2026 US Open tee times: Most notable pairings for the opening two rounds at Shinnecock Hills

The third major championship of the year is upon us, and as the U.S. Open returns to Shinnecock Hills for the first time since 2018, the USGA has gifted golf fans a plethora of marquee pairings for the first and second rounds.

A total of 156 players will tee it up this week, trying to conquer the brutal test that lies on Long Island. The last time the game’s best took on Shinnecock, Brooks Koepka found the winner’s circle at 1-over par. The 2018 U.S. Open was the first, and lone edition of the major, to crown a winner with an over-par score since the 2013 U.S. Open, when Justin Rose won at Merion at 1-over.

Notable first- and second-round tee times

*denotes 10th tee start, (a) denotes amateur player

Brooks Koepka, Cameron Young, Chris Gotterup: 7:30 a.m./1:25 p.m.* ET

You’ll be hard-pressed to find another threesome on the tee sheet that puts on a better show off the tee than these three.

Koepka enters the week with huge question marks after withdrawing from last week’s Canadian Open with an elbow/hand injury. Young, being both a New York native and a two-time winner on the PGA Tour this year, is among the favorites both in the hearts and the books of many golf fans this week. Gotterup is also a two-time winner on Tour this season and has the capabilities with both a driver and putter in his hand that could make him a very serious threat at Shinnecock.

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Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Tommy Fleetwood: 7:52 a.m.*/1:47 p.m.

Not only is this a group many will circle as one that could feature the winner come Sunday, but it’s also a comfortable one with all three being past teammates on the European Ryder Cup team.

Fleetwood nearly won the 2018 U.S. Open here after posting a final-round 63. McIlroy missed the cut at Shinnecock that year, but the career grand slam winner followed that up with six straight top-10 finishes in U.S. Opens plus a T-19 in last year’s edition. As for Aberg, it’s the same thing each week. The Swede’s game should fit this difficult track, but contending or not will rely on what is going on between the ears.

Mason Howell (a), Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun: 8:14 a.m./2:09 p.m.*

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, defending U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun, and last year’s U.S. Amateur winner Mason Howell. This one doesn’t need too much explanation.

This week marks Scheffler’s first attempt at completing the career grand slam. If he were to win on Sunday, he’d make history not only on Father’s Day, but on his 30th birthday as well.

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Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick: 1:25 p.m.*/7:30 a.m.

DeChambeau may be a two-time U.S. Open champion, but he has missed the cut in the first two majors in 2026. Professional golf appears to have also morphed into a side hustle for DeChambeau this season.

Fitzpatrick has undoubtedly been a top-3 player on the planet in 2026 and has the advantage of knowing what it takes to win this event, having done so in 2022. Viktor Hovland has been a mystery man in 2026, but is in form after a solo third in Canada a week ago, the same spot he finished in the 2025 U.S. Open.

Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm: 2:09 p.m.*/8:14 a.m.

A past champion’s pairing never hurt nobody. One would think Shinnecock would be too large a ballpark for a soon-to-be 46-year-old Justin Rose, but doubting him on the biggest stages hardly ever works out well.

Then you have two versions of a roller coaster in Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm. Spieth is a Tower of Terror that could literally snap at any second, but somehow recovers in the form of literal magic. Rahm is a more tame thrill ride who should be licking his chops at a venue like this, but could succumb to the conditions and never recover. He could also win by multiple shots.

Early Thursday, late Friday wave

• 6:35 a.m./12:30 p.m. ET*: James Nicholas, Taylor Montgomery, Caleb Surratt
• 6:35 a.m.*/12:30 p.m.: Chandler Phillips, Harry Higgs, Hamilton Coleman (a)
• 6:46 a.m./12:41 p.m.*: Ethan Fang (a), Jayden Schaper, Jackson Suber
• 6:46 a.m.*/12:41 p.m.: Nathan Kimsey, Jackson Herrington (a), Cooper Dossey
• 6:57 a.m./12:52 p.m.*: Chase Kyes (a), Matthew Jordan, Alejandro Tosti
• 6:57 a.m.*/12:52 p.m.: Peter Uihlein, Eric Lee (a), Samuel Stevens
• 7:08 a.m./1:03 p.m.*: Carl Yuan, Brandon Wu, Jimmy Stanger
• 7:08 a.m.*/1:03 p.m.: Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Ben Silverman, Emiliano Grillo
• 7:19 a.m./1:14 p.m.*: Padraig Harrington, Miles Russell (a), Cameron Smith
• 7:19 a.m.*/1:14 p.m.: Patrick Rodgers, Keith Mitchell, Graeme McDowell
• 7:30 a.m./1:25 p.m.*: Brooks Koepka, Cameron Young, Chris Gotterup
• 7:30 a.m.*/1:25 p.m.: Sungjae Im, Lucas Herbert, Kristoffer Reitan
• 7:41 a.m./1:36 p.m.*: Daniel Berger, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler
• 7:41 a.m.*/1:36 p.m.: Sam Burns, Tyrrell Hatton, Si Woo Kim
• 7:52 a.m./1:47 p.m.*: Patrick Reed, Andrew Novak, Kurt Kitayama
• 7:52 a.m.*/1:47 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Tommy Fleetwood
• 8:03 a.m./1:58 p.m.*: Harris English, Adam Scott, Nick Taylor
• 8:03 a.m.*/1:58 p.m.: Alex Noren, Maverick McNealy, Sepp Straka
• 8:14 a.m./2:09 p.m.*: Mason Howell (a), Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun
• 8:14 a.m.*/2:09 p.m.: Max Greyserman, Brian Harman, Jacob Bridgeman
• 8:25 a.m./2:20 p.m.*: Sahith Theegala, Jackson Koivun (a), Michael Kim
• 8:25 a.m.*/2:20 p.m.: Alex Fitzpatrick, Tom Kim, Benjamin James
• 8:36 a.m./2:31 p.m*: J.B. Holmes, Filippo Celli, Jackson Ormond (a)
• 8:36 a.m.*/2:31 p.m.: Brandon Holtz (a), Ryuichi Oiwa, Dylan Wu
• 8:47 a.m./2:42 p.m.*: Jake Peacock, Vaughn Harber (a), Kaito Onishi
• 8:47 a.m.*/2:42 p.m.: Greyson Leach, Logan Reilly (a), Robbie Higgins

Late Thursday, early Friday wave

• 12:30 p.m.*/6:35 a.m ET.: William Mouw, Ryder Cowan (a), Hennie Du Plessis
• 12:30 p.m./6:35 a.m.*: Niklas Norgaard, Rocco Paolo Repetto Taylor, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
• 12:41 p.m.*/6:46 a.m.: Adrien Saddier, Jackson Van Paris, Ugo Coussaud
• 12:41 p.m./6:46 a.m.*: Laurie Canter, John Parry, Bryan Lee (a)
• 12:52 p.m.*/6:57 a.m.: Neal Shipley, Matthias Schmid, Bud Cauley
• 12:52 p.m./6:57 a.m.*: Chris Kirk, Max McGreevy, Jake Knapp
• 1:03 p.m.*/7:08 a.m.: Pierceson Coody, Zac Blair, Kevin Roy
• 1:03 p.m./7:08 a.m.*: Harry Hall, Michael Brennan, Andrew Putnam
• 1:14 p.m.*/7:19 a.m.: Aaron Rai, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day
• 1:14 p.m./7:19 a.m.*: Davis Thompson, Preston Stout (a), David Puig
• 1:25 p.m.*/7:30 a.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 1:25 p.m./7:30 a.m.*: Ryo Hisatsune, Corey Conners, Ryan Fox
• 1:36 p.m.*/7:41 a.m.: Dustin Johnson, Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland
• 1:36 p.m./7:41 a.m.*: Ryan Gerard, Russell Henley, Ben Griffin
• 1:47 p.m.*/7:52 a.m.: Joaquin Niemann, Alex Smalley, Shane Lowry
• 1:47 p.m./7:52 a.m.*: Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Xander Schauffele
• 1:58 p.m.*/8:03 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Carlos Ortiz, Min Woo Lee
• 1:58 p.m./8:03 a.m.*: Nicolai Højgaard, Nicolas Echavarria, Robert MacIntyre
• 2:09 p.m.*/8:14 a.m.: Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm
• 2:09 p.m./8:14 a.m.*: J.T. Poston, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel
• 2:20 p.m.*/8:25 a.m.: Ben Kohles, Johnny Keefer, Matt McCarty
• 2:20 p.m./8:25 a.m.*: Arni Sveinsson (a), Taihei Sato, Marcelo Rozo
• 2:31 p.m.*/8:36 a.m.: Angel Hidalgo, Mateo Pulcini (a), Spencer Tibbits
• 2:31 p.m./8:36 a.m.*: Nick Hardy, Cole Hammer, Jack Schoenberger
• 2:42 p.m.*/8:47 a.m.: Matthew Robles (a), Jake Sollon, Manav Shah
• 2:42 p.m./8:47 a.m.*: Marek Fleming (a), TK Kim, Giuseppe Puebla (a)