PGA Championship: Kiwi golfers Ryan Fox, Daniel Hillier get early starts at Aronimink

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12 May, 2026 10:31 PM2 mins to read

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Daniel Hillier pictured at the New Zealand Open. Photo / Photosport

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Kiwi golfers Ryan Fox and Daniel Hillier will both have early starts and have been grouped with PGA professionals when the PGA Championship major tees off at Aronimink, west of Philadelphia this week.

Fox, who is playing his eighth PGA Championship, tees off at 12.35am (all times NZT) after missing
the cut at the Masters last month. He has been grouped with Ryan Lenahan, a 41-year-old American who is PGA director of instruction at the Walnut Creek Country Club, and Japan’s Kazuki Higa, who recently played at the New Zealand Open and the Japan-Australasia Championship at Royal Auckland & Grange Golf Club.

Hillier tees off at 12.41am from the 10th tee in the group behind Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm. Playing in his maiden PGA Championship, Hillier has been grouped with Americans Max McGreevy and Ryan Vermeer, the PGA director of instruction at the Happy Hollow Club.

Top-ranked defending American champion Scottie Scheffler will tee off alongside England’s Justin Rose and Matt Fitzpatrick at 6.05am.

The grouping means Fitzpatrick, a three-time PGA Tour winner this season, will not be joined by younger brother Alex Fitzpatrick, who is off to a hot PGA Tour start since sharing a pairs win with Matt in April at New Orleans.