The 2017 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship tee times and pairings for Thursday's first round have been released, and we've got some great groupings.
Dustin Johnson, Danny Willett and Henrik Stenson -- the three 2016 major champions in the field -- are playing together for the first two rounds, going off from No. 10 at Abu Dhabi Golf Club at 7:40 a.m. local time on Thursday.
Defending champion Rickie Fowler plays with Alex Noren and Martin Kaymer, going off at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday from No. 10.
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2017 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship tee times for Round 1
All times are local (+9 hours from Eastern)
No. 1
- 7:20 a.m. -- Matthieu Pavon, Richard Bland, Eduardo De La Riva
- 7:30 a.m. -- Darren Fichardt, Jaco Van Zyl, Mikko Ilonen
- 7:40 a.m. -- Paul Dunne, Raphaël Jacquelin, Pelle Edberg
- 7:50 a.m. -- Anthony Wall, Rikard Karlberg, Richie Ramsay
- 8:00 a.m. -- Grégory Havret, Romain Langasque, Felipe Aguilar
- 8:10 a.m. -- Oliver Fisher, Marcel Siem, Paul Lawrie
- 8:20 a.m. -- Dylan Frittelli, Ryan Fox, Callum Shinkwin
- 8:30 a.m. -- George Coetzee, Grégory Bourdy, David Horsey
- 8:40 a.m. -- David Drysdale, Sam Walker, Rayhan Thomas (Am)
- 8:50 a.m. -- Niclas Fasth, Chris Paisley, Alexander Björk
- 11:35 a.m. -- Alexander Knappe, Brett Rumford, Renato Paratore
- 11:45 a.m. -- Graeme Storm, Darren Clarke, Jamie Donaldson
- 11:55 a.m. -- Ian Poulter, Andy Sullivan, Chris Wood
- 12:05 p.m. -- Rafa Cabrera Bello, Lee Westwood, Thomas Pieters
- 12:15 p.m. -- Thongchai Jaidee, Ross Fisher, Bernd Wiesberger
- 12:25 p.m. -- Robert Rock, Pablo Larrazábal, Gary Stal
- 12:35 p.m. -- Scott Hend, Alexander Levy, Jeunghun Wang
- 12:45 p.m. -- Bernd Ritthammer, Mikko Korhonen, Curtis Luck (Am)
- 12:55 p.m. -- Paul Peterson, Eddie Pepperell, Robert Karlsson
- 1:05 p.m. -- Tom Lewis, Duncan Stewart, Lee Slattery
- 1:15 p.m. -- Adrian Otaegui, Daniel Brooks, Mike Lorenzo-Vera
No. 10
- 7:20 a.m. -- Trevor Fisher Jnr, Nicolas Colsaerts, Alejandro Cañizares
- 7:30 a.m. -- Martin Kaymer, Alex Noren, Rickie Fowler
- 7:40 a.m. -- Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson
- 7:50 a.m. -- Branden Grace, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton
- 8:00 a.m. -- Thorbjørn Olesen, Byeong Hun An, Joost Luiten
- 8:10 a.m. -- Stephen Gallacher, Jordan L Smith, Thomas Bjørn
- 8:20 a.m. -- Sam Brazel, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Bradley Dredge
- 8:30 a.m. -- Sébastien Gros, Thomas Aiken, Romain Wattel
- 8:40 a.m. -- Jason Scrivener, Scott Jamieson, Johan Carlsson
- 8:50 a.m. -- Lucas Bjerregaard, Marc Warren, Matthew Southgate
- 11:35 a.m. -- Soomin Lee, Andrew Dodt, Matteo Manassero
- 11:45 a.m. -- S.S.P Chawrasia, Julien Quesne, Haydn Porteous
- 11:55 a.m. -- Nacho Elvira, James Morrison, Nathan Holman
- 12:05 p.m. -- Chris Hanson, Magnus A Carlsson, Joakim Lagergren
- 12:15 p.m. -- David Howell, Paul Waring, Maximilian Kieffer
- 12:25 p.m. -- Simon Dyson, Fabrizio Zanotti, Lasse Jensen
- 12:35 p.m. -- Jorge Campillo, Ricardo Gouveia, Trevor Immelman
- 12:45 p.m. -- Daniel Im, Wade Ormsby, Dean Burmester
- 12:55 p.m. -- David Lipsky, Tommy Fleetwood, Kristoffer Broberg
- 1:05 p.m. -- Peter Uihlein, Alvaro Quiros, Peter Hanson
- 1:15 p.m. -- Nino Bertasio, Justin Walters, Benjamin Hebert
