GRAEME STORM touched down in the United States last night ahead of his second appearance at the US Open on Thursday.
The Hartlepool golfer, who qualified at Walton Heath a fortnight ago, has been paired with young American student David Oh and German Tour player Alex Cejka.
The threesome will be going out before Sweden’s Niclas Fasth and then a string of Americans such as Joe Ogilvie, Dustin Johnson and Jim Furyk are not far behind.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” said Storm. “I have been playing really well and if I can get my putting together to match the rest of my game then I could do well. That’s what happened at Walton Heath and hopefully it will all come together again. I can’t wait and it’s great to be involved.”
When the action starts at Pinehurst in North Carolina, there are some exciting pairings for the second golfing major of the year.
Phil Mickelson will be playing with defending champion Justin Rose, a long term friend of Storm’s from their boys’ golf days. Top British amateur Matthew Fitzpatrick is also with them.
Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Webb Simpson are all featured in the US Open champions group, as will Bubba Watson, Adam Scott and Charl Schwartzel.
Full draw:
11:45/17:30 Daniel Berger, Brett Stegmaier
11:56/17:41 Marcel Siem (Ger), Brian Stuard, Andrea Pavan (Ita)
12:07/17:52 Matt Every, Roberto Castro, Matt Jones
12:18/18:03 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Jason Day (Aus), Brandt Snedeker
12:29/18:14 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Matt Kuchar, Lee Westwood (Eng)
12:40/18:25 Webb Simpson, Rory McIlroy (NI), Graeme McDowell (NI)
12:51/18:36 Ian Poulter (Eng), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha)
13:02/18:47 Nick Watney, Jonas Blixt (Swe), Joost Luiten (Ned)
13:13/18:58 Billy Horschel, Billy Hurley III, Robert Allenby (Aus)
13:24/19:09 Aaron Baddeley (Aus), A-Oliver Goss (Aus), Aron Price (Aus)
13:35/19:20 Tom Lewis (Eng), Justin Thomas,
13:46/19:31 A-Robby Shelton, Matthew Dobyns, Brady Watt (Aus)
13:57/19:42 Clayton Rask, A-Brian Campbell, Nicholas Mason
17:30/11:45 Garth Mulroy (SA), Steven Alker (NZ), Bobby Gates
17:41/11:56 Niclas Fasth (Swe), Kiyoshi Miyazato (Jpn), Hudson Swafford
17:52/12:07 John Senden (Aus), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Brooks Koepka
18:03/12:18 Dustin Johnson, Jimmy Walker, Victor Dubuisson (Fra)
18:14/12:29 Stewart Cink, Justin Leonard, Y.E. Yang (Kor)
18:25/12:40 Bubba Watson, Adam Scott (Aus), Charl Schwartzel (SA)
18:36/12:51 Ernie Els (SA), Darren Clarke (NI), Louis Oosthuizen (SA)
18:47/13:02 Jason Dufner, Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer (Ger)
18:58/13:13 Hunter Mahan, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jamie Donaldson (Wal)
19:09/13:24 Bo Van Pelt, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Seung-Yul Noh (Kor)
19:20/13:35 Danny Willett (Eng), A-Cory Whitsett, Luke Guthrie
19:31/13:46 Kevin Tway, James Renner, Chris Doak (Sco)
19:42/13:57 Cody Gribble, Chris Thompson, A-Andrew Dorn
Starting at hole 10
11:45/17:30 Henrik Norlander (Swe), Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Rob Oppenheim
11:56/17:41 Chad Collins, Kyoung-Hoon Lee (Jpn), Kevin Kisner
12:07/17:52 Erik Compton, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Scott Langley
12:18/18:03 Patrick Reed, Ryan Moore
12:29/18:14 Boo Weekley, D.A. Points, Stephen Gallacher (Sco)
12:40/18:25 Zach Johnson, Angel Cabrera (Arg), David Toms
12:51/18:36 Justin Rose (Eng), A-Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Phil Mickelson
13:02/18:47 Chris Kirk, Russell Henley, Brendon Todd
13:13/18:58 Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Rickie Fowler
13:24/19:09 Kenny Perry, Jeff Maggert, Kevin Sutherland
13:35/19:20 Wen-Chong Liang (Chn), Maximilian Kieffer, Shiv Kapur (Ind)
13:46/19:31 Smylie Kaufman, A-Maverick McNealy
13:57/19:42 Anthony Broussard, A-Will Grimmer, Nicholas Lindheim
17:30/11:45 Alex Cejka (Ger), Graeme Storm (Eng), David Oh
17:41/11:56 Oliver Fisher (Eng), Casey Wittenberg, Andres Echavarria (Col)
17:52/12:07 Joe Ogilvie, Mark Wilson, Ken Duke
18:03/12:18 Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Bill Haas
18:14/12:29 Brendon De Jonge, Kevin Stadler, Shane Lowry (NI)
18:25/12:40 Luke Donald (Eng), Harris English, Paul Casey (Eng)
18:36/12:51 J.B. Holmes, Gary Woodland, Graham DeLaet (Can)
18:47/13:02 Retief Goosen (SA), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Lucas Glover
18:58/13:13 Hyung-Sung Kim (Kor), Toru Taniguchi (Jpn)
19:09/13:24 Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling (Aus), Kevin Streelman
19:20/13:35 Azuma Yano (Jpn), Ryan Blaum, David Gossett
19:31/13:46 Simon Griffiths (Eng), Fran Quinn, Donald Constable
19:42/13:57 A-Hunter Stewart, Jason Millard, Zac Blair
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