2016 Olympics men’s golf tournament tee times and pairings: Round 1
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2016 Olympics men’s golf tournament tee times and pairings: Round 1

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The 2016 men's Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marks golf's return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence. The Olympic golf course, designed by Gil Hanse, will host a 60-player men's field first, starting on Thursday in threesomes off the first tee.

The best tee times for Round 1 are the last. At 10:58 a.m., Rickie Fowler, Jhonattan Vegas and Justin Rose go off together. They're followed at 11:09 a.m. by Henrik Stenson, Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Thongchai Jaidee.

Bubba Watson draws Martin Kaymer and Anirban Lahiri at 9:14 a.m. in Round 1.

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2016 Olympic men's golf tournament tee times for Round 1

All times are Eastern +1

7:30 a.m. -- Adilson da Silva, Graham DeLaet, Byeong-hun An

7:41 a.m. -- Padraig Harrington, Matteo Manassero, Danny Lee

7:52 a.m. -- Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Gavin Green, Thomas Pieters

8:03 a.m. -- Julien Quesne, Marcus Fraser, Shingo Katayama

8:14 a.m. -- Nicolas Colsaerts, Jeunghun Wang, Espen Kofstad

8:25 a.m. -- Felipe Aguilar, Danny Chia, Soren Kjeldsen

8:41 a.m. -- Fabian Gomez, David Lingmerth, Jose-Felipe Lima

8:52 a.m. -- Raul Cazaubon, Bernd Wiesberger, Brandon Stone

9:03 a.m. -- Danny Willett, Matt Kuchar, Hao-tong Li

9:14 a.m. -- Bubba Watson, Martin Kaymer, Anirban Lahiri

9:25 a.m. -- Jaco Van Zyl, Mikko Ilonen, David Hearn

9:36 a.m. -- Gregory Bourdy, Fabrizio Zanotti, Cheng-tsung Pan

9:47 a.m. -- Yuta Ikeda, Roope Kakko, Miguel Tabuena

10:03 a.m. -- Ashun Wu, Nino Bertasio, Scott Hend

10:14 a.m. -- Joost Luiten, Ricardo Gouveia, Sadikur Rahman

10:25 a.m. -- Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed, Emiliano Grillo

10:36 a.m. -- Thorbjorn Olesen, Alex Cejka, Ryan Fox

10:47 a.m. -- S.S.P. Chawrasia, Seamus Power, Wen-tang Lin

10:58 a.m. -- Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose, Jhonattan Vegas

11:09 a.m. -- Henrik Stenson, Thongchai Jaidee, Rafa Cabrera-Bello

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