2023-06-12 22:45:43
The winner of the last PGA Championship and number 1 flag bearer of Saudi LIV Golf, Brooks Koepka, will play with Rory McIlroy, the most committed defender of the American PGA Tour and its values, Thursday and Friday in the first two rounds of the US Open, according to the program unveiled Monday by the USGA.
While the merger between the PGA Tourthe DP World Tour and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) Saudi Arabia has been making headlines for a week, in the sports and financial press, the organizers of the 123e US Open have decided to combine in the same game, during the first two rounds, Brooks Koepka et Rory McIlroyon the course of Los Angeles Country Club.
The winner of the last PGA Championshiplast month nearly New-Yorkand the Northern Irishman, out of Major since 2014, will start on tee number 1 at 10:54 p.m. (French time) during the followingnoon session, accompanied in a top-of-the-range triplet by Hideki Matsuyamathe Japanese winner of the Masters 2021… and 2nd of theUS Open in 2017 !
Koepka and McIlroy, both equipped by Nike, are not at all angry, quite the contrary. They had trained together on the Tuesday before the Masters, in April, and McIlroy even wants Koepka, despite being a member of the LIFE Golfor selected by Team USA to dispute the next Ryder Cupin September at Rome.
Fitzpatrick et Smith, Rahm et Hovland, Scheffler et Homa…
There will be many other very exciting games to follow this week in California, such as the one that will bring together the defending champion, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Cameron Smith winner last summer of The Open To St Andrewset Sam Bennett (departure 10:32 p.m. from 1).
Tee times for the first two rounds of the 123rd #USOpen are out. ????
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Permanent member of the leading trio of world golf, Jon Rahm will leave from 10 to 17:24, accompanied by Xander Schauffele et Viktor Hovland. While Scottie Schefflerthe current world number 1, will play with Collin Morikawa et Max Homathe local hero in search of a first Major. Departure scheduled for 5:13 p.m. on the tee of 1.
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— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 12, 2023
Pavon opening, Perez closing
The five Frenchmen involved, a record, were dispersed in the field: Matthew Pavon (4:29 p.m. on 1) will open fire, followed by Paul Barjon at 5:46 p.m. and the amateur Bastian Amat at 5:57 p.m., both on the 10th, to close the morning session. As for Romain Langasque (9:37 p.m.) and Victor Perez (9:48 p.m.), they will follow one another a few minutes apart on the 10th tee, during the followingnoon session.
Times for the 1st round of the US Open on Thursday, in French hours:
Departure from Tee N.1, morning session:
15h45 : Omar Morales (a) – Deon Germishuys – Jacob Solomon
15h56 : Ryan Gerard – Yuto Katsuragawa – Michael Brennan (a)
16h07 : Hayden Buckley – Adam Svensson – Pablo Larrazabal
16h18 : Carson Young – Dylan Wu – Roger Sloan
16h29 : Ryo Ishikawa – Kevin Streelman – Matthew Pavon
16h40 : Shane Lowry – Justin Thomas – Tommy Fleetwood
16h51 : Sungjae Im – K.H. Lee – J.T. Poston
17h02 : Gary Woodland – Adam Scott – Corey Conners
17h13 : Collin Morikawa – Max Homa – Scottie Scheffler
17h24 : Denny McCarthy – Joel Dahmen – Adam Hadwin
17h35 : Matthew McClean (a) – Seamus Power – Ryan Fox
17h46 : Mac Meissner – Barclay Brown (a) – Gunn Charoenkul
17h57 : Alexander Yang (a) – Jesse Schutte – Andy Svoboda
Departure from Tee N.10, morning session:
15h45: Berry Henson – Ryutaro Nagano – Hank Lebioda
15h56 : Michael Kim – Jordan Smith – Wenyi Ding (a)
16h07 : Scott Stallings – Preston Summerhays (a) – Lucas Herbert
16h18 : Jens Dantorp – Patrick Rodgers – Ryan Armour
16h40 : Bryson DeChambeau – Francesco Molinari – Tyrrell Hatton
16h29 : Thomas Pieters – Aaron Wise – Gordon Sargent (a)
4:51 pm: Tom Hoge – Sergio Garcia – Sepp Straka
17h02 : Justin Rose – Rickie Fowler – Jason Day
17h13 : Patrick Reed – Matt Kuchar – Si Woo Kim
17h24: Xander Schauffele – Viktor Hovland – Jon Rahm
17h35 : Martin Kaymer – Stewart Cink – Michael Thorbjornsen (a)
17h46 : David Horsey – Brendan Valdez (a) – Paul Barjon
17:57: Jordan Gumberg – Kyle Mueller – Bastien Amat(a)
Departure from Tee N.1, followingnoon session:
21h15 : Brent Grant – Vincent Norrman – Charley Hoffman
21h26 : Simon Forsström – Carlos Ortiz – Maxwell Moldovan (a)
21h37 : Eric Cole – Thriston Lawrence – Adam Schenk
21h48 : Luke List – Wilco Nienaber – Alejandro Del Rey
21h59 : Adrian Meronk – Harris English – Joaquin Niemann
22h10 : Alex Noren – Wyndham Clark – Austin Eckroat
22h21 : Kurt Kitayama – Cam Davis – Russell Henley
22h32 : Cameron Smith – Sam Bennett – Matt Fitzpatrick
22h43 : Billy Horschel – Chris Kirk – Brian Harman
22h54 : Brooks Koepka – Hideki Matsuyama – Rory McIlroy
23h05 : Sebastián Muñoz – Nick Taylor – Taylor Montgomery
23h16 : Olin Browne Jr. – David Puig – Karl Vilips (a)
23h27 : Corey Pereira – Isaac Simmons (a) – J.J. Grey
Departure from Tee N.10, followingnoon session:
21h15 : Ross Fisher – Nico Echavarria – Paul Haley II
21h26 : Nick Dunlap (a) – Nick Hardy – Sam Stevens
21:37: Taylor Pendrith – Aldrich Potgieter (a) – Romain Langasque
21h48 : Andrew Putnam – Victor Perez – Abraham Ancer
21h59 : Phil Mickelson – Padraig Harrington – Keegan Bradley
10:10 pm: Mito Pereira – Emiliano Grillo – Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira (a)
22h21 : Tom Kim – Sahith Theegala – Cameron Young
22h32 : Sam Burns – Dustin Johnson – Keith Mitchell
22h43 : Tony Finau – Jordan Spieth – Patrick Cantlay
22h54 : Davis Thompson – Min Woo Lee – Justin Suh
23h05 : Taylor Moore – Mackenzie Hughes – Ben Carr (a)
23h16 : Patrick Cover – David Nyfjall (a) – Frankie Capan III
23h27 : Austen Truslow – Christian Cavaliere (a) – Alex Schaake
Photo: Masters 2023
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