The tee times and pairings are out for the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club, and there are some seriously juicy ones. All three of the top three players in the world will be together in one group, as Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, and Martin Kaymer will all tee off early in the morning from the 10th tee on Thursday.
For television ratings, putting these three in the same group isn't a bad idea. None of Donald, Westwood, or Kaymer is able to drive ratings by themselves in the United States, but the presence of all three of the top three ranked golfers in the world could be intriguing to casual fans. None of the three would likely to be a headline guy in a group without another star, something which Phil Mickelson can do on his own.
Here are the complete tee times
Thursday hole 1; Friday hole 10
7:00 am -12:40 pm: Daehyun Kim, Chez Reavie, Shane Lowry
7:11 am -12:51 pm: Greg Chalmers, Kirk Triplett, TBD
7:22 am -1:02 pm: Marc Leishman, Alex Cejka, Kevin Streelman
7:33 am -1:13 pm: Fred Funk, David Chung, Michael Campbell
7:44 am -1:24 pm: Matt Kuchar, Paul Casey, K.J. Choi
7:55 am -1:35 pm: Graeme McDowell, Peter Uihlein, Louis Oosthuizen
8:06 am -1:46 pm: Henrik Stenson, Johan Edfors, Fredrik Jacobson
8:17 am -1:57 pm: Ernie Els, Davis Love III, Jim Furyk
8:28 am - 2:08 pm: Justin Rose, Tim Clark, Jason Day
8:39 am - 2:19 pm: Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, TBD
8:50 am - 2:30 pm: Brandt Jobe, Nick O'Hern, D.A. Points
9:01 am - 2:41 pm: Christo Greyling, Adam Hadwin, Joey Lamielle
9:12 am - 2:52 pm: Michael Tobiason Jr., Jesse Hutchins, Michael Smith
Thursday hole 10; Friday hole #1
7:00 am -12:40 pm: Chad Campbell, Harrison Frazar, Marc Turnesa
7:11 am -12:51 pm: Justin Hicks, Marcel Siem, Sung-hoon Kang
7:22 am -1:02 pm: Thomas Levet, Brian Gay, Gregory Havret
7:33 am -1:13 pm: Heath Slocum, Russell Henley, Nicolas Colsaerts
7:44 am -1:24 pm: Padraig Harrington, Angel Cabrera, Stewart Cink
7:55 am -1:35 pm: Ryo Ishikawa, Anthony Kim, Y.E. Yang
8:06 am -1:46 pm: Luke Donald, England; Lee Westwood, England; Martin Kaymer, Germany
8:17 am -1:57 pm: Jonathan Byrd, Bill Haas, Webb Simpson
8:28 am - 2:08 pm: Bubba Watson, Adam Scott, Robert Karlsson
8:39 am - 2:19 pm: Sam Saunders, Tim Petrovic, Scott Piercy
8:50 am - 2:30 pm: Matthew Edwards, Brad Benjamin, TBD
9:01 am - 2:41 pm: Bud Cauley, Adam Long, Michael Barbosa
9:12 am - 2:52 pm: Michael Whitehead, Will Wilcox, John Ellis
Thursday hole 1; Friday hole 10
12:40 pm - 7:00 am: Ty Tryon, Maarten Lafeber, Scott Barr
12:51 pm - 7:11 am: Geoffrey Sisk, Cheng-Tsung Pan, Matt Richardson
1:02 pm - 7:22 am: Bo Van Pelt, Kyung-Tae Kim, Ben Crane
1:13 pm - 7:33 am: Mark Wilson,Martin Laird, Peter Hanson
1:24 pm - 7:44 am: Miguel Angel Jimenez, Sergio Garcia, Alvaro Quiros
1:35 pm - 7:55 am: Francesco Molinari, Matteo Manassero, Edoardo Molinari
1:46 pm - 8:06 am: Hiroyuki Fujita, Todd Hamilton, Kevin Na
1:57 pm - 8:17 am: Rickie Fowler, Ian Poulter, Hunter Mahan
2:08 pm - 8:28 am: Camilo Villegas, Aaron Baddeley, Brandt Snedeker
2:19 pm - 8:39 am: Kevin Chappell, Do-hoon Kim, Robert Rock
2:30 pm - 8:50 am: Jon Mills, Andreas Harto, Scott Pinckney
2:41 pm - 9:01 am: Steven Irwin, Ryan Nelson, Elliot Gealy
2:52 pm - 9:12 am: Christopher Deforest, Chris Williams, Wes Heffernan
Thursday hole 10; Friday hole 1
12:40 pm - 7:00 a.m.: Alexandre Rocha, Andres Gonzales, Bubba Dickerson
12:51 pm - 7:11 am: Michael Putnam, Patrick Cantlay, Robert Dinwiddie
1:02 pm - 7:22 am: John Senden, Robert Garrigus, Scott Hend
1:13 pm - 7:33 am: Jason Dufner, Stephen Gallacher, Seung Yul Noh
1:24 pm - 7:44 am: Steve Stricker, Retief Goosen, David Toms
1:35 pm - 7:55 am: Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson
1:46 pm - 8:06 am: Charl Schwartzel, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson
1:57 pm - 8:17 am: Nick Watney, Lucas Glover, Geoff Ogilvy
2:08 pm - 8:28 am: Ryan Moore, Robert Allenby, Rory Sabbatini
2:19 pm - 8:39 am: David Howell, Kenichi Kuboya, Briny Baird
2:30 pm - 8:50 am: Charley Hoffman, Alexander Noren, Sangmoon Bae
2:41 pm - 9:01 am: Brett Patterson, Bennett Blakeman, TBD
2:52 pm - 9:12 am: Chris Wilson, David May, Beau Hossler
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