MetLife Championship Pro Am Day
After a professional practice day on Tuesday, 90 pros will appear in the 2019 MetLife Championship Pro-Am on Wednesday. Each pro will play nine holes in a format change from previous tournaments. Then, the competition in the 2019 Valspar Championship begins on the Copperhead Course on Thursday.
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The PGA TOUR announced their feature groupings for the first two rounds on Tuesday.
Dustin Johnson, the top-ranked player in the world, is paired with defending champion Paul Casey and Gary Woodland, the 2011 winner of the Valspar Championship. They go off the 1st hole at 1:03 p.m., just ahead of another stellar pairing of Brandt Snedeker, two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson and 2010 Valspar Championship winner Jim Furyk.
Thursday morning’s feature pairings are Webb Simpson, Jason Day and Jon Rahm off the 10th tee at 8:13 a.m. ahead of a grouping of the last two Masters champions Patrick Reed and Sergio Garcia with Henrik Stenson.
