Mcilroy To Play With Scheffler And Schauffele At Us Pga

Masters champion Rory McIlroy will play alongside world number 1 Scottie Scheffler and defending champion Xander Schauffele successful nan opening 2 rounds of nan US PGA Championship.

The marquee group of nan apical 3 players successful nan men's crippled will tee disconnected astatine 13:22 BST (08:22 section time) successful Thursday's first information astatine Quail Hollow.

McIlroy is aiming to go nan first subordinate to triumph nan first 2 fields of nan twelvemonth since Jordan Spieth won nan Masters and US Open successful 2015.

Spieth, who needs to triumph nan US PGA to travel McIlroy successful completing nan profession Grand Slam of each 4 majors, is among nan later starters astatine 13:25 and will play pinch erstwhile Masters champion Patrick Reed and rising European golfer Ludvig Aberg.

Three-time victor Brooks Koepka is retired pinch 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry and Rickie Fowler astatine 07:58.

Europe's Ryder Cup skipper Luke Donald is retired successful nan first group, alongside Ireland's Padraig Harrington, who won this title successful 2008, and 2010 champion Martin Kaymer of Germany. They tee disconnected astatine 07:00 section time.

Full tee-times to follow.