US Open Golf Schedule 2016: Tee Times, Live Stream and TV Coverage Listings
The 2016 U.S. Open will be a true test of golfing mettle when the first round of play begins bright and early on Thursday, June 16, as the best golfers in the world will do their best to battle through one of the toughest courses in the world, Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
The difficulty of the course and the pressure of the moment could make it so that only the best golfers in the world, like Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, even have a chance at victory. Or, it could play the role of equalizer, with deep roughs creating difficult setbacks and fast greens snuffing out putting advantages, allowing an unheralded player to shine.
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The combined television and live-stream coverage is sure to satiate the needs of even the most rabid of golf fans. In addition to the live-streaming of the TV broadcasts on FoxSportsGo, USOpen.com will feature live streams of high-profile groups and certain holes on all four days of the competition.
Check out the table below for the complete television listings.
| TV Coverage | Time (ET) |
| FS1 | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| FOX | 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. |
| FS1 | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| FOX | 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. |
| FOX | 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. ET |
| FOX Deportes | 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. |
| FOX | 11 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
| FOX Deportes | 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
There will plenty of golf to go around on the first two days of coverage. Since it's tough to catch all the action, it's good to know when your favorite players are out on the course.
Here are the groupings and tee times for the first two rounds of the tournament.
| Denny McCarthy, Aron Price, Mikael Lundberg | 6:45 a.m., No. 1 | 12:30 p.m., No. 10 |
| Andres Gonzales, Scottie Scheffler, Derek Fathauer | 6:45 a.m., No. 10 | 12:30 p.m., No. 1 |
| Nick Hardy, Mike Van Sickle, Tom Hoge | 6:56 a.m., No. 1 | 12:41 p.m., No. 10 |
| Andrew Landry, Matthew Baldwin, D.J. Trahan | 6:56 a.m., No. 10 | 12:41 p.m., No. 1 |
| Patrick Rodgers, Sam Horsfield, Andrew Johnston | 7:07 a.m., No. 1 | 12:52 p.m., No. 10 |
| Rob Oppenheim, Dicky Pride, Wes Short Jr. | 7:07 a.m., No. 10 | 12:52 p.m., No. 1 |
| Justin Hicks, Soren Hansen, Jason Allred | 7:18 a.m., No. 1 | 1:03 p.m., No. 10 |
| Patton Kizzire, Yuta Ikeda, David Lingmerth | 7:18 a.m., No. 10 | 1:03 p.m., No. 1 |
| Romain Wattel, Sung Kang, Yusaku Miyazato | 7:29 a.m., No. 1 | 1:14 p.m., No. 10 |
| Hideto Tanihara, Gregory Bourdy, Kevin Streelman | 7:29 a.m., No. 10 | 1:14 p.m., No. 1 |
| Bernd Wiesberger, Matteo Manassero, Daniel Berger | 7:40 a.m., No. 1 | 1:25 p.m., No. 10 |
| Jon Rahm, James Hahn, Robert Streb | 7:40 a.m., No. 10 | 1:25 p.m., No. 1 |
| Matt Kuchar, Bubba Watson, Patrick Reed | 7:51 a.m., No. 1 | 1:36 p.m., No. 10 |
| Thomas Aiken, Jeff Maggert, David Toms | 7:51 a.m., No. 10 | 1:36 p.m., No. 1 |
| Rafa Cabrera Bello, J.B. Holmes, Kevin Chappell | 8:02 a.m., No. 1 | 1:47 p.m., No. 10 |
| Marc Leishman, Jimmy Walker, Paul Casey | 8:02 a.m., No. 10 | 1:47 p.m., No. 1 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick, Danny Lee, Byeong Hun An | 8:13 a.m., No. 1 | 1:58 p.m., No. 10 |
| Lee Westwood, Luke Donald, Martin Kaymer | 8:13 a.m., No. 10 | 1:58 p.m., No. 1 |
| Rory McIlroy, Danny Willett, Rickie Fowler | 8:24 a.m., No. 1 | 2:09 p.m., No. 10 |
| Russell Knox, Harris English, Jason Dufner | 8:24 a.m., No. 10 | 2:09 p.m., No. 1 |
| Chris Kirk, Emiliano Grillo, Shane Lowry | 8:35 a.m., No. 1 | 2:20 p.m., No. 10 |
| Zach Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Spieth | 8:35 a.m., No. 10 | 2:20 p.m., No. 1 |
| Mike Miller, Matt Borchert, Charlie Danielson | 8:46 a.m., No. 1 | 2:31 p.m., No. 10 |
| Kevin Foley, Gregor Main, Mark Anguiano | 8:46 a.m., No. 10 | 2:31 p.m., No. 1 |
| Chase Parker, Ryan Stachler, Patrick Wilkes-Krier | 8:57 a.m., No. 1 | 2:42 p.m., No. 10 |
| Kyle Mueller, Derek Chang, Richie Schembechler | 8:57 a.m., No. 10 | 2:42 p.m., No. 1 |
| Peter Hanson, Tim Wilkinson, Thitphun Chuayprakong | 12:30 p.m., No. 1 | 6:45 a.m., No. 10 |
| Lee Slattery, Miguel Tabuena, Daniel Summerhays | 12:30 p.m., No. 10 | 6:45 a.m., No. 1 |
| Billy Hurley III, Jeev Milkha Singh, J.J. Henry | 12:41 p.m., No. 1 | 6:56 a.m., No. 10 |
| Sebastian Soderberg, Zach Edmondson, Kent Bulle | 12:41 p.m., No. 10 | 6:56 a.m., No. 10 |
| Brendan Steele, Soren Kjeldsen, Jaco Van Zyl | 12:52 p.m., No. 1 | 7:07 a.m., No. 10 |
| Tony Finau, Alex Noren, Jason Kokrak | 12:52 p.m., No. 10 | 7:07 a.m., No. 1 |
| Anirban Lahiri, Scott Piercy, Jamie Donaldson | 1:03 p.m., No. 1 | 7:18 a.m., No. 10 |
| Max Kieffer, Gary Stal, Kevin Tway | 1:03 p.m., No. 10 | 7:18 a.m., No. 1 |
| Spencer Levin, Toru Taniguchi, Carlos Ortiz | 1:14 p.m., No. 1 | 7:29 a.m., No. 10 |
| Cameron Smith, Steven Bowditch, Derek Bard | 1:14 p.m., No. 10 | 7:29 a.m., No. 1 |
| Ryan Moore, Andrew Sullivan, Charley Hoffman | 1:25 p.m., No. 1 | 7:40 a.m., No. 10 |
| Jim Herman, Smylie Kaufman, William McGirt | 1:25 p.m., No. 10 | 7:40 a.m., No. 1 |
| Hideki Matsuyama, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson | 1:36 p.m., No. 1 | 7:51 a.m., No. 10 |
| Brandt Snedeker, Bill Haas, Billy Horschel | 1:36 p.m., No. 10 | 7:51 a.m., No. 1 |
| Webb Simpson, Graeme McDowell, Geoff Ogilvy | 1:47 p.m., No. 1 | 8:02 a.m., No. 10 |
| Brooks Koepka, Chris Wood, Justin Thomas | 1:47 p.m., No. 10 | 8:02 a.m., No. 1 |
| Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Angel Cabrera | 1:58 p.m., No. 1 | 8:13 a.m., No. 10 |
| Kevin Kisner, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace | 1:58 p.m., No. 10 | 8:13 a.m., No. 1 |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat, K.T. Kim, Kevin Na | 2:09 p.m., No. 1 | 8:24 a.m., No. 10 |
| Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson | 2:09 p.m., No. 10 | 8:24 a.m., No. 1 |
| Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Adam Scott | 2:20 p.m., No. 1 | 8:35 a.m., No. 10 |
| Retief Goosen, Keegan Bradley, Lucas Glover | 2:20 p.m., No. 10 | 8:35 a.m., No. 1 |
| Aaron Wise, Ethan Tracy, Brandon Harkins | 2:31 p.m., No. 1 | 8:46 a.m., No. 10 |
| Andy Pope, Sam Burns, Matt Marshall | 2:31 p.m., No. 10 | 8:46 a.m., No. 1 |
| Justin Suh, T.J. Howe, Frank Adams III | 2:42 p.m., No. 1 | 8:57 a.m., No. 10 |
| Tyler Raber, Christopher Crawford, Austin Jordan | 2:42 p.m., No. 10 | 8:57 a.m., No. 1 |
The reverence with which most golfers speak of the Oakmont course pretty much tells you all you need to know about how difficult this weekend will be. Just about every aspect of the course is daunting, from the greens to the uncompromising roughs to long par 3s to the numerous bunkers.
Even someone like Spieth, who won the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in Washington and is already one of the best golfers on the planet, can't help but talk up the challenge that lies ahead.
“I know that if you win a U.S. Open at Oakmont, you can go ahead and say that you’ve conquered the hardest test in all of golf," he said after a practice round in May, per ASAPSports.com,
Most golfers don't welcome inclement weather at a major competition, but this year could be a bit different. As AccuWeather.com's Kevin Byrne points out, the thunderstorms and heavy rain that are expected to glide through the area on Thursday afternoon could dampen the notoriously quick greens at Oakmont.
This won't be of much help to many golfers in the first round—especially the ones with the earliest tee times—but it could create more favorable conditions on the course in the second round and beyond. Of course, any extra wind just creates another obstacle, but Byrne writes that "while wind is always a factor in golf, oftentimes the X-factor, winds will be lighter this week at Oakmont."
That's good news for the players already quaking at the prospect of playing Oakmont. Retief Goosen, a PGA Tour veteran and two-time U.S. Open champ, notes that the prospect of playing Oakmont can warp a golfer's mentality well before the tournament begins, per ESPN.com's Ian O'Connor:
"Some players have talked themselves out of it before the week even starts. You see the golf course for the first time and you can go into a panic state and lose your focus. So you've got to be mentally prepared for what's going to come up and try to stay calm and patient. It's' the hardest thing on a U.S. Open course to do.
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Perhaps, then, a shaky mental state combined with spotlight pressure will doom some of the better players and the younger ones, allowing an unheralded veteran to sneak through for a win. The 2016 Masters saw 28-year-old Englishman Danny Willett shock the world with a green jacket-winning performance.
The U.S. Open could allow for another lesser-known golfer to grab the spotlight, one who comes into the course just happy to be there and willing to do his best.
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