2018 Masters featured groups, Thursday: Watch Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy live

You can watch every swing of Woods' opening round at Augusta National online

By Chip Patterson

Apr 5, 2018 at 4:56 pm ET • 1 min read

There has not truly been this kind of anticipation for golf's biggest event of the year in quite a while, but the 2018 Masters has a lot of deserved hype this year. With some of the game's best at their peak levels of performance, truly anything can happen over the next four days. It all begins Thursday morning with no shortage of storylines for the 87-man field.

Tiger Woods is back, and he's getting it done each week. Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, Justin Thomas, Jason Day and world No. 1 Dustin Johnson have all been winners in 2018. They all headline a field that seems ripe to produce an all-time tournament for the 2018 chapter in Masters history.

One of the annual joys of following the Masters are the multiple live streaming options, including the Featured Groups, Amen Corner and Holes 15&16 channels. They give fans the chance to see every single swing from some of their favorite golfers, and this year it means getting to watch every single swing from Woods in his return to competition at Augusta National.

Woods will be paired with Marc Leishman and Tommy Fleetwood for the first two rounds of play, and on Thursday their entire round will be one of the two morning options on the featured groups channel. The afternoon has heavy hitters as well, with McIlroy, Johnson, Jon Rahm and Justin Rose among the players that will get full 18-hole coverage during the first round of play.