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The U.S. Open tee times and pairings have been announced, and there are plenty of things to check out from a Chicago perspective. Former University of Illinois golfers D.A. Points and Scott Langley have each been placed in the first morning wave off the No. 1 tee, while Steve Stricker is slotted to begin in the afternoon from tee No. 9. As for Luke Donald, he is paired with Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood in a very intriguing group set to hit the links in the afternoon from tee No. 1 at 3:29 p.m CT.
Here is a full list of the pairings and tee times (all times listed as ET):
Morning wave off No. 1 tee:
| 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, TBD, 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.: Paul Casey, 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 |
Morning wave off No. 9 tee:
| 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 |
Afternoon wave off No. 1 tee:
| 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, TBD, Mikko Ilonen |
| 5:46 p.m.: Brice Garnett, TBD, Jesse Mueller |
| 5:57 p.m.: Brian Rowell, Alberto Sanchez (a), Brian Gaffney |
Afternoon wave off No. 9 tee:
| 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, Brandt Snedeker |
| 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), TBD, Samuel Osborne |
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