Tiger Woods will make his return to golf with one of the heroes of the winning Ryder Cup team.
Patrick Reed was the lucky guy when pairings were announced on Monday. Reed and Woods will tee off at high noon down in the Bahamas for the first round of Tiger’s Hero World Challenge.
The event will be staged on the 7,200-yard Ernie Els design that features desert and links-type design with a generous number of water features.
Here’s how the first-round pairings shake out:
Bubba Watson – Rickie Fowler (11:10 a.m.)
Jimmy Walker – Brandt Snedeker (11:20 a.m.)
J.B. Holmes – Zach Johnson (11:30 a.m.)
Justin Rose – Henrik Stenson (11:40 a.m.)
Jordan Spieth – Matt Kuchar (11:50 a.m.)
Patrick Reed – Tiger Woods ( 12 noon.)
Dustin Johnson – Brooks Koepka (12:10 p.m.)
Hideki Matsuyama – Louie Oosthuizen (12:20 p.m.)
Emiliano Grillo – Russell Knox (12:30 p.m.)