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Luke Donald may have hinted at some of his Ryder Cup 2025 pairings after the tee times for the BMW PGA Championship were released.

Team Europe’s leader had used the Wentworth tournament to experiment with pairings before the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone.

And just weeks away from the Bethpage Black rematch against Team USA, some of Donald’s stars have been matched up together for the first two rounds of this week’s DP World Tour event.

Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Jon Rahm are together, while Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood will play 36 holes together at least this week, with defending champion Billy Horschel the third member of their group. A potential new pairing in New York could be Ludvig Aberg and Matt Fitzpatrick, with the wildcard picks playing together this week alongside Hideki Matsuyama.

Viktor Hovland is paired with rookie Rasmus Hojgaard, with Ryder Cup 2027 hopeful Marco Penge completing the pairing. Robert MacIntyre and Tyrrell Hatton are together, with heavy-hitter Ryan Fox rounding out the group.

BMW PGA Championship – Rounds 1 and 2 tee times

06:40 – 10:40 Tom VAILLANT FRA; Thomas AIKEN RSA; Ivan CANTERO ESP

06:50 – 10:50 Marcel SCHNEIDER GER; Jeong weon KO FRA; Angel AYORA ESP

07:00 – 11:00 Gavin GREEN MAS; David MICHELUZZI AUS; Jayden SCHAPER RSA

07:10 – 11:10 Brandon STONE RSA; Haotong LI CHN; Aaron COCKERILL CAN

07:20 – 11:25 Johannes VEERMAN USA; Dylan FRITTELLI; Dale WHITNELL ENG

07:30 – 11:35; Jhonattan VEGAS VEN; Connor SYME SCO; Martin COUVRA FRA

07:40 – 11:45 Antoine ROZNER FRA; Michael KIM USA; Nicolai VON DELLINGSHAUSEN GER

07:50 – 11:55 Padraig HARRINGTON IRL; Joaquin NIEMANN CHI; Daniel BROWN ENG;

08:00 – 12:05 Francesco MOLINARI ITA; Harry HALL ENG; Si Woo KIM KOR

08:15 – 12:15 Matt WALLACE ENG; Min Woo LEE AUS; Aaron RAI ENG

08:25 – 12:25 Laurie CANTER ENG; Adam SCOTT AUS; Brooks KOEPKA USA

08:35 – 12:35 Justin ROSE ENG; Tommy FLEETWOOD ENG; Billy HORSCHEL USA

08:45 – 12:45 Hideki MATSUYAMA JPN; Ludvig ÅBERG SWE; Matt FITZPATRICK ENG

08:55 – 13:00 Nicolai HØJGAARD DEN; Patrick REED USA; John PARRY ENG

09:05 – 13:10 Patrick RODGERS USA; Romain LANGASQUE FRA; Eugenio CHACARRA ESP

09:15 – 13:20 Erik VAN ROOYEN RSA; Elvis SMYLIE AUS; Ryan GERARD USA

09:25 – 13:30 Richard MANSELL ENG; Ewen FERGUSON SCO; Tom MCKIBBIN NIR

09:35 – 13:40 Jacques KRUYSWIJK RSA; Angel HIDALGO ESP; Dan BRADBURY ENG

09:50 – 13:50 Rasmus NEERGAARD-PETERSEN DEN; Paul O’HARA SCO; Sam BAIRSTOW ENG

10:00 – 14:00 Joe DEAN ENG; Calum HILL SCO; Dylan NAIDOO RSA

10:10 – 14:10 Jordan GUMBERG USA; Yannik PAUL GER; Shubhankar SHARMA IND

10:20 – 14:20 Oliver LINDELL FIN; Brandon ROBINSON THOMPSON ENG; Kazuma KOBORI NZL

10:30 – 14:30 Ricardo GOUVEIA POR; Fabrizio ZANOTTI PAR; Darren FICHARDT RSA

10:40 – 06:40 Kiradech APHIBARNRAT THA; Manuel ELVIRA ESP; Scott JAMIESON SCO

10:50 – 06:50 Ben SCHMIDT ENG; Richie RAMSAY SCO; Marcus KINHULT SWE

11:00 – 07:00 Andy SULLIVAN ENG; Ugo COUSSAUD FRA; Alex FITZPATRICK ENG

11:15 – 07:10 Matthew JORDAN ENG; Casey JARVIS RSA; Joakim LAGERGREN SWE

11:25 – 07:20 Jeff WINTHER DEN; Zander LOMBARD RSA; Francesco LAPORTA ITA

11:35 – 07:30 Adrian MERONK POL; Frederic LACROIX FRA; David RAVETTO FRA

11:45 – 07:40 Marcel SIEM GER; Nacho ELVIRA ESP; Julien GUERRIER FRA

11:55 – 07:50 Bernd WIESBERGER AUT; Dean BURMESTER RSA; Adrian OTAEGUI UAE

12:05 – 08:00 Matti SCHMID GER; Grant FORREST SCO; Adrien SADDIER FRA

12:15 – 08:15 Danny WILLETT ENG; Keita NAKAJIMA JPN; Corey CONNERS CAN

12:25 – 08:25 Viktor HOVLAND NOR; Rasmus HØJGAARD DEN; Marco PENGE ENG

12:35 – 08:35 Robert MACINTYRE SCO; Tyrrell HATTON ENG; Ryan FOX NZL

12:45 – 08:45 Rory MCILROY NIR; Shane LOWRY IRL; Jon RAHM ESP

13:00 – 08:55 Kristoffer REITAN NOR; Thriston LAWRENCE RSA; Thomas DETRY BEL

13:10 – 09:05 Alex NOREN SWE; Matteo MANASSERO ITA; Luke DONALD ENG

13:20 – 09:15 Niklas NORGAARD DEN; Thomas PIETERS BEL; Jordan SMITH ENG

13:30 – 09:25 Matthieu PAVON FRA; Pablo LARRAZÁBAL ESP; Jorge CAMPILLO ESP

13:40 – 09:35 Guido MIGLIOZZI ITA; Daniel HILLIER NZL; Ryggs JOHNSTON USA

13:50 – 09:50 Alejandro DEL REY ESP; Yuto KATSURAGAWA JPN; Shaun NORRIS RSA

14:00 – 10:00 Darius VAN DRIEL NED; Todd CLEMENTS ENG; Simon FORSSTRÖM SWE

14:10 – 10:10 Andrea PAVAN ITA; Joost LUITEN NED; Sean CROCKER USA

14:20 – 10:20 Maximilian KIEFFER GER; Matthew BALDWIN ENG; Alfredo GARCIA-HEREDIA ESP

14:30 – 10:30 Jason SCRIVENER AUS; Marcus ARMITAGE ENG; Callum SHINKWIN ENG