Major winners paired for PGA Championship

ATLANTA, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The first three major champions of the golfing year will be paired together for next week's PGA Championship.

Tiger Woods, who will be playing in his first major event since the Masters, will join Davis Love III and Padraig Harrington for the first two rounds at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

The PGA of America released the pairings Friday for next week's playing of the year's final major and, as is custom, the winners of the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open were put together for the first two rounds.

Charl Schwartzel captured the Masters, Rory McIlroy won the U.S. Open and Darren Clark claimed the British Open. It was the first major title for all three. They will begin play next Thursday at 1:45 p.m. EDT.

Woods, Love and Harrington -- all winners of the PGA -- will start out at 8:35 a.m.

Defending champion Martin Kaymer will tee off at 1:15 p.m. in the company of former PGA champions Y.E. Yang and Shaun Micheel.