The PGA Tour has released its tee times the first round of the no-cut, 39-man-field Sentry Tournament of Champions, the traditional competition to mark the start of the tour’s new year on the Plantation Course, Kapalua, in Hawaii.

Despite the odd number of players — meaning Adam Svensson is without a ‘champion’ playing partner — the PGA Tour bosses still could not find a spot or room in their hearts for defending champ Cameron Smith after his move to LIV Golf meant a ban from the circuit’s events.

Moving on, despite the absence of the likes of Smith, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, there are still a few spicy match-ups out there, with Scottie Scheffler — who is aiming to regain the world No. 1 ranking this week — paired with FedEx St Jude winner Will Zalatoris, while Jordan Spieth is out with Presidents Cup star Tom Kim, US Open champ Matt Fitzpatrick will play alongside DP World Tour Championship king Jon Rahm and Scottish Open winner Xander Schauffele is joined by two-time PGA Championship victor Justin Thomas.

Tee times
9.30am Adam Svensson
9.35am Seamus Power, Mackenzie Hughes
9.45am Scott Stallings, Chez Reavie
9.55am Tony Finau, Collin Morikawa
10.05am Patrick Cantlay, Hideki Matsuyama
10.15am Cameron Young, Sam Burns
10.25am Adam Scott, Sahith Theegala
10.35am Tom Hoge, Ryan Brehm
10.50am Trey Mullinax, JJ Spaun
11.00am KH Lee, Chad Ramey
11.10am Aaron Wise, Russell Henley
11.20am JT Poston, Corey Conners
11.30am Brian Harman, Luke List
11.40am Sepp Straka, Billy Horschel
11.55am Viktor Hovland, Keegan Bradley
12.05pm Sungjae Im, Max Homa
12.15pm Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris
12.25pm Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim
12.35pm Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm
12.45pm Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas