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World number one Rahm, winner of last month's
Masters, joins U.S. Open champion Fitzpatrick, and Smith, who
won last year's British Open before jumping to the LIV Golf, in
a marquee threesome that will be among the early starters at Oak
Hill on Thursday going off the 10th tee at 8:33 AM ET (1233
GMT).
Another power threesome of PGA Championship winners heads out at
8:11 AM ET (1211 GMT) with reigning champion Justin Thomas
opening the defence of his crown in the company of Northern
Ireland's four-time major winner Rory McIlroy and double major
winner Collin Morikawa.
World number two Scottie Scheffler will partner twice PGA
Championship winner and LIV Golf hope Brooks Koepka and 2019
U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland.
Also carrying the LIV flag will be Phil Mickelson, the six-time
major winner, partnered with world number four Patrick Cantlay
and Rickie Fowler who will go out in the afternoon wave.
Dustin Johnson, who won last week's LIV stop in Tulsa, is
matched with Tokyo Olympic champion Xander Schauffele and
England's Tyrrell Hatton.
(Reporting by Steve Keating in Rochester. Editing by Toby Davis)
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