Vive la France! USGA has fun with U.S. Open groupings

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – The USGA is already having some fun at Shinnecock.

>The first- and second-round tee times were released on Tuesday morning, and on the tee sheet are several notable groupings, many of which have particular themes to them.

>Here are some of the best:

>6:57 a.m. ET (10) – Peter Uihlein, a-Eric Lee, Sam Stevens Theme: Oklahoma State Cowboys.

>7:19 a.m. ET (1) – Padraig Harrington, a-Miles Russell, Cameron Smith Theme: Oldest (Harrington, 54) and youngest (Russell, 17) competitors in field.

>7:30 a.m. ET (1) – Brooks Koepka, Cameron Young, Chris Gotterup Theme: New York, New York! Young and Gotterup are Met area products while Koepka has won two majors on Long Island.

>7:30 a.m. ET (10) – Sungjae Im, Lucas Herbert, Kristoffer Reitan Theme: All three played their first U.S. Opens at Shinnecock in 2018.

>7:41 a.m. ET (1) – Daniel Berger, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler Theme: Former PGA Tour rookies of the year.

>8:14 a.m. ET (1) – a-Mason Howell, Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun Theme: Traditional group of the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, Open champion and U.S. Open champion.

>8:14 a.m. ET (10) – Max Greyserman, Brian Harman, Jacob Bridgeman Theme: The man group!

>8:25 a.m. ET (1) – Sahith Theegala, a-Jackson Koivun, Michael Kim Theme: Former Haskins Award winners.

>12:41 p.m. ET (10) – Adrien Saddier, Ugo Coussaud, Jackson Van Paris Theme: Vive la France! Paris, from Pinehurst, is French in name only.

>1:03 p.m. ET (10) – Pierceson Coody, Zac Blair, Kevin Roy Theme: All three players have had relatives compete in a U.S. Open. No, Roy is not the son of the Hall of Fame NHL goalie Patrick Roy.

>1:25 p.m. ET (10) – Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick Theme: Former U.S. Amateur champions.

>1:36 p.m. ET (10) – Dustin Johnson, Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland Theme: Similar to previous group, just U.S. Open.

>2:09 p.m. ET (10) – Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm Theme: Another all-U.S. Open champion group.

>2:20 p.m. ET (10) – Ben Kohles, Johnny Keefer, Matt McCarty Theme: Former or current Korn Ferry Tour Nos. 1.