The Masters Par 3 Contest is one of the great traditions in golf, and the groupings and tee times for this Wednesday's contest have now been announced. 

Tiger Woods returning to the Par 3 Contest for the first time since 2004 been one of the big stories at Augusta, and as such, he will tee off at 2:48 p.m. with Fred Couples and Steve Stricker. For their 3:02 p.m. tee time, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player will be joined by Ben Crenshaw as Arnold Palmer is not participating in the Par 3 Contest this year.

A trio of Spaniards in Sergio Garcia, Jose Maria Olazabel and Miguel Angel Jimenez are teeing off at 2:41 p.m. The group of Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson and Rickie Fowler is a headliner of the early slate with the trio going off at 12:49 p.m. 

Here is the full list of pairings and tee times:

All times Eastern

11:53 a.m. -- Patrick Reed, J.B. Holmes, Victor Dubuisson

12:00 p.m. -- Jerry Pate, Fred Ridley, Dick Siderowf

12:07 p.m. -- Brandt Snedeker, Charley Hoffman, Jason Dufner

12:14 p.m. -- Antonio Murdaca, Bernd Wiesberger, Anirban Lahiri

12:21 p.m. -- Jason Day, Mark O’Meara, Erik Compton

12:28 p.m. -- Matt Every, Billy Horschel, Buddy Alexander

12:35 p.m. -- Scott Harvey, Vinny Giles, Byron Meth

12:49 p.m. -- Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Rickie Fowler

12:56 p.m. -- Stephen Gallacher, Shane Lowry, Padraig Harrington

1:03 p.m. -- Gunn Yang, Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam

1:10 p.m. -- Branden Grace, Ernie Els, Mikko Ilonen

1:17 p.m. -- Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Trevor Immelman

1:24 p.m. -- Corey Conners, Tommy Aaron, Charles Coody

1:38 p.m. -- Kevin Stadler, Craig Stadler, Dave Stocton

1:45 p.m. -- Seung-Yul Noh, Sangmoon Bae, Kevin Na

1:52 p.m. -- Bernhard Langer, Larry Mize, Martin Kaymer

1:59 p.m. -- Nathaniel Crosby, Hubert Green, Fuzzy Zoeller

2:06 p.m. -- Ian Baker Finch, John Senden, Nick Faldo

2:13 p.m. -- Joost Luiten, Danny Willett, Jamie Donaldson

2:27 p.m. -- Brendon Todd, Chris Kirk, Brian Harman

2:34 p.m. -- James Hahn, Robert Streb, Ben Martin

2:41 p.m. -- Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jose Maria Olazabel, Sergio Garcia

2:48 p.m. -- Fred Couples, Steve Stricker, Tiger Woods

2:55 p.m. -- Ryan Palmer, Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson

3:02 p.m. -- Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Crenshaw

3:09 p.m. -- Bradley Neil, Morgan Hoffmann, Rory McIlroy

3:16 p.m. -- Brooks Koepka, Graeme McDowell, Geoff Ogilvy

3:23 p.m. -- Steve Jones, Al Geiberger, Steve Melnyk

3:30 p.m. -- Gary Woodland, Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose

3:37 p.m. -- Angel Cabrera, Ian Poulter, Kevin Streelman

3:44 p.m. -- Cameron Tringale, Tom Watson, Ben Crane

3:51 p.m. -- Camilo Villegas, Keegan Bradley, Russell Henley

4:05 p.m. -- Hunter Mahan, Bill Haas, Dustin Johnson

4:12 p.m. -- Rich Beem, Jimmy Walker, Matias Dominguez

4:19 p.m. -- Ryan Moore, Jonas Blixt

ESPN will carry live TV coverage of the Masters Par 3 Contest from 3-5 p.m.

The 8th hole on the Par 3 course at Augusta National.(Getty Images)
The 8th hole on the Par 3 course at Augusta National. (Getty Images)

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