Rory McIlroy Starts US PGA Championship With Toe Injury, Paired With Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth

Rory McIlroy will begin the first round of the 108th US PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania on Thursday, May 14, with the Irish golfer nursing a toe injury ahead of his 1.40pm Irish time start.

The Irish News said McIlroy will go out at the 10th hole at 1.40pm Irish time on Thursday, and it also placed him in a group with Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth for the opening two rounds.

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USA Today likewise set the tournament’s opening day at Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia on Thursday, May 14, and it described McIlroy as starting early while Scottie Scheffler tees off later off the 10th hole.

The BBC reported that McIlroy will tee off at 13:40 BST on Thursday, starting on the 10th tee at Aronimink Golf Club, Pennsylvania, in a group with Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth.

The BBC also said the world number one Scottie Scheffler starts his bid to defend the title he won a year ago at 19:05, alongside Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose.

Jefferson City News Tribune said Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm will join Jordan Spieth in a high-profile threesome for the first two days of the PGA Championship on Thursday and Friday at Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia.

It added that McIlroy and Rahm, “the longtime European Ryder Cup teammates from Northern Ireland and Spain,” have been at opposite ends of the LIV Golf debate, with Rahm leaving the PGA Tour for LIV ahead of the 2024 season.

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On Tuesday, the same article quoted McIlroy saying outsiders “almost knew before the (LIV) players did that this was going to happen” and that those players felt “blindsided” by last month’s news.

The BBC framed the same marquee grouping by reporting that McIlroy, 37, will start on the 10th tee in a group with Spain’s Jon Rahm and American Jordan Spieth.

Sports Illustrated also described the pairing as a blockbuster, saying Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm have combined to win 11 major titles and will be paired together in the first two rounds at Aronimink.

The Irish News said the tournament is being played at Aronimink Golf Club, Pennsylvania from Thursday to Sunday, May 14-17, and it provided McIlroy’s opening-round tee time and the full schedule of Thursday’s tee times.

Fox Sports described the 7,394-yard, par-70 layout and said Rory McIlroy will start at 8:40 a.m. Thursday off the 10th tee alongside Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth, while Scottie Scheffler tees off at 2:05 p.m. Thursday off the first tee with Justin Rose and Matt Fitzpatrick.

It also said Spieth would complete a career Grand Slam with a victory while Rahm would become the first Spaniard to capture the PGA Championship.

Golf Channel reported that the first round of the 108th PGA Championship begins May 14 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, and it listed a featured group at 8:40 a.m. with Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth.

The PGA Tour preview said World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will aim to defend his title while Masters champion Rory McIlroy is going for his third PGA Championship and seventh major, as Aronimink Golf Club prepares to host the season’s second major.