A diferencia de lo que sucediera en el pasado The Open Championship, donde muchos criticaron la falta de reconocimiento a Sergio García tras ver los emparejamientos (Anirban Lahiri y Keegan Bradley) para los dos primeros días de juego en Royal Troon, la PGA americana ha querido que el partido del español sea uno de los más potentes para el jueves y viernes en el último Grande de la temporada.
Así el castellonense compartirá partido con Jordan Spieth y Bubba Watson, 3 y 6 del mundo, respectivamente. Esta salida junto a las de Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson y Henrik Stenson (ganadores de los tres Majors 2016) y la del número uno, Jason Day, junto a Phil Mickelson (13) y Rory McIlroy (4) son sin duda las más atractivas en el Baltusrol GC.
El de Borriol tomará la salida el jueves por el tee del 1 a las 19:25 de la tarde en la España peninsular, 6 horas menos en New Jersey, mientras que Rafa Cabrera-Bello, el otro español en liza por el momento -ya que si gana Jon Rahm gana en Canadá también obtendría plaza- lo hará a las 14:00 horas, siempre hora española, al lado de Justin Thomas y Paul Casey.
Jueves, Ronda 1 (6 horas más en la España peninsular)
Tee del 1
| 7:00 am |  Bradley Dredge |  Patton Kizzire | Mark R. Brown |
| 7:10 am |  K.J. Choi | Tommy Sharp | Jon Curran |
| 7:20 am | Jason Kokrak | Josh Speight |  Kristoffer Broberg |
| 7:30 am |  Darren Clarke | David Lingmerth | Daniel Berger |
| 7:40 am |  Aaron Baddeley | Kevin Kisner |  Emiliano Grillo |
| 7:50 am | John Daly |  Padraig Harrington |  Vijay Singh |
| 8:00 am |  Victor Dubuisson | Marcus Fraser | James Hahn |
| 8:10 am |  Soren Kjeldsen | Billy Hurley III | Scott Hend |
| 8:20 am | Matt Jones | Rikard Karlberg | Charley Hoffman |
| 8:30 am | Robert Streb | Vaughn Taylor | Kevin Na |
| 8:40 am | Gregory Bourdy | Jonas Blixt | Roberto Castro |
| 8:50 am |  Ross Fisher | Omar Uresti | Greg Chalmers |
| 9:00 am | Zac Blair | Smylie Kaufman | David Muttitt |
| 12:15 pm | Joe Summerhays |  Yuta Ikeda | Colt Knost |
| 12:25 pm | Ryan Palmer | Rob Labritz | Gary Woodland |
| 12:35 pm | Alex Noren | Andrew Johnston | Scott Piercy |
| 12:45 pm | Shaun Micheel | Rich Berberian Jr. | Rocco Mediate |
| 12:55 pm | Tony Finau |  Anirban Lahiri | Matthew Fitzpatrick |
| 1:05 pm |  Danny Lee | Matt Kuchar | Luke Donald |
| 1:15 pm | Jim Furyk |  Francesco Molinari | Shane Lowry |
| 1:25 pm | Bubba Watson | Jordan Spieth |  Sergio Garcia |
| 1:35 pm | Patrick Reed | Justin Rose |  Charl Schwartzel |
| 1:45 pm | Danny Willett | Dustin Johnson | Henrik Stenson |
| 1:55 pm | Graeme McDowell | Webb Simpson | Louis Oosthuizen |
| 2:05 pm | Ryan Moore | Kyle Reifers | Ben Polland |
| 2:15 pm | Mitch Lowe | Kevin Streelman | Young-han Song |
Tee del 10
| 7:00 am | Chris Kirk | Wyatt Worthington II | Freddie Jacobson |
| 7:10 am | Jason Bohn | Jeunghun Wang | Brian Gaffney |
| 7:20 am | J.B. Holmes | Brian Stuard | Hideki Matsuyama |
| 7:30 am | Tyrrell Hatton | Harris English | Matt Dobyns |
| 7:40 am | Rickie Fowler | Ernie Els | Zach Johnson |
| 7:50 am | Chris Wood | Branden Grace | Jimmy Walker |
| 8:00 am | Justin Thomas | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | Paul Casey |
| 8:10 am | Brooks Koepka | Brandt Snedeker | Lee Westwood |
| 8:20 am | Adam Scott | Keegan Bradley | Jamie Donaldson |
| 8:30 am | Jason Day | Phil Mickelson | Rory McIlroy |
| 8:40 am | Bill Haas | Jamie Lovemark | Andy Sullivan |
| 8:50 am | George Coetzee | Rod Perry | Hideto Tanihara |
| 9:00 am |  Nicolas Colsaerts | Ryan Helminen | |
| 12:15 pm | Michael Block | Harold Varner III | John Senden |
| 12:25 pm | Kevin Chappell | Johan Kok | Troy Merritt |
| 12:35 pm | Russell Henley | Fabian Gomez | Thorbjorn Olesen |
| 12:45 pm | Rich Beem | Steve Stricker | David Toms |
| 12:55 pm | James Morrison | Brandon Stone | Billy Horschel |
| 1:05 pm | Jason Dufner |  Martin Kaymer | Y.E. Yang |
| 1:15 pm |  Bernd Wiesberger | Byeong Hun An | Brendan Steele |
| 1:25 pm | Marc Leishman |  Kiradech Aphibarnrat |  Russell Knox |
| 1:35 pm | Jim Herman | Thongchai Jaidee | Thomas Pieters |
| 1:45 pm | Soomin Lee | William McGirt |  Joost Luiten |
| 1:55 pm | Brad Lardon | K.T. Kim | Peter Malnati |
| 2:05 pm | Daniel Summerhays | Cameron Tringale | Rick Schuller |
| 2:15 pm | Brad Ott | Bryce Molder | Si Woo Kim |
Viernes, Ronda 2 (6 horas más en la España peninsular)
Tee del 1
| 7:00 am | Michael Block | Harold Varner III | John Senden |
| 7:10 am | Kevin Chappell | Johan Kok | Troy Merritt |
| 7:20 am | Russell Henley | Fabian Gomez | Thorbjorn Olesen |
| 7:30 am | Rich Beem | Steve Stricker | David Toms |
| 7:40 am | James Morrison | Brandon Stone | Billy Horschel |
| 7:50 am | Jason Dufner | Martin Kaymer | Y.E. Yang |
| 8:00 am | Bernd Wiesberger | Byeong Hun An | Brendan Steele |
| 8:10 am | Marc Leishman | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | Russell Knox |
| 8:20 am | Jim Herman | Thongchai Jaidee | Thomas Pieters |
| 8:30 am | Soomin Lee | William McGirt | Joost Luiten |
| 8:40 am | Brad Lardon | K.T. Kim | Peter Malnati |
| 8:50 am | Daniel Summerhays | Cameron Tringale | Rick Schuller |
| 9:00 am | Brad Ott | Bryce Molder | Si Woo Kim |
| 12:15 pm | Chris Kirk | Wyatt Worthington II | Freddie Jacobson |
| 12:25 pm | Jason Bohn | Jeunghun Wang | Brian Gaffney |
| 12:35 pm | J.B. Holmes | Brian Stuard | Hideki Matsuyama |
| 12:45 pm | Tyrrell Hatton | Harris English | Matt Dobyns |
| 12:55 pm | Rickie Fowler | Ernie Els | Zach Johnson |
| 1:05 pm | Chris Wood | Branden Grace | Jimmy Walker |
| 1:15 pm | Justin Thomas | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | Paul Casey |
| 1:25 pm | Brooks Koepka | Brandt Snedeker | Lee Westwood |
| 1:35 pm | Adam Scott | Keegan Bradley | Jamie Donaldson |
| 1:45 pm | Jason Day | Phil Mickelson | Rory McIlroy |
| 1:55 pm | Bill Haas | Jamie Lovemark | Andy Sullivan |
| 2:05 pm | George Coetzee | Rod Perry | Hideto Tanihara |
| 2:15 pm | Nicolas Colsaerts | Ryan Helminen |
Tee del 10
| 7:00 am | Joe Summerhays | Yuta Ikeda | Colt Knost |
| 7:10 am | Ryan Palmer | Rob Labritz | Gary Woodland |
| 7:20 am | Alex Noren | Andrew Johnston | Scott Piercy |
| 7:30 am | Shaun Micheel | Rich Berberian Jr. | Rocco Mediate |
| 7:40 am | Tony Finau | Anirban Lahiri | Matthew Fitzpatrick |
| 7:50 am | Danny Lee | Matt Kuchar | Luke Donald |
| 8:00 am | Jim Furyk | Francesco Molinari | Shane Lowry |
| 8:10 am | Bubba Watson | Jordan Spieth | Sergio Garcia |
| 8:20 am | Patrick Reed | Justin Rose | Charl Schwartzel |
| 8:30 am | Danny Willett | Dustin Johnson | Henrik Stenson |
| 8:40 am | Graeme McDowell | Webb Simpson | Louis Oosthuizen |
| 8:50 am | Ryan Moore | Kyle Reifers | Ben Polland |
| 9:00 am | Mitch Lowe | Kevin Streelman | Young-han Song |
| 12:15 pm | Bradley Dredge | Patton Kizzire | Mark R. Brown |
| 12:25 pm | K.J. Choi | Tommy Sharp | Jon Curran |
| 12:35 pm | Jason Kokrak | Josh Speight | Kristoffer Broberg |
| 12:45 pm | Darren Clarke | David Lingmerth | Daniel Berger |
| 12:55 pm | Aaron Baddeley | Kevin Kisner | Emiliano Grillo |
| 1:05 pm | John Daly | Padraig Harrington | Vijay Singh |
| 1:15 pm | Victor Dubuisson | Marcus Fraser | James Hahn |
| 1:25 pm | Soren Kjeldsen | Billy Hurley III | Scott Hend |
| 1:35 pm | Matt Jones | Rikard Karlberg | Charley Hoffman |
| 1:45 pm | Robert Streb | Vaughn Taylor | Kevin Na |
| 1:55 pm | Gregory Bourdy | Jonas Blixt | Roberto Castro |
| 2:05 pm | Ross Fisher | Omar Uresti | Greg Chalmers |
| 2:15 pm | Zac Blair | Smylie Kaufman | David Muttitt |
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