PGA Championship 2017 tee times: Pairings for the first two rounds

The PGA Tour hadn’t had a repeat winner at a major tournament in two years before Jordan Spieth ran away with the British Open in July. On Thursday, the talented young athlete will have the chance to win his second straight major and take a significant step toward his goal of becoming the world’s No. 1 golfer once more.

The 2017 PGA Championship begins this week, pitting the world’s best golfers against each other in the final major of the season. With a big performance, Spieth will have the opportunity to challenge Dustin Johnson at the top of the world rankings — though Johnson holds a comfortable lead at No. 1. On Thursday, the two will tee off within minutes of each other, adding an extra wrinkle to one of the game’s budding rivalries.

Spieth is the headliner in the hottest group to take on Quail Hollow Club outside Charlotte, NC. The Open champ is paired with 2017 Masters winner Sergio Garcia and 2017 U.S. Open titlist Brooks Koepka in an all-star group. They’ll tee off at 8:25 a.m., immediately followed by Johnson, world No. 7 golfer Jason Day, and No. 8 Henrik Stenson.

The event favorite, however, isn’t in either of those two stacked groups. Rory McIlroy has traditionally owned Quail Hollow, winning twice and losing another tournament in a playoff in the seven PGA events he’s played at the course. In 2015, he tore through the links with a -21 score, following up his status as a 3-1 favorite with a dominant seven-stroke victory.

When he tees off Thursday, he’ll be a 7-1 favorite to raise the Wanamaker Trophy at the end of 2017’s final major.

However, if recent trends favoring first-time winners hold true, we could see a new face reigning triumphant at the 72nd hole. Hideki Matsuyama, at 25 years old, is the kind of emerging face the PGA Tour would love to promote. Not only is he the world’s No. 3 golfer, behind only Spieth and Johnson, but he’s also got some momentum behind him. Matsuyama won last week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, playing some of the best golf of his life in the process.

The aforementioned favorites will be flanked by a bevy of familiar faces. Golfers like Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler, and Brandt Snedeker will all take the course Thursday. Veterans such as Vijay Singh, Jon Daly, and Ernie Els will be there as well. Here’s the full listing of the 2017 PGA Championship field, along with pairings for Thursday’s opening round:

All times Eastern

Tee No. 1

7:20 a.m. — Grayson Murray, Rich Berberian Jr., Peter Uihlein

7:30 a.m. — Adam Rainaud, Tony Finau, Fabrizio Zanotti

7:40 a.m. — Younghan Song, Dave McNabb, Charles Howell III

7:50 a.m. — Sung Kang, Wesley Bryan, Dylan Frittelli

8 a.m. — William McGirt, Francesco Molinari, Jim Herman

8:10 a.m. — Gary Woodland, Andy Sullivan, Kyle Stanley

8:20 a.m. — Rich Beem, Vijay Singh, John Daly

8:30 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Danny Willett, J.B. Holmes

8:40 a.m. — Thomas Pieters, Xander Schauffele, Rod Pampling

8:50 a.m. — Thorbjorn Olesen, Brendan Steele, Hudson Swafford

9 a.m. — Cameron Smith, Bernd Wiesberger, Brandon Stone

9:10 a.m. — K.T. Kim, Greg Gregory, James Hahn

9:20 a.m. — Richard Sterne, Ryan Vermeer, Chris Stroud

12:35 p.m. — Lucas Glover, Matt Dobyns, Hideto Tanihara

12:45 p.m. — Mike Small, Jason Kokrak, Satoshi Kodaira

12:55 p.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Branden Grace, Pat Perez

1:05 p.m. — Adam Scott, Luke Donald, Webb Simpson

1:15 p.m. — Billy Horschel, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Si Woo Kim

1:25 p.m. — Jimmy Walker, Phil Mickelson, Jason Dufner

1:35 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowler

1:45 p.m. — Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker

1:55 p.m. — Daniel Berger, Jim Furyk, Kevin Kisner

2:05 p.m. — Ross Fisher, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Ryan Moore

2:15 p.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Smith

2:25 p.m. — Alex Beach, Sean O’Hair, Kevin Na

2:35 p.m. — Chris Moody, Luke List, Jamie Lovemark

Tee No. 10

7:25 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Stuart Deane, Pablo Larrazabal

7:35 a.m. — Alex Noren, Scott Herbert, Russell Knox

7:45 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Ernie Els, Ian Poulter

7:55 a.m. — Daniel Summerhays, Robert Streb, Chris Wood

8:05 a.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed

8:15 a.m. — Bubba Watson, Charl Schwartzel, Paul Casey

8:25 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth

8:35 a.m. — Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson

8:45 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Keegan Bradley, Davis Love III

8:55 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Lee Westwood, Charley Hoffman

9:05 a.m. — David Lingmerth, Scott Brown, Nicolas Colsaerts

9:15 a.m. — Scott Hend, Kenny Pigman, Andrew Johnston

9:25 a.m. — Kelly Kraft, Brian Smock, Patrick Rodgers

12:30 p.m. — David Muttitt, Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet

12:40 p.m. — Rod Perry, Yuta Ikeda, Emiliano Grillo

12:50 p.m. — Joost Luiten, Paul Claxton, Russell Henley

1 p.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Thongchai Jaidee, Soren Kjeldsen

1:10 p.m. — Omar Uresti, Y.E. Yang, Shaun Micheel

1:20 p.m. — Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, Anirban Lahiri

1:30 p.m. — Byeong Hun An, Kevin Chappell, Mackenzie Hughes

1:40 p.m. — Jonas Blixt, Steve Stricker, Brian Harman

1:50 p.m. — D.A. Points, Tyrrell Hatton, Adam Hadwin

2 p.m. — Martin Laird, Bill Haas, Graeme McDowell

2:10 p.m. — Jeunghun Wang, Alexander Levy, Jamie Broce

2:20 p.m. — JJ Wood, Ryan Fox, Haotong Li

2:30 p.m. — Jaysen Hansen, Cody Gribble, Chez Reavie