US Open: Date; tee time and pairings; start time and how to watch

Matt Fitzpatrick will be looking to successfully defend his US Open title as the third golf major of the year returns this week. 

The Englishman shared the overnight lead going into the final day and would eventually finish one shot above Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler. 

Fitzpatrick became just the third Englishman since 1924 to win this title, following Tony Jacklin in 1970 and Justin Rose in 2013. 

Ahead of this year’s tournament, Masters champion Jon Rahm will be looking to build on his win at Augusta, while Scheffler will be aiming to go one better after narrowly missing out on the title last year.

With the US Open set to return, how can you watch the action and when is it? Mail Sport provides the answers below.

When is the US Open?

This year’s US Open is due to get underway on Thursday, June 15 and will finish on Sunday, June 18.

It is set to take place on the North Course of the Los Angeles Country Club in California. 

The first two days are set to get underway at 3pm BST (10am ET/ 9am CT), while the third day will start at 6pm (1pm ET/ 12pm CT).

The final day will start at 5.30pm BST (12.30pm ET/ 11.20am CT).

How to watch

UK fans will be able to watch all the action on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf throughout the week.

Golf fans will also be able to stream the action on the official Sky Go app.

Highlights of the US Open will be available to watch on Sky Sports Golf. 

NBC’s streaming service Peacock and the USA Network will be showing live coverage of the tournament in the States.

Round One tee times and pairings

Starting at Hole One 

• 2.45pm Omar Morales, Deon Germishuys, Jacob Solomon
• 2.56pm Ryan Gerard, Yuto Katsuragawa, Michael Brennan
• 3.07pm Hayden Buckley, Adam Svensson, Pablo Larrazabal
• 3.18pm Carson Young, Dylan Wu, Roger Sloan
• 3.29pm Ryo Ishikawa, Kevin Streelman, Matthieu Pavon
• 3.40pm Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood
• 3.51pm Sungjae Im, K.H Lee, J.T Poston
• 4.02pm Gary Woodland, Adam Scott, Corey Conners
• 4.13pm Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Scottie Scheffler
• 4.24pm Denny McCarthy, Joel Dahmen, Adam Hadwin
• 4.35pm Matthew McClean, Seamus Power, Ryan Fox
• 4.46pm Mac Meissner, Barclay Brown, Gunn Charoenkul
• 4.57pm Alexander Yang, Jesse Schutte, Andy Svoboda
• 8.15pm Brent Grant, Vincent Norrman, Charley Hoffman
• 8.26pm Simon Forsstrom, Carlos Ortiz, Maxwell Moldovan
• 8.37pm Eric Cole, Thriston Lawrence, Adam Schenk
• 8.48pm Luke List, Wilco Nienaber, Alejandro Del Rey
• 8.59pm Adrian Meronk, Harris English, Joaquin Niemann
• 9.10pm Alex Noren, Wyndham Clark, Austin Eckroat
• 9.21pm Kurt Kitayama, Cam Davis, Russell Henley
• 9.32pm Cameron Smith, Sam Bennett, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 9.43pm Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Brian Harman
• 9.54pm Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy
• 10.05pm Sebastian Munoz, Nick Taylor, Taylor Montgomery
• 10.16pm Olin Browne Jr, David Puig, Kar Vilips
• 10.27pm Corey Pereira, Isaac Simmons, J.J Grey

Starting at Hole 10

• 2.45pm Berry Henson, Ryutaro Nagano, Hank Lebioda
• 2.56pm Michael Kim, Jordan Smith, Wenyi Ding
• 3.07pm Scott Stallings, Preston Summerhays, Lucas Herbert
• 3.18pm Jens Dantorp, Patrick Rodgers, Ryan Armour
• 3.29pm Thomas Pieters, Aaron Wise, Gordon Sargent
• 3.40pm Bryson DeChambeau, Francesco Molinari, Tyrrell Hatton
• 3.51pm Tom Hoge, Sergio Garcia, Sepp Straka
• 4.02pm Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day
• 4.13pm Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Si Woo Kim
• 4.24pm Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm
• 4.35pm Martin Kaymer, Stewart Cink, Michael Thorbjornsen
• 4.46pm David Horsey, Brendan Valdes, Paul Barjon
• 4.57pm Jordan Gumberg, Kyle Mueller, Bastien Amat
• 8.15pm Ross Fisher, Nico Echavarria, Paul Haley II
• 8.26pm Nick Dunlap, Nick Hardy, Sam Stevens
• 8.37pm Taylor Pendrith, Aldrich Potgieter, Romain Langasque
• 8.48pm Andrew Putnam, Victor Perez, Abraham Ancer
• 8.59pm Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington, Keegan Bradley
• 9.10pm Mito Pereira, Emiliano Grillo, Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira
• 9.21pm Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala, Cameron Young
• 9.32pm Sam Burns, Dustin Johnson, Keith Mitchell
• 9.43pm Tony Finau, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay
• 9.54pm Davis Thompson, Min Woo Lee, Justin Suh
• 10.05pm Taylor Moore, Mackenzie Hughes, Ben Carr
• 10.16pm Patrick Cover, David Nyfjall, Frankie Capan III
• 10.27pm Austen Truslow, Christian Cavaliere, Alex Schaake

Odds

Scottie Scheffler to win – 6/1

Jon Rahm to win – 9/1

Brooks Koepka to win – 10/1

Rory McIlroy to win – 11/1

Patrick Cantlay to win – 14/1

All odds via Paddy Power and correct at the time of publication. 

What’s been said?

Heading into this week’s action, Fitzpatrick revealed that while his game is improving, he does not think it is in the same place as it was 12 months ago when he won the tournament.

‘I feel like the start of the year, I had a good obviously first event in Hawaii and then got injured, and that kind of felt like it set me back quite a bit for February and March,’ Fitzpatrick said.

‘I ended up obviously playing well in April.

‘I feel like my game is kind of getting in the right place. I certainly felt like Memorial and last week I was playing some good golf. I didn’t necessarily score too well last week, but again, I had a slight flare-up on the Friday afternoon with my neck.

‘I definitely feel like my game is in better shape. I certainly don’t think it’s as good as it was last year.’