TULSA, Oklahoma (Reuters) – Tiger Woods, in solely his second start since a automobile crash practically ended his profession, will play the primary two rounds of this week’s PGA Championship with Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, in accordance to the beginning occasions launched on Tuesday.
The high-profile trio, who’ve received a mixed 22 main championships between them, will head out at 9:11 a.m. ET (1311 GMT) from the 441-yard par-four tenth gap at Southern Hills Country Club on Thursday and at 2:36 p.m. ET on Friday from the primary tee.
It will mark the primary start for Woods since his highly-anticipated return to competitors eventually month’s Masters the place he opened with a one-under-par 71 however completed 13 over for the week and in forty seventh place.
Spieth is trying to full the coveted profession Grand Slam of golf’s 4 majors this week whereas McIlroy arrives in high quality kind having recorded top-five finishes at his final two occasions, together with a runner-up end on the Masters.
Scottie Scheffler, who received his first main eventually month’s Masters amid a run throughout which he received 4 occasions in six match begins, will head out at 2:36 p.m. ET with U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm and British Open winner Collin Morikawa.
World primary Scheffler is bidding to turn out to be the primary participant to win consecutive majors since Spieth received the Masters and U.S. Open in 2015.
The motion will start at 8:00 a.m. ET when former champions John Daly, Shaun Micheel and South Korean Yang Yong-eun head out from the primary tee.
Phil Mickelson, who turned golf’s oldest main champion eventually 12 months’s PGA Championship when he triumphed shortly earlier than turning 51, is absent this week as he stays on a hiatus from the game following the response to feedback he made relating to the Saudi-backed golf league.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Toby Davis)
