Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott will play together the opening two rounds of the US Open next week at Merion.
For the third straight year, US Open officials have put the top three players in the world ranking in the same group. The feature group will start at 1:14 p.m. Thursday off the first tee, and then 7:44 a.m. starting on the 11th tee Friday.
The US Open disclosed the Nos. 1-2-3 group in a tweet, and McIlroy immediately responded on Twitter.
“Decent group for the first 2 rounds at Merion I see ...” he tweeted.
Woods is trying to end five years without a major title. McIlroy, who has yet to this year, will be trying to capture a major for the third straight year. Scott is the Masters champion, the only player capable of the Grand Slam this year.
This will be the first time Woods and McIlroy have played together in any round of a major. They have played in the opening two rounds together at five previous tournaments – twice in Abu Dhabi, the Cadillac Championship at Doral this year (won by Woods), the BMW Championship last year (won by McIlroy) and The Barclays last year.