Olympic golf tee times confirmed with Rory McIlroy set to face Scottie Scheffler

Rory McIlroy is set to play alongside Scottie Scheffler and Ludvig Aberg in a high-profile grouping for the first two rounds of the men's Olympic golf tournament . The competition kicks off at Le Golf National, the venue for the 2018 Ryder Cup, on Thursday. World No 1 Scheffler, who has six PGA Tour victories this season including The Masters, is tipped as the favorite for the gold medal.

He will tee off with Ireland's world No 3 McIlroy and Swedish sensation Aberg at 9.11 am (BST) on Thursday. Scheffler's fellow American Xander Schauffele, the current Olympic champion and world No 2 , enters the tournament in exceptional form after winning the PGA Championship and The Open in the last three months, reports the Mirror .

He will play alongside Spain's Jon Rahm and Norway's Viktor Hovland at 10.55 am. Team GB is represented by Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick. Fleetwood will tee off at 8.44 am with the USA's Wyndham Clark and Japan's Hidecki Matsuyama, while Fitzpatrick will play with France's Matthieu Pavon and America's Collin Morikawa at 11.06 am in the opening round.

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McIlroy's Irish teammate Shane Lowry has been grouped with Byeong Hun An of South Korea and Canada's Nick Taylor at 10.44 am. Here are the full tee times for the first two rounds.

Olympic golf tee times (Round 1/Round 2).

All times BST.

8:00 a.m./9:55 a.m.: Victor Perez (France), Matti Schmid (Germany), C.T. Pan (Chinese Taipei)
8:11 a.m./10:06 a.m.: Thorbjørn Olesen (Denmark), Alejandro Tosti (Argentina), Joaquin Niemann (Chile)
8:22 a.m./10:17 a.m.: Emiliano Grillo (Argentina), Alex Noren (Sweden), Ryan Fox (New Zealand)
8:33 a.m./10:33 a.m.: Min Woo Lee (Australia) Corey Conners (Canada), Christian Bezuidenhout (South Africa)
8:44 a.m./10:44 a.m.: Wyndham Clark (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain)
8:55 a.m./10:55 a.m.: Sepp Straka (Austria), Jason Day (Australia), Tom Kim (Korea)
9:11 a.m./11:06 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Ireland), Ludvig Åberg (Sweden)

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9:22 a.m./11:17 a.m.: Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Belgium), Daniel Hillier (New Zealand), Guido Migliozzi (Italy)
9:33 a.m./11:28 a.m.: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand), Gavin Green (Malaysia), Gaganjeet Bhullar (India)
9:44 a.m./11:39 a.m.: Phachara Khongwatmai (Thailand), Abraham Ancer (Mexico), Dou Zecheng (China)
9:55 a.m./8:00 a.m.: Yuan Yechun (China), Camilo Villegas (Colombia), Matteo Manassero (Italy)

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10:06 a.m./8:11 a.m.: Adrian Meronk (Poland), Sami Valimaki (Finland), David Puig (Spain)
10:17 a.m./8:22 a.m.: Erik van Rooyen (South Africa), Keita Nakajima (Japan), Kevin Yu (Chinese Taipei)
10:33 a.m./8:33 a.m.: Stephan Jaeger (Germany), Nicolai Højgaard (Denmark), Thomas Detry (Belgium)
10:44 a.m./8:44 a.m. : Byeong Hun An (Korea), Shane Lowry (Ireland), Nick Taylor (Canada)

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10:55 a.m./8:55 a.m.: Xander Schauffele (USA), Viktor Hovland (Norway), Jon Rahm (Spain)
11:06 a.m./9:11 a.m.: Matthieu Pavon (France), Collin Morikawa (USA), Matt Fitzpatrick (Great Britain)
11:17 a.m./9:22 a.m.: Shubhankar Sharma (India), Rafael Campos (Puerto Rico), Carlos Ortiz (Mexico)
11:28 a.m./9:33 a.m.: Nico Echavarria (Colombia), Mito Pereira (Chile), Kris Ventura (Norway)
11:39 a.m./9:44 a.m.: Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay), Joel Girrbach (Switzerland), Tapio Pulkkanen (Finland)

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