2023 Masters tee times, weather forecast, odds, props: Three-time Green Jacket winner Phil Mickelson, struggling on LIV Tour, nearly even money to miss the cut

After all the backlash three-time champion Phil Mickelson received this time last year for supporting the breakaway Saudi-funded LIV Tour, he decided to take a golf hiatus and skip the Masters but was not uninvited. It was purely his choice. Mickelson is back this year as part of a group of 18 LIV golfers in the field. He is -110 to miss the cut and -130 to make advance at DraftKings. Mickelson tees off at 12:24 p.m. ET in Round 1 Thursday. He last missed the cut in 2016. Click here for model sims.

Clearly, Mickelson doesn't want to address last year as he declined to take part in any of the official pre-tournament Masters press conferences. The only LIV golfer who did is Cameron Smith. This will be the 30th Masters for Mickelson, who won here in 2004, '06 and '10. He also was runner-up in 2015 and had third-place results in 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2012. The World Golf Hall of Fame member won the Silver Cup as Low Amateur in his Masters debut in 1991.

At age 52, Mickelson has dropped to 425th in the Official World Golf Ranking but can play The Masters as long as he wants as a former champion. So far this season, Mickelson has yet to crack the top 25 in the three LIV events he's played in. His average finishing position in the 10 events he's played since joining the league is 31.3 and there are only 48 players per field.

Mickelson was T21 in the 2021 Masters and is +35000 to win this week. To be the fop finishing left-hander, he's +275, ahead of Mike Weir (+1000) but behind Brian Harman (+160) and two-time winner and fellow LIV player Bubba Watson (+170). As top former champion, Mickelson is +3000. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is the +160 favorite there.

Mickelson is playing with fellow American Tom Hoge and Korea's Si Woo Kim the first two rounds. That a LIV player wins this week is +850 with the rest of the field at -500 via FanDuel.

Augusta National, which has been lengthened this year thanks to a 35-yard addition of a new tee box on the par-3 13th hole, is a relatively hilly course that plays harder when precipitation and cold temperatures are involved -- and that could be the case this week. Here's the forecast from weather.com.

• Thursday: Cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 86F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
• Friday: Showers early, becoming a steady rain later in the day. High 74F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
• Saturday: Periods of rain. High 53F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near an inch.
• Sunday: Showers early becoming less numerous later in the day. High 62F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%.

Round 1 Tee Times

7:40 a.m. -- Gary Player (Honorary Starter), Jack Nicklaus (Honorary Starter), Tom Watson (Honorary Starter)

8:00 a.m. -- Mike Weir, Kevin Na

8:12 a.m. -- Vijay Singh, Scott Stallings, Matthew McClean

8:24 a.m. -- Sandy Lyle, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch

8:36 a.m. -- Fred Couples, Russell Henley, Alex Noren

8:48 a.m. -- Adrian Meronk, Kevin Kisner, Louis Oosthuizen

9:00 a.m. -- Larry Mize, Min Woo Lee, Harrison Crowe

9:12 a.m. -- Sergio Garcia, Kazuki Higa, Keith Mitchell

9:24 a.m. -- Patrick Reed, Adam Svensson, Sahith Theegala

9:36 a.m. -- Shane Lowry, Mackenzie Hughes, Thomas Pieters

9:48 a.m. -- Bubba Watson, Seamus Power, Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira

10:06 a.m. -- Abraham Ancer, Chris Kirk, Keegan Bradley

10:18 a.m. -- Tiger Woods, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele

10:30 a.m. -- Adam Scott, Patrick Cantlay, Kurt Kitayama

10:42 a.m. -- Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Cameron Young

10:54 a.m. -- Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Smith, Sungjae Im

11:06 a.m. -- Jose Maria Olazabal, Cameron Champ

11:18 a.m. -- Charl Schwartzel, Taylor Moore, Aldrich Potgieter

11:30 a.m. -- J.T. Poston, Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau

11:42 a.m. -- Bernhard Langer, Mito Pereira, Ben Carr

11:54 a.m. -- Danny Willett, Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka

12:12 p.m. -- Sepp Straka, Harold Varner III, K.H. Lee

12:24 p.m. -- Phil Mickelson, Tom Hoge, Si Woo Kim

12:36 p.m. -- Billy Horschel, Harris English, Ryan Fox

12:48 p.m. -- Zach Johnson, Jason Day, Gordon Sargent

1:00 p.m. -- Brian Harman, Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton

1:12 p.m. -- Dustin Johnson, Corey Conners, Justin Rose

1:24 p.m. -- Matt Fitzpatrick, Collin Morikawa, Will Zalatoris

1:36 p.m. -- Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, Sam Bennett

1:48 p.m. -- Tom Kim, Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns

2:00 p.m. -- Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau

Round 2 Tee Times

8:00 a.m. -- Jose Maria Olazabal, Cameron Champ

8:12 a.m. -- Charl Schwartzel, Taylor Moore, Aldrich Potgieter

8:24 a.m. -- J.T. Poston, Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau

8:36 a.m. -- Bernhard Langer, Mito Pereira, Ben Carr

8:48 a.m. -- Danny Willett, Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka

9:00 a.m. -- Sepp Straka, Harold Varner III, K.H. Lee

9:12 a.m. -- Phil Mickelson, Tom Hoge, Si Woo Kim

9:24 a.m. -- Billy Horschel, Harris English, Ryan Fox

9:36 a.m. -- Zach Johnson, Jason Day, Gordon Sargent

9:48 a.m. -- Brian Harman, Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton

10:06 a.m. -- Dustin Johnson, Corey Conners, Justin Rose

10:18 a.m. -- Matt Fitzpatrick, Collin Morikawa, Will Zalatoris

10:30 a.m. -- Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, Sam Bennett

10:42 a.m. -- Tom Kim, Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns

10:54 a.m. -- Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau

11:06 a.m. -- Mike Weir, Kevin Na

11:18 a.m. -- Vijay Singh, Scott Stallings, Matthew McClean

11:30 a.m. -- Sandy Lyle, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch

11:42 a.m. -- Fred Couples, Russell Henley, Alex Noren

11:54 a.m. -- Adrian Meronk, Kevin Kisner, Louis Oosthuizen

12:12 p.m. -- Larry Mize, Min Woo Lee, Harrison Crowe

12:24 p.m. -- Sergio Garcia, Kazuki Higa, Keith Mitchell

12:36 p.m. -- Patrick Reed, Adam Svensson, Sahith Theegala

12:48 p.m. -- Shane Lowry, Mackenzie Hughes, Thomas Pieters

1:00 p.m. -- Bubba Watson, Seamus Power, Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira

1:12 p.m. -- Abraham Ancer, Chris Kirk, Keegan Bradley

1:24 p.m. -- Tiger Woods, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele

1:36 p.m. -- Adam Scott, Patrick Cantlay, Kurt Kitayama

1:48 p.m. -- Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Cameron Young

2:00 p.m. -- Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Smith, Sungjae Im

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