Rory McIlroy will have to wait a little longer to fulfill his dream of playing alongside Tiger Woods. Instead of teeing it up with the world number one at this week’s WGC-CA Championship, the teenager will play alongside Jim Furyk and Adam Scott after the draw was made today.
Padraig Harrington, a late addition to the Doral field as he attempts to play his way out of a recent slump, has been drawn with Robert Allenby and Justin Leonard while Graeme McDowell will have Kevin Sutherland and Rod Pampling for company.
Darren Clarke, the fourth Irish player in the field and a two-time winner of WGC titles, will have Camilo Villegas and Chad Campbell in his three-ball.
While all the attention may be focussed on Woods as he continues his comeback from reconstructive knee surgery, Australian Geoff Ogilvy will be the man to beat in Florida.
The defending champion Ogilvy clinched his third WGC crown at this month's Accenture Match Play Championship and is eager to return to Doral in pursuit of a fourth.
"It's exciting to defend a golf tournament, to go back to where you've played well," said Ogilvy, who faces a strong field of 80 including the world's top 20 players.
"I played well the year before too, so the last couple of years I've had a great time at Doral. It's one of the biggest tournaments in the world and I'm really looking forward to it.”
Doral Tee Times
(All times Irish)
Starting at the 1st hole
2.45pmMark Brown, Stewart Cink, Thomas Aiken
2.55pmTrevor Immelman, Charley Hoffman, Luke Donald
3.05pmLee Westwood, Peter Hanson, Steve Stricker
3.15pmStuart Appleby, Ken Duke, Azuma Yano
3.25pmPaul Casey, Carl Pettersson, Sean O'Hair
3.35pmDavis Love III, Oliver Wilson, Soren Hansen
3.45pmRod Pampling, Graeme McDowell, Kevin Sutherland
3.55pmRichard Finch, Billy Mayfair
4.05pmZach Johnson, Richard Sterne, Vijay Singh
4.15pm Padraig Harrington, Justin Leonard, Robert Allenby
4.25pmSergio Garcia, Garth Mulroy, Kenny Perry
4.35pmAdam Scott, Jim Furyk, Rory McIlroy
4.45pmMartin Kaymer, Phil Mickelson, Andres Romero,
4.55pmIan Poulter, Soren Kjeldsen, Bubba Watson
Starting at the 10th hole
2.45pmAaron Baddeley, Jeev M Singh, Briny Baird
2.55pmNick Watney, Geoff Ogilvy, Louis Oosthuizen,
3.05pmChad Campbell, Camilo Villegas, Darren Clarke
3.15pmRyuji Imada, Henrik Stenson, Ben Curtis,
3.25pmTiger Woods, Mike Weir, Robert Karlsson
3.35pmKJ Choi, Hunter Mahan, Retief Goosen
3.45pmDJ Trahan, Justin Rose, Dudley Hart
3.55pmPrayad Marksaeng, John Rollins, James Kingston
4.05pmRory Sabbatini, Alvaro Quiros, Dustin Johnson,
4.15pmTim Clark, Shingo Katayama, Boo Weekley
4.25pmAnthony Kim, Ernie Els, YE Yang
4.35pmRoss Fisher, Miguel A Jimenez, Pat Perez
4.45pmStephen Ames, Wen-Tang Lin, Pablo Larrazabal
