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Tiger Woods is back at the U.S. Open on Thursday. Here’s what to know.

Woods will try to win his first major since he won this tournament 10 years ago at Torrey Pines.

PGA: U.S. OPEN - Practice Round
PGA: U.S. OPEN - Practice Round
Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

Tiger Woods hasn’t played in a U.S. Open in three years. He hasn’t made a cut in one in five. And he hasn’t won one (or any other major) in 10, since he beat Rocco Mediate in a thrilling playoff at the 2008 national championship at Torrey Pines in California.

Woods will try to end all of those streaks this weekend at Shinnecock Hills. Healthy and playing pretty well of late, he starts his 2018 U.S. Open on Thursday. The details:

  • Tee time: 1:47 p.m. ET off hole No. 1
  • Streaming: Fox Sports GO, USOpen.com
  • TV: FS1 to start, then FOX at 4:30 p.m. ET

Woods’ playing partners are Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas. Together, they’re the clear blockbuster group of the opening two days. On Friday, they tee off No. 10 at 8:02 a.m. ET.

Some other notable groups on Thursday:

  • 7:40 a.m. off No. 1: Bubba Watson, Jason Day, Brooks Koepka
  • 8:02 a.m. off No. 10: Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson
  • 8:13 a.m. off No. 10: Hideki Matsuyama, Marc Leishman, Rickie Fowler

Oddsmakers’ favorite to win is Johnson, the world’s No. 1 player, who’s coming off a victory at the FedEx St. Jude Classic last weekend in Memphis. Johnson is getting +800 odds, meaning a $100 bet on him would net $800 if he won. Woods is tied for the eighth-best odds to win at +2200, along with 23-year-old Spanish superstar Jon Rahm and defending champion Koepka. Woods is not the favorite, but it’d be surprising if he weren’t in the hunt.

Woods enters the championship as the No. 80 player in the world. He’s made seven-straight cuts going back to the Honda Classic in February, with a couple of top-five finishes mixed in at the Valspar Championship and Arnold Palmer Invitational. He made a late charge at The Players Championship in May and briefly tied for the lead at the Memorial on the first weekend of June, before fading down the stretch and tying for 23rd. He’s been competitive more often than not, but he still hasn’t finished off a win since 2013.

He’s sat on 14 major championships since that all-timer at Torrey Pines a decade ago. It seemed then like Woods was a lock to break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18. Then it seemed impossible for a while. It seems a little more possible now, though it won’t be easy.

“I would think that I have been there on a number of occasions to win a major championship since the ‘08 U.S. Open, and I haven’t done it,” Woods told reporters on Tuesday. “And no, I don’t like that feeling. I’ve certainly had a nice run where I’ve won a few. Unfortunately, over the last ten years, I haven’t. But for the first few years of my career, I did well.”

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