US PGA Championship: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas in the same group

Rory McIlroy (right) is ranked number seven in the world

Defending champion Justin Thomas will play with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in the opening two rounds of the US PGA Championship - the final major of 2018.

Northern Ireland's McIlroy, tees off at 14:23 BST with the Americans on Thursday, while England's Justin Rose goes out with Jordan Spieth at 19:37.

Masters champion Patrick Reed, US Open winner and Open Championship victor Francesco Molinari, start at 19:15.

The tournament is being played at the Bellerive Country Club in Missouri.

World number one Dustin Johnson is in the same group as Bubba Watson and Adam Scott who get under way at 18:53.

England's Tommy Fleetwood, runner-up at the US Open in June, starts at 19:04 with Japan's Satoshi Kodaira and Australia's Marc Leishman.

Tee times - (all times BST)

Round two

Starting at hole 1

12:50 Chesson Hadley (US), Daniel Balin (US), Russell Henley (US)

13:01 Marty Jertson (US), Luke List (US), Kevin Chappell (US)

13:12 Nick Watney (US), Jaysen Hansen (US), Kyle Stanley (US)

13:23 Ted Potter Jr (US), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Jorge Campillo (Spa)

13:34 Ryan Vermeer (US), Paul Broadhurst (Eng), John Daly (US)

13:45 Si Woo Kim (Kor), Brice Garnett (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

13:56 Jason Dufner (US), Yong-eun Yang (Kor), Shaun Micheel (US)

14:07 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Charl Schwartzel (SA), Patrick Cantlay (US)

14:18 Adrian Otaegui (Spa), Brendan Steele (US), Kevin Na (US)

14:29 Chez Reavie (US), Charley Hoffman (US), Russell Knox (Sco)

14:40 Zachary J Johnson (US), Michael Kim (US), Seung-su Han (US)

14:51 Brian Smock (US), Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra)

15:02 Ben Kern (US), Ryuko Tokimatsu (Jpn), Chris Kirk (US)

18:20 Jamie Lovemark (US), Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Rich Berberian Jr (US)

18:31 Sean McCarty (US), Brandt Snedeker (US), Haotong Li (Chn)

18:42 Jim Furyk (US), Tony Finau (US), Xander Schauffele (US)

18:53 Davis Love III (US), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Rich Beem (US)

19:04 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Rickie Fowler (US), Ian Poulter (Eng)

19:15 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Danny Willett (Eng), Pat Perez (US)

19:26 Jason Day (Aus), Phil Mickelson (US), Keegan Bradley (US)

19:37 Jordan Smith (Eng), Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Scott Piercy (US)

19:48 Justin Thomas (US), Rory McIlroy (NI), Tiger Woods (US)

19:59 Webb Simpson (US), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)

20:10 Stewart Cink (US), Branden Grace (SA), Ryan Moore (US)

20:21 Ross Fisher (Eng), Alexander Levy (Fra), Patton Kizzire (US)

20:32 Julian Suri (US), Sungjae Imn (Kor), Craig Bowden (US)

Starting at hole 10

12:55 Brandon Stone (SA), Johan Kok (SA), Whee Kim (Kor)

13:06 Matt Wallace (Eng), Matt Dobyns (US), Beau Hossler (US)

13:17 Alex Noren (Swe), Chris Wood (Eng), Matt Kuchar (US)

13:28 Dustin Johnson (US), Bubba Watson (US), Adam Scott (Aus)

13:39 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn), Marc Leishman (Aus)

13:50 Patrick Reed (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Francesco Molinari (Ita)

14:01 Gary Woodland (US), Kevin Kisner (US), Sergio Garcia (Spa)

14:12 Jon Rahm (Spa), Jordan Spieth (US), Justin Rose (Eng)

14:23 Aaron Wise (US), Paul Casey (Eng), Zach Johnson (US)

14:34 Thomas Pieters (Bel), Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Bill Haas (US)

14:45 Lee Westwood (Eng), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Daniel Berger (US)

14:56 Omar Uresti (US), Andrew Landry (US), Justin Harding (SA)

15:07 Matthew Borchert (US), Chris Stroud, (US), Barracuda winner

18:15 Michael Block (US), Eddie Pepperell (Eng), Ryan Fox (NZ)

18:26 Craig Hocknull (Aus), Austin Cook (US), Alexander Bjork (Swe)

18:37 Yusaku Miyazato (Jpn), Bob Sowards (US), Scott Brown (US)

18:48 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa), Thomas Bjorn (Den), James Hahn (US)

18:59 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Billy Horschel (US), Shane Lowry (Ire)

19:10 Brian Harman (US), Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), Adam Hadwin (Can)

19:21 Jimmy Walker (US), Padraig Harrington (Ire), Vijay Singh (Fij)

19:32 Andy Sullivan (Eng), Bryson DeChambeau (US), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)

19:43 Ryan Armour (US), Cameron Smith (Aus), Peter Uihlein (US)

19:54 JB Holmes (US), Paul Dunne (Ire), Dylan Frittelli (SA)

20:05 Charles Howell III (US), Jason Schmuhl (US), Brian Gay (US)

20:16 David Muttitt (US), Ollie Schniederjans (US), Troy Merritt (US)

20:27 Shawn Warren (US), Mikko Korhonen (Fin), JJ Spaun (US)