Tiger Woods will launch his defence at next week’s US Open in high-profile company with Ángel Cabrera, the 2007 winner, and Padraig Harrington, the Open champion.
Woods, the world No 1, Cabrera, the Masters champion from Argentina, and Harrington, who also won the last major of last year, the US PGA, tee off just after noon in Thursday’s opening round at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York.
Woods, who clinched last year’s US Open after a gripping 19-hole play-off with Rocco Mediate at Torrey Pines, outside San Diego, is heavily favoured to win the second major championship of the year.
Although he was sidelined for eight months after his Torrey Pines victory while recovering from reconstructive knee surgery, the American has triumphed twice in seven PGA Tour starts this season, including the Memorial tournament on Sunday. Woods also won the US Open when it was first held at Bethpage in 2002 and will be bidding for his fourth success in the tournament next week. Phil Mickelson, the world No 2, who has yet to win the US Open, has been grouped with Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, of South Africa, for the first two rounds. Els and Goosen have each won the US Open twice.
Paul Casey, Britain’s new world No 3, will play with Geoff Ogilvy, of Australia, and Jim Furyk, the American. Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, will play his first US Open rounds with Anthony Kim and Dustin Johnson, the Americans.
Source:The times
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment