U.S. Open Spherical 1 Tee Instances, Pinehurst No. 2 takes heart stage

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The U.S. Open begins Thursday at Pinehurst No. 2, the well-known Donald Ross format with a number of the most troublesome placing surfaces on the planet.

The course has hosted three U.S. Opens earlier than, most not too long ago in 2014, and solely 4 gamers mixed have completed beneath par. It’s actually a problem, however maybe no participant’s sport matches as much as this course higher than Scottie Scheffler’s.

Scheffler arrives as an amazing favourite at 3-to-1 odds, an astonishing determine not seen because the days of prime Tiger Woods. He has received 5 occasions already this 12 months, together with on the Memorial final week. He additionally received the Masters by 4, counting on his beautiful ball-striking and world-class brief sport to plot round Augusta Nationwide.

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This has solely occurred as soon as earlier than on the PGA Tour, as Tom Watson had 5 wins earlier than the U.S. Open in 1980.

Anyhow, Scheffler will start their first spherical at 1:14 p.m. ET with Rory McIlroy and reigning PGA Champion Xander Schauffele. It’s a robust trio of the three finest gamers on the planet.

The opposite tee occasions for the primary spherical observe under, however earlier than attending to these, try some tales that can assist get you prepared for the 124th U.S. Open:

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Photograph by Tracy Wilcox/PGA Tour by way of Getty Photos

U.S. Open Spherical 1 Tee Instances (ET):

* — Denotes tenth gap begin

6:45 a.m. – Michael McGowan, Carter Jenkins, Logan McAllister

6:45 a.m.* – Rico Hoey, Tom McKibbin, Matteo Manassero

6:56 a.m. – Frederik Kjettrup, Christopher Petefish, (a) Parker Bell

6:56 a.m.* – Dean Burmester, Rikuya Hoshino, Seamus Energy

7:07 a.m. – (a) Omar Morales, Max Greyserman, Casey Jarvis

7:07 a.m.* – S.H. Kim, Justin Decrease, Tim Widing

7:18 a.m. – Corey Conners, Stephan Jaeger, Emiliano Grillo

7:18 a.m.* – Lucas Glover, Sam Burns, Cameron Smith

7:29 a.m. – Ryo Ishikawa, Francesco Molinari, Sergio Garcia

7:29 a.m.* – Will Zalatoris, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tiger Woods

7:40 a.m. – Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Brooks Koepka

7:40 a.m.* – Patrick Cantlay, Matt Kuchar, Russell Henley

7:51 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Adam Hadwin, Phil Mickelson

7:51 a.m.* – Tony Finau, Ludvig Åberg, Dustin Johnson

8:02 a.m. – Min Woo Lee, Sahith Theegala, Nicolai Højgaard

8:02 a.m.* – Justin Rose, Gary Woodland, Webb Simpson

8:13 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Matthieu Pavon, Sungjae Im

8:13 a.m.* – Daniel Berger, Ryan Fox, David Puig

8:24 a.m. – Nico Echavarria, Robert Rock, (a) Neal Shipley

8:24 a.m.* – Byeong Hun An, Sam Bennett, Edoardo Molinari

8:35 a.m. – Takumi Kanaya, (a) Stewart Hagestad, Mac Meissner

8:35 a.m.* – Austin Eckroat, Adrian Meronk, Cam Davis

8:46 a.m. – Isaiah Salinda, (a) Bryan Kim, Jim Herman

*8:46 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Davis Thompson, Zac Blair

8:57 a.m. – Carson Schaake, Charles Reiter, (a) Colin Prater

8:57 a.m.* – Willie Mack III, Richard Mansell, (a) Ashton McCulloch

12:30 p.m. – Jason Scrivener, Brandon Robinson Thompson, (a) Brendan Valdes

12:30 p.m.* – Greyson Sigg, Grant Forrest, (a) Wells Williams

12:41 p.m. – Santiago de la Fuente, Sam Bairstow, Eugenio Chacarra

12:41 p.m.* – Chesson Hadley, Mark Hubbard, Adam Svensson

12:52 p.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Taylor Moore, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

12:52 p.m.* – Beau Hossler, Victor Perez, Adam Schenk

1:03 p.m. – Jason Day, Harris English, Tom Kim

1:03 p.m.* – Robert MacIntyre, Nick Taylor, Mackenzie Hughes

1:14 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler

1:14 p.m.* – Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, Tom Hoge

1:25 p.m. – Brian Harman, Nick Dunlap, Wyndham Clark

1:25 p.m.* – Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Max Homa

1:36 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth

1:36 p.m.* – Sepp Straka, Peter Malnati, J.T. Poston

1:47 p.m. – Shane Lowry, Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer

1:47 p.m.* – (a) Gordon Sargent, Jake Knapp, Cameron Younger

1:58 p.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Eric Cole, Erik van Rooyen

1:58 p.m.* – Chris Kirk, Billy Horschel, Adam Scott

2:09 p.m. – Brendon Todd, Taylor Pendrith, Alex Noren,

2:09 p.m.* – Ben Kohles, Denny McCarthy, (a) Ben James

2:20 p.m. – Thomas Detry, Brian Campbell, (a) Jackson Buchanan

2:20 p.m.* – Frankie Capan III, Andy Svoboda, (a) Luke Clanton

2:31 p.m. – Taisei Shimizu, (a) Gunnar Broin, Maxwell Moldovan

2:31 p.m.* – Harry Higgs, (a) Hiroshi Tai, Brandon Wu

2:42 p.m. – Sung Kang, Riki Kawamoto, John Chin

2:42 p.m.* – Joey Vrzich, Chris Naegel, Otto Black

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