Reigning major champions Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith and Matthew Fitzpatrick will play together for the first two rounds of the 105th PGA Championship under tee times released on Tuesday.
World number one Rahm, a Spaniard who won last month’s Masters, will join England’s seventh-ranked Fitzpatrick, who defends his US Open crown next month, and LIV Golf star Smith of Australia, last year’s British Open winner, will start off the 10th tee Thursday at 10.33pm (AEST)
The trio will start round two off the first tee at 3.58am on Saturday (AEST).
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Just behind them both days will be Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald of England alongside two potential players on his squad that will host the United States in Italy in September — Poland’s Adrian Meronk and Germany’s Yannik Paul.
World number two Scottie Scheffler, last year’s Masters champion, will start off the 10th tee at 10pm Thursday alongside fellow Americans Brooks Koepka, a four-time major winner, and Gary Woodland, the 2019 US Open champion.
Teeing off 11 minutes later just behind them will be third-ranked Rory McIlroy, a four-time major winner from Northern Ireland, with two-time major winner Collin Morikawa and fellow American Justin Thomas, last year’s PGA Championship winner.
Just behind them, and before the triple major champion group, will be Ireland’s Shane Lowry, Norway’s Viktor Hovland and American Jordan Spieth, who would complete a career Grand Slam with an Oak Hill triumph.
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The 17 LIV players in the field were scattered among various groups. Six-time major winner Phil Mickelson was matched with US compatriots Rickie Fowler and fourth-ranked Patrick Cantlay.
The group before them includes Dustin Johnson, who won last week’s LIV event in Tulsa, plus fellow American Xander Schauffele, the Tokyo Olympic champion, and England’s Tyrrell Hatton.
Off at 3.36am Friday from the first tee are Australian Adam Scott, sixth-ranked American Max Homa and world number 12 Tony Finau of the United States.
AUSTRALIAN TEE TIMES (ALL TIMES IN AEST)
Round 1 — Thursday/Friday
9.27pm: Min Woo Lee, Andrew Putnam, Emiliano Grillo
10.33pm: Cameron Smith, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm
11.06pm: Jason Day, Keegan Bradley, Bryson DeChambeau
2.30am: Cam Davis, Matt Cahill, Taylor Montgomery
3.20am: Lucas Herbert, Brian Harman, Callum Shinkwin
3.36am: Adam Scott, Max Homa, Tony Finau
4.15am: David Micheluzzi, Chris Sanger, JJ Spaun
Round 2 — Friday/Saturday
9.05pm: Cam Davis, Matt Cahill, Taylor Montgomery
9.55pm: Lucas Herbert, Brian Harman, Callum Shinkwin
10.11pm: Adam Scott, Max Homa, Tony Finau
10.50pm: David Micheluzzi, Chris Sanger, JJ Spaun
2.52am: Min Woo Lee, Andrew Putnam, Emiliano Grillo
3.58am: Cameron Smith, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm
4.31am: Jason Day, Keegan Bradley, Bryson DeChambeau
