Rory Mcilroy Us Open Group Sets 7:52 a.m. Shinnecock Start
The rory mcilroy us open group is set for Shinnecock Hills, where Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg and Tommy Fleetwood were placed together for the first two rounds of the 126th U.S. Open Championship. The trio will go at 7:52 a.m. and again at 1:47 p.m., giving the early rounds one of the event’s sharpest featured pairings.
McIlroy, Åberg, Fleetwood
It is an all-European group, and it arrives with a clear Shinnecock backstory. McIlroy shot 80 and missed the cut the last time the U.S. Open was played there, while Fleetwood carded a final-round 63 and nearly edged Brooks Koepka. Åberg was 18 the last time the championship returned to the course.
That mix puts three players with different Shinnecock histories in the same early wave. McIlroy carries the memory of a difficult week, Fleetwood brings the closest thing to a chase down the closing stretch, and Åberg gets his first chance at the venue in the prime of his major-championship run.
Koepka, Young, Gotterup
Another featured group puts Brooks Koepka, Cameron Young and Chris Gotterup off at 7:30 a.m. and 1:25 p.m. That pairing gives the opening two rounds a mix of established major form and a local name in Young.
The day’s other marquee tee times line up around that same block of play. Mason Howell, Scottie Scheffler and J.J. Spaun are scheduled for 8:14 a.m. and 2:09 p.m., while Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland and Matt Fitzpatrick are set for 1:25 p.m. and 7:30 a.m.
Thomas, Rose, Rahm
Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama and Xander Schauffele were grouped for 1:47 p.m. and 7:52 a.m., matching the McIlroy trio’s times from the opposite side of the tee sheet. Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm were placed at 2:09 p.m. and 8:14 a.m.
The pairing pattern is straight from the championship’s usual formula: the reigning U.S. Open champion, the U.S. Amateur champion and the Champion Golfer of the Year are customarily grouped together. At Shinnecock, that means the featured lines are built to track the biggest names through a course already described as one of the toughest tests in golf.
For readers following McIlroy, the immediate takeaway is simple: his first two rounds come with two established European peers, an early-morning start, and a return to the course where his last U.S. Open ended with an 80 and a missed cut.
