Miles Russell is playing his first two U.S. Open rounds with a pair of major champions.
The 17-year-old Jacksonville Beach native will play with three-time major winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland and 2022 British Open and Players champion Cameron Smith of Ponte Vedra Beach on June 18-19 at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y.
The trio will tee off the first hole at 7:19 a.m. in the first round on June 18 and off No. 10 at 1:14 p.m. in the second round.
Russell is the youngest First Coast native to play in a major championship.
Harrington is 54 years old and in the field by winning the 2025 U.S. Senior Open. He has won 43 tournaments worldwide, led by the 2007 and 2008 PGA Championships, and the 2007 Open Championship.
Harrington last played in a U.S. Open in 2023, tying for 27th.
Smith won The Players and the Open in 2022. He has 12 professional victories, six on the PGA Tour and three on the LIV Golf League and remains eligible for the U.S. Open through 2027 off his Open victory.
Russell, who has been playing and practicing at Shinnecock since June 11, played with a strong group in a practice round on June 16, with Bud Cauley, Harris English and Ben Kohles.
Other First Coast tee times
Ludvig Åberg of Nocatee, a native of Sweden, joins two other European Ryder Cup teammates in world No. 2-ranked Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood. They will start at No. 10 in the first round at 7:52 a.m. and at No. 1 in the second round at 1:47 p.m.
Billy Horschel of Ponte Vedra Beach will play with J.T. Poston of St. Simons Island, Ga., and Patrick Cantlay. They tee off No. 1 at 2:09 p.m. in the first round and No. 10 at 8:14 a.m. in the second round.
Cauley, who won last week’s RBC Canadian Open for his first PGA Tour title, is playing with Neal Shipley and Matti Schmid. They tee off the 10th hole in the first round at 12:52 p.m. and off the first hole in the second round at 6:57 a.m.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Miles Russell, 17, grouped with two major champions at U.S. Open
Reporting by Garry Smits, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union / Florida Times-Union
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