Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry to play together for first two rounds of US Open

Justin Rose joins Irish duo with an early start on Thursday and later on Friday

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy look on from the 11th green during a practice round. Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty
Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy look on from the 11th green during a practice round. Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry will play together for the first two rounds of the US Open at Oakmont Country Club.

The Irish duo have been drawn to play together at 12.40pm Irish time on Thursday (7.40am local), and at 6.25pm on Friday (1.25pm local) alongside former champion Justin Rose.

The good friends, who have won six Majors between them, practised today at Oakmont and won a PGA Tour team event together in New Orleans last year.

World number one Scottie Scheffler will play with Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa at 6.25pm on Thursday and 12.40pm on Friday.

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Other notable groupings include Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau and Jose Luis Ballester at 12.29am on Thursday and 6.14pm on Friday, and Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm and Dustin Johnson at 6.14pm on Thursday and 12.29pm on Friday.

First round (US unless stated, * denotes amateur)

Off 1st tee (10th tee Friday times in brackets)

11.45am (5.30pm) Matt Vogt (a), Kevin Velo, Trent Phillips

11.56am (5.41pm) Chandler Blanchet, Alvaro Ortiz (Mex), Doug Ghim

12.07pm (5.52pm) Evan Beck*, Maxwell Moldovan, Justin Hicks

12.18pm (6.03pm) Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Keegan Bradley

12.29pm (6.14pm) Xander Schauffele, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio (Esp), Bryson DeChambeau

12.40pm (6.25pm) Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland

12.51pm (6.36pm) Akshay Bhatia, Matt McCarty, Robert MacIntyre (Sco)

1.02pm (6.47pm) Cam Davis (Aus), Davis Thompson, Thomas Detry (Bel)

1.13pm (6.58pm) Richard Bland (Eng), Trevor Gutschewski*, Lanto Griffin

1.24pm (7.09pm) Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Sam Stevens, Ryan Gerard

1.35pm (7.20pm)  Thriston Lawrence (RSA), Noah Kent*, Thorbjørn Olesen (Den)

1.46pm (7.31pm) Jinichiro Kozuma (Jpn), Cameron Tankersley*, Chase Johnson

1.57pm (7.42pm) Philip Barbaree, Riley Lewis, Brady Calkins

5.30pm (11.45am) Frederic LaCroix (Fra), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Sam Bairstow (Eng)

5.41pm (11.56am) Byeong Hun An (Kor), Joe Highsmith, Ryan Fox (NZ)

5.52pm (12.07pm) Victor Perez (Fra), Jacob Bridgeman, Adam Schenk

6.03pm (12.18pm) Min Woo Lee (Aus), Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka

6.14pm (12.29pm) Sam Burns, Nico Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy

6.25pm (12.40pm) Viktor Hovland (Nor), Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler

6.36pm (12.51pm) Corey Conners (Can), Jason Day (Aus),  Patrick Reed

6.47pm (1.02pm) Joaquin Niemann (Chl), Bud Cauley, Daniel Berger

6.58pm (1.13pm) Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Tony Finau, Chris Kirk

7.09pm (1.24pm) Ben James*, Rasmus Højgaard (Den), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)

7.20pm (1.35pm) Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Justin Hastings (Cym)*, Laurie Canter (Eng)

7.31pm (1.46pm) Frankie Harris*, Emilio Gonzalez R (Mex), Roberto Díaz (Mex)

7.42pm (1.57pm) Grant Haefner, Joey Herrera, George Kneiser

Off 10th tee (1st tee Friday times in brackets)

11.45am (5.30pm) Zac Blair, Scott Vincent (Zim), Alistair Docherty

11.56am (5.41pm) Jacques Kruyswijk (RSA), Jordan Smith (Eng), Eric Cole

12.07pm (5.52pm) Tom Kim (Kor), JJ Spaun, Taylor Pendrith (Can)

12.18pm (6.03pm) Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Adam Scott (Aus), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

12.29pm (6.14pm) Ben Griffin, Andrew Novak, Maverick McNealy

12.40pm (6.25pm) Shane Lowry (Irl), Justin Rose (Eng), Rory McIlroy (N Irl)

12.51pm (6.36pm) Patrick Cantlay, Si Woo Kim (Kor), Lucas Glover

1.02pm (6.47pm) Cameron Smith (Aus), Brian Harman, Phil Mickelson

1.13pm (6.58pm) Niklas Norgaard (Den), Brian Campbell, Justin Lower

1.24pm (7.09pm)  Davis Riley, Jackson Koivun*, Johnny Keefer

1.35pm (7.20pm) James Hahn, Mark Hubbard, Michael La Sasso*

1.46pm (7.31pm) Joakim Lagergren (Swe), Mason Howell*, Chris Gotterup

1.57pm (7.42pm) Zach Bauchou, Jackson Buchanan, Lance Simpson*

5.30pm (11.45am) Will Chandler, Andrea Pavan (Ita), Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)

5.41pm (11.56am) Bryan Lee*, Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Preston Summerhays

5.52pm (12.07pm) Erik van Rooyen (RSA), Max Greyserman, Matt Wallace (Eng)

6.03pm (12.18pm) Russell Henley, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA), Nick Taylor (Can)

6.14pm (12.29pm) Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm (Esp), Dustin Johnson

6.25pm (12.40pm) Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Sungjae Im (Kor), Sepp Straka (Aut)

6.36pm (12.51pm) Cameron Young, Tom Hoge, JT Poston

6.47pm (1.02pm) Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Michael Kim, Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

6.58pm (1.13pm) Marc Leishman (Aus), Aaron Rai (Eng), Nick Dunlap

7.09pm (1.24pm) Matthew Jordan (Eng), Yuta Sugiura (Jpn), Carlos Ortiz (Mex)

7.20pm (1.35pm) Ryan McCormick, Trevor Cone, Zachery Pollo*

7.31pm (1.46pm) James Nicholas, Tyler Weaver (Eng)*, Riki Kawamoto (Jpn)

7.42pm (1.57pm) Austen Truslow, Harrison Ott, George Duangmanee

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David Gorman

David Gorman

David Gorman is a sports journalist with The Irish Times