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More Love for Harrington

The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island. Picture via PGA.comPadraig Harrington will tee it up in a major with US Ryder Cup skipper Davis Love for the second time this year.

The Dubliner, who played with Love for the first two rounds of the US Open, will be joined by Love and left-hander Phil Mickelson for the first two rounds of next week’s US PGA at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course.

Their group is one of is four made up entirely of US PGA champions.

Defending champion Keegan Bradley, four-time winner Tiger Woods and 2010 champion Martin Kaymer will go off the 10th at 1330 Irish time on Thursday with Harrington and Co off at 1840 (Irish).

Shaun Micheel (2003), David Toms (2001) and John Daly (1991) and Y.E. Yang (2009), Rich Beem (2002) and Vijay Singh (1998 and 2004) are the other pairings.

Darren Clarke will get the Irish challenge underway at 1300 from the 10th with Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa and big hitting Gary Woodland while Rory McIlroy in the next group alongside Dustin Johnson and Jim Furyk.

Graeme McDowell goes out just after Harrington with the in-form Scott Piercy and Matt Kuchar while Michael Hoey makes his US PGA debut in the penultimate threeball of the opening day with Kevin Na abd Rod Perry.

The traditional grouping of the winners of the first three major championships of the year brings together Masters Champion Bubba Watson, U.S. Open Champion Webb Simpson and Open Champion Ernie Els from 1820 Irish time on Thursday.

94th US PGA tee-times (US time, -5 hours Irish time)

1 07:20 AM 40 10 12:30 PM Kelly MITCHUM, Southern Pines, NC D.A. POINTS, Pekin, IL Marcel SIEM, Ratingen, Germany

2 1 07:30 AM 41 10 12:40 PM John SENDEN, Brisbane, Australia Ken DUKE, Palm City, FL Michael FRYE, Sedona, AZ

3 1 07:40 AM 42 10 12:50 PM Greg CHALMERS, Sydney, Australia Spencer LEVIN, Elk Grove, CA Michael THOMPSON, Birmingham, AL

4 1 07:50 AM 43 10 01:00 PM Thomas BJORN, Silkeborg, Denmark Robert GARRIGUS, Phoenix, AZ Charley HOFFMAN, Las Vegas, NV

5 1 08:00 AM 44 10 01:10 PM Lucas GLOVER, Sea Island, GA Ben CURTIS, Stow, OH Trevor IMMELMAN, Cape Town, South Africa

6 1 08:10 AM 45 10 01:20 PM Scott STALLINGS, Knoxville, TN Jeev Milkha SINGH, Chandigarh, India Johnson WAGNER, Charlotte, NC

7 1 08:20 AM 46 10 01:30 PM Shaun MICHEEL, Memphis, TN David TOMS, Shreveport, LA John DALY, Dardanelle, AR

8 1 08:30 AM 47 10 01:40 PM Bernd WIESBERGER, Oberwart, Austria Ryan PALMER, Amarillo, TX Robert KARLSSON, Katrineholm, Sweden

9 1 08:40 AM 48 10 01:50 PM Alvaro QUIROS, Cadiz, Spain Cameron TRINGALE, Laguna Niguel, CA Ryan MOORE, Tacoma, WA

10 1 08:50 AM 49 10 02:00 PM Tommy GAINEY, Bishopville, SC Jason DAY, Wexford, Australia Carl PETTERSSON, Gothenburg, Sweden

11 1 09:00 AM 50 10 02:10 PM Mike SMALL, Champaign, IL Brian DAVIS, London, England John HUH, Dallas, TX

12 1 09:10 AM 51 10 02:20 PM Sean O’HAIR, West Chester, PA Brian CAIRNS, Walled Lake, MI Seung-Yul NOH, Seoul, S. Korea

13 1 09:20 AM 52 10 02:30 PM Ben CRANE, Beaverton, OR Marty JERTSON, Phoenix, AZ Thongchai JAIDEE, Lopburi, Thailand


14 10 07:20 AM 27 1 12:30 PM Matteo MANASSERO, Verona, Italy Charles HOWELL III, Windermere, FL Mark BROWN, Oyster Bay, NY

15 10 07:30 AM 28 1 12:40 PM Pat PEREZ, Scottsdale, AZ Corey PRUGH, Spokane, WA Martin LAIRD, Glasgow, Scotland

16 10 07:40 AM 29 1 12:50 PM Toru TANIGUCHI, Osaka, Japan Rory SABBATINI, Durban, S. Africa Rafael CABRERA-BELLO, Las Palmas, Spain

17 10 07:50 AM 30 1 01:00 PM Jose Maria OLAZABAL, San Sebastian, Spain Branden GRACE, George, S. Africa Matt DOBYNS, Lake Success, NY

18 10 08:00 AM 31 1 01:10 PM Darren CLARKE, Portrush, N. Ireland Ryo ISHIKAWA, Saitama, Japan Gary WOODLAND, Topeka, KS

19 10 08:10 AM 32 1 01:20 PM Dustin JOHNSON, Myrtle Beach, SC Rory MCILROY, Holywood, N. Ireland Jim FURYK, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

20 10 08:20 AM 33 1 01:30 PM Jason DUFNER, Auburn, AL Paul CASEY, Weybridge, England Geoff OGILVY, Melbourne, Australia

21 10 08:30 AM 34 1 01:40 PM Keegan BRADLEY, Jupiter, FL Martin KAYMER, Mettmann, Germany Tiger WOODS, Hobe Sound, FL

22 10 08:40 AM 35 1 01:50 PM Louis OOSTHUIZEN, George, S. Africa Ian POULTER, Buckinghamshire, England Steve STRICKER, Madison, WI

23 10 08:50 AM 36 1 02:00 PM Lee WESTWOOD, Worksop, England Bill HAAS, Greenville, SC Angel CABRERA, Cordoba, Argentina

24 10 09:00 AM 37 1 02:10 PM Stewart CINK, Duluth, GA Peter HANSON, Trelleborg, Sweden Tim CLARK, Durban, S. Africa

25 10 09:10 AM 38 1 02:20 PM Jeff COSTON, Blaine, WA Bud CAULEY, Jacksonville, FL Robert ROCK, Weston, England

26 10 09:20 AM 39 1 02:30 PM Joost LUITEN, Bleiswijk, Netherlands Alan MORIN, Royal Palm Beach, FL Thomas AIKEN, Johannesburg, S. Africa


27 1 12:30 PM 14 10 07:20 AM Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO, Madrid, Spain George MCNEILL, Ft. Myers, FL Frank BENSEL, Purchase, NY

28 1 12:40 PM 15 10 07:30 AM Brendon de JONGE, Matthews, NC Danny BALIN, Rockville, MD Hiroyuki FUJITA, Shizuoka, Japan

29 1 12:50 PM 16 10 07:40 AM John ROLLINS, Colleyville, TX Kyle STANLEY, Gig Harbor, WA Francesco MOLINARI, Turin, Italy

30 1 01:00 PM 17 10 07:50 AM Charl SCHWARTZEL, Johannesburg, S. Africa Rickie FOWLER, Jupiter, FL Nicolas COLSAERTS, Brussells, Belguim

31 1 01:10 PM 18 10 08:00 AM Hunter MAHAN, Colleyville, TX Adam SCOTT, Queensland, Australia Sergio GARCIA, Castellon, Spain

32 1 01:20 PM 19 10 08:10 AM Bubba WATSON, Bagdad, FL Webb SIMPSON, Charlotte, NC Ernie ELS, George, S. Africa

33 1 01:30 PM 20 10 08:20 AM Luke DONALD, Hemel Hempstead, England Brandt SNEDEKER, Nashville, TN Zach JOHNSON, Cedar Rapids, IA

34 1 01:40 PM 21 10 08:30 AM Padraig HARRINGTON, Dublin, Ireland Phil MICKELSON, Rancho Santa Fe, CA Davis LOVE, III, Sea Island, GA

35 1 01:50 PM 22 10 08:40 AM Scott PIERCY, Las Vegas, NV Graeme MCDOWELL, Portrush, N. Ireland Matt KUCHAR, Sea Island, GA

36 1 02:00 PM 23 10 08:50 AM Justin ROSE, London , England Paul LAWRIE, Aberdeen, Scotland Nick WATNEY, Las Vegas, NV

37 1 02:10 PM 24 10 09:00 AM K.J. CHOI, Seoul, S. Korea Simon DYSON, York, England Scott VERPLANK, Edmond, OK

38 1 02:20 PM 25 10 09:10 AM Mitch LOWE, San Francisco, CA Jeff OVERTON, Evansville, IN Blake ADAMS, Eatonton, GA

39 1 02:30 PM 26 10 09:20 AM Bridgestone WINNER Paul SCALETTA, Jupiter, FL Robert ALLENBY, Melbourne, Australia


40 10 12:30 PM 1 1 07:20 AM Bryce MOLDER, Scottsdale, AZ Matt EVERY, Jacksonville Beach, FL Bob SOWARDS, Dublin, OH

41 10 12:40 PM 2 1 07:30 AM Sang Moon BAE, Dae Gu, S. Korea Darrell KESTNER, Glen Cove, NY David LYNN, Stoke-on-Trent, England

42 10 12:50 PM 3 1 07:40 AM Marcus FRASER, Melbourne, Australia Jamie DONALDSON, Pontypridd, Wales Doug WADE, Dayton, OH

43 10 01:00 PM 4 1 07:50 AM Jonathan BYRD, Sea Island, GA Anders HANSEN, Sonderborg, Denmark Aaron BADDELEY, Melbourne, Australia

44 10 01:10 PM 5 1 08:00 AM Thorbjorn OLESEN, Vaerlose, Denmark Fredrik JACOBSON, Gothenburg, Sweden Jimmy WALKER, San Antonio, TX

45 10 01:20 PM 6 1 08:10 AM Miguel Angel JIMENEZ, Malaga, Spain K.T. KIM, Yongin, S. Korea Bo VAN PELT, Tulsa, OK

46 10 01:30 PM 7 1 08:20 AM Y.E. YANG, Jeju Island, S. Korea Rich BEEM, Austin, TX Vijay SINGH, Lautoka, Fiji

47 10 01:40 PM 8 1 08:30 AM Charlie WI, Seoul, S. Korea Pablo LARRAZABAL, Barcelona, Spain Chez REAVIE, Scottsdale, AZ

48 10 01:50 PM 9 1 08:40 AM Retief GOOSEN, Polokwane, S. Africa Mark BROOKS, Ft. Worth, TX Roger CHAPMAN, Ascot, England

49 10 02:00 PM 10 1 08:50 AM Alex NOREN, Stockholm, Sweden Mark WILSON, Elmhurst, IL George COETZEE, Pretoria, S. Africa

50 10 02:10 PM 11 1 09:00 AM Marc LEISHMAN, Warrnambool, Australia Ted POTTER, JR., Silver Springs, FL Brian GAFFNEY, Monmouth Beach, NJ

51 10 02:20 PM 12 1 09:10 AM Michael HOEY, Belfast, N. Ireland Kevin NA, Las Vegas, NV Rod PERRY, Port Orange, FL

52 10 02:30 PM 13 1 09:20 AM Brendan JONES, New South Wales, Australia Bill MURCHISON, Canton, GA Reno-Tahoe WINNER