By Associated Press - Friday, June 7, 2013

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott, the top three players in the world rankings, will play together in the first two rounds of the U.S. Open at Merion.

It’s the third consecutive year the USGA has put the top three players together to open play. The group will start at 1:14 p.m. Thursday from the first tee, then go off early at 7:44 a.m. Friday.

Woods and McIlroy have never played a round together at a major.

The full groupings and tee times are listed below:

Thursday-Friday

First hole-11th hole

6:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. — Cliff Kresge, United States; Robert Tambellini, United States; Ryan Yip, United States.

6:56 a.m.-12:56 p.m. — Rickard Karlberg, Sweden; Yui Ueda, Japan; John Parry, England.

7:07 a.m.-1:07 p..m. — Nick Watney, United States; Peter Hanson, Sweden; Hunter Mahan, United States.

7:18 a.m.-1:18 p.m. — Lucas Glover, United States; Paul Casey, England; Bill Haas, United States.

7:29 a.m.-1:29 p.m. — Aaron Baddeley, United States; Rory Sabbatini, South Africa; David Lingmerth, Sweden.

7:40 a.m.-1:40 p.m. — George Coetzee, South Africa, Martin Laird, Scotland; Marcel Siem, Germany.

7:51 a.m.-1:51 p.m. — Jerry Kelly, United States; Charley Hoffman, United States; John Huh, United States.

8:02 a.m.-2:02 p.m. — Henrik Stenson, Sweden; Ryan Moore, United States; Robert Garrigus, United States.

8:13 a.m.-2:13 p.m. — Ryan Palmer, United States; Simon Khan, England; Ted Potter Jr., United States.

8:24 a.m.-2:24 p.m. — Shawn Stefani, United States; a-Michael Kim, United States; Nicholas Thompson, United States.

8:35 a.m.-2:35 p.m. — Chris Doak, Scotland; Andrew Svoboda, United States, Doug LaBelle, United States.

8:46 a.m.-2:46 p.m. — Kevin Sutherland, United States; Matt Weibring, United States; Randall Hutchison, United States.

8:57 a.m.-2:57 p.m. — a-Cory McIlyea, United States; Ryan Nelson, United States; John Hahn, United States.

12:30 p.m.-7 a.m. — David Toms, United States; Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain.

12:41 p.m.-7:11 a.m. — Geoff Ogilvy, Australia; Angel Cabrera, Argentina; Paul Lawrie, Scotland.

12:52 p.m.-7:22 a.m. — Luke Donald, England; Lee Westwood, England; Martin Kaymer, Germany.

1:03 p.m.-7:33 a.m. — Jim Furyk, United States; Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland; Zach Johnson, United States.

1:14 p.m.-7:44 a.m. — Tiger Woods, United States; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Adam Scott, Australia.

1:25 p.m.-7:55 a.m. — Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand; Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark.

1:36 p.m.-8:06 a.m. — Webb Simpson, United States; a-Steven Fox, United States; Ernie Els, South Africa.

1:47 p.m.-8:17 a.m. — Kyle Stanley; Joe Ogilvie, United States; Luke Guthrie, United States.

1:58 p.m.-8:28 a.m.— Josh Teater, United States; Yoshinobu Tsukada, Japan; Eddie Pepperell, England.

2:09 p.m.-8:39 a.m. — Edward Loar, United States; MortenOrum Madsen, Denmark; Jung-Gon Hwang, South Korea.

2:20 p.m.-8:50 a.m. — a-Max Homa, United States; Russell Knox, Scotland; Matt Bettencourt, United States.

2:31 p.m.-9:01 a.m. — Adam Hadwin, Canada; John Nieporte, United States; Jim Herman, United States.

2:42 p.m.-9:12 a.m. — Brandon Brown, United States; a-Grayson Murray, United States; Jesse Smith, United States.

Thursday-Friday

11th hole-First hole

7 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Bubba Watson, United States, Dustin Johnson, United States, Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium.

7:11 a.m.-12:41 p.m. — Phil Mickelson, United States, Steve Stricker, United States, Keegan Bradley, United States.

7:22 a.m.-12:52 p.m. — Matt Kuchar, United States; Justin Rose, England; Brandt Snedeker, United States.

7:33 a.m.-1:03 p.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa; Tim Clark, South Africa.

7:44 a.m.-1:14 p.m. — Sergio Garcia, Spain; Stewart Cink, United States; Padraig Harrington, Ireland.

7:55 a.m.-1:25 p.m. — Ian Poulter, England; Jason Dufner, United States; Boo Weekley, United States.

8:06 a.m.-1:36 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, United States, Matteo Manassero, Italy, Jason Day, Australia.

8:17 a.m.-1:47 p.m. — Y.E. Yang, South Korea; Freddie Jacobson, Sweden; Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan.

8:28 a.m.-1:58 p.m. — Scott Stallings, United States; John Peterson, United States; Robert Karlsson, Sweden.

8:39 a.m.-2:09 p.m. — Jay Don Blake, United States; Brandt Jobe, United States; Michael Campbell, New Zealand.

8:50 a.m.-2:20 p.m. — David Hearn, Canada; Mike Weir; Jaco Van Zyl, South Africa.

9:01 a.m.-2:31 p.m. — a-Kevin Phelan, Ireland; Wil Collins, United States; Harold Varner III.

9:12 a.m.-2:42 p.m. — a-Cheng-Tsung Pan, Taiwan; Mackenzie Hughes, Canada; Geoffrey Sisk, United States.

12:45 p.m.-6:45 a.m. — Justin Hicks, United States; David Howell, Englang; Brian Stuard, United States.

12:56 p.m.-6:56 a.m. — Brendan Steele, United States; Estanislao Goya, Argentina; Peter Hedblom, England.

1:07 p.m.-7:07 a.m. — Marc Leishman, Australia; John Senden, Australia; Marcus Fraser, Australia.

1:18 p.m.-7:18 a.m. — Scott Langley, United States; a-Chris Williams, United States; Morgan Hoffmann, United States.

1:29 p.m.-7:29 a.m. — Michael Thompson, United States; a-Michael Weaver, United States; Casey Wittenberg, United States.

1:40 p.m.-7:40 a.m. — K.J. Choi, South Korea; Francesco Molinari, Italy; Carl Pettersson, Sweden.

1:51 p.m.-7:51 a.m. — Scott Piercy, United States; Kevin Chappell, United States; Jamie Donaldson, Wales.

1:02 p.m.-8:02 a.m. — Bo Van Pelt, United States; Kevin Streelman, United States; D.A. Points, United States.

2:13 p.m.-8:13 a.m. — Branden Grace, South Africa; Sang-Moon Bae, South Korea; Russell Henley, United States.

2:24 p.m.-8:24 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Billy Horschel, United States; Jordan Spieth, United States.

2:35 p.m.-8:35 a.m. — Mathew Goggin, Australia; Steven Alker, New Zealand; Alistair Presnell, Australia.

2:46 p.m.-8:46 a.m. — Matt Harmon, United States; a-Gavin Hall, United States; Bio Kim, South Korea.

2:57 p.m.-8:57 a.m. — Zack Fischer, United States; Ryan Sullivan, United States; Brandon Crick, United States.

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