114th US Open Pinehurst: The National Championship of Golf Starts Thursday!

Well guys, the real major of golf is here. The real national championship of golf in the United States.

Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina is the place for the 114th US Open Golf Championships for Men by the USGA. It will be real hot.

Last year so much shit took for granted regarding those wicker baskets at Merion. Even Lee Westwood complained on twitter. Come on man, wicker baskets are a tradition there. Now we're back to flags (I think). Justin Rose--the defending champion--will be there as will some very interesting qualifiers from the USGA sectionals, a great mix of the most diverse of all the golf majors period.

With that in mind, the tee times:

First and second round tee times of interest
(THURSDAY/FRIDAY)
Sergio Garcia 7:18am/1:03pm
Jason Day 7:18am/1:03pm
Brandt Snedeker 7:18am/1:03pm
Henrik Stenson 7:29am/1:14pm
Matt Kuchar 7:29am/1:14pm
Lee Westwood 7:29am/1:14pm
Boo Weekley 7:29am/1:14pm
Webb Simpson 7:40am/1:25pm
Rory McIlroy 7:40am/1:25pm
Graeme McDowell 7:40am/1:25pm
David Toms 7:40am/1:25pm
Angel Cabrera 7:40am/1:25pm
Zach Johnson 7:40am/1:25pm
Ian Poulter 7:51am/1:36pm
Miguel Angel Jimenez 7:51am/1:36pm
Justin Rose 7:51am/1:36pm
Phil Mickelson 7:51am/1:36pm
Nick Watney 8:02am/1:47pm
Joost Luiten 8:02am/1:47pm
Jonas Blixt 8:02am/1:47pm
Billy Horschel 8:13am/1:58pm
Jordan Spieth 8:13am/1:58pm
Rickie Fowler 8:13am/1:58pm
Hideki Matsuyama 8:13am/1:58pm
Aaron Baddeley 8:24am/2:09pm
Kenny Perry 8:24am/2:09pm
Jeff Maggert 8:24am/2:09pm
Kevin Sutherland 8:24am/2:09pm
Shiv Kapur 8:35am/2:20pm
Alex Cejka 12:30pm/6:45am
Niclas Fasth 12:41pm/6:56am
John Senden 12:52pm/7:07am
Nicolas Colsaerts 12:52pm/7:07am
Dustin Johnson 1:03pm/7:18am
Jimmy Walker 1:03pm/7:18am
Jim Furyk 1:03pm/7:18am
Steve Stricker 1:03pm/7:18am
Bill Haas 1:03pm/7:18am
Stewart Cink 1:14pm/7:29am
Justin Leonard 1:14pm/7:29am
Yang YE 1:14pm/7:29am
Kevin Stadler 1:14pm/7:29am
Brendon de Jonge 1:14pm/7:29am
Adam Scott 1:25pm/7:40am
Bubba Watson 1:25pm/7:40am
Charl Schwartzel 1:25pm/7:40am
Luke Donald 1:25pm/7:40am
Paul Casey 1:25pm/7:40am
Ernie Els 1:36pm/7:51am
Darren Clarke 1:36pm/7:51am
Louis Oosthuizen 1:36pm/7:51am
Keegan Bradley 1:47pm/8:02am
Jason Dufner 1:47pm/8:02am
Martin Kaymer 1:47pm/8:02am
Retief Goossen 1:47pm/8:02am
Geoff Ogilvy 1:47pm/8:02am
Lucas Glover 1:47pm/8:02am
Hunter Mahan 1:58pm/8:13am
Francesco Molinari 1:58pm/8:13am
Bo van Pelt 2:09pm/8:24am
Gonzalo Fernandez Castano 2:09pm/8:24am
Kevin Streelman 2:09pm/8:24am

Follow the action at USOpen.com (that's '.com' not '.org'! The '.org' is tennis!). DIRECTV mix channel all weekend, and of course ESPN and NBC. This will be the first of the final USGA tournaments under the current television deal here in the states regarding NBC and ESPN. As you all know, all the USGA championships from next year and beyond will be on the Fox family of networks. Enjoy NBC and ESPN coverage of this USGA Open while you can.