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Tiger Woods got a featured time for his first round Thursday in the Masters, playing just behind defending champion Charl Schwartzel and just ahead of top-ranked Luke Donald.

Woods will play his first two rounds with Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain and Sang-Moon Bae of South Korea. They are scheduled to tee off on Augusta National at 4:35 a.m. Hawaii time.

Two-time champion Phil Mickelson drew the last tee time of the day, playing with Hunter Mahan and Peter Hanson in a 7:53 a.m. pairing.

The tournament opens at 1:40 a.m. when Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player tee off as ceremonial starters.

Johnson can’t play

Dustin Johnson withdrew from the Masters on Tuesday because of a lingering back injury that he aggravated while lifting a jet ski last week, his agent said.

Johnson, a five-time PGA Tour winner, described the injury as a “tweaked back” on Twitter.

“You have no idea how much I wanted to walk the fairways at Augusta and fulfill what I’ve been practicing for!! I’ll have to root my buddies!” he tweeted.

His agent, David Winkle, said Johnson first had back pain in January when he withdrew from the Humana Challenge, and played through minor pain the next six weeks.

“His back bothered him from time to time. He kind of played through the pain, but it was never crippling,” Winkle said.