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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n Luke Donald<\/a> may have hinted at some of his Ryder Cup<\/a> 2025 pairings after the tee times for the BMW PGA Championship<\/a> were released. <\/p>\n Team Europe<\/a>\u2019s leader had used the Wentworth tournament to experiment with pairings before the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone. <\/p>\n And just weeks away from the Bethpage Black rematch against Team USA, some of Donald\u2019s stars have been matched up together for the first two rounds of this week\u2019s DP World Tour event. <\/p>\n Rory McIlroy<\/a>, Shane Lowry<\/a> 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<\/a> and Matt Fitzpatrick, with the wildcard picks playing together this week alongside Hideki Matsuyama. <\/p>\n Viktor Hovland<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n BMW PGA Championship – Rounds 1 and 2 tee times<\/p>\n 06:40 – 10:40 Tom VAILLANT FRA; Thomas AIKEN RSA; Ivan CANTERO ESP<\/p>\n 06:50 – 10:50 Marcel SCHNEIDER GER; Jeong weon KO FRA; Angel AYORA ESP<\/p>\n 07:00 – 11:00 Gavin GREEN MAS; David MICHELUZZI AUS; Jayden SCHAPER RSA<\/p>\n 07:10 – 11:10 Brandon STONE RSA; Haotong LI CHN; Aaron COCKERILL CAN<\/p>\n 07:20 – 11:25 Johannes VEERMAN USA; Dylan FRITTELLI; Dale WHITNELL ENG<\/p>\n 07:30 – 11:35; Jhonattan VEGAS VEN; Connor SYME SCO; Martin COUVRA FRA<\/p>\n 07:40 – 11:45 Antoine ROZNER FRA; Michael KIM USA; Nicolai VON DELLINGSHAUSEN GER<\/p>\n 07:50 – 11:55 Padraig HARRINGTON IRL; Joaquin NIEMANN CHI; Daniel BROWN ENG;<\/p>\n 08:00 – 12:05 Francesco MOLINARI ITA; Harry HALL ENG; Si Woo KIM KOR<\/p>\n 08:15 – 12:15 Matt WALLACE ENG; Min Woo LEE AUS; Aaron RAI ENG<\/p>\n 08:25 – 12:25 Laurie CANTER ENG; Adam SCOTT AUS; Brooks KOEPKA USA<\/p>\n 08:35 – 12:35 Justin ROSE ENG; Tommy FLEETWOOD ENG; Billy HORSCHEL USA<\/p>\n 08:45 – 12:45 Hideki MATSUYAMA JPN; Ludvig \u00c5BERG SWE; Matt FITZPATRICK ENG<\/p>\n 08:55 – 13:00 Nicolai H\u00d8JGAARD DEN; Patrick REED USA; John PARRY ENG<\/p>\n 09:05 – 13:10 Patrick RODGERS USA; Romain LANGASQUE FRA; Eugenio CHACARRA ESP<\/p>\n 09:15 – 13:20 Erik VAN ROOYEN RSA; Elvis SMYLIE AUS; Ryan GERARD USA<\/p>\n 09:25 – 13:30 Richard MANSELL ENG; Ewen FERGUSON SCO; Tom MCKIBBIN NIR<\/p>\n 09:35 – 13:40 Jacques KRUYSWIJK RSA; Angel HIDALGO ESP; Dan BRADBURY ENG<\/p>\n 09:50 – 13:50 Rasmus NEERGAARD-PETERSEN DEN; Paul O’HARA SCO; Sam BAIRSTOW ENG<\/p>\n 10:00 – 14:00 Joe DEAN ENG; Calum HILL SCO; Dylan NAIDOO RSA <\/p>\n 10:10 – 14:10 Jordan GUMBERG USA; Yannik PAUL GER; Shubhankar SHARMA IND<\/p>\n 10:20 – 14:20 Oliver LINDELL FIN; Brandon ROBINSON THOMPSON ENG; Kazuma KOBORI NZL<\/p>\n 10:30 – 14:30 Ricardo GOUVEIA POR; Fabrizio ZANOTTI PAR; Darren FICHARDT RSA <\/p>\n 10:40 – 06:40 Kiradech APHIBARNRAT THA; Manuel ELVIRA ESP; Scott JAMIESON SCO<\/p>\n 10:50 – 06:50 Ben SCHMIDT ENG; Richie RAMSAY SCO; Marcus KINHULT SWE<\/p>\n 11:00 – 07:00 Andy SULLIVAN ENG; Ugo COUSSAUD FRA; Alex FITZPATRICK ENG<\/p>\n 11:15 – 07:10 Matthew JORDAN ENG; Casey JARVIS RSA; Joakim LAGERGREN SWE<\/p>\n 11:25 – 07:20 Jeff WINTHER DEN; Zander LOMBARD RSA; Francesco LAPORTA ITA<\/p>\n 11:35 – 07:30 Adrian MERONK POL; Frederic LACROIX FRA; David RAVETTO FRA<\/p>\n 11:45 – 07:40 Marcel SIEM GER; Nacho ELVIRA ESP; Julien GUERRIER FRA<\/p>\n 11:55 – 07:50 Bernd WIESBERGER AUT; Dean BURMESTER RSA; Adrian OTAEGUI UAE<\/p>\n 12:05 – 08:00 Matti SCHMID GER; Grant FORREST SCO; Adrien SADDIER FRA<\/p>\n 12:15 – 08:15 Danny WILLETT ENG; Keita NAKAJIMA JPN; Corey CONNERS CAN<\/p>\n 12:25 – 08:25 Viktor HOVLAND<\/a> NOR; Rasmus H\u00d8JGAARD DEN; Marco PENGE ENG<\/p>\n 12:35 – 08:35 Robert MACINTYRE SCO; Tyrrell HATTON ENG; Ryan FOX NZL<\/p>\n 12:45 – 08:45 Rory MCILROY<\/a> NIR; Shane LOWRY<\/a> IRL; Jon RAHM ESP<\/p>\n 13:00 – 08:55 Kristoffer REITAN NOR; Thriston LAWRENCE RSA; Thomas DETRY BEL<\/p>\n