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US PGA Championship: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson drawn together

Image: Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods: The great Americans will go head-to-head from Thursday

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will play together in the first two rounds of next week's US PGA Championship at Valhalla.

The American pair, who have won 19 major titles between them, will begin their challenge for the year's last major, being shown live on Sky Sports 4, at 8.35am local time on Thursday, alongside 2008 champion Padraig Harrington.

In keeping with tradition, the PGA of America has placed the winners of the first three major championships of 2014 in the same group, with Bubba Watson, Martin Kaymer and Rory McIlroy teeing off at 1.45pm on Thursday.

Defending champion Jason Dufner has been drawn with the man he lost to in a play-off in 2011, fellow American Keegan Bradley, along with 2009 winner YE Yang. They tee off at 1.55pm.

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Dustin Johnson's withdrawal to deal with "personal challenges" means 99 of the world's top 100 are set to compete for the Wanamaker Trophy at Valhalla, which at 7,458 yards is the longest par-71 in the tournament's history.

The longest par-71 in any major was the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines, where the course measured 7,643 yards.

Tee-times for the first round of the US PGA Championship (all times BST)
Starting from the first tee:

1230 (1130 GMT): Brian Norman (USA), Russell Knox (SCO), Roberto Castro (USA)
1240 Charles Howell (USA), Aaron Krueger (USA), Joost Luiten (NED)
1250 Billy Horschel (USA), Jamie Broce (USA), George Coetzee (RSA)
1300 Brian Stuard (USA), Brendon Todd (USA), Pablo Larrazabal (ESP)
1310 Freddie Jacobson (SWE), Nick Watney (USA), Brendon de Jonge (RSA)
1320 Matt Every (USA), Ross Fisher (ENG), Kevin Chappell (USA)
1330 John Daly (USA), Mark Brooks (USA), Rich Beem (USA)
1340 KJ Choi (KOR), Thongchai Jaidee (THA), Brian Harman (USA)
1350 Thomas Bjorn (DEN), Kevin Stadler (USA), Harris English (USA)
1400 Jamie Donaldson (WAL), Kim Hyung-Sung (KOR), Stewart Cink (USA)
1410 Stephen Gallacher (SCO), Jason Kokrak (USA), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP)
1420 Kevin Streelman (USA), Ryan Helminen (USA), Edoardo Molinari (ITA)
1430 Brendan Steele (USA), Rob Corcoran (USA), WGC Akron winner
1745 Ryo Ishikawa (JPN), Matt Pesta (USA), Rory Sabbatini (RSA)
1755 Scott Stallings (USA), Eric Williamson (USA), Matteo Manassero (ITA)
1805 Jonas Blixt (SWE), Webb Simpson (USA), Erik Compton (USA)
1815 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP), Graham DeLaet (CAN), Gary Woodland (USA)
1825 Sergio Garcia (ESP), Steve Stricker (USA), Tom Watson (USA)
1835 Kenny Perry (USA), Ryan Moore (USA), Henrik Stenson (SWE)
1845 Bubba Watson (USA), Martin Kaymer (GER), Rory McIlroy (NIR)
1855 Jason Dufner (USA), Yang Yong-Eun (KOR), Keegan Bradley (USA)
1905 Luke Donald (ENG), JB Holmes (USA), Francesco Molinari (ITA)
1915 Zach Johnson (USA), Darren Clarke (NIR), Richard Sterne (RSA)
1925 Tim Clark (RSA), Paul Casey (ENG), Kevin Na (USA)
1935 Steven Bowditch (AUS), Rod Perry (USA), Ben Crane (USA)
1945 David Hronek (USA), Chris Stroud (USA), Jason Bohn (USA)

Starting from the 10th tee:

1235 Robert Karlsson (SWE), Frank Esposito (USA), Koumei Oda (JPN)
1245 Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Angel Cabrera (ARG), Patrick Reed (USA)
1255 Shaun Micheel (USA), Colin Montgomerie (SCO), Michael Block (USA)
1305 Rickie Fowler (USA), Victor Dubuisson (FRA), Ernie Els (RSA)
1315 Jordan Spieth (USA), Adam Scott (AUS), Lee Westwood (ENG)
1325 Jimmy Walker (USA), Ian Poulter (ENG), Jason Day (AUS)
1335 Padraig Harrington (IRL), Phil Mickelson (USA), Tiger Woods (USA)
1345 Graeme McDowell (NIR), Brandt Snedeker (USA), Brooks Koepka (USA)
1355 Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Jim Furyk (USA)
1405 Matt Kuchar (USA), Louis Oosthuizen (RSA), Justin Rose (ENG)
1415 Marc Leishman (AUS), Boo Weekley (USA), Bernd Wiesberger (AUT)
1425 Russ Henley (USA), David McNabb (USA), Marc Warren (SCO)
1435 Mikko Ilonen (FIN), Jerry Smith (USA), George McNeill (USA)
1740 Shane Lowry (IRL), Bob Sowards (USA), Ryan Palmer (USA)
1750 Charley Hoffman (USA), Dustin Volk (USA), Scott Brown (USA)
1800 Alexander Levy (FRA), Stuart Deane (USA), David Hearn (CAN)
1810 David Tentis (USA), Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR), Danny Willett (ENG)
1820 Anirban Lahiri (IND), Bill Haas (USA), John Senden (AUS)
1830 Vijay Singh (FIJ), Davis Love (USA), David Toms (USA)
1840 Cameron Tringale (USA), Scott Piercy (USA), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA)
1850 Branden Grace (RSA), Hunter Mahan (USA), Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN)
1900 Chris Kirk (USA), Matt Jones (AUS), Noh Seung-Yul (KOR)
1910 Jerry Kelly (USA), Tommy Fleetwood (ENG), Hideto Tanihara (JPN)
1920 Will MacKenzie (USA), Steve Schneiter (USA), Chesson Hadley (USA)
1930 Johan Kok (USA), Ben Martin (USA), Chris Wood (ENG)
1940 Daniel Summerhays (USA), Jim McGovern (USA), US PGA Reno winner

                  

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