Men's Golf

Groupings announced for Masters

Virginia Tech golfer Drew Weaver and former Hokie golfer Johnson Wagner will each have a Masters champion in their groupings for the first two rounds of the Masters Tournament on Thursday and Friday.

Weaver will tee off at 12:46 p.m. on Thursday and 9:28 a.m. on Friday with 1976 Masters champion Raymond Floyd and former Clemson All-American Jonathan Byrd.  Floyd has made 27 cuts in his 43 previous Masters appearances. Floyd has four major championship titles and 10 top 10 finishes at Augusta National. Byrd made the cut in his first Masters and has two previous appearances.

Wagner will tee off at 11:18 a.m. on Thursday and 8:11 a.m. on Friday in a grouping with 1982 Masters champion Craig Stadler and Steve Flesch. Stadler has made the cut in 21 of his previous 31 Masters appearances and has five top 10 finishes at Augusta National.