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McIlroy, Koepka paired together at US Open

LOS ANGELES: World No. 3 Rory McIlroy and newly crowned PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka will make for a spicy pairing in the first two rounds of the 123rd US Open at Los Angeles Country Club.

The two will tee off on the par-70 North Course alongside 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama at 1:54 p.m. (2054 GMT) on Thursday (Friday in Manila), when the US Open returns to Los Angeles for the first time since it was held at Riviera Country Club in 1948.