The tee times for the 2012 US Open at San Francisco's Olympic Club have been announced.
The United States Golf Association have put together some mouth-watering pairings for the first two rounds of the second major of the year.
Memorial winner and former world number one Tiger Woods will play alongside four-time major champion Phil Mickelson and 2012 Masters victor Bubba Watson, teeing off at 3.33pm (UK time) on Thursday and 9.29pm on Friday.
The last time Woods and Mickelson played together during a major championship was the final round of the 2009 Masters, but the pair did play together earlier this season in the fourth round at Pebble Beach, where Mickleson shot a closing 64 to win his 40th career title.
Defending champion Rory McIlroy (current world number three) is on the other side of the draw to Woods, teeing off at 9.29pm on Thursday and 3.44pm on Friday alongisde world number one Luke Donald and world number two Lee Westwood.
Players will tee off from the first or ninth tee (instead of the 10th) due to the proximity of the ninth tee to the Olympic Clubhouse.
Notable groups in the early/late side of the draw include:
K. J. Choi, Y. E. Yang, K. T. Kim
Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh, Zach Johnson
Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson
Notable groups in the late/early side of the draw include:
Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Graeme McDowell
Bill Haas, Nick Watney, Brandt Snedeker
Martin Kaymer, Hunter Mahan, Justin Rose
Steve Stricker, Ian Poulter, Matt Kuchar
Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Dufner
Rickie Fowler, Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson
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