US Open: For the first two rounds of the 122nd US Open, Rory McIlroy has been paired with former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama and reigning Olympic champion Xander Schauffele.
McIlroy enters this week’s event at The Country Club in Brookline fresh off an impressive title defence at the RBC Canadian Open, looking to become the first player to win a PGA Tour event and a major in the same week since he did it himself in 2014.
The Northern Irishman will be part of the early coverage on Thursday morning, with his star-studded group starting at 7.40 am local time (12.40 pm BST). Defending champion Jon Rahm will also be out early, playing alongside two-time major winner Collin Morikawa and US Amateur champion James Piot.
Jordan Spieth, the 2015 Masters champion, and former Masters winner Adam Scott play alongside Wells Fargo Championship winner Max Homa, with FedExCup winner Patrick Cantlay also among the early starters, playing in an all-American group with Billy Horschel and Daniel Berger.
Justin Thomas, the two-time PGA champion, plays alongside Tony Finau for the second time in as many events, having finished in the final group in Toronto on Sunday, with Norway’s Viktor Hovland completing that three-ball.
Scottie Scheffler begins his quest for a second major title and fifth PGA Tour victory of the season with four-time major winner Brooks Koepka and Australian star Cameron Smith, while Shane Lowry teams up with two players involved in the breakaway LIV Golf Invitational Series – six-time US Open runner-up Phil Mickelson and South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen.
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