The 2012 U.S. Open is ready to get underway at the illustrious Olympic Club, and the players are in for a stiff test at the Lakes Course this year.
The marquee pairing of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson, teeing off No. 9 at 10:33 a.m. ET, while defending champion Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, and Luke Donald tee off at 4:33 p.m. ET off the first tee.
Below are the complete pairings for the first day of the tournament. All Times ET.
Thursday, No. 1 tee | |
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Starting time (ET), players | |
10:15 a.m.: Scott Langley, Steve Lebrun, Beau Hossler (a) | |
10:26 a.m.: Jason Bohn, Raphael Jacquelin, J. B. Park | |
10:37 a.m.: Michael Thompson, Colt Knost, Steve Marino | |
10:48 a.m.: Brendan Jones, George Coetzee, Gregory Bourdy | |
10:59 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay (a), Jonathan Byrd, Kyle Stanley | |
11:10 a.m.: Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh, Zach Johnson | |
11:21 a.m.: Andy Zhang (a), Hiroyuki Fujita, Mark Wilson | |
11:32 a.m.: Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson | |
11:43 a.m.: Tim Clark, Toru Taniguchi, Rod Pampling | |
11:54 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Bo Van Pelt, Peter Hanson | |
12:05 p.m.: D. A. Points, Dong-Hwan Lee, Kevin Streelman | |
12:16 p.m.: Edward Loar, Paul Claxton, Alistair Presnell | |
12:27 p.m.: Mark McCormick, Nick Sherwood (a), Cole Howard |
Thursday, No. 9 tee | |
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Starting time (ET), players | |
10 a.m.: Shane Bertsch, Martin Flores, Tommy Biershenk | |
10:11 a.m.: Scott Piercy, Matthew Baldwin, Matt Bettencourt | |
10:22 a.m.: Thomas Bjorn, Kevin Na, Branden Grace | |
10:33 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson | |
10:44 a.m.: Joe Ogilvie, Stephen Ames, Tim Herron | |
10:55 a.m.: Davis Love III, Padraig Harrington, David Toms | |
11:06 a.m.: Carl Pettersson, Charl Schwartzel, Charles Howell III | |
11:17 a.m.: Robert Karlsson, Bob Estes, Robert Rock | |
11:28 a.m.: K. J. Choi, Y. E. Yang, K. T. Kim | |
11:39 a.m.: Fredrik Jacobson, Robert Garrigus, Alexander Noren | |
11:50 a.m.: Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Sang-Moon Bae, Rafael Cabrera-Bello | |
12:01 p.m.: Marc Warren, Anthony Summers, Michael Allen | |
12:12 p.m.: Hunter Hamrick, Tim Weinhart, Scott Smith |
Thursday, No. 1 tee | |
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Starting time (ET), players | |
3:45 p.m.: Casey Martin, Cameron Wilson (a), Dennis Miller | |
3:56 p.m.: Jim Herman, William Lunde, David Mathis | |
4:07 p.m.: Nicolas Colsaerts, Charlie Wi, Simon Dyson | |
4:18 p.m.: Alvaro Quiros, Gary Woodland, John Senden | |
4:29 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood | |
4:40 p.m.: Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Graeme McDowell | |
4:51 p.m.: Stewart Cink, Trevor Immelman, Lucas Glover | |
5:02 p.m.: Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy, Angel Cabrera | |
5:13 p.m.: Martin Laird, Ben Crane, Anders Hansen | |
5:24 p.m.: Matteo Manassero, Aaron Baddeley, Miguel Angel Jimenez | |
5:35 p.m.: Brian Harman, Spencer Levin, Mikko Ilonen | |
5:46 p.m.: Brice Garnett, Justin Hicks, Jesse Mueller | |
5:57 p.m.: Brian Rowell, Alberto Sanchez (a), Brian Gaffney |
Thursday, No. 9 tee | |
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Starting time (ET), players | |
3:30 p.m.: John Peterson, Morgan Hoffmann, Aaron Watkins | |
3:41 p.m.: Jeff Curl, Nicholas Thompson, Casey Wittenberg | |
3:52 p.m.: Soren Kjeldsen, Chez Reavie, Peter Lawrie | |
4:03 p.m.: Michael Campbell, Olin Browne, Joe Durant | |
4:14 p.m.: Bill Haas, Nick Watney, Jordan Spieth | |
4:25 p.m.: Martin Kaymer, Hunter Mahan, Justin Rose | |
4:36 p.m.: Steve Stricker, Ian Poulter, Matt Kuchar | |
4:47 p.m.: Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Dufner | |
4:58 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson | |
5:09 p.m.: Hunter Haas, Tadahiro Takayama, Lee Slattery | |
5:20 p.m.: Alex Cejka, Kevin Chappell, Blake Adams | |
5:31 p.m.: James Hahn, Darron Stiles, Roberto Castro | |
5:42 p.m.: Brooks Koepka (a), Kyle Thompson, Samuel Osborne |
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