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
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Your support makes all the difference.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.
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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