Tiger, Spieth and McIlroy will play together at PGA
Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy were grouped together for the opening two rounds of the PGA Championship, the PGA of America has announced.
Creating a star-studded pairing that figures to draw a huge crowd of spectators, the epic comeback story of Woods will play out alongside Spieth’s bid for a career Grand Slam and McIlroy’s quest for a fifth major title.
The trio will start today’s opening round from the 10th tee at and Friday’s second round from the first tee. Woods, a 15-time major winner, returned from severe leg injuries in a February 2021 car crash at last month’s Masters and struggled to walk 72 holes at Augusta
National but finished level 47th despite playing the weekend in pain.
Spieth, a three-time major champion, will try to complete the career Slam by capturing the Wanamaker Trophy after a PGA Heritage victory last month and a runner-up effort last week.
Just behind the Woods pairing will be Masters champions Patrick Reed and Bubba Watson and US Open winner Justin Rose.
Today’s action will feature four-time major winner Brooks Koepka of the United States alongside Australian Adam Scott and Ireland’s Shane Lowry, with the next group including Americans Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay.
Top-ranked Masters champion Scottie Scheffler of the United States goes off the first tee alongside reigning US Open champion Jon Rahm of Spain and reigning British Open champion Collin Morikawa of the United States.
Spain’s Sergio Garcia, South African Charl Schwartzel and England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick will today start on the front nine.
John Daly, the 1991 PGA Championship winner, is set to hit the opening tee shot of the tournament with fellow former winners Shaun Micheel and South Korean Yang Yong-Eun, the first Asian man to win a major from his 2009 triumph at Hazeltine.