Rory McIlroy has been given a star-studded group on the PGA Championship after being drawn alongside Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele for the primary two rounds at Quail Hole.
The world’s prime three have been put collectively for the primary two days of the PGA Tour’s flagship occasion, reside from Thursday on Sky Sports activities, simply as they have been for 2 of final 12 months’s majors and the opening two rounds of The Gamers in March.
McIlroy options in a significant for the primary time since turning into golf’s latest profession Grand Slam champion with a dramatic victory at The Masters, the place he defeated Justin Rose in a play-off, with the world No 2 now chasing a fourth win of an already spectacular 2025.
The Northern Irishman – a four-time winner of the Truist Championship at this week’s venue – has been handed an early-late draw and can start his bid for a sixth main victory at 8.22am native time (1.22pm UK time) on Thursday.
McIlroy acquired the higher of each throughout their marquee threeball at The Gamers, posting scores of 67 and 68 on the primary two days at TPC Sawgrass forward of a play-off victory over JJ Spaun, with the 36-year-old additionally successful the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am this season.
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McIlroy says victory at The Masters means he’s ‘feeling lighter’ going into the PGA Championship at Quail Hole
Scheffler claimed 9 worldwide victories final 12 months and arrives off the again of a dominant eight-shot victory in his final PGA Tour begin on the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, whereas Schauffele has top-eight finishes in his final 5 majors and fired the bottom 72-hole complete in males’s main historical past to win final 12 months’s contest.
Former world No 1 Jordan Spieth, seeking to emulate McIlroy and full the profession Grand Slam, can be out late alongside 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed and Ryder Cup star Ludvig Åberg.
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Jordan Spieth hopes he can grow to be the seventh member of the ‘Grand Slam membership’ on the PGA Championship this week and admits he was impressed by McIlroy’s achievement at The Masters
Spieth gained The Masters and the US Open in 2015 earlier than claiming The Open in 2017, with this 12 months his ninth try at discovering the most important required to affix McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Participant, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen in golf’s most unique membership
Justin Thomas, who claimed the primary of his two PGA Championship titles when it was held at this venue in 2017, is in a threeball with fellow double main champions Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa, whereas European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald will exit within the opening threeball with veteran main winners Padraig Harrington and Martin Kaymer.
Thursday’s chosen UK begin instances
USA until said; *denotes beginning on tenth gap
*1200 Luke Donald (Eng), Padraig Harrington (Irl), Martin Kaymer (Ger)
*1238 Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry (Irl)
*1249 Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Jason Day
*1300 Jon Rahm (Esp), Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick
*1322 Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Xander Schauffele
1803 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott (Aus)
1814 Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa
1825 Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Ludvig Åberg (Swe)
1836 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim (Kor)
1847 Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland (Nor), Gary Woodland
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