Australia`s top-ranked player Minjee Lee begins her quest for her first major championship win on the Jackrabbit course at Champions Golf Club in Houston tomorrow.
Lee, the world No. 8 who logged her best ever finish in a major -- third at the AIG Women`s Open at Royal Troon this year -- will play with Charley Hull of England and Korea`s Hae Ran Ryu on Thursday.
She tees off at 11.37am local, or 4.37am Friday Australian eastern time.
Top Australian amateur Gabriela Ruffels has a star-studden group, playing alongside the 2019 US Women`s Open champion, Jeongeun Lee6 of South Korea, and Hinako Shibuno, the 2019 Women`s British Open champion. They go at 11.37am on the Cyprus Creek course at Champions.
Perth`s Hannah Green, Australia`s most recent major winner, is in the next group with Texan Stacy Lewis and Korean Seon Woo Bae.
There are six Australians -- Lee, Ruffels, Green, Su Oh, Sarah Jane Smith and Katherine Kirk in the field.
Fox Sports and Kayo Sports will carry live coverage from 2.30am (Australian eastern time) Friday.
THURSDAY TEE TIMES
(deduct 7 hours for Aus eastern time; deduct 10 hours for Perth time)
1st tee Cypress Creek course
10:20 a.m. Angela Stanford, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Nicole Broch Larsen
10:31 a.m. Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (a), Christina Kim, Meghan MacLaren
10:42 a.m. Jaye Marie Green, Jing Yan, Benedetta Moresco (a)
10:53 a.m. Katherine Kirk, Azahara Munoz, Minami Katsu
11:04 a.m. Sarah Schmelzel, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Caterina Don (a)
11:15 a.m. Ashleigh Buhai, Xiyu Lin, Su Oh
11:26 a.m. Ayaka Furue, Angel Yin, Mamiko Higa
11:37 a.m. Danielle Kang, Anna Nordqvist, Jin Young Ko
11:48 a.m. Sophia Popov, Mi Jung Hur, Carlota Ciganda
11:59 a.m. Lexi Thompson, Nelly Korda, Heejeong Lim
12:10 p.m. Gaby Lopez, Jasmine Suwannapura, Narin An
12:21 p.m. Alena Sharp, Ji Yeong Kim2, Ingrid Lindblad (a)
12:32 p.m. Yuka Saso, Allisen Corpuz, Heeyoung Park (a)
10th tee Cypress Creek course
0:20 a.m. Cheyenne Knight, Agathe Laisne (a), Minyoung2 Lee
10:31 a.m. Pajaree Anannarukarn, Perrine Delacour, Kelly Tan
10:42 a.m. Brittany Lang, Pernilla Lindberg, Esther Henseleit
10:53 a.m. Sarah Jane Smith, Jeongeun Lee, Linn Grant (a)
11:04 a.m. Kana Mikashima, Amelia Garvey (a), Kim Kaufman
11:15 a.m. Yealimi Noh, Jenny Shin, Lei Ye (a)
11:26 a.m. Amy Olson, Jennifer Song, Morgan Pressel
11:37 a.m. Jeongeun Lee6, Gabriela Ruffels (a), Hinako Shibuno
11:48 a.m. Stacy Lewis, Seon Woo Bae, Hannah Green
11:59 a.m. Jessica Korda, Amy Yang, Georgia Hall
12:10 p.m. Lala Anai, Maria Fernanez Torres, Ryann O’Toole
12:21 p.m. Yu Jin Sung, Lucie Malchirand (a), Ana Belac
12:32 p.m. Emily Toy (a), Andrea Lee, Seung Yeon Lee
1st tee Jackrabbit course
10:20 a.m. Kristen Gillman, Bronte Law, Yu Liu
10:31 a.m. Olivia Mehaffey (a), Lindsey Weaver, Annie Park
10:42 a.m. Lauren Stephenson, Austin Kim (a), Cydney Clanton
10:53 a.m. Mi Hyang Lee, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Momoko Ueda
11:04 a.m. Patty Tavatanakit, Fatima Fernandez Cano, Alessia Nobilio (a)
11:15 a.m. Megan Khang, Emilia Migliaccio (a), Eun-Hee Ji
11:26 a.m. Brittany Lincicome, Cristie Kerr, Gerina Piller
11:37 a.m. Charley Hull, Minjee Lee, Hae Ran Ryu
11:48 a.m. Sung Hyun Park, Austin Ernst, Mirim Lee
11:59 a.m. Jennifer Kupcho, In Gee Chun, Moriya Jutanugarn
12:10 p.m. Ally Ewing, Mel Reid, Madelene Sagstrom
12:21 p.m. Nuria Iturrioz, Sayaka Takahashi, Ina Kim-Schaad (a)
12:32 p.m. Emma Spitz (a), Christine Wolf, Frida Kinhult
10th tee Jackrabbit course
10:20 a.m. Kaitlyn Papp (a), Marianne Skarpnord, Pornanong Phatlum
10:31 a.m. Caroline Masson, Mone Inami, Yuna Nishimura
10:42 a.m. Linnea Strom, Janie Jackson, Lily May Humphreys (a)
10:53 a.m. Chella Choi, Caroline Hedwall, Mina Harigae
11:04 a.m. Sakura Koiwai, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Teresa Lu
11:15 a.m. Maja Stark (a), Eri Okayama, Asuka Kashiwabara
11:26 a.m. Nasa Hataoka, Rose Zhang (a), Celine Boutier
11:37 a.m. Brooke Henderson, Heyjin Choi, Lizette Salas
11:48 a.m. Lydia Ko, Sei Young Kim, Brittany Altomare
11:59 a.m. Inbee Park, Ariya Jutanugarn, So Yeon Ryu
12:10 p.m. Bianca Pagdanganan, Anne van Dam, Maria Fassi
12:21 p.m. Yui Kawamoto, Ho-Yu An (a), A Lim Kim
12:32 p.m. Erika Hara, Saki Asai, Beatrice Wallin (a)