The 126th U.S. Open can’t start soon enough. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is ready to put on another banger of a show, the winds have already been whipping during the practice rounds and the best players in the world are just about ready to tee it up and chase what is usually the hardest major championship to win.While we have to wait a little bit more for the tournament to begin, on Tuesday morning the tee times for the first two rounds were released, giving us something to get even more get excited about.MORE: Why the Past Four U.S. Opens at Shinnecock Should Terrify Golfers and Delight FansLets take a look at the seven spiciest pairings.7:30 a.m./1:25 p.m.: Brooks Koepka, Cameron Young, Chris GotterupKoepka holds the trophy after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 2018. | Dennis Schneidler-Imagn ImagesThree bombers will go out early Thursday morning, and they will give us an early read on how the course is going to play this week. Koepka knows Shinnecock very well, as he won it the last time the legendary course hosted the championship in 2018. He finished one-over par, which might be the winning score this year if the winds blow as they are expected to. Young got the biggest victory of his career in March when he took home the Players Championship in dramatic fashion. Then there’s Gotterup, who hits the ball a country mile and started his year with wins in two of his first three events. 7:52 a.m./1:47 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Tommy FleetwoodThis group features three guys who know each other really well and enjoy each other’s company. They’ve also played pivotal roles on Europe’s past two Ryder Cup teams that beat Team USA. McIlroy completed the career grand slam last year at the Masters and then backed that up with another win at Augusta in April. Åberg and Fleetwood are still looking for their first major championship wins and should have what it takes to contend this week. Fleetwood has good memories of Shinnecock, as he shot a 63 in the final round here in 2018.8:14 a.m./2:09 p.m.: Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun, Mason HowellScheffler is the No. 1 player in the world and has the chance to become just the seventh player in history to complete the career grand slam with a win at Shinnecock. J.J. Spaun is the defending U.S. Open champion, as he won it at Oakmont last year in dramatic fashion. Howell is an amateur who graduated from high school last month. He’s had quite a spring, as he played alongside McIlroy at the Masters in April and now gets to play with Scheffler and Spaun in the U.S. Open. What a run for the kid. MORE: The 10 Best Golfers Who Haven’t Won a U.S. Open Yet, Including Scottie Scheffler1:14 p.m./7:19 a.m.: Aaron Rai, Collin Morikawa, Jason DayRai is coming off the biggest win of his life at the PGA Championship, where he shot a stunning 65 in the final round to claim his first major. Now he will have a little more pressure and a lot more eyes on him at Shinnecock, and it will be interesting to see how he responds to all of that. Morikawa has won two majors so far in his career and would love nothing more than to win his first U.S. Open. Day is the veteran of the group and is looking to win his second major.1:25 p.m./7:30 a.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick All eyes will be on DeChambeau, who has won two U.S. Opens in his career. This year, however, he has been dreadful at the majors, missing the cut at both the Masters and the PGA Championship. This is a huge week for the LIV Golf star and he can’t afford to miss the cut. Fitzpatrick knows what it takes to win the U.S. Open, as he hoisted the trophy at The Country Club in 2022. Hovland hasn’t won a major yet and you never know what you’re going to get from him week-to-week but he has the game to be a factor. He finished third last year at Oakmont. 1:47 p.m./7:52 a.m. Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Xander Schauffele This is a fun group consisting of three guys who have all won major championships, but none of them have won a U.S. Open. Yet. Thomas is always a fan-favorite when he tees it up. Schauffele lives to compete on the biggest stages. And Matsuyama has what it takes to be there on a Sunday at a major. 2:09 p.m./8:14 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Jon RahmAll three of these players have won the U.S. Open before and they should be an electric group to watch the first two days at Shinnecock. Spieth alone makes any group he’s playing in must-see TV. Rahm had struggled a bit in majors recently but then finished T2 at the PGA Championship last month and seems ready to be back in contention again this week. Rose continues to play great golf at the age of 45, as he won at Torrey Pines earlier this year and finished T3 at the Masters. Get your popcorn ready for this group.2026 U.S. Open tee times—first round* = 10th tee start | (a) = amateur | all times ET5:35 a.m.James NicholasTaylor MontgomeryCaleb Surratt5:35 a.m.*Chandler PhillipsHarry HiggsHamilton Coleman (a)5:46 a.m. Ethan Fang (a)Jayden SchaperJackson Suber5:46 a.m.*Nathan KimseyJackson Herrington (a)Cooper Dossey5:57 a.m.Chase Kyes (a)Matthew JordanAlejandro Tosti5:57 a.m.*Peter UihleinEric Lee (a)Samuel Stevens6:08 a.m.Carl YuanBrandon WuJimmy Stanger6:08 a.m.*Adrien Dumont de ChassartBen SilvermanEmiliano Grillo6:19 a.m.Padraig HarringtonMiles Russell (a)Cameron Smith6:19 a.m.*Patrick RodgersKeith MitchellGraeme McDowell6:30 a.m.Brooks KoepkaCameron YoungChris Gotterup6:30 a.m.*Sungjae ImLucas HerbertKristoffer Reitan6:41 a.m.Daniel BergerKeegan BradleyRickie Fowler6:41 a.m.*Sam BurnsTyrrell HattonSi Woo Kim6:52 a.m.Patrick ReedAndrew NovakKurt Kitayama6:52 a.m.*Rory McIlroyLudvig AbergTommy Fleetwood7:03 a.m.Harris EnglishAdam ScottNick Taylor7:03 a.m.*Alex NorenMaverick McNealySepp Straka7:14 a.m.Mason Howell (a)Scottie SchefflerJ.J. Spaun7:14 a.m.*Max GreysermanBrian HarmanJacob Bridgeman7:25 a.m.Sahith TheegalaJackson Koivun (a)Michael Kim7:25 a.m.*Alex FitzpatrickTom KimBenjamin James7:36 a.m.J.B. HolmesFilippo CelliJackson Ormond (a)7:36 a.m.*Brandon Holtz (a)Ryuichi OiwaDylan Wu7:47 a.m.Jake PeacockVaughn Harber (a)Kaito Onishi7:47 a.m.*Greyson LeachLogan Reilly (a)Robbie Higgins11:30 a.m.Niklas NorgaardRocco Paolo Repetto TaylorSudarshan Yellamaraju11:30 a.m.*William MouwRyder Cowan (a)Hennie Du Plessis11:41 a.m.Laurie CanterJohn ParryBryan Lee (a)11:41 a.m.*Adrien SaddierJackson Van ParisUgo Coussaud11:52 a.m.Chris KirkMax McGreevyJake Knapp11:52 a.m.*Neal ShipleyMatthias SchmidBud Cauley12:03 p.m.Harry HallMichael BrennanAndrew Putnam12:03 p.m.*Pierceson CoodyZac BlairKevin Roy12:14 p.m.Davis ThompsonPreston Stout (a)David Puig12:14 p.m.*Aaron RaiCollin MorikawaJason Day12:25 p.m.Ryo HisatsuneCorey ConnersRyan Fox12:25 p.m.*Bryson DeChambeauViktor HovlandMatt Fitzpatrick12:36 p.m.Ryan GerardRussell HenleyBen Griffin12:36 p.m.*Dustin JohnsonWyndham ClarkGary Woodland12:47 p.m.Justin ThomasHideki MatsuyamaXander Schauffele12:47 p.m.*Joaquin NiemannAlex SmalleyShane Lowry12:58 p.m.Nicolai HojgaardNicolas EchavarriaRobert MacIntyre12:58 p.m.*Akshay BhatiaCarlos OrtizMin Woo Lee1:09 p.m.J.T. PostonPatrick CantlayBilly Horschel1:09 p.m.*Justin RoseJordan SpiethJon Rahm1:20 p.m.Arni Sveinsson (a)Taihei SatoMarcelo Rozo1:20 p.m.*Ben KohlesJohnny KeeferMatt McCarty1:31 p.m.Nick HardyCole HammerJack Schoenberger1:31 p.m.*Angel HidalgoMateo Pulcini (a)Spencer Tibbits1:42 p.m.Marek Fleming (a)TK KimGiuseppe Puebla (a)1:42 p.m.*Matthew Robles (a)Jake SollonManav ShahMore U.S. Open from Sports IllustratedAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow