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The 2008 USPGA Championship gets underway on Thursday 7th August at Oakland Hills, Michigan, USA.

Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth is in the first group to tee off at 7.30am local time (12.30pm BST).

The Open winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland starts his round from the first tee at 13.15pm BST he is in the same group as South Africa’s Trevor Immelman and Angel Cabrera of Argentina.

Vijay Singh winner of last weeks WGC – Bridgestone Invitational joins the fray at 13.35pm BST.

13.55pm BST is the tee off time for Ernie Els, Fred Couples and Adam Scott, they are followed ten minutes later Justin Rose, Kenny Perry and Retief Goosen.

Tournament favourite Phil Mickelson begis his round from the 10th tee at 13.45pm BST he is joined by Davis Love III and Rich Beem.

Mickelson is preceded by Anthony Kim, Sergio Garcia and Camilo Villegas at 13.25pm and Geoff Ogilvy, Lee Westwood and Zach Johnson at 13.35pm.

1st round tee times and pairings
(United States unless stated, all times BST subtract 5 hours for local time)

1230 Bradley Dean, Briny Baird, Alastair Forsyth (Sco)

1240 Bart Bryant, Jeffrey Martin, Robert Karlsson (Swe)

1250 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), D.J. Trahan, Tim Clark (SA)

1300 Charl Schwartzel (SA), Pat Perez, Cliff Kresge

1310 Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Carl Pettersson (Swe), Corey Pavin

1320 Ken Duke, Simon Dyson (Eng), Robert Allenby (Aus)

1330 Jeff Quinney, Steve Stricker, Peter Lonard (Aus)

1340 Ryan Moore, Graeme McDowell (NI), Billy Mayfair

1350 Richard Green (Aus), Todd Hamilton, Niclas Fasth (Swe)

1400 Hunter Mahan, Richard S Johnson (Swe), Jerry Kelly

1410 Sean O’Hair, Scott Hebert, Rodney Pampling (Aus)

1420 Steve Lowery, Brad Martin, Peter Hedblom (Swe)

1430 Oliver Wilson (Eng), Curt Sanders, Vaughn Taylor

1245 Nicholas Thompson, David Long, J J Henry

1255 Ryan Benzel, Brian Gay, Mathew Goggin (Aus)

1305 Darren Clarke (NI), Tom Lehman, Shingo Katayama (Jpn)

1315 Trevor Immelman (SA), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Padraig Harrington (Ire)

1325 Rocco Mediate, Bubba Watson, Nick Dougherty (Eng)

1335 David Toms, Vijay Singh (Fij), John Daly

1345 Brandt Snedeker, Woody Austin, Henrik Stenson (Swe)

1355 Ernie Els (SA), Fred Couples, Adam Scott (Aus)

1405 Justin Rose (Eng), Kenny Perry, Retief Goosen (SA)

1415 Rory Sabbatini (SA), Chad Campbell, Ian Poulter (Eng)

1425 Alex Cejka (Ger), Andres Romero (Arg), Mike Weir (Can)

1435 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind), Dean Wilson, Sam Arnold

1445 Vince Jewell, Johnson Wagner, Ben Crane

Starting at hole 10:

1235 Frank Esposito, John Mallinger, Mark Brown

1245 Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn), Don Yrene, Paul Goydos

1255 Steve Marino, Ross Fisher (Eng), Daniel Chopra (Swe)

1305 Boo Weekley, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Paul Casey (Eng)

1315 Jim Furyk, Colin Montgomerie (Sco), Aaron Baddeley (Aus)

1325 Anthony Kim, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Camilo Villegas (Col)

1335 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Lee Westwood (Eng), Zach Johnson

1345 Davis Love III, Phil Mickelson, Rich Beem

1355 Justin Leonard, KJ Choi (Kor), Chez Reavie

1405 Stewart Cink, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Nick O’Hern (Aus)

1415 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha), Sonny Skinner, Peter Hanson (Swe)

1425 Steve Flesch, Tim Weinhart, Hennie Otto (SA)

1435 Rick Leibovich, Greg Kraft, Parker McLachlin

1240 Charlie Wi (Kor), Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Eric Dugas

1250 Steve Webster (Eng), Tim Thelen, Kevin Sutherland

1300 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Heath Slocum, Jim Estes

1310 Brendan Jones (Aus), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Tommy Armour III

1320 Ben Curtis, Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Scott Verplank

1330 Michael Campbell (NZ), Paul Azinger, Jay Haas

1340 Stuart Appleby (Aus), Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Charles Howell III

1350 Steve Elkington (Aus), Bob Tway, Mark Brooks

1400 Anders Hansen (Den), Stephen Ames (Can), Mark Calcavecchia

1410 Soren Hansen (Den), Chris DiMarco, J.B. Holmes

1420 Kyle Flinton, John Senden (Aus), John Merrick

1430 George McNeill, James Kingston (SA), Eric Manning

1440 Jonathan Byrd, Scott Strange (Aus), Alan Morin

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