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US Open 2024: Tee times, TV details, weather forecast, players to watch

Everything you need to know about Pinehurst No 2 and the third Major of the year

A view of the par 4, 18th green and the clubhouse on The Pinehurst No 2 course. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty

David Gorman
Tue Jun 11 2024 - 22:20

When is it on?

The third men’s Major of the year, the 2024 US Open, will begin at Pinehurst No 2 in North Carolina on Thursday, June 13th and will run until Sunday, June 16th (Father’s Day, as is tradition).

How can I follow it all?

The US Open is being broadcast exclusively on Sky Sports and NowTV all week. Coverage will begin at 12.30pm on Thursday and Friday, from 3pm on Saturday and 2pm on Sunday. Pinehurst is on the east coast, five hours behind Irish time, so unlike last year there will be no waiting until 3am to see if Rory McIlroy can win on Sunday.

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What are the tee-times?

The following times were released before Jon Rahm pulled out of the tournament on Tuesday night.

First round

Starting from 1st tee

Early

11:45 Carter Jenkins, Logan McAllister, Michael McGowan

11:56 (a) Parker Bell, Frederik Kjettrup (Den), Christopher Petefish

12:07 Max Greyserman, Casey Jarvis (Rsa), (a) Omar Morales (Mex)

12:18 Corey Conners (Can), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Stephan Jäger (Ger)

12:29 Sergio Garcia (Esp), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Francesco Molinari (Ita)

12:40 Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas

12:51 Rickie Fowler, Adam Hadwin (Can), Phil Mickelson

13:02 Nicolai Höjgaard (Den), Min-Woo Lee (Aus), Sahith Theegala

13:13 Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Si-Woo Kim (Kor), Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

13:24 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Robert Rock (Eng), (a) Neal Shipley

13:35 (a) Stewart Hagestad, Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Mac Meissner

13:46 Jim Herman, (a) Bryan Kim, Isaiah Salinda

13:57 (a) Colin Prater, Charles Reiter, Carson Schaake

Late

17:30 Brandon Thompson (Eng), Jason Scrivener (Aus), (a) Brendan Valdes

17:41 Sam Bairstow (Eng), (a) Santiago De la Fuente (Mex), Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (Esp)

17:52 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Kurt Kitayama, Taylor Moore

18:03 Jason Day (Aus), Harris English, Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor)

18:14 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler

18:25 Wyndham Clark, Nick Dunlap, Brian Harman

18:36 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Jordan Spieth

18:47 Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Shane Lowry (Irl)

18:58 Akshay Bhatia, Eric Cole, Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)

19:09 Alexander Noren (Swe), Taylor Pendrith (Can), Brendon Todd

19:20 (a) Jackson Buchanan, Brian Campbell, Thomas Detry (Bel)

19:31 (a) Gunnar Broin, Maxwell Moldovan, Taisei Shimuzu (Jpn)

19:42 John Chin, Sung-Hoon Kang (Kor), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn),

Starting at 10th hole

Early

11:45 Rico Hoey (Phi), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Tom McKibbin (NIrl)

11:56 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Séamus Power (Irl)

12:07 Seong-Hyeon Kim (Kor), Justin Lower, Tim Widing (Swe)

12:18 Sam Burns, Lucas Glover, Cameron Smith (Aus)

12:29 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tiger Woods, Will Zalatoris

12:40 Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley, Matt Kuchar

12:51 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Tony Finau, Dustin Johnson

13:02 Justin Rose (Eng), Webb Simpson, Gary Woodland

13:13 Daniel Berger, Ryan Fox (Nzl), David Puig (Esp)

13:24 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Sam Bennett, Edoardo Molinari (Ita)

13:35 Cameron Davis (Aus), Austin Eckroat, Adrian Meronk (Pol)

13:46 Zachary Blair, Aaron Rai (Eng), Davis Thompson

13:57 Willie Mack III, Richard Mansell (Eng), (a) Ashton McCulloch (Can)

Late

17:30 Grant Forrest (Sco), Greyson Sigg, (a) Wells Williams

17:41 Chesson Hadley, Mark Hubbard, Adam Svensson (Can)

17:52 Beau Hossler, Victor Perez (Fra), Adam Schenk

18:03 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Nick Taylor (Can)

18:14 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Tom Hoge

18:25 Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa, Viktor Hovland (Nor)

18:36 Peter Malnati, JT Poston, Sepp Straka (Aut)

18:47 Jake Knapp, (a) Gordon Sargent, Cameron Young

18:58 Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Adam Scott (Aus)

19:09 (a) Benjamin James, Ben Kohles, Denny McCarthy

19:20 Frankie Capan, (a) Luke Clanton, Andrew Svoboda

19:31 Harry Higgs, (a) Hiroshi Tai (Sgp), Brandon Wu

19:42 Otto Black, Chris Naegel, Joey Vrzich

Second round

Starting from 1st tee

Early

1145 Grant Forrest (Sco), Greyson Sigg, (a) Wells Williams

1156 Chesson Hadley, Mark Hubbard, Adam Svensson (Can)

1207 Beau Hossler, Victor Perez (Fra), Adam Schenk

1218 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Nick Taylor (Can)

1229 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Tom Hoge

1240 Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa, Viktor Hovland (Nor)

1251 Peter Malnati, JT Poston, Sepp Straka (Aut)

1302 Jake Knapp, (a) Gordon Sargent, Cameron Young

1313 Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Adam Scott (Aus)

1324 (a) Benjamin James, Ben Kohles, Denny McCarthy

1335 Frankie Capan, (a) Luke Clanton, Andrew Svoboda

1346 Harry Higgs, (a) Hiroshi Tai (Sgp), Brandon Wu

1357 Otto Black, Chris Naegel, Joey Vrzich

Late

1730 Rico Hoey (Phi), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Tom McKibbin (NIrl)

1741 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Séamus Power (Irl)

1752 Seong-Hyeon Kim (Kor), Justin Lower, Tim Widing (Swe)

1803 Sam Burns, Lucas Glover, Cameron Smith (Aus)

1814 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tiger Woods, Will Zalatoris

1825 Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley, Matt Kuchar

1836 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Tony Finau, Dustin Johnson

1847 Justin Rose (Eng), Webb Simpson, Gary Woodland

1858 Daniel Berger, Ryan Fox (Nzl), David Puig (Esp)

1909 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Sam Bennett, Edoardo Molinari (Ita)

1920 Cameron Davis (Aus), Austin Eckroat, Adrian Meronk (Pol)

1931 Zachary Blair, Aaron Rai (Eng), Davis Thompson

1942 Willie Mack III, Richard Mansell (Eng), Ashton McCulloch (Can),

Starting at 10th hole

Early

1145 Brandon Thompson (Eng), Jason Scrivener (Aus), (a) Brendan Valdes

1156 Sam Bairstow (Eng), (a) Santiago De la Fuente (Mex), Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (Esp)

1207 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Kurt Kitayama, Taylor Moore

1218 Jason Day (Aus), Harris English, Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor)

1229 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler

1240 Wyndham Clark, Nick Dunlap, Brian Harman

1251 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Jordan Spieth

1302 Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Shane Lowry (Irl)

1313 Akshay Bhatia, Eric Cole, Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)

1324 Alexander Noren (Swe), Taylor Pendrith (Can), Brendon Todd

1335 (a) Jackson Buchanan, Brian Campbell, Thomas Detry (Bel)

1346 (a) Gunnar Broin, Maxwell Moldovan, Taisei Shimuzu (Jpn)

1357 John Chin, Sung-Hoon Kang (Kor), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn)

Late

1730 Carter Jenkins, Logan McAllister, Michael McGowan

1741 (a) Parker Bell, Frederik Kjettrup (Den), Christopher Petefish

1752 Max Greyserman, Casey Jarvis (Rsa), (a) Omar Morales (Mex)

1803 Corey Conners (Can), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Stephan Jäger (Ger)

1814 Sergio Garcia (Esp), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Francesco Molinari (Ita)

1825 Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas

1836 Rickie Fowler, Adam Hadwin (Can), Phil Mickelson

1847 Nicolai Höjgaard (Den), Min-Woo Lee (Aus), Sahith Theegala

1858 Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Si-Woo Kim (Kor), Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

1909 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Robert Rock (Eng), (a) Neal Shipley

1920 (a) Stewart Hagestad, Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Mac Meissner

1931 Jim Herman, Bryan Kim, Isaiah Salinda

1942 (a) Colin Prater, Charles Reiter, Carson Schaake

What is the course like?

Pinehurst is generally one of the harder US Open set-ups. Only four players have been under par in total in the last three US Opens here. Payne Stewart won in 1999 before he lost his life in a tragic plane crash later that year, while the 2005 edition was particularly brutal, with final group Retief Goosen and Jason Gore shooting 81 and 84 respectively on Sunday, as Michael Campbell held off Tiger Woods to win on level par.

In 2010, the course underwent a considerable redesign with hardpan sand and native scrub bordering the fairways replacing rough, but still played tough for everyone except Martin Kaymer, who won by eight strokes on nine under. The course is notorious for punishing shots that do not land in the heart of the green, with dramatic roll-offs on many greens leaving difficult chips.

What are the Irish prospects?

Ireland is represented by four players at this year’s US Open, as Séamus Power and Tom McKibbin made it through qualifiers to join perennial major competitors Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry. It will be McKibbin’s first Major appearance and a great opportunity for the 21-year-old.

McIlroy agonisingly finished second at the US Open last year, one shot behind Wyndham Clark, where one bogey at the par five 14th hole on Sunday cost him dearly. It was by far McIlroy’s best US Open performance since he won it in 2011 and the patience he showed in the final two rounds would be welcome again this year given the test at Pinehurst.

Who are the other main contenders?

Scheffler is clear favourite in the bookies at 4-1 and deservedly so with five victories on the PGA Tour, including the Masters, and two second places. The world number one has had his charges dropped after that incident at the US PGA Championship that saw him arrested, and as a supreme ball-striker, Pinehurst will be to his taste.

Rory McIlroy is second favourite for the US Open title. Photograph: Andy Lyons/Getty Images

McIlroy is second favourite (10-1), while most recent Major winner Xander Schauffele (12-1) will not be underestimated again after his impressive win in the PGA Championship, nor will Bryson DeChambeau and Viktor Hovland (14-1) who ran him close and whose games should suit the North Carolina course.

What is the US Open winner’s prize?

The winner’s prize money is yet to be announced, but it is expected to well exceed $3 million, as well as the US Open trophy, and the Jack Nicklaus Medal, named after the tournament’s four-time winner.

What is the weather forecast for North Carolina?

It is dry and hot in the build-up, 30 degrees and sunny on Wednesday, before some afternoon showers on Thursday and a possibility of thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday and a light breeze throughout the week.

David Gorman

David Gorman

David Gorman is a sports journalist with The Irish Times

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