PGA Championship tee times: World No 1 Justin Thomas grouped with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy as Brooks Koepka handed early start

Defending champion Koepka will be one of the first out on the Harding Park course this week alongside fellow major champions Shane Lowry and Gary Woodland

Justin Thomas has been grouped with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy for the first two rounds of the PGA Championship (Reuters)

Brooks Koepka will be among the early starters as he bids to claim a historic hat-trick of US PGA Championship titles at Harding Park this week.

Walter Hagen won four times in a row from 1924-27 when the tournament was a match play event, but no player has lifted the Wanamaker Trophy three years running since the strokeplay era began in 1958.

Koepka will get his campaign under way from the 10th tee at 8:11am local time (4:11pm BST) on Thursday alongside fellow major champions Shane Lowry and Gary Woodland, with Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson and Justin Rose in the following group.

New world number one Justin Thomas, 15-time major winner Tiger Woods and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy are scheduled to tee off at 8:33am local time (4:33pm BST) in the first major championship of 2020.

Spain's Jon Rahm, who was replaced at the top of the world rankings by Thomas after just two weeks, is among the later starters and is due out at 1:58pm local time (9:58pm BST) alongside compatriot Sergio Garcia and Phil Mickelson.

Reigning champion Brooks Koepka tees off at 4:11pm (Reuters) (USA TODAY Sports)

First round tee-off times

(USA unless stated, all times BST), (x) denotes amateurs

Starting at hole 1

1500 Jeff Hart, Brian Harman, Cheng-Tsung Pan (Tai)

1511 Andrew Landry, Rod Perry, Nate Lashley

1522 Sung Kang (Kor), John O'Leary (Irl), Dylan Frittelli (Rsa)

1533 Russell Henley, Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa), Carlos Ortiz (Mex)

1544 Ryan Palmer, Kevin Kisner, Michael Thompson

1555 Lucas Glover, Bud Cauley, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

1606 Rich Beem, Alex Beach, Shaun Micheel

1617 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Jason Kokrak

1628 Danny Lee (Nzl), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Vaughn Taylor

1639 Keith Mitchell, Matthias Schwab (Aut), Brendan Steele

1650 Joel Dahmen, Luke List, Victor Perez (Fra)

1701 Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Marty Jertson, Tom Lewis (Eng)

1712 David Muttitt, Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Harris English

2030 J.r. Roth, Tyler Duncan, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa)

2041 Lanto Griffin, Rich Berberian Jr., Joost Luiten (Ned)

2052 Jim Herman, Rob Labritz, Shaun Norris (Rsa)

2103 Brandt Snedeker, Adam Hadwin (Can), Xinjun Zhang (Chn)

2114 Kevin Na, Patrick Reed, Robert Macintyre (Sco)

2125 Bubba Watson, Matthew Wolff, Graeme McDowell (NIrl)

2136 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

2147 Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Scott (Aus)

2158 Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm (Spa), Sergio Garcia (Spa)

2209 Paul Casey (Eng), Ian Poulter (Eng), Webb Simpson

2220 Matt Wallace (Eng), Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman (Aus)

2231 Sepp Straka (Aut), Ryan Vermeer, Si Woo Kim (Kor)

2242 Justin Bertsch, Sebastian Munoz (Col), Benjamin Hebert (Fra)

Starting at hole 10

1505 Daniel Balin, Scottie Scheffler, Tom Hoge

1516 Mike Auterson, Rory Sabbatini (Svk), Nick Taylor (Can)

1527 Tony Finau, Danny Willett (Eng), Patrick Cantlay

1538 Jason Dufner, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Jason Day (Aus)

1549 Daniel Berger, Xander Schauffele, Steve Stricker

1600 Collin Morikawa, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Zach Johnson

1611 Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry (Irl)

1622 Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose (Eng)

1633 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas

1644 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Max Homa, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng)

1655 Abraham Ancer (Mex), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Joohyung Kim (Kor)

1706 Corey Conners (Can), Zachary J Johnson, Chez Reavie

1717 Alex Knoll, Scott Piercy, Andrew Putnam

2025 Kurt Kitayama, Bob Sowards, Richy Werenski

2036 Haotong Li (Chn), Ben Cook, Jorge Campillo (Spa)

2047 Talor Gooch, Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Sungjae Im (Kor)

2058 JT Poston, Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Harold Varner III

2109 Ken Tanigawa, Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Cameron Tringale

2120 Brian Stuard, Jim Furyk, Billy Horschel

2131 Matt Jones (Aus), Jazz Janewattananond (Tha), Kevin Streelman

2142 Davis Love III, Jimmy Walker, Keegan Bradley

2153 Cameron Smith (Aus), Denny McCarthy, Cameron Champ

2204 Wyndham Clark, Troy Merritt, Chan Kim

2215 Doc Redman, Jason Caron, Brendon Todd

2226 Jordan Gibb (Eng), Lucas Herbert (Aus), Mark Hubbard

2237 Shawn Warren, Marcus Kinhult (Swe), Adam Long

Second round tee-off times

(USA unless stated, all times BST), (x) denotes amateurs

Starting at hole 1

1500 Kurt Kitayama, Bob Sowards, Richy Werenski

1511 Haotong Li (Chn), Ben Cook, Jorge Campillo (Spa)

1522 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Talor Gooch, Sungjae Im (Kor)

1533 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), JT Poston, Harold Varner III

1544 Ken Tanigawa, Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Cameron Tringale

1555 Jim Furyk, Brian Stuard, Billy Horschel

1606 Jazz Janewattananond (Tha), Matt Jones (Aus), Kevin Streelman

1617 Jimmy Walker, Davis Love III, Keegan Bradley

1628 Denny McCarthy, Cameron Smith (Aus), Cameron Champ

1639 Troy Merritt, Wyndham Clark, Chan Kim

1650 Doc Redman, Jason Caron, Brendon Todd

1701 Jordan Gibb (Eng), Lucas Herbert (Aus), Mark Hubbard

1712 Shawn Warren, Marcus Kinhult (Swe), Adam Long

2030 Daniel Balin, Scottie Scheffler, Tom Hoge

2041 Mike Auterson, Rory Sabbatini (Svk), Nick Taylor (Can)

2052 Tony Finau, Danny Willett (Eng), Patrick Cantlay

2103 Jason Dufner, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Jason Day (Aus)

2114 Daniel Berger, Xander Schauffele, Steve Stricker

2125 Collin Morikawa, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Zach Johnson

2136 Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry (Irl)

2147 Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose (Eng)

2158 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas

2209 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Max Homa, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng)

2220 Abraham Ancer (Mex), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Joohyung Kim (Kor)

2231 Corey Conners (Can), Zachary J Johnson, Chez Reavie

2242 Alex Knoll, Scott Piercy, Andrew Putnam

Starting at hole 10

1505 J.r. Roth, Tyler Duncan, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa)

1516 Lanto Griffin, Rich Berberian Jr., Joost Luiten (Ned)

1527 Jim Herman, Rob Labritz, Shaun Norris (Rsa)

1538 Brandt Snedeker, Adam Hadwin (Can), Xinjun Zhang (Chn)

1549 Kevin Na, Patrick Reed, Robert Macintyre (Sco)

1600 Bubba Watson, Matthew Wolff, Graeme McDowell (NIrl)

1611 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

1622 Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Scott (Aus)

1633 Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm (Spa), Sergio Garcia (Spa)

1644 Paul Casey (Eng), Ian Poulter (Eng), Webb Simpson

1655 Matt Wallace (Eng), Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman (Aus)

1706 Sepp Straka (Aut), Ryan Vermeer, Si Woo Kim (Kor)

1717 Justin Bertsch, Sebastian Munoz (Col), Benjamin Hebert (Fra)

2025 Jeff Hart, Brian Harman, Cheng-Tsung Pan (Tai)

2036 Andrew Landry, Rod Perry, Nate Lashley

2047 John O'Leary (Irl), Sung Kang (Kor), Dylan Frittelli (Rsa)

2058 Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa), Russell Henley, Carlos Ortiz (Mex)

2109 Ryan Palmer, Kevin Kisner, Michael Thompson

2120 Bud Cauley, Lucas Glover, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

2131 Alex Beach, Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel

2142 Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa), Jason Kokrak

2153 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Danny Lee (Nzl), Vaughn Taylor

2204 Matthias Schwab (Aut), Keith Mitchell, Brendan Steele

2215 Joel Dahmen, Luke List, Victor Perez (Fra)

2226 Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Marty Jertson, Tom Lewis (Eng)

2237 David Muttitt, Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Harris English

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