{"id":11258,"date":"2012-06-08T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/golf-woods-watson-and-mickelson-grouped-together-for-us-open\/"},"modified":"2012-06-08T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T09:04:00","slug":"golf-woods-watson-and-mickelson-grouped-together-for-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-woods-watson-and-mickelson-grouped-together-for-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Woods, Watson and Mickelson grouped together for US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

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June 7<\/span> (Reuters) – Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson and Phil
\nMickelson have been grouped together for the first two rounds of
\nnext week’s U.S. Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The three Americans, all winners of the Masters after Watson
\ntriumphed at Augusta National in April, will start on the ninth
\ntee at 7:33 a.m. PDT (1433 GMT) on June 14 and from the first
\nhole at 1:18 p.m. on June 15.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Players normally start their rounds from the first and 10th
\ntees but tournament officials decided to send players off on the
\nfirst and ninth holes for logistical reasons as the ninth tee is
\ncloser to the clubhouse.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The last time Woods was paired with Mickelson for the first
\ntwo rounds of a U.S. Open was in 2008 when he won the tournament
\nfor the third time.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The former wold number one has not won a major since then
\nbut goes into next week’s championship with renewed confidence
\nafter winning last week’s Memorial in Ohio.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Defending U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy of Northern
\nIreland was also put in a star-studded group alongside world
\nnumber one Luke Donald and fellow Englishman Lee Westwood.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, who was beaten by Watson in
\na playoff at the Masters, was paired with last year’s U.S. Open
\nrunner-up, Australian Jason Day, and 2011 U.S. PGA runner-up
\nAmerican Jason Dufner.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Three of the sport’s rising stars, Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa and
\nAmericans Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler, were also paired
\ntogether.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

South African Ernie Els, a two-time U.S. Open champion, will
\ntee off alongside Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy, the 2006 winner, and
\nArgentina’s Angel Cabrera, who won the following year.\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Julian Linden in New York; Editing by Frank
\nPingue)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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