only a Green Jacket to complete the set of Major titles and heads into Augusta in sparkling form.

He backed up five-straight top six finishes with victory at the Players Championship and could scarcely have prepared better for the first Major of the year.

It all gets underway on Thursday afternoon.

Here's everything you need to know ahead of round one:

What time is McIlroy teeing off?

The Northern Irishman gets his tournament underway at 4.15pm UK time.

Who is he playing with?

McIlroy is teeing it up with last year's runner up Rickie Fowler and Australian Cameron Smith.

How can I watch it?

TV coverage gets underway on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf from 8pm.

We will also be live blogging throughout the day.

When is everyone else teeing off?

(USA unless stated, all times BST, x denotes amateurs)

1.30pm Adam Long, Andrew Landry, Corey Conners (Can)

1.41pm Ian Woosnam (Wal), Keith Mitchell, Kevin Tway

1.52pm Shane Lowry (Irl), Mike Weir (Can), Kevin O'Connell

2.03pm Angel Cabrera (Arg), Aaron Wise, Justin Harding (Rsa)

2.14pm Danny Willett (Eng), Brandt Snedeker, Takumi Kanaya (a) (Jpn)

2.25pm Fred Couples, Si Woo Kim (Kor), J.B. Holmes

2.36pm Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Branden Grace (Rsa), Lucas Bjerregaard (Den)

2.47pm Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Charles Howell III, Eddie Pepperell (Eng)

Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler will tee off together (Getty)

2.58pm Sergio Garcia (Spa), Tony Finau, Henrik Stenson (Swe)

3.09pm Adam Scott (Aus), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Kyle Stanley

3.31pm Patrick Reed, Webb Simpson, Viktor Hovland (a) (Nor)

3.42pm Charley Hoffman, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Marc Leishman (Aus)

3.53pm Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Xander Schauffele, Gary Woodland

4.04pm Tiger Woods, Haotong Li (Chn), Jon Rahm (Spa)

4.26pm Michael Kim, Sandy Lyle (Sco), Patton Kizzire

4.37pm Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Devon Bling

4.48pm Jimmy Walker, Larry Mize, Stewart Cink

4.59pm Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa), Kevin Na, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)

5.10pm Bernhard Langer (Ger), Matt Wallace (Eng), Alvaro Ortiz (Mex)

5.32pm Alex Noren (Swe), Keegan Bradley, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng)

5.43pm Billy Horschel, Vijay Singh (Fij), (a) Jovan Rebula (Rsa)

5.54pm Kevin Kisner, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), Shugo Imahira (Jpn)

6.05pm Zach Johnson, Ian Poulter (Eng), Matt Kuchar

6.16pm Francesco Molinari (Ita), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

6.27pm Bubba Watson, Patrick Cantlay, Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn)

6.38pm Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day (Aus)

6.49pm Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose (Eng), Justin Thomas

7.00pm Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey (Eng), Brooks Koepka