Rory McIlroy will play in a blockbuster three-ball over the first two rounds of the US Open at Pinehurst in North Carolina, having been drawn alongside world number one Scottie Scheffler and world number two Zander Schauffele.
With McIlroy ranked third in the world, the group are sure to attract the largest galleries when they tee-off the first at 6.14pm Irish time on Thursday. On Friday they’ll go off the 10th at 12.29pm Irish time.
Scheffler has enjoyed a stunning season, winning five times, including earning a second green jacket at the Masters and taking last weekend’s Memorial Tournament in Ohio.
Schauffele won his first Major title at the US PGA at Valhalla, while McIlroy has two PGA Tour wins this season, alongside Shane Lowry at the Zurich Classic and at the Wells Fargo at Quail Hollow.
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Lowry has also been given a late-early tee-time, playing alongside American Keegan Bradley and Germany’s Martin Kaymer, the runaway winner the last time the US Open was held at Pinehurst No 2 in 2014.
The trio tee off the first at 6.47pm Irish time on Thursday and off the 10th at 1.02pm Irish time on Friday.
Tom McKibbin, who birdied five of the last seven holes in his second round in the final US Open qualifier at Walton Heath, will be in the first group off the 10th tee on Thursday at 11.45am Irish time along with Italy’s Matteo Manassero and Rico Hoey from the Philippines.
Séamus Power will be in the group after McKibbin off the 10th at 11.56pm Irish time alongside Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino and big-hitting South African Dean Burmester.
US Open tee-times (US unless stated, all times Irish, {a) denotes amateur)
First round
Starting from 1st tee
Early
11:45 Carter Jenkins, Logan McAllister, Michael McGowan
11:56 (a) Parker Bell, Frederik Kjettrup (Den), Christopher Petefish
12:07 Max Greyserman, Casey Jarvis (Rsa), (a) Omar Morales (Mex)
12:18 Corey Conners (Can), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Stephan Jäger (Ger)
12:29 Sergio Garcia (Esp), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Francesco Molinari (Ita)
12:40 Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas
12:51 Rickie Fowler, Adam Hadwin (Can), Phil Mickelson
13:02 Nicolai Höjgaard (Den), Min-Woo Lee (Aus), Sahith Theegala
13:13 Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Si-Woo Kim (Kor), Matthieu Pavon (Fra)
13:24 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Robert Rock (Eng), (a) Neal Shipley
13:35 (a) Stewart Hagestad, Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Mac Meissner
13:46 Jim Herman, (a) Bryan Kim, Isaiah Salinda
13:57 (a) Colin Prater, Charles Reiter, Carson Schaake
Late
17:30 Brandon Thompson (Eng), Jason Scrivener (Aus), (a) Brendan Valdes
17:41 Sam Bairstow (Eng), (a) Santiago De la Fuente (Mex), Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (Esp)
17:52 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Kurt Kitayama, Taylor Moore
18:03 Jason Day (Aus), Harris English, Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor)
18:14 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
18:25 Wyndham Clark, Nick Dunlap, Brian Harman
18:36 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Jon Rahm (Esp), Jordan Spieth
18:47 Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Shane Lowry (Irl)
18:58 Akshay Bhatia, Eric Cole, Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)
19:09 Alexander Noren (Swe), Taylor Pendrith (Can), Brendon Todd
19:20 (a) Jackson Buchanan, Brian Campbell, Thomas Detry (Bel)
19:31 (a) Gunnar Broin, Maxwell Moldovan, Taisei Shimuzu (Jpn)
19:42 John Chin, Sung-Hoon Kang (Kor), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn),
Starting at 10th hole
Early
11:45 Rico Hoey (Phi), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Tom McKibbin (NIrl)
11:56 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Séamus Power (Irl)
12:07 Seong-Hyeon Kim (Kor), Justin Lower, Tim Widing (Swe)
12:18 Sam Burns, Lucas Glover, Cameron Smith (Aus)
12:29 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tiger Woods, Will Zalatoris
12:40 Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley, Matt Kuchar
12:51 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Tony Finau, Dustin Johnson
13:02 Justin Rose (Eng), Webb Simpson, Gary Woodland
13:13 Daniel Berger, Ryan Fox (Nzl), David Puig (Esp)
13:24 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Sam Bennett, Edoardo Molinari (Ita)
13:35 Cameron Davis (Aus), Austin Eckroat, Adrian Meronk (Pol)
13:46 Zachary Blair, Aaron Rai (Eng), Davis Thompson
13:57 Willie Mack III, Richard Mansell (Eng), (a) Ashton McCulloch (Can)
Late
17:30 Grant Forrest (Sco), Greyson Sigg, (a) Wells Williams
17:41 Chesson Hadley, Mark Hubbard, Adam Svensson (Can)
17:52 Beau Hossler, Victor Perez (Fra), Adam Schenk
18:03 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Nick Taylor (Can)
18:14 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Tom Hoge
18:25 Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa, Viktor Hovland (Nor)
18:36 Peter Malnati, JT Poston, Sepp Straka (Aut)
18:47 Jake Knapp, (a) Gordon Sargent, Cameron Young
18:58 Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Adam Scott (Aus)
19:09 (a) Benjamin James, Ben Kohles, Denny McCarthy
19:20 Frankie Capan, (a) Luke Clanton, Andrew Svoboda
19:31 Harry Higgs, (a) Hiroshi Tai (Sgp), Brandon Wu
19:42 Otto Black, Chris Naegel, Joey Vrzich
Second round
Starting from 1st tee
Early
1145 Grant Forrest (Sco), Greyson Sigg, (a) Wells Williams
1156 Chesson Hadley, Mark Hubbard, Adam Svensson (Can)
1207 Beau Hossler, Victor Perez (Fra), Adam Schenk
1218 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Nick Taylor (Can)
1229 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Tom Hoge
1240 Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa, Viktor Hovland (Nor)
1251 Peter Malnati, JT Poston, Sepp Straka (Aut)
1302 Jake Knapp, (a) Gordon Sargent, Cameron Young
1313 Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Adam Scott (Aus)
1324 (a) Benjamin James, Ben Kohles, Denny McCarthy
1335 Frankie Capan, (a) Luke Clanton, Andrew Svoboda
1346 Harry Higgs, (a) Hiroshi Tai (Sgp), Brandon Wu
1357 Otto Black, Chris Naegel, Joey Vrzich
Late
1730 Rico Hoey (Phi), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Tom McKibbin (NIrl)
1741 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Séamus Power (Irl)
1752 Seong-Hyeon Kim (Kor), Justin Lower, Tim Widing (Swe)
1803 Sam Burns, Lucas Glover, Cameron Smith (Aus)
1814 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tiger Woods, Will Zalatoris
1825 Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley, Matt Kuchar
1836 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Tony Finau, Dustin Johnson
1847 Justin Rose (Eng), Webb Simpson, Gary Woodland
1858 Daniel Berger, Ryan Fox (Nzl), David Puig (Esp)
1909 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Sam Bennett, Edoardo Molinari (Ita)
1920 Cameron Davis (Aus), Austin Eckroat, Adrian Meronk (Pol)
1931 Zachary Blair, Aaron Rai (Eng), Davis Thompson
1942 Willie Mack III, Richard Mansell (Eng), Ashton McCulloch (Can),
Starting at 10th hole
Early
1145 Brandon Thompson (Eng), Jason Scrivener (Aus), (a) Brendan Valdes
1156 Sam Bairstow (Eng), (a) Santiago De la Fuente (Mex), Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (Esp)
1207 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Kurt Kitayama, Taylor Moore
1218 Jason Day (Aus), Harris English, Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor)
1229 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
1240 Wyndham Clark, Nick Dunlap, Brian Harman
1251 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Jon Rahm (Esp), Jordan Spieth
1302 Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Shane Lowry (Irl)
1313 Akshay Bhatia, Eric Cole, Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)
1324 Alexander Noren (Swe), Taylor Pendrith (Can), Brendon Todd
1335 (a) Jackson Buchanan, Brian Campbell, Thomas Detry (Bel)
1346 (a) Gunnar Broin, Maxwell Moldovan, Taisei Shimuzu (Jpn)
1357 John Chin, Sung-Hoon Kang (Kor), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn)
Late
1730 Carter Jenkins, Logan McAllister, Michael McGowan
1741 (a) Parker Bell, Frederik Kjettrup (Den), Christopher Petefish
1752 Max Greyserman, Casey Jarvis (Rsa), (a) Omar Morales (Mex)
1803 Corey Conners (Can), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Stephan Jäger (Ger)
1814 Sergio Garcia (Esp), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Francesco Molinari (Ita)
1825 Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas
1836 Rickie Fowler, Adam Hadwin (Can), Phil Mickelson
1847 Nicolai Höjgaard (Den), Min-Woo Lee (Aus), Sahith Theegala
1858 Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Si-Woo Kim (Kor), Matthieu Pavon (Fra)
1909 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Robert Rock (Eng), (a) Neal Shipley
1920 (a) Stewart Hagestad, Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Mac Meissner
1931 Jim Herman, Bryan Kim, Isaiah Salinda
1942 (a) Colin Prater, Charles Reiter, Carson Schaake
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