The BMW PGA Championship comes from Wentworth in England as a host of big names compete for the title in the DP World Tour’s flagship event.
Much of the attention will be on the 11 European Ryder Cup players in the field, and none more so than Rory McIlroy, who competes in the tournament days after winning the Irish Open.
McIlroy talked up the chances of Team Europe succeeding in the US in the build-up to this week’s tournament, describing it as a “massive” opportunity. He’s grouped with two of his Ryder Cup teammates in the opening two rounds, Shane Lowry and LIV Golfer Jon Rahm.
The three begin at 7:45am EDT (12:45pm BST) on Thursday, with a tee time of 3:45am EDT (8:45am BST) on Friday.
Rory McIlroy is grouped with two Ryder Cup teammates in the first two rounds
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The defending champion is Billy Horschel, who is making his first appearance since recovering from hip surgery. The American is in a group alongside two more European Ryder Cup players, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose.
The trio get their challenges underway at 3:35am EDT (8:35am BST) in the first round and 7:35am EDT (12:35pm BST) in the second round.
Billy Horschel is defending his title
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Another standout grouping sees Hideki Matsuyama alongside Ludvig Aberg and Matt Fitzpatrick. They begin at 3:45am EDT (8:45am BST) on Thursday and 7:45am EDT (12:45pm BST) on Friday.
One player who will be desperate for a good week is LIV Golfer Brooks Koepka, who missed the cut at the Irish Open as his relatively disappointing season continued.
He is grouped with Laurie Canter and Adam Scott, with the three starting at 3:25am EDT (8:25am BST) in the first round and 7:25am EDT (12:25pm BST) in the second round.
Check out all the tee times for the opening two rounds of the BMW PGA Championship.
BMW PGA Championship Tee Times – Round One
ET (BST)
1st Tee
- 1:40am (6:40am): Tom Vaillant, Thomas Aiken, Ivan Cantero
- 1:50am (6:50am): Marcel Schneider, Jeong weon Ko, Angel Ayora
- 2:00am (7:00am): Gavin Green, David Micheluzzi, Jayden Schaper
- 2:10am (7:10am): Brandon Stone, Haotong Li, Aaron Cockerill
- 2:20am (7:20am): Johannes Veerman, Dylan Frittelli, Dale Whitnell
- 2:30am (7:30am): Jhonattan Vegas, Connor Syme, Martin Couvra
- 2:40am (7:40am): Antoine Rozner, Michael Kim,…
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