June 12 (Reuters) – Groupings for the first two rounds of
this week’s U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore,
Pennsylvania (first time listed is for opening round, times are
all local, add four hours for GMT, players U.S. unless noted, a-
denotes amateur):
Thursday (June 13), first hole/Friday (June 14), 11th hole
0645/1245 – Cliff Kresge, Roger Tambellini, Ryan Yip
0656/1256 – Rikard Karlberg (Sweden), Yui Ueda (Japan), John
Parry (England)
0707/1307 – Nick Watney, Peter Hanson (Sweden), Hunter Mahan
0718/1318 – Lucas Glover, Paul Casey (England), Bill Haas
0729/1329 – Aaron Baddeley (Australia), Rory Sabbatini
(South Africa), David Lingmerth (Sweden)
0740/1340 – George Coetzee (South Africa), Martin Laird
(Scotland), Marcel Siem (Germany)
0751/1351 – Jerry Kelly, Charley Hoffman, John Huh
0802/1402 – Henrik Stenson (Sweden), Ryan Moore, Robert
Garrigus
0813/1413 – Ryan Palmer, Simon Khan (England), Ted Potter
Jr.
0824/1424 – Shawn Stefani, a-Michael Kim, Nicholas Thompson
0835/1435 – Chris Doak (Britain), Andrew Svoboda, Douglas
LaBelle II
0846/1446 – Kevin Sutherland, Matt Weibring, Randall
Hutchison
0857/1457 – a-Cory McElyea, Ryan Nelson, John Hahn
Thursday (June 13) 11th hole/Friday (June 14) first hole
0700/1230 – Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson, Nicolas Colsaerts
(Belgium)
0711/1241 – Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, Keegan Bradley
0722/1252 – Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose (England), Brandt
Snedeker
0733/1303 – Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa), Charl
Schwartzel (South Africa), Tim Clark (South Africa)
0744/1314 – Sergio Garcia (Spain), Stewart Cink, Padraig
Harrington (Ireland)
0755/1325 – Ian Poulter (England), Jason Dufner, Boo Weekley
0806/1336 – Rickie Fowler, Matteo Manassero (Italy), Jason
Day (Australia)
0817/1347 – Yang Yong-eun (South Korea), Fredrik Jacobson
(Sweden), Hiroyuki Fujita (Japan)
0828/1358 – Scott Stallings, John Peterson, Robert Karlsson
(Sweden)
0839/1409 – Jay Don Blake, Brandt Jobe, Michael Campbell
(New Zealand)
0850/1420 – David Hearn (Canada), Mike Weir (Canada), Jaco
Van Zyl (South Africa)
0901/1431 – a-Kevin Phelan (Ireland), Wil Collins, Hal
Varner III
0912/1442 – a-Pan Cheng-tsung, (Taiwan), Mackenzie Hughes
(Canada), Geoffrey Sisk
Thursday (June 13) first hole/Friday (June 14) 11th hole
1230/0700 – David Toms, Darren Clarke (Northern Ireland),
Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain)
1241/0711 – Geoff Ogilvy (Australia), Angel Cabrera
(Argentina), Paul Lawrie (Scotland)
1252/0722 – Luke Donald (England), Lee Westwood (England),
Martin Kaymer (Germany)
1303/0733 – Jim Furyk, Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland),
Zach Johnson
1314/0744 – Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland),
Adam Scott (Australia)
1325/0755 – Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand), Gonzalo
Fernandez-Castano (Spain), Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark)
1336/0806 – Webb Simpson, a-Steven Fox, Ernie Els (South
Africa)
1347/0817 – Kyle Stanley, Joe Ogilvie, Luke Guthrie
1358/0828 – Josh Teater, Yoshinobu Tsukada (Japan), Eddie
Pepperell (England)
1409/0839 – Edward Loar, Morten Orum Madsen (Denmark), Hwang
Jung-gon (South Korea)
1420/0850 – a-Max Homa, Russell Knox (Scotland), Matt
Bettencourt
1431/0901 – Adam Hadwin (Canada), John Nieporte, Jim Herman
1442/0912 – Brandon Brown, a-Grayson Murray, Jesse Smith
Thursday (June 13) 11th hole/Friday (June 14) first hole
1245/0645 – Justin Hicks, David Howell (England), Brian
Stuard
1256/0656 – Brendan Steele, Estanislao Goya (Argentina),
Peter Hedblom (Sweden)
1307/0707 – Marc Leishman (Australia), John Senden
(Australia), Marcus Fraser (Australia)
1318/0718 – Scott Langley, a-Chris Williams, Morgan Hoffmann
1329/0729 – Michael Thompson, a-Michael Weaver, Casey
Wittenberg
1340/0740 – K.J. Choi (South Korea), Francesco Molinari
(Italy), Carl Pettersson (Sweden)
1351/0751 – Scott Piercy, Kevin Chappell, Jamie Donaldson
(Wales)
1402/0802 – Bo Van Pelt, Kevin Streelman, D.A. Points
1413/0813 – Branden Grace (South Africa), Bae Sang-moon
(South Korea), Russell Henley
1424/0824 – Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Billy Horschel, Jordan
Spieth
1435/0835 – Mathew Goggin (Australia), Steven Alker (New
Zealand), Alistair Presnell (Australia)
1446/0846 – Matt Harmon, a-Gavin Hall, Bio Kim (South Korea)
1457/0857 – Zack Fischer, Ryan Sullivan, Brandon Crick
(Compiled by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by
Greg Stutchbury)
