2016 PGA Championship tee times and pairings: Round 1
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2016 PGA Championship tee times and pairings: Round 1

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The 2016 PGA Championship gets underway a little early this year to accommodate the Olympics, played July 28-31 at Baltusrol Golf Club's Lower Course. The season's final major will welcome a 156-player field, with Jason Day as the defending champion.

Jason Day will play with Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy for the first two days, going off in Round 1 with the 8:30 a.m. tee time from No. 10.

Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson, the year's three major champions, will go off together for the first two days. They play on Thursday at 1:45 p.m. from No. 1 tee.

Jordan Spieth draws Bubba Watson and Sergio Garcia in a bit of Ryder Cup preview. They'll kickstart the 2016 PGA Championship at 1:25 p.m. off the first.

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2016 PGA Championship tee times for Round 1

All times Eastern

N0. 1

7:00 a.m. -- Mark Brown, Patton Kizzire, Bradley Dredge

7:10 a.m. -- Tommy Sharp, Jon Curran, K.J. Choi

7:20 a.m. -- Josh Speight, Kristoffer Broberg, Jason Kokrak

7:30 a.m. -- Daniel Berger, Darren Clarke, David Lingmerth

7:40 a.m. -- Aaron Baddeley, Kevin Kisner, Emiliano Grillo

7:50 a.m. -- Vijay Singh, John Daly, Padraig Harrington

8:00 a.m. -- Victor Dubuisson, Marcus Frasher, James Hahn

8:10 a.m. -- Soren Kjeldsen, Scott Hend, Billy Hurley III

8:20 a.m. -- Charley Hoffman, Matt Jones, Rikard Karlberg

8:30 a.m. -- Robert Streb, Vaughn Taylor, Kevin Na

8:40 a.m. -- Roberto Castro, Jonas Blixt, Gregory Bourdy

8:50 a.m. -- Omar Uresti, Greg Chalmers, Ross Fisher

9:00 a.m. -- David Muttitt, Symlie Kaufman, Zac Blair

12:15 p.m. -- Colt Knost, Joe Summerhays, Yuta Ikeda

12:25 p.m. -- Ryan Palmer, Rob Labritz, Gary Woodland

12:35 p.m. -- Scott Piercy, Alex Noren, Andrew Johnston

12:45 p.m. -- Rocco Mediate, Rich Berberian Jr., Shaun Micheel

12:55 p.m. -- Anirban Lahiri, Tony Finau, Matt Fitzpatrick

1:05 p.m. -- Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar, Danny Lee

1:15 p.m. -- Francesco Molinari, Shane Lowry, Jim Furyk

1:25 p.m. -- Sergio Garcia, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson

1:35 p.m. -- Justin Rose, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel

1:45 p.m. -- Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson

1:55 p.m. -- Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson, Louis Oosthuizen

2:05 p.m. -- Ben Pollard, Ryan Moore, Kyle Reifers

2:15 p.m. -- Mitch Lowe, Younghan Song, Kevin Streelman

No. 10

7:00 a.m. -- Chris Kirk, Wyatt Worthington II, Freddie Jacobson

7:10 a.m. -- Brian Gaffney, Jeunghun Wang, Jason Bohn

7:20 a.m. -- J.B. Holmes, Brian Stuard, Hideki Matsuyama

7:30 a.m. -- Matt Dobyns, Tyrrell Hatton, Harris English

7:40 a.m. -- Ernie Els, Rickie Fowler, Zach Johnson

7:50 a.m. -- Jimmy Walker, Chris Wood, Branden Grace

8:00 a.m. -- Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Justin Thomas, Paul Casey

8:10 a.m. -- Brandt Snedeker, Brooks Koepka, Lee Westwood

8:20 a.m. -- Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott, Jamie Donaldson

8:30 a.m. -- Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day

8:40 a.m. -- Bill Haas, Andy Sullivan, Jamie Lovemark

8:50 a.m. -- Rod Perry, George Coetzee, Hideto Tanihara

9:00 a.m. -- Nicolas Colsaerts, Ryan Helminen, RBC Canadian Open winner

12:15 p.m. -- Michael Block, John Senden, Harold Varner III

12:25 p.m. -- Johan Kok, Troy Merritt, Kevin Chappell

12:35 p.m. -- Thorbjorn Olesen, Fabian Gomez, Russell Henley

12:45 p.m. -- David Toms, Rich Beem, Steve Stricker

12:55 p.m. -- James Morrison, Brandon Stone, Billy Horschel

1:05 p.m. -- Jason Dufner, Y.E. Yang, Martin Kaymer

1:15 p.m. -- Brendan Steele, Bernd Wiesberger, Byeong-hun An

1:25 p.m. -- Marc Leishman, Russell Knox, Kiradech Aphibarnrat

1:35 p.m. -- Thongchai Jaidee, Jim Herman, Thomas Pieters

1:45 p.m. -- Soomin Lee, Joost Luiten, William McGirt

1:55 p.m. -- K.T. Kim, Brad Lardon, Peter Malnati

2:05 p.m. -- Daniel Summerhays, Rick Schuller, Cameron Tringale

2:15 p.m. -- Bryce Modler, Brad Ott, Si Woo Kim

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