The third major of the year is upon us as the 2025 U.S. Open brings the world’s best golfers to one of the world’s toughest courses: Oakmont Country Club. With players beginning their battles against each other and the Oakmont course on Thursday, the USGA released the groupings we will get to see play together in the first two rounds as they start in threesomes off split tees.
There are some intriguing marquee groupings for this year’s U.S. Open as always; the USGA attempts to place many of the game’s top stars together in order to create as many fireworks as possible across the first 36 holes. Check out a CBS Sports breakdown of 2025 U.S. Open picks and expert predictions, including the nine gofers most likely to win at Oakmont.
In the morning wave, we’ll see Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau and Jose Luis Ballester tee off No. 1 at 7:29 a.m. ET — a group that puts the reigning champions of The Open, U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur all together. On the opposite side of the course, Shane Lowry, Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy will be teeing off No. 10 at 7:40 a.m. in what figures to be an extremely comfortable group for three European Ryder Cup veterans.
Highlighting the afternoon wave, the world No. 1 will begin his quest for a first U.S. Open title and his fourth career major at 1:25 p.m. as Scottie Scheffler — joined by Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa — will go off No. 1 on Thursday. Just before they tee off, three former U.S. Open champions — Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm and Dustin Johnson — will begin their tournament on No. 10 at 1:14 p.m.
Those are just a handful of the intriguing groupings for the first two days at Oakmont. The full list is available below. Check out the 2025 U.S. Open TV schedule and coverage guide for a full breakdown of how to watch the year’s third major championship.
All times Eastern
2025 U.S. Open tee times, Thursday pairings
Hole No. 1
- 6:45 a.m. — Matt Vogt (a), Kevin Velo, Trent Phillips
- 6:56 a.m. — Chandler Blanchet, Alvaro Ortiz, Doug Ghim
- 7:07 a.m. — Evan Beck (a), Maxwell Moldovan, Justin Hicks
- 7:18 a.m. — Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood, Keegan Bradley
- 7:29 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, Jose Luis Ballester, Bryson DeChambeau
- 7:40 a.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland
- 7:51 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Matt McCarty, Robert MacIntyre
- 8:02 a.m. — Cam Davis, Davis Thompson, Thomas Detry
- 8:13 a.m. — Richard Bland, Trevor Gutschewski (a), Lanto Griffin
- 8:24 a.m. — Edoardo Molinari, Sam Stevens, Ryan Gerard
- 8:35 a.m. — Thriston Lawrence, Noah Kent (a), Thorbjørn Olesen
- 8:46 a.m. — Jinichiro Kozuma, Cameron Tankersley (a), Chase Johnson
- 8:57 a.m. — Philip Barbaree Jr., Riley Lewis, Brady Calkins
- 12:30 p.m. — Frederick Lacroix, Emiliano Grillo, Sam Bairstow
- 12:41 p.m. — Byeong Hun An, Joe Highsmith, Ryan Fox
- 12:52 p.m. — Victor Perez, Jacob Bridgeman, Adam Schenk
- 1:03 p.m. — Min Woo Lee, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka
- 1:14 p.m. — Sam Burns, Nico Echavarria, Denny McCarthy
- 1:25 p.m. — Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
- 1:36 p.m. — Corey Conners, Jason Day, Patrick Reed
- 1:47 p.m. — Joaquin Niemann, Bud Cauley, Daniel Berger
- 1:58 p.m. — Mackenzie Hughes, Tony Finau, Chris Kirk
- 2:09 p.m. — Benjamin James (a), Rasmus Højgaard, Stephan Jaeger
- 2:20 p.m. — Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Justin Hastings (a), Laurie Canter
- 2:31 p.m. — Frankie Harris (a), Emilio Gonzalez, Roberto Diaz
- 2:42 p.m. — Grant Haefner, Joey Herrera, George Kneiser
Hole No. 10
- 6:45 a.m. — Zac Blair, Scott Vincent, Alistair Docherty
- 6:56 a.m. — Jacuqes Kruyswijk, Jordan Smith, Eric Cole
- 7:07 a.m. — Tom Kim, JJ Spaun, Taylor Pendrith
- 7:18 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Adam Scott, Hideki Matsuyama
- 7:29 a.m. — Ben Griffin, Andrew Novak, Maverick McNealy
- 7:40 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy
- 7:51 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Si Woo Kim, Lucas Glover
- 8:02 a.m. — Cameron Smith, Brian Harman, Phil Mickelson
- 8:13 a.m. — Niklas Norgaard, Brian Campbell, Justin Lower
- 8:24 a.m. — Davis Riley, Jackson Koivun (a), Johnny Keefer
- 8:35 a.m. — James Hahn, Mark Hubbard, Michael La Sasso (a)
- 8:46 a.m. — Joakim Lagergren, Mason Howell (a), Chris Gotterup
- 8:57 a.m. — Zach Bauchou, Jackson Buchanan, Lance Simpson (a)
- 12:30 p.m. — Will Chandler, Andrea Pavan, Takumi Kanaya
- 12:41 p.m. — Bryan Lee (a), Guido Migliozzi, Preston Summerhays
- 12:52 p.m. — Erik van Rooyen, Max Greyserman, Matt Wallace
- 1:03 p.m. — Russell Henley, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Nick Taylor
- 1:14 p.m. — Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson
- 1:25 p.m. — Tyrrell Hatton, Sungjae Im, Sepp Straka
- 1:36 p.m. — Cameron Young, Tom Hoge, J.T. Poston
- 1:47 p.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Michael Kim, Matthieu Pavon
- 1:58 p.m. — Marc Leishman, Aaron Rai, Nick Dunlap
- 2:09 p.m. — Matthew Jordan, Yuta Sugiura, Carlos Ortiz
- 2:20 p.m. — Ryan McCormick, Trevor Cone, Zach Pollo (a)
- 2:31 p.m. — James Nicholas, Tyler Weaver (a), Riki Kawamoto
- 2:42 p.m. — Austen Truslow, Harrison Hott, George Duangmanee