McIlroy grouped with Scheffler & Schauffele at US Open

Rory McIlroy will play alongside Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele in an eye-catching group during the first two rounds of the US Open at Pinehurst.

The world's top three players will tee off at 18:14 BST on Thursday.

World number three McIlroy, the 2011 US Open champion, top-ranked Scheffler and Schauffele, who replaced McIlroy in second spot after winning last month's US PGA Championship, also played alongside each other at the Masters - won by Scheffler - in April.

Three-time winner Tiger Woods tees off alongside Will Zalatoris and England's 2022 champion Matt Fitzpatrick at 12:29 on Thursday.

Wyndham Clark, who edged out McIlroy last year, begins his title defence alongside Open champion Brian Harman and 2023 US Amateur winner Nick Dunlap at 18:25.

World number eight Jon Rahm, who won this title in 2021, is due out at 18:36 on Thursday with Japan's 2021 Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama and 2015 US Open champion Jordan Spieth.

On Tuesday, Spain's Rahm cast doubt over his participation because of a foot injury.

Round one: Thursday, 13 June

Starting at hole one (a denotes amateur)

11:45: Carter Jenkins (US), Logan McAllister (US), Michael McGowan (US)

11:56: (a) Parker Bell (US), Frederik Kjettrup (Den), Christopher Petefish (US)

12:07: Max Greyserman (US), Casey Jarvis (SA), (a) Omar Morales (Mex)

12:18: Corey Conners (Can), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)

12:29: Sergio Garcia (Spa), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Francesco Molinari (Ita)

12:40: Brooks Koepka (US), Collin Morikawa (US), Justin Thomas (US)

12:51: Rickie Fowler (US), Adam Hadwin (Can), Phil Mickelson (US)

13:02: Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Min-Woo Lee (Aus), Sahith Theegala (US)

13:13: Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Si-Woo Kim (Kor), Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

13:24: Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Robert Rock (Eng), (a) Neal Shipley (US)

13:35: (a) Stewart Hagestad (US), Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Mac Meissner (US)

13:46: Jim Herman, (a) Bryan Kim US), Isaiah Salinda (US)

13:57: (a) Colin Prater (US), Charles Reiter (US), Carson Schaake (US)

17:30: Brandon Thompson (Eng), Jason Scrivener (Aus), (a) Brendan Valdes (US)

17:41: Sam Bairstow (Eng), (a) Santiago De la Fuente (Mex), Eugenio

Lopez-Chacarra (Spa)

17:52: Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Kurt Kitayama (US), Taylor Moore (US)

18:03: Jason Day (Aus), Harris English (US), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor)

18:14: Rory McIlroy (NI), Xander Schauffele (US), Scottie Scheffler (US)

18:25: Wyndham Clark (US), Nick Dunlap (US), Brian Harman (US)

18:36: Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Jon Rahm (Spa), Jordan Spieth (US)

18:47: Keegan Bradley (US), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Shane Lowry (Ire)

18:58: Akshay Bhatia (US), Eric Cole (US), Erik van Rooyen (SA)

19:09: Alexander Noren (Swe), Taylor Pendrith (Can), Brendon Todd (US)

19:20: (a) Jackson Buchanan (US), Brian Campbell (US), Thomas Detry (Bel)

19:31: (a) Gunnar Broin (US), Maxwell Moldovan (US), Taisei Shimuzu (Jpn)

19:42: John Chin (US), Sung-Hoon Kang (Kor), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn)

Starting at hole 10

11:45: Rico Hoey (Phi), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Tom McKibbin (NI)

11:56: Dean Burmester (SA), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Seamus Power (Ire)

12:07: Seong-Hyeon Kim (Kor), Justin Lower (US), Tim Widing (Swe)

12:18: Sam Burns (US), Lucas Glover (US), Cameron Smith (Aus)

12:29: Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tiger Woods (US), Will Zalatoris (US)

12:40: Patrick Cantlay (US), Russell Henley (US), Matt Kuchar (US)

12:51: Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Tony Finau (US), Dustin Johnson (US)

13:02: Justin Rose (Eng), Webb Simpson (US), Gary Woodland (US)

13:13: Daniel Berger (US), Ryan Fox (NZ), David Puig (Spa)

13:24: Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Sam Bennett (US), Edoardo Molinari (Ita)

13:35: Cameron Davis (Aus), Austin Eckroat (US), Adrian Meronk (Pol)

13:46 Zachary Blair (US), Aaron Rai (Eng), Davis Thompson (US)

13:57 Willie Mack III (US), Richard Mansell (Eng), (a) Ashton McCulloch (Can)

17:30 Grant Forrest (Sco), Greyson Sigg, (a) Wells Williams (US)

17:41 Chesson Hadley (US), Mark Hubbard (US), Adam Svensson (Can)

17:52 Beau Hossler (US), Victor Perez (Fra), Adam Schenk (US)

18:03 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Nick Taylor (Can)

18:14 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Tom Hoge (US)

18:25 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Max Homa (US), Viktor Hovland (Nor)

18:36 Peter Malnati (US), J. T. Poston (US), Sepp Straka (Aut)

18:47 Jake Knapp (US), (a) Gordon Sargent (US), Cameron Young (US)

18:58 Billy Horschel (US), Chris Kirk (US), Adam Scott (Aus)

19:09 (a) Benjamin James (US), Ben Kohles (US), Denny McCarthy (US)

19:20 Frankie Capan (US), (a) Luke Clanton (US), Andrew Svoboda (US)

19:31 Harry Higgs (US), (a) Hiroshi Tai (Sin), Brandon Wu (US)

19:42 Otto Black (US), Chris Naegel (US), Joey Vrzich (US)