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US Open tee times: First round pairings and groups confirmed for day one

Spain's Jon Rahm will make an early start to his bid to successfully defend his US Open title at Brookline with the first tee times confirmed.

Rahm, who won his first major at Torrey Pines last year with birdies on the final two holes, will tee off at 0718 local time (1218BST) on Thursday, alongside Open champion Collin Morikawa and 2021 US Amateur winner James Piot.

Rory McIlroy, who successfully defended his RBC Canadian Open title on Sunday, is also among the early starters from the 10th tee, the world number three joined by former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama and Olympic gold medallist Xander Schauffele at 0740.

US PGA champion Justin Thomas tees off at 1314 local time (1814BST) alongside Viktor Hovland and Tony Finau, with England's Matt Fitzpatrick two groups behind in the company of Webb Simpson and Dustin Johnson.

Phil Mickelson, who needs to win the US Open to complete the career grand slam, gets his campaign under way at 1347 local time (1847BST) alongside Shane Lowry and Louis Oosthuizen.

Three-time winner Tiger Woods is not in the field after opting to give his body more time to recover ahead of the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews next month.

Woods was in obvious pain from the leg he almost lost in a car accident in February last year before withdrawing from the US PGA Championship following a third round of 79.

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US Open first round tee times in full (BST)

1st hole

1145: Michael Thorbjornsen, Erik Barnes, Matt McCarty

1156: Matthew NeSmith, Patrick Rodgers, Travis Vick

1207: Troy Merritt, William Mouw, Andrew Putnam

1218: Collin Morikawa, James Piot, Jon Rahm

1229: Jordan Spieth, Adam Scott, Max Homa

1240: Billy Horschel, Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger

1251: Harold Varner III, Sebastian Munoz, Alex Noren

1302: Joaquin Niemann, Cameron Young, Will Zalatoris

1313: Adam Schenk, Stewart Hagestad, Grayson Murray

1324: Guido Migliozzi, Branden Grace, Mackenzie Hughes

1335: Beau Hossler, Kalle Samooja, Satoshi Kodaira

1346: Richard Mansell, Tomoyasu Sugiyama, Roger Sloan

1357: Caleb Manuel, Keith Greene, Ben Silverman

1730: Kevin Chappell, Chase Seiffert, Andrew Novak

1741: Thorbjorn Olesen, Brian Stuard, Nick Hardy

1752: Sam Horsfield, Cameron Tringale, Shaun Norris

1803: Sungjae Im, Mito Pereira, Erik van Rooyen

1814: Justin Thomas, Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau

1825: Joohyung Kim, Seamus Power, Min Woo Lee

1836: Matt Fitzpatrick, Webb Simpson, Dustin Johnson

1847: Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry, Louis Oosthuizen

1858: Danny Lee, Keita Nakajima, Nick Taylor

1909: Jim Furyk, Nick Dunlap, Adam Hadwin

1920: Richard Bland, Rikuya Hoshino, Ryan Fox

1931: Jonas Blixt, Bo Hoag, Todd Sinnott

1942: Isaiah Salinda, Sean Jacklin, Charles Reiter

10th Hole

1145: Fran Quinn, Callum Tarren, Hayden Buckley

1156: Kurt Kitayama, Denny McCarthy, Sam Bennett

1207: Wyndham Clark, Brandon Matthews, Wil Besseling

1218: David Lingmerth, Sepp Straka, Si Woo Kim

1229: Scott Stallings, Davis Riley, Victor Perez

1240: Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Xander Schauffele

1251: Kevin Kisner, Russell Henley, Brian Harman

1302: Keegan Bradley, Marc Leishman, Aaron Wise

1313: Francesco Molinari, Laird Shepherd, Stewart Cink

1324: Marcel Schneider, Chan Kim, Joseph Bramlett

1335: Lanto Griffin, Joel Dahmen, Jinichiro Kozuma

1346: Chris Gotterup, Fred Biondi, Harry Hall

1357: Chris Naegel, Andrew Beckler, Luke Gannon

1730: Jed Morgan, Taylor Montgomery, Sean Crocker

1741: Maxwell Moldovan, Yannik Paul, MJ Daffue

1752: Talor Gooch, Adri Arnaus, Tom Hoge

1803: Kevin Na, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton

1814: Sam Burns, Abraham Ancer, Thomas Pieters

1825: Brooks Koepka, Cameron Smith, Scottie Scheffler

1836: Luke List, Austin Greaser, Corey Conners

1847: Gary Woodland, Justin Rose, Bryson DeChambeau

1858: K.H. Lee, Tommy Fleetwood, Patrick Reed

1909: Jason Kokrak, Harris English, Lucas Herbert

1920: Sam Stevens, Ben Lorenz, Davis Shore

1931: Daijiro Izumida, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Sebastian Soderberg

1942: Ryan Gerard, Brady Calkins, Jesse Mueller

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