Woods drawn with US PGA champion Yang

Golf: Defending champion YE Yang has been drawn alongside 14-time major winner Tiger Woods for the first two rounds of this …

Golf:Defending champion YE Yang has been drawn alongside 14-time major winner Tiger Woods for the first two rounds of this week's US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin.

South Korean Yang became the first Asian-born golfer to win a major at last year's US PGA after winning a duel with Woods.

The duo will tee-off from the 10th on Thursday alongside another former PGA Championship winner, Vijay Singh at 2.20pm Irish time.

The usual pairing of the winners of the three previous majors of the year will once again apply this year, with Masters winner Phil Mickelson, US Open champion Graeme McDowell and Open winner Louis Oosthuizen playing together at 7.35pm Irish time.

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Lee Westwood, who withdrew from the tournament with a calf injury after the second round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, will be replaced by Kevin Sutherland.

Sutherland will tee-off with Ernie Els and Dustin Johnson (6.55pm).

European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie will play alongside Koumei Oda and Matt Kuchar, while Corey Pavin, his United States counterpart, will go round with Ian Poulter and Camilo Villegas.

Pádraig Harrington, the 2008 champion, lines up alongside Davis Love III and John Daly (2pm). Rory MCIlroy will set off with Steve Stricker and Adam Scott.

Shane Lowry will play alongside Kevin Na and Scott Verplank (7.45pm), while Darren Clarke was drawn with Jeff Overton and Kenny Perry (7.05pm).

Tee-times in the first round of the US PGA Championship, Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin, United States of America
(USA unless stated, all times Irish):
(x) denotes amateurs, Irish in bold

Starting at hole 1

1.0Scott Hebert, Bo Van Pelt, Vaughn Taylor
1.10
Stephen Gallacher (Sco), Keith Ohr, Derek Lamely
1.20
Steve Marino, Rob Labritz, K J Choi (Kor)
1.30
Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor), John Merrick, Martin Laird (Sco)
1.40
Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn), Bubba Watson, Alvaro Quiros (Spa)
1.50
Steve Elkington (Aus), David Toms, Mark Brooks
2.0
Ryan Palmer, Michael Sim (Aus), Matt Bettencourt
2.10
Matthew Jones (Aus), Brian Davis (Eng), Ricky Barnes
2.20
Edoardo Molinari (Ita), D.J. Trahan, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha)
2.30
Marc Leishman (Aus), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Brian Gay
2.40
Rhys Davies (Wal), Ben Crane, Mark Sheftic
2.50
Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Ryan Benzel, Brendon De Jonge
3.0
Sonny Skinner, David Horsey (Eng), George McNeill
6.15
Tim Thelen, Paul Goydos, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa)
6.25
Jason Dufner, Troy Pare, Anders Hansen (Den)
6.35
Chris Wood (Eng), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Brandt Snedeker
6.45
Ross Fisher (Eng), Mike Weir (Can), Chad Campbell
6.55
Kevin Sutherland, Ernie Els (Rsa), Dustin Johnson
7.05
Jeff Overton, Darren Clarke (NIrl), Kenny Perry
7.15
Steve Stricker, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Adam Scott (Aus)
7.25
Zach Johnson, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Lucas Glover
7.35
Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell (NIrl), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
7.45
Tim Clark (Rsa), Justin Rose (Eng), Nick Watney
7.55
Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Hunter Mahan
8.05
Ross McGowan (Eng), Mitch Lowe, Bill Lunde
8.15
Bruce Smith, Kris Blanks, Simon Dyson (Eng)

Starting at hole 10

1.0Rich Steinmetz, Tim Petrovic, Jason Day (Aus)
1.10
Rickie Fowler, Justin Leonard, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn)
1.20
Stuart Appleby (Aus), Kyle Flinton, Soren Kjeldsen (Den)
1.30
Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Jim Furyk, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa)
1.40
Luke Donald (Eng), Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn), J.B. Holmes
1.50
Paul Casey (Eng), Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim
2.0
Davis Love III, Pádraig Harrington (Irl), John Daly
2.10
Sergio Garcia (Spa), Stewart Cink, Martin Kaymer (Ger)
2.20
Vijay Singh (Fij), Y.E. Yang (Kor), Tiger Woods
2.30
Retief Goosen (Rsa), Ryan Moore, Francesco Molinari (Ita)
2.40
Corey Pavin, Ian Poulter (Eng), Camilo Villegas (Col)
2.50
Rob Moss, Charles Howell III, Gregory Bourdy (Fra)
3.0
Troy Matteson, Jason Schmuhl, Daniel Willett (Eng)
6.15
Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), John Senden (Aus), David Hutsell
6.25
Carl Pettersson (Swe), Chip Sullivan, Bryce Molder
6.35
Koumei Oda (Jpn), Matt Kuchar, Colin Montgomerie (Sco)
6.45
Soren Hansen (Den), Cameron Beckman, Heath Slocum
6.55
Boo Weekley, Seung-yul Noh (Kor), D.A. Points
7.05
Wen-chong Liang (Chn), Jason Bohn, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)
7.15
Tom Lehman, Mike Small, Shaun Micheel
7.25
Peter Hanson (Swe), Ben Curtis, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn)
7.35
Bill Haas, Stephen Ames (Can), Oliver Wilson (Eng)
7.45
Kevin Na, Scott Verplank, Shane Lowry (Irl)
7.55
Danny Balin, Robert Karlsson (Swe), Sean O'Hair
8.05
Stu Ingraham, Charlie Wi (Kor), Kevin Stadler
8.15
Simon Khan (Eng), Jimmy Walker, Robert Mcclellan