The pairings for the 88th PGA Championship have been released. Traditionally, the winners of the first three majors are paired together, and that’s the case this year as well. Fortunately for golf fans, that means Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Geoff Ogilvy will be playing together for at least two days of the 2006 PGA at Medinah Country Club.
All the other pairings are listed below. Those with high star power are in bold face text (including a few pairings with three PGA Championship winners) while those with U.S. Ryder Cup hopefuls have been italicized.
Tee times listed below show both Round 1 and Round 2 tee times and tees separated by a slash. “1 7:00am / 10 12:05pm” means the group tees off on the first tee at 7:00am on Thursday and the tenth tee at 12:05pm on Friday.
Morning Tee Times (Round 1)
1 7:00am / 10 12:05pm – Mike SMALL, Ryan PALMER, Andres ROMERO
1 7:10am / 10 12:15pm – Steve FLESCH, Gregory BISCONTI, Anders HANSEN
1 7:20am / 10 12:25pm – Ted PURDY, Jim KANE, Charl SCHWARTZEL
1 7:30am / 10 12:35pm – Pat PEREZ, Charles HOWELL III, Joey SINDELAR
1 7:40am / 10 12:45pm – Jerry KELLY, Heath SLOCUM, Padraig HARRINGTON
1 7:50am / 10 12:55pm – Craig BARLOW, Mike WEIR, Todd HAMILTON
1 8:00am / 10 1:05pm – Lucas GLOVER, Robert ALLENBY, Trevor IMMELMAN
1 8:10am / 10 1:15pm – S.K. HO, Brett WETTERICH, Jose Maria OLAZABAL
1 8:20am / 10 1:25pm – Zach JOHNSON, Ben CURTIS, Peter LONARD
1 8:30am / 10 1:35pm – K.J. CHOI, Rod PAMPLING, Tim HERRON
1 8:40am / 10 1:45pm – Greg OWEN, Tim WEINHART, Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO
1 8:50am / 10 1:55pm – Chris STARKJOHANN, Johan EDFORS, International WINNER
1 9:00am / 10 2:05pm – Simon KHAN, Sam ARNOLD, Billy MAYFAIR
10 7:00am / 1 12:05pm – Bo VAN PELT, Mark BROWN, Dean WILSON
10 7:10am / 1 12:15pm – Kenneth FERRIE, John ABER, Hideto TANIHARA
10 7:20am / 1 12:25pm – Miguel Angel JIMENEZ, Tim CLARK, Tom PERNICE JR.
10 7:30am / 1 12:35pm – Rich BEEM, Steve ELKINGTON, David TOMS
10 7:40am / 1 12:45pm – Fred FUNK, Stewart CINK, Thomas BJORN
10 7:50am / 1 12:55pm – Retief GOOSEN, Chad CAMPBELL, David DUVAL
10 8:00am / 1 1:05pm – Mark CALCAVECCHIA, Luke DONALD, Vaughn TAYLOR
10 8:10am / 1 1:15pm – Michael CAMPBELL, Chris DIMARCO, Lee WESTWOOD
10 8:20am / 1 1:25pm – J.J. HENRY, Graeme MCDOWELL, Aaron BADDELEY
10 8:30am / 1 1:35pm – Phil MICKELSON, Geoff OGILVY, Tiger WOODS
10 8:40am / 1 1:45pm – John SENDEN, Nick DOUGHERTY, Scott VERPLANK
10 8:50am / 1 1:55pm – Brad FAXON, Don YRENE, Camilo VILLEGAS
10 9:00am / 1 2:05pm – Steve SCHNEITER, Bradley DREDGE, BEN CRANE
Afternoon Tee Times (Round 1)
1 12:05pm / 10 7:00am – Nathan GREEN, Lee RINKER, Richard S. JOHNSON
1 12:15pm / 10 7:10am – Kelly MITCHUM, Hesper PARNEVIK, Brandt JOBE
1 12:25pm / 10 7:20am – Arron OBERHOLSER, Jason GORE, Bart BRYANT
1 12:35pm / 10 7:30am – Adam SCOTT, Kenny PERRY, Rory SABBATINI
1 12:45pm / 10 7:40am – Shaun MICHEEL, Bob TWAY, Davis LOVE III
1 12:55pm / 10 7:50am – Jim FURYK, Angel CABRERA, Shigeki MARUYAMA
1 1:05pm / 10 8:00am – Tom LEHMAN, David HOWELL, Robert GAMEZ
1 1:15pm / 10 8:10am – Sergio GARCIA, Fred COUPLES, Ernie ELS
1 1:25pm / 10 8:20am – Colin MONTGOMERIE, Stuart APPLEBY, J.B. HOLMES
1 1:35pm / 10 8:30am – John DALY, Jeff SLUMAN, Vijay SINGH
1 1:45pm / 10 8:40am – Corey PAVIN, Bernhard LANGER, John ROLLINS
1 1:55pm / 10 8:50am – Steve LOWERY, Alan SCHULTE, Richard GREEN
1 2:05pm / 10 9:00am – Chris WIEMERS, Mark HENSBY, Steve STRICKER
10 12:05pm / 1 7:00am – Woody AUSTIN, Craig THOMAS, Justin ROSE
10 12:15pm / 1 7:10am – Stephen DODD, Chip SULLIVAN, Jason BOHN
10 12:25pm / 1 7:20am – Wes SHORT JR., Chris RILEY, Henrik STENSON
10 12:35pm / 1 7:30am – Larry NELSON, Ron PHILO JR., Wayne GRADY
10 12:45pm / 1 7:40am – Olin BROWNE, Paul MCGINLEY, Sean O’HAIR
10 12:55pm / 1 7:50am – Paul CASEY, Justin LEONARD, Niclas FASTH
10 1:05pm / 1 8:00am – Jeff MAGGERT, Robert KARLSSON, Kirk TRIPLETT
10 1:15pm / 1 8:10am – Dudley HART, Nick O’HERN, Ian POULTER
10 1:25pm / 1 8:20am – Paul AZINGER, Mark BROOKS, Nick PRICE
10 1:35pm / 1 8:30am – Stephen AMES, Carl PETTERSSON, Chris COUCH
10 1:45pm / 1 8:40am – John BICKERTON, Brett QUIGLEY, Barry EVANS
10 1:55pm / 1 8:50am – Jay HAAS, Greer, Paul BROADHURST, Jerry HAAS
10 2:05pm / 1 9:00am – Anthony WALL, Jeffrey CRANFORD, Andrew BUCKLE
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There are some obscure names in the pairings. Club pros maybe?
How do people qualify for the PGA?
You seem to have italicised a few non-US players….not sure that Ernie Els is able to play for the US next month…..
Rob, I italicized (or bolded) the entire threesome, since it’s a “threesome to watch.” It shows up better than italicizing individuals.
Baynative, yes, PGA club pros have a tournament, and I believe 25 or so members of the field are PGA Club pros. Or 15… they keep reducing the number.
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