Harrington paired with Singh in US Open
Padraig Harrington is among the later starters of the US Open at Pinehurst next Thursday and Friday and he will partner current world number one Vijay Singh and American Bart Bryant, winner of last week’s Memorial Tournament.
Tiger Woods, Chris DiMarco and Britain’s Luke Donald – first, second and third in the Masters in April – have been paired together also.
Woods beat DiMarco in a play-off for his fourth victory at Augusta, while Donald produced a spectacular back nine including two eagles to take third spot on his debut.
They will tee off at 7.44am in the first round and will do so from the 10th tee, just ahead of Donald’s World Cup-winning partner Paul Casey.
Colin Montgomerie, who squeezed into the event at 50th in the world last week, has Americans Tim Herron and twice winner Lee Janzen for company.
England’s Jonathan Lomas, joint winner of the first qualifier ever to be staged in Europe on Monday, is in the very first group out at 7am, while Ernie Els has to wait only until 7.22 to start. He partners Justin Leonard and Shigeki Maruyama.
