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Golf-McIlroy off early, Tiger late in U.S. Open first round

June 12 (Reuters) - Martin Kaymer will start his title defence bright and early on Thursday at Chambers Bay when he plays the first round of the U.S. Open with world number one Rory McIlroy.

German Kaymer and British Open champion McIlroy will tee off at the picturesque links style layout adjacent to Puget Sound at 8.28 am Pacific Time (1528GMT). South Korean Yang Gunn, the U.S. amateur champion, will complete what has become a traditional grouping.

They will be immediately preceded at 8.17am local time (1517GMT) by a glamour threesome of American Dustin Johnson, Australian Adam Scott and Spaniard Sergio Garcia.