Rory McIlroy has been grouped alongside Ryder Cup team-mate Jon Rahm and Grand Slam hopeful Jordan Spieth for the first two rounds of the PGA Championship.
McIlroy will be in the early-late half of the draw at Aronimink Golf Club as he chases back-to-back major wins, a month on from successfully defending his title at The Masters.
The world No 2 will go out at 8.40am local time on Thursday (1.40pm UK time) alongside three-time major winner Spieth, who is looking to join McIlroy in golf’s Grand Slam club by lifting the Wanamaker Trophy this week.
Jordan Spieth has a chance to make history this week at the PGA Championship, the only major missing from his golfing CV
Two-time major champion Rahm completes the marquee threeball, with the Spaniard grouped with McIlroy for the first time since agreeing a deal to reinstate his DP World Tour membership and remain eligible for future Ryder Cups.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is on the opposite side of the draw as he looks to claim a fifth major in as many years, having claimed the PGA Championship and The Open during a dominant 2025.
Scheffler goes out alongside Justin Rose, who also challenged McIlroy for victory at Augusta National last month, with Matt Fitzpatrick – a three-time winner on the PGA Tour already this season – also in that group.
Two-time PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas partners last year’s Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and world No 3 Cameron Young, who won The Players in March and is the highest-ranked player in the world rankings without a major title.
Highlights from the final day of The Players, where Cameron Young shot a four-under par 68 to win at TPC Sawgrass
Former major champions Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka are in the morning wave alongside England’s Tyrrell Hatton, one of 11 LIV Golf players in the field, with that threeball going out the group before McIlroy at 8.29am local time (1.29pm UK time).
The PGA Championship has been won by an American in each of the last 10 years, with golfers from the United States winning 17 of the last 24 men’s major championships.
Thursday’s key tee times (all UK and Ireland time)
USA unless stated; *denotes starting on Hole 10
1318 Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Åberg, Rickie Fowler*
1329 Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)*
1340 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm (Esp)*
Rory McIlroy feels LIV losing their funding was always a possibility and was a risk the players chose to take
1832 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry (Irl)
1843 Chris Gotterup, Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
1854 Cameron Young, Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas
1905 Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Justin Rose (Eng)
When is the PGA Championship live on Sky Sports?
Watch live coverage of the PGA Championship from 12.30pm on Thursday and Friday on Sky Sports Golf, with action live until at least midnight during both the first two rounds.
You can watch Rory McIlroy attempt to make it back-to-back majors when the PGA Championship gets under way on Thursday, live only on Sky Sports
Live coverage begins at 3pm for Saturday’s third round and 4pm for the final day on Sunday, with the PGA Championship live on Sky Sports Golf until long after the final putt is holed on both days.
The PGA Championship is part of a triple-header of live golf on Sky Sports, with all four rounds of the Ladies European Tour’s Amundi German Masters on Sky Sports+ and the LPGA Tour’s Kroger Queen City Championship – where Charley Hull is defending champion – live on Sky Sports Mix.
Who will win the PGA Championship? Watch throughout the week live on Sky Sports. Live coverage from the opening round begins on Thursday from 12.30pm on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.
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