US Open: Date; tee time and pairings; start time and how to watch

Matt Fitzpatrick will look to successfully defend his US Open title as the third wave major of the year returns this week.

The Englishman shared the lead overnight going into the final day and would eventually finish one shot above Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler.

Fitzpatrick became only the third Englishman since 1924 to win this title, after Tony Jacklin in 1970 and Justin Rose in 2013.

Leading up to this year’s tournament, Masters champion Jon Rahm will be looking to continue his victory in Augusta as Scheffler aims to take it one step further after narrowly missing out on the title last year.

With the US Open returning, how can you watch the action and when is it? Mail Sport provides the answers below.

When is the US Open?

This year’s US Open begins on Thursday, June 15 and ends on Sunday, June 18.

It takes place on the North Course of the Los Angeles Country Club in California.

The first two days start at 3pm BST (10am ET/9am CT), while the third day starts at 6pm (1pm ET/12am CT).

The last day starts at 5:30 PM BST (12:30 PM ET/11:20 AM CT).

How to watch

UK fans can catch all the action all week on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf.

Golf fans can also stream the action via the official Sky Go app.

Highlights from the US Open can be seen on Sky Sports Golf.

NBC’s streaming service Peacock and the USA Network will provide live coverage of the tournament in the United States.

Start times and pairings in the first round

Starting at hole one

• 2.45 pm Omar Morales, Deon Germishuys, Jacob Solomon
• 14.56 Ryan Gerard, Yuto Katsuragawa, Michael Brennan
• 3:07 p.m. Hayden Buckley, Adam Svensson, Pablo Larrazabal
• 3:18 p.m. Carson Young, Dylan Wu, Roger Sloan
• 3:29pm Ryo Ishikawa, Kevin Streelman, Matthieu Pavon
• 3:40 p.m. Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood
• 3:51 pm Sungjae Im, KH Lee, JT Poston
• 4:02pm Gary Woodland, Adam Scott, Corey Conners
• 4:13 p.m. Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Scottie Scheffler
• 4:24 p.m. Denny McCarthy, Joel Dahmen, Adam Hadwin
• 4:35 p.m. Matthew McClean, Seamus Power, Ryan Fox
• 4:46 PM Mac Meissner, Barclay Brown, Gunn Charoenkul
• 16.57 Alexander Yang, Jesse Schutte, Andy Svoboda
• 8:15 p.m. Brent Grant, Vincent Norrman, Charley Hoffman
• 20.26 Simon Forsstrom, Carlos Ortiz, Maxwell Moldovan
• 8:37 p.m. Eric Cole, Thriston Lawrence, Adam Schenk
• 8:48 p.m. Luke List, Wilco Nienaber, Alejandro Del Rey
• 20:59 Adrian Meronk, Harris English, Joaquin Niemann
• 9:10 p.m. Alex Noren, Wyndham Clark, Austin Ekroat
• 9:21 p.m. Kurt Kitayama, Cam Davis, Russell Henley
• 9:32pm Cameron Smith, Sam Bennett, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 9:43 p.m. Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Brian Harman
• 9:54 p.m. Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy
• 10:05 p.m. Sebastian Munoz, Nick Taylor, Taylor Montgomery
• 10:16pm Olin Browne Jr, David Puig, Kar Vilips
• 10:27 PM Corey Pereira, Isaac Simmons, JJ Gray

Starting at hole 10

• 2:45 p.m. Berry Henson, Ryutaro Nagano, Hank Lebioda
• 14.56 Michael Kim, Jordan Smith, Wenyi Ding
• 3:07 p.m. Scott Stallings, Preston Summerhays, Lucas Herbert
• 3:18 pm Jens Dantorp, Patrick Rodgers, Ryan Armor
• 3:29 pm Thomas Pieters, Aaron Wise, Gordon Sargent
• 3:40 p.m. Bryson DeChambeau, Francesco Molinari, Tyrrell Hatton
• 3:51pm Tom Hoge, Sergio Garcia, Sepp Straka
• 4:02 p.m. Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day
• 4:13 p.m. Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Si Woo Kim
• 16.24 Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm
• 4:35 p.m. Martin Kaymer, Stewart Cink, Michael Thorbjornsen
• 4:46 p.m. David Horsey, Brendan Valdes, Paul Barjon
• 4:57 p.m. Jordan Gumberg, Kyle Mueller, Bastien Amat
• 8:15 p.m. Ross Fisher, Nico Echavarria, Paul Haley II
• 8:26 p.m. Nick Dunlap, Nick Hardy, Sam Stevens
• 8:37 p.m. Taylor Pendrith, Aldrich Potgieter, Romain Langasque
• 8:48 p.m. Andrew Putnam, Victor Perez, Abraham Ancer
• 8:59pm Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington, Keegan Bradley
• 21.10 Mito Pereira, Emiliano Grillo, Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira
• 9:21pm Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala, Cameron Young
• 9:32pm Sam Burns, Dustin Johnson, Keith Mitchell
• 21.43 Tony Finau, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay
• 9:54 p.m. Davis Thompson, Min Woo Lee, Justin Suh
• 10:05 p.m. Taylor Moore, Mackenzie Hughes, Ben Carr
• 10:16 p.m. Patrick Cover, David Nyfjall, Frankie Capan III
• 10:27 p.m. Austen Truslow, Christian Cavaliere, Alex Schaake

Chances

Scottie Scheffler wins – 6/1

Jon Rahm wins – 9/1

Brooks Koepka wins – 10/1

Rory McIlroy wins – 1/11

Patrick Cantlay wins – 14/1

All odds through Paddy Power and correct at the time of publication.

What was said?

Heading into this week’s action, Fitzpatrick revealed that while his game is improving, he doesn’t think it’s in the same spot it was 12 months ago when he won the tournament.

“I feel like the start of the year, obviously I had a good first event in Hawaii and then got injured, and that felt like it set me back quite a bit for February and March,” said Fitzpatrick.

“In the end, I clearly played well in April.

“I feel like my game is coming in the right place. I was definitely looking forward to Memorial and last week I was playing golf. Last week I didn’t score too well per se, but I had another slight flare-up on Friday afternoon with my neck.

“I definitely feel like my game is in better shape. I certainly don’t think it’s as good as last year.’