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 Thursday, 7 June, 2001, 20:51 GMT 21:51 UK
Bjorn paired with champion Woods
Tiger Woods and Thomas Bjorn
Woods and Bjorn share a lighter moment
Denmark's Thomas Bjorn has been drawn to play alongside Tiger Woods in the first two rounds of next week's US Open.

American amateur champion Jeff Quinney is the other player given the opportunity to compete with world number one Woods, who will be looking to win his fifth successive Major.

They tee off at 1830 BST, in the group immediately behind Scot Colin Montgomerie.

Montgomerie is paired with Americans Jim Furyk and Frank Lickliter, while Lee Westwood partners Ryder Cup opponents Davis Love and Tom Lehman.

Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke has Harrison Frazar and Kirk Triplett for company.

Groupings for the first two rounds of the US Open golf championship starting on Thursday 14 June at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma (players US unless noted, a-amateur):

Thursday followed by Friday's times (all times BST)


1230 BST (Thursday)/1650 BST (Friday) Angel Cabrera (Arg), Dennis Paulson, Bob May
1240/1700 Clark Dennis, Gary Orr (GB), Brian Henninger
1250/1710 Chad Campbell, Marty Schiene, Stephen Gangluff
1300/1720 Charles Raulerson Jr, a-Jimmy Walker, Scott Johnson
1310/1730 George Frake II, Jess Daley, Dean Wilson
1320/1740 David Peoples, Toru Taniguchi (Jap), Tom Pernice
1330/1750 Gary Nicklaus, Chris Smith, Charles Howell
1340/1800 p.m. Brandel Chamblee, Willie Wood, Richard Zokol (Can)
1350/1810 Phil Mickelson, Stuart Appleby (Aus), Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa)
1400/1820 Fred Funk, Hale Irwin, Loren Roberts
1410/1830 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Bob Tway, Justin Leonard
1420/1840 Paul Azinger, Padraig Harrington (Ire), Tom Kite
1430/1850 Davis Love III, Lee Westwood (GB), Tom Lehman
1440/1900 Scott Hoch, Stewart Cink, Pierre Fulke (Aus)
1450/1910 Paul Lawrie (GB), Steven Jones, Steve Flesch
1500/1920 Rich Beem, Jeff Hart, Dicky Pride
1510/1930 Robert Allenby (Aus), Billy Andrade, Vijay Singh (Fij)
1520/1940 Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Christopher Perry, Olin Browne
1530/1950 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Rocco Mediate, Steve Stricker
1540/2000 Notah Begay III, Bernhard Langer (Ger), Duffy Waldorf
1550/2010 Harrison Frazar, Kirk Triplett, Darren Clarke (GB)
1600/2020 Matt Gogel, Glen Day, Brett Quigley
1610/2030 Carl Paulson, Kevin Sutherland, Jeff Freeman
1620/2040 Donnie Hammond, Jay Don Blake, Paul Goydos
1630/2050 Kyle Blackman, Anthony Kang, Kevin Johnson
1640/2100 Jason Dufner, Wes Heffernan (Can), Christopher Anderson
1650/1230 Brad Faxon, Eduardo Romero (Arg), John Huston
1700/1240 Phillip Price (GB), Mark Calcavecchia, Franklin Langham
1710/1250 Michael Allen, Bradley Klapprott, Gary Koch
1720/1300 Benjamin Bates, Joey Maxon, Tim Petrovic
1730/1310 Robert Damron, Ronnie Black, Shaun Micheel
1740/1320 a-John Harris, Mike Sposa, Daniel Forsman
1750/1330 Fred Couples, Michael Campbell (NZ), Joe Durant
1800 /1340 Mathias Gronberg (Swe), Pete Jordan, Scott Dunlap
1810/1350 David Duval, Carlos Franco (Par), Nick Price (Zim)
1820/1400 Colin Montgomerie (GB), Jim Furyk, Frank Lickliter II
1830/1410 Tiger Woods, a-Jeff Quinney, Thomas Bjorn (Den)
1840/1420 K J Choi (S Kor), Brandt Jobe, Jay Williamson
1850/1430 Jeff Maggert, Lee Janzen, Ernie Els (SA)
1900/1440 Hal Sutton, Retief Goosen (SA), Corey Pavin
1910/1450 Jesper Parnevik (Swe), Mark Brooks, J L Lewis
1920/1500 Mark O'Meara, Steve Lowery, Gabriel Hjertstedt (Swe)
1930/1510 Mike Weir (Can), John Maginnes, Mike Hulbert
1940/1520 Dudley Hart, Esteban Toledo (Mex), Scott Verplank
1950/1530 Chris Dimarco, Shingo Katayama (Jap), Robert Gamez
2000/1540 Nick Faldo (GB), David Toms, Tim Herron
2010/1550 Jose Coceres (Arg), Tom Byrum, Bob Estes
2020/1600 Mark Wiebe, Toshimitsu Izawa (Jap), Skip Kendall
2030/1610 Joel Kribel, a-Bryce Molder, Peter Lonard (Aus)
2040/1620 Briny Baird, Tripp Isenhour, James McGovern
2050/1630 Chris Gonzales, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Jeff Barlow
2100/1640 Chris Wall, Todd Fischer, John Douma

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