US Open tee occasions: Rory McIlroy handed early-late draw alongside Shane Lowry and Justin Rose at Oakmont | Golf Information

Rory McIlroy has been grouped alongside Ryder Cup team-mates Shane Lowry and Justin Rose for the primary two rounds of the US Open.

McIlroy has completed runner-up within the final two editions of the US Open, lacking out to Wyndham Clark in 2023 and Bryson DeChambeau in dramatic trend at Pinehurst No 2 final June, with the Northern Irishman seeking to construct on April’s main victory and Grand Slam glory at The Masters.

The world No 2 has been handed an early-late draw as he begins his bid for a sixth main title, which might pull him alongside Sir Nick Faldo’s all-time tally, with McIlroy, Lowry and Rose going out at 7.40am native time (12.40pm UK time) on Thursday.

Defending champion DeChambeau is out within the earlier group alongside world No 3 Xander Schauffele – who gained two majors final 12 months and has completed no worse than 14th in eight US Open appearances – and reigning US novice champion Jose Luis Ballester.

World No 1 Scottie Scheffler is on the opposite aspect of the draw as he bids for back-to-back main titles and a 3rd leg of the profession Grand Slam, with the pre-tournament favorite out at 1.25pm ET (6.25pm UK time) for the opening spherical.

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Thursday’s key tee occasions (all in BST)

1218 Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Keegan Bradley

1229 Xander Schauffele, Jose Luis Ballester (Esp), Bryson DeChambeau

1240 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Justin Rose (Eng), Shane Lowry (Irl)

1814 Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm (Esp), Dustin Johnson

1825 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa

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