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Tee times and groupings for US PGA championship

Rory McIlroy will play the first two rounds alongside Jordan Spieth and Zach Johnson

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, walks off the18th green after a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at Whistling Straits Golf Course. Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, walks off the18th green after a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at Whistling Straits Golf Course. Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP
Tue Aug 11 2015 - 14:57

We’ll have to wait until Thursday evening to see Rory McIlroy’s USPGA championship defence get underway - with the World No1 teeing off from the first hole at the later time of 7.20pm (1.20pm local time) for the tournament’s opening round.

McIlroy, who has this week declared himself "100 per cent" fit for purpose after missing the defence of his Open championship and last week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with an ankle injury, will play the first two rounds alongside Jordan Spieth and Zach Johnson.

The young pretender to his World No1 crown and the man who took ownership of the Claret Jug last month in his absence.

Darren Clarke is the first of the Irish to get underway on Thursday, an hour earlier than McIlroy. While Shane Lowry will tee of at 6.40pm along with American Webb Simpson, and Austrian Bernd Wiesberger, as he looks to build on the momentum of his victory in Ohio last week.

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Tee times and groupings for the first two rounds of this week’s PGA Championship being played at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin from August 13-16th (all times Irish):

  • Thursday, August 13th, first hole/Friday, August 14th, 10th hole

12.45am/6.00pm: Ryan Helminen, Rory Sabbatini (South Africa), Chesson Hadley

12.55am/6.10pm: David Howell (England), Grant Sturgeon, Boo Weekley

1.05pm/6.20pm: Charles Howell III, Austin Peters, Thomas Bjorn (Denmark)

1.15pm/6.30pm: An Byeong-hun (South Korea), Russell Henley, Robert Streb

1.25pm/6.40pm: James Morrison (England), Ryan Palmer, Charley Hoffman

1.35pm/6.50pm: Stephen Gallacher (Scotland), Ryan Moore, Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand)

1.45pm/7.00pm: Vijay Singh (Fiji), David Toms, Mark Brooks

1.55pm/7.10pm: James Hahn, Jamie Donaldson (Wales), Harris English

2.05pm/7.20pm: Ross Fisher (England), J.B. Holmes, Mikko Ilonen (Finland)

2.15pm/7.30pm: Tony Finau, Branden Grace (South Africa), Danny Lee (New Zealand)

2.25pm/7.40pm: Steven Young, Morgan Hoffmann, Anirban Lahiri (India)

2.35pm/7.50pm: Brian Cairns, Matt Every, Matt Jones (Australia)

2.45pm/8.00pm: Adam Rainaud, Brian Harman, J.J. Henry

  • Thursday, August 13th, 10th hole/Friday, August 14th, first hole

12.45am/6.00pm: Pat Perez, Brian Gaffney, David Hearn (Canada)

12.55am/6.10pm: Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Johan Kok, Brendan Steele

1.05pm/6.20pm: Matt Dobyns, Colin Montgomerie (Scotland), John Daly

1.15pm/6.30pm: Victor Dubuisson (France), Matt Kuchar, Charl Schwartzel (South Africa)

1.25pm/6.40pm: Sergio Garcia (Spain), Bill Haas, Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa)

1.35pm/6.50pm: Justin Rose (England), Brandt Snedeker, Geoff Ogilvy (Australia)

1.45pm/7.00pm: Bubba Watson, Paul Casey (England), Jim Furyk

1.55pm/7.10pm: Hunter Mahan, Lee Westwood (England), Ernie Els (South Africa)

2.05pm/7.20pm: Jason Day (Australia), Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler

2.15pm/7.30pm: Tiger Woods, Martin Kaymer (Germany), Keegan Bradley

2.25pm/7.40pm: Gary Woodland, Francesco Molinari (Italy), Marc Warren (Scotland)

2.35pm/7.50pm: Brent Snyder, Tyrrell Hatton (England), Brendon Todd

2.45pm/8.00pm: Jeff Olson, Fabian Gomez (Argentina), Martin Laird (Scotland)

  • Thursday, August 13th, first hole/Friday, August 14th, 10th hole

6.00pm/12.45am: Bob Sowards, Koumei Oda (Japan), Alex Cejka (German)

6.10pm/12.55am: Ryan Kennedy, Kevin Chappell, Brendon de Jonge (Zimbabwe)

6.20pm/1.05pm: Davis Love III, Darren Clarke (Northern Ireland), Steve Stricker

6.30pm/1.15pm: Jimmy Walker, Tommy Fleetwood (England), Justin Thomas

6.40pm/1.25pm: Webb Simpson, Bernd Wiesberger (Austria), Shane Lowry (Ireland)

6.50pm/1.35am: Nick Watney, Ian Poulter (England), Joost Luiten (Netherlands)

7.00pm/1.45pm: Luke Donald (England), Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland), Patrick Reed

7.10pm/1.55pm: Adam Scott (Australia), Henrik Stenson (Sweden), Brooks Koepka

7.20pm/2.05pm: Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson

7.30pm/2.15pm: Jason Dufner, Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington (Ireland)

7.40pm/2.25pm: Cameron Tringale, Danny Willett (England), John Senden (Australia)

7.50pm/2.35pm: Jason Bohn, Marcel Siem (Germany), Omar Uresti

8.00pm/2.45pm: Richard Ramsay (Scotland), Dan Venezio, Nick Taylor (Canada)

  • Thursday, August 13th, 10th hole/Friday, August 14th, first hole

6.00pm/12.45am: George McNeill, Charles Frost, Emiliano Grillo (Argentina)

6.10pm/12.55am: Chris Wood (England), Brett Jones, Sean O’Hair

6.20pm/1.05pm: George Coetzee (South Africa), Ben Martin, Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark)

6.30pm/1.15pm: Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Yang Yong-eun (South Korea)

6.40pm/1.25pm: Rafa Cabrera-Bello (Spain), Steven Bowditch (Australia), Daniel Berger

6.50pm/1.35am: Camilo Villegas (Colombia), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand), Pablo Larrazabal (Spain)

7.00pm/1.45pm: Cameron Smith (Australia), Shawn Stefani, Hiroshi Iwata (Japan)

7.10pm/1.55pm: Kevin Streelman, Bae Sang-moon (South Korea), David Lingmerth (Sweden)

7.20pm/2.05pm: Troy Merritt, Alexander Levy (France), Russell Knox (Scotland)

7.30pm/2.15pm: Tim Clark (South Africa), Billy Horschel, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain)

7.40pm/2.25pm: Eddie Pepperell (England), Sean Dougherty, Kevin Na

7.50pm/2.35pm: Marc Leishman (Australia), Ben Polland, Kevin Kisner

8.00pm/2.45pm: Scott Piercy, Alan Morin, Andy Sullivan (England)