SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – The USGA is already having some fun at Shinnecock.
The first- and second-round tee times were released on Tuesday morning, and on the tee sheet are several notable groupings, many of which have particular themes to them.
Here are some of the best:
6:57 a.m. ET (10) – Peter Uihlein, a-Eric Lee, Sam Stevens
Theme: Oklahoma State Cowboys.
7:19 a.m. ET (1) – Padraig Harrington, a-Miles Russell, Cameron Smith
Theme: Oldest (Harrington, 54) and youngest (Russell, 17) competitors in field.
7:30 a.m. ET (1) – Brooks Koepka, Cameron Young, Chris Gotterup
Theme: New York, New York! Young and Gotterup are Met area products while Koepka has won two majors on Long Island.
7:30 a.m. ET (10) – Sungjae Im, Lucas Herbert, Kristoffer Reitan
Theme: All three played their first U.S. Opens at Shinnecock in 2018.
7:41 a.m. ET (1) – Daniel Berger, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler
Theme: Former PGA Tour rookies of the year.
8:14 a.m. ET (1) – a-Mason Howell, Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun
Theme: Traditional group of the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, Open champion and U.S. Open champion.
8:14 a.m. ET (10) – Max Greyserman, Brian Harman, Jacob Bridgeman
Theme: The man group!
8:25 a.m. ET (1) – Sahith Theegala, a-Jackson Koivun, Michael Kim
Theme: Former Haskins Award winners.
12:41 p.m. ET (10) – Adrien Saddier, Ugo Coussaud, Jackson Van Paris
Theme: Vive la France! Paris, from Pinehurst, is French in name only.
1:03 p.m. ET (10) – Pierceson Coody, Zac Blair, Kevin Roy
Theme: All three players have had relatives compete in a U.S. Open. No, Roy is not the son of the Hall of Fame NHL goalie Patrick Roy.
1:25 p.m. ET (10) – Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick
Theme: Former U.S. Amateur champions.
1:36 p.m. ET (10) – Dustin Johnson, Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland
Theme: Similar to previous group, just U.S. Open.
2:09 p.m. ET (10) – Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm
Theme: Another all-U.S. Open champion group.
2:20 p.m. ET (10) – Ben Kohles, Johnny Keefer, Matt McCarty
Theme: Former or current Korn Ferry Tour Nos. 1.