Club professional Michael Block will hit the first tee shot in the 106th US PGA Championship in Valhalla on Thursday.
Block dominated the headlines at Oak Hill last year after becoming an unlikely title contender and then, playing alongside Rory McIlroy, making a hole-in-one in the final round on his way to a tie for 15th.
That secured a return to Valhalla, where he made his US PGA debut in 2014, and the 47-year-old will line up alongside European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald on Thursday at 7.15am local time (12.15pm BST). and 2003 winner Shaun Micheel.
McIlroy, who won the last of his four major titles to date here in 2014, will start his challenge from the 10th tee at 8.15am (1.15pm, BST) alongside Dustin Johnson and Justin Rose, with Tiger Woods in the previous group with Adam Scott and Keegan Bradley.
Defending champion Brooks Koepka was also among the early starters alongside Max Homa and Jordan Spieth, while Masters champion Scottie Scheffler will have to wait until mid-afternoon to make his bid for back-to-back major titles and a fifth win in his last six. begins.
Scheffler, whose wife Meredith gave birth to their first child last week, will play the first two rounds alongside US Open champion Wyndham Clark and Open champion Brian Harman.
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