The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts will host the 122nd U.S. Open, which starts Thursday and concludes Sunday. This will be the fourth time the major is hosted at one of the oldest golf courses in the U.S.
The U.S. Open field is composed of 156 players, including those atop the Official World Golf Ranking and other recent major winners and top-10 finishers. Tiger Woods will not play in the U.S. Open, saying his “body needs more time to get stronger for major championship golf.”
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Jon Rahm won the tournament last year at Torrey Pines in San Diego, becoming the first U.S. Open champion from Spain. The reigning champion will try to be the eighth golfer ever to win back-to-back U.S. Open titles, which was last done in 2017 and 2018 by Brooks Koepka. The betting favorite to win in Brookline is Rory McIlroy, who won in 2011.
Phil Mickelson, other LIV golfers playing in the U.S. Open
Much of the talk entering the tournament surrounds the entrance of Phil Mickelson, who, along with several other PGA Tour golfers, is coming off the heels of playing at the contentious Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational Series.
“As a golfer, I have the utmost respect for Phil,” McIlroy said Tuesday during U.S. Open media availability. “I’ve been disappointed with how he’s went about what he’s done. But I think he has come back and shown some remorse about how he’s handled some things, so I think he’s learned from that.
“Am I disappointed in him taking the route that he’s taken? I am. But I still respect him tremendously.”
The players who participated in the LIV were suspended for an undisclosed amount of time by the PGA Tour but have no jurisdiction over the U.S. Open.
These are the golfers from the LIV in the field this week besides Mickelson: 2016 champion Dustin Johnson, 2020 champion Bryson, Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Kevin Na, Louis Oosthuizen, James Piot, Sam Horsfield, Shaun Norris, Richard Bland and Talor Gooch,
Here’s everything you need to know about Thursday’s groupings for the 104th PGA Championship:
When: June 16-19, 2022
Where: The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusettes
TV times
Thursday: USA Network, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 5 p.m.-7 p.m.; NBC, 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Friday: USA Network, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; NBC, 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday: NBC, noon-8 p.m.
Sunday: USA Network, 10 a.m.-noon; NBC, noon-7 p.m.
Streaming information
Thursday-Friday: Peacock/NBCSports.com/NBC Sports app, 6:45 a.m.-9:30 a.m., 7 p.m.-8 p.m.
Saturday: Peacock/NBCSports.com/NBC Sports app, 10 a.m.-noon
Sunday: Peacock/NBCSports.com/NBC Sports app, 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
The U.S. Golf Association app, USOpen.com and Peacock will also provide featured-groups and featured-holes coverage starting at 8 a.m. from Thursday to Saturday and at 9 a.m. Sunday.
Tee Times, Players: (All times Eastern)
Thursday (June 16), Hole #1 / Friday (June 17), Hole #10
6:45 a.m./12:30 p.m. – (a) Michael Thorbjornsen, Wellesley, Mass.; Erik Barnes, Marion, Ind.; Matt McCarty, Scottsdale, Ariz.
6:56 a.m./12:41 p.m. – Matthew NeSmith, Aiken, S.C.; Patrick Rodgers, Jupiter, Fla.; (a) Travis Vick, Hunters Creek Village, Texas
7:07 a.m./12:52 p.m. – Troy Merritt, Eagle, Idaho; (a) William Mouw, Chino, Calif.; Andrew Putnam, University Place, Wash.
7:18 a.m./1:03 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, La Canada, Calif.; James Piot, Canton, Mich.; Jon Rahm, Spain
7:29 a.m./1:14 p.m. – Jordan Spieth, Dallas, Texas; Adam Scott, Australia; Max Homa, Valencia, Calif.
7:40 a.m./1:25 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Patrick Cantlay, Jupiter, Fla.; Daniel Berger, Jupiter, Fla.
7:51 a.m./1:36 p.m. – Harold Varner III, Gastonia, N.C.; Sebastián Muñoz, Colombia; Alex Norén, Sweden
8:02 a.m./1:47 p.m. – Joaquin Niemann, Chile; Cameron Young, Scarsborough, N.Y.; Will Zalatoris, Dallas, Texas
8:13 a.m./1:58 p.m. – Adam Schenk, Vincennes, Ind.; (a) Stewart Hagestad, Newport Beach, Calif.; Grayson Murray, Raleigh, N.C.
8:24 a.m./2:09 p.m. – Guido Migliozzi, Italy; Branden Grace, South Africa; Mackenzie Hughes, Canada
8:35 a.m./2:20 p.m. – Beau Hossler, Mission Viejo, Calif.; Kalle Samooja, Finland; Satoshi Kodaira, Japan
8:46 a.m./2:31 p.m. – Richard Mansell, England; Tomoyasu Sugiyama, Japan; Roger Sloan, Canada
8:57 a.m./2:42 p.m. – (a) Caleb Manuel, Topsham, Maine; Keith Greene, DeBary, Fla.; Ben Silverman, Juno Beach, Fla.
Thursday (June 16), Hole #10 / Friday (June 17), Hole #1
6:45 a.m./12:30 p.m. – Fran Quinn, Holden, Mass.; Callum Tarren, England; Hayden Buckley, Tupelo, Miss.
6:56 a.m./12:41 p.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Las Vegas, Nev.; Denny McCarthy, Rockville, Md.; (a) Sam Bennett, Madisonville, Texas
7:07 a.m./12:52 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Denver, Colo.; Brandon Matthews, Dupont, Pa.; Wil Besseling, Netherlands
7:18 a.m./1:03 p.m. – David Lingmerth, Sweden; Sepp Straka, Austria; Si Woo Kim, Republic of Korea
7:29 a.m./1:14 p.m. – Scott Stallings, Worcester, Mass.; Davis Riley, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Victor Perez, France
7:40 a.m./1:25 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Xander Schauffele, San Diego, Calif.
7:51 a.m./1:36 p.m. – Kevin Kisner, Aiken, S.C.; Russell Henley, Columbus, Ga.; Brian Harman, Sea Island, Ga.
8:02 a.m./1:47 p.m. – Keegan Bradley, Woodstock, Vt.; Marc Leishman, Australia; Aaron Wise, Jupiter, Fla.
8:13 a.m./1:58 p.m. – Francesco Molinari, Italy; (a) Laird Shepherd, England; Stewart Cink, Atlanta, Ga.
8:24 a.m./2:09 p.m. – Marcel Schneider, Germany; Chan Kim, Gilbert, Ariz.; Joseph Bramlett, Las Vegas, Nev.
8:35 a.m./2:20 p.m. – Lanto Griffin, Blacksburg, Va.; Joel Dahmen, Clarkston, Wash.; Jinichiro Kozuma, Japan
8:46 a.m./2:31 p.m. – Chris Gotterup, Little Silver, N.J.; (a) Fred Biondi, Brazil; Harry Hall, England
8:57 a.m./2:42 p.m. – Chris Naegel, Wildwood, Mo.; Andrew Beckler, Topeka, Kan.; Luke Gannon, Wichita, Kan.
Thursday (June 16), Hole #1 / Friday (June 17), Hole #10
12:30 p.m./6:45 a.m. – Kevin Chappell, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Chase Seiffert, Panama City Beach, Fla.; Andrew Novak, St. Simons Island, Ga.
12:41 p.m./6:56 a.m. – Thorbjørn Olesen, Denmark; Brian Stuard, Jackson, Mich.; Nick Hardy, Northbrook, Ill.
12:52 p.m./7:07 a.m. – Sam Horsfield, England; Cameron Tringale, Juno Beach, Fla.; Shaun Norris, South Africa
1:03 p.m./7:18 a.m. – Sungjae Im, Republic of Korea; Mito Pereira, Chile; Erik van Rooyen, South Africa
1:14 p.m./7:29 a.m. – Justin Thomas, Louisville, Ky.; Viktor Hovland, Norway; Tony Finau, Salt Lake City, Utah
1:25 p.m./7:40 a.m. – Joohyung Kim, Republic of Korea; Séamus Power, Republic of Ireland; Min Woo Lee, Australia
1:36 p.m./7:51 a.m. – Matt Fitzpatrick, England; Webb Simpson, Charlotte, N.C.; Dustin Johnson, Jupiter, Fla.
1:47 p.m./8:02 a.m. – Phil Mickelson, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; Shane Lowry, Republic of Ireland; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa
1:58 p.m./8:13 a.m. – Danny Lee, New Zealand; (a) Keita Nakajima, Japan; Nick Taylor, Canada
2:09 p.m./8:24 a.m. – Jim Furyk, Jacksonville, Fla.; (a) Nick Dunlap, Huntsville, Ala.; Adam Hadwin, Canada
2:20 p.m./8:35 a.m. – Richard Bland, England; Rikuya Hoshino, Japan; Ryan Fox, New Zealand
2:31 p.m./8:46 a.m. – Jonas Blixt, Sweden; Bo Hoag, Columbus, Ohio; Todd Sinnott, Australia
2:42 p.m./8:57 a.m. – Isaiah Salinda, South San Francisco, Calif.; Sean Jacklin, Scotland; (a) Charles Reiter, Palm Desert, Calif.
Thursday (June 16), Hole #10 / Friday (June 17), Hole #1
12:30 p.m./6:45 a.m. – Jed Morgan, Australia; Taylor Montgomery, Las Vegas, Nev.; Sean Crocker, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
12:41 p.m./6:56 a.m. – (a) Maxwell Moldovan, Uniontown, Ohio; Yannik Paul, Germany; M.J. Daffue, South Africa
12:52 p.m./7:07 a.m. – Talor Gooch, Edmond, Okla.; Adri Arnaus, Spain; Tom Hoge, Fargo, N.D.
1:03 p.m./7:18 a.m. – Kevin Na, Las Vegas, Nev.; Sergio Garcia, Spain; Tyrrell Hatton, England
1:14 p.m./7:29 a.m. – Sam Burns, Shreveport, La.; Abraham Ancer, Mexico; Thomas Pieters, Belgium
1:25 p.m./7:40 a.m. – Brooks Koepka, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Cameron Smith, Australia; Scottie Scheffler, Dallas, Texas
1:36 p.m./7:51 a.m. – Luke List, Augusta, Ga.; (a) Austin Greaser, Vandalia, Ohio; Corey Conners, Canada
1:47 p.m./8:02 a.m. – Gary Woodland, Topeka, Kan.; Justin Rose, England; Bryson DeChambeau, Dallas, Texas
1:58 p.m./8:13 a.m. – K.H. Lee, Republic of Korea; Tommy Fleetwood, England; Patrick Reed, The Woodlands, Texas
2:09 p.m./8:24 a.m. – Jason Kokrak, Hudson, Ohio; Harris English, Sea Island, Ga.; Lucas Herbert, Australia
2:20 p.m./8:35 a.m. – Sam Stevens, Wichita, Kan.; (a) Ben Lorenz, Peoria, Ariz.; Davis Shore, Knoxville, Tenn.
2:31 p.m./8:46 a.m. – Daijiro Izumida, Japan; (a) Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Belgium; Sebastian Söderberg, Sweden
2:42 p.m./8:57 a.m. – Ryan Gerard, Raleigh, N.C.; Brady Calkins, Chehalis, Wash.; Jesse Mueller, Phoenix, Ariz.
(a): amateur
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