OAKMONT, Pa. — The tee times were released on Tuesday for this week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont, which begins with the opening round on Thursday, and Rory McIlroy got a very favorable pairing.

McIlroy, who has struggled in his two tournaments since winning the Masters to complete the coveted career Grand Slam in April, will play his first two rounds paired with one of his best pals, fellow Irishman Shane Lowry.

The two, along with 2013 U.S. Open winner Justin Rose, will tee it up on No. 10 at 7:40 a.m. on Thursday in the first round and 1:25 p.m. on No. 1 in the second round Friday.

McIlroy and Lowry played the back nine together for a Tuesday morning practice round, teeing off at 6:45 a.m. and finishing at about 9:15. They’re frequent practice-round partners at tournaments.

Lowry finished runner-up to Dustin Johnson at the 2016 U.S. Open played at Oakmont despite having a four-shot lead in the final round.

McIlroy, who missed the cut in 2016 at Oakmont, won the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional.

Among the other marquee tee times are world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler grouped with Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa at 1:25 p.m. Thursday off No. 1 and 7:40 a.m. Friday off No. 10.

Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau is grouped with Xander Schauffele and Jose Luis Ballester at 7:29 a.m. on Thursday off No. 1 and 1:14 p.m. on Friday off No. 10.

Brooks Koepka, a two-time U.S. Open winner, is grouped with Min Woo Lee and Justin Thomas Thursday at 1:03 p.m. off No. 1.

Among the New York Met Area players: Cameron Young, who grew up playing at Sleepy Hollow Country Club, plays at 1:36 p.m. on Thursday off No. 10; Chris Gotterup, from Little Silver, N.J., plays at 8:46 a.m. on Thursday off No. 1; Ryan McCormick, from Middletown, N.J., plays at 2:20 p.m. on Thursday off of No. 1; James Nicholas, from Scarsdale, N.Y., plays at 2:31 p.m. on Thursday off No. 1; and Max Greyserman, from Short Hills, N.J., plays at 12:52 p.m. on Thursday off No. 10.

Scheffler is the overwhelming favorite to win this week, having won three of his past four starts, including the PGA and the Memorial.

He was asked if he notices that he’s the favorite from the fans.

“I think everybody hears from fans whether they have a financial benefit or anything in their outcome,” he said. “That’s why I had to get rid of my Venmo, because I was either getting paid by people or people requesting me a bunch of money when I didn’t win. It wasn’t a good feeling.

“But no, I don’t pay attention to the favorite stuff or anything like that. Starting Thursday morning we’re at even par and it’s up to me to go out there and play against the golf course and see what I can do.’’

Asked what the most anyone sent his account as a “thank you’’ for winning them money, Scheffler joked, “I don’t remember the most that somebody would send me. Maybe a couple bucks here or there. That didn’t happen nearly as much as the requests did.’’

Collin Morikawa was asked on Tuesday what he thinks the winning score will be this week.

“I’m really bad at this,” he said. “I’m going to say single digits under par. I think the forecast this week looks like it could be some rain maybe Friday night, Saturday. But already even compared to yesterday, the greens are already speeding up. They will get firmer as the sun comes out and the wind picks up.”

6:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — a-Matt Vogt, United States; Kevin Velo, United States; Trent Phillips, United States.

6:56 a.m.-12:41 p.m. — Chandler Blanchet, United States; Alvaro Ortiz, Mexico; Doug Ghim, United States.

7:07 a.m.-12:52 p.m. — a-Evan Beck, United States; Maxwell Moldovan, United States; Justin Hicks, United States.

7:18 a.m.-1:03 p.m. — Harris English, United States; Tommy Fleetwood, England; Keegan Bradley, United States.

7:29 a.m.-1:14 p.m. — Xander Schauffele, United States; Jose Luis Ballester, Spain; Bryson DeChambeau, United States.

7:40 a.m.-1:25 p.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, England; Wyndham Clark, United States; Gary Woodland, United States.

7:51 a.m.-1:36 p.m. — Akshay Bhatia, United States; Matt McCarty, United States; Robert MacIntyre, Scotland.

8:02 a.m.-1:47 p.m. — Cam Davis, Australia; Davis Thompson, United States; Thomas Detry, Belgium.

8:13 a.m.-1:58 p.m. — Richard Bland, England; a-Trevor Gutschewski, United States; Lanto Griffin, United States.

8:24 a.m.-2:09 p.m. — Edoardo Molinari, Italy; Sam Stevens, United States; Ryan Gerard, United States.

8:35 a.m.-2:20 p.m. — Thriston Lawrence, South Africa; a-Noah Kent, United States; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark.

8:46 a.m.-2:31 p.m. — Jinichiro Kozuma, Japan; a-Cameron Tankersley, United States; Chase Johnson, United States.

8:57 a.m.-2:42 p.m. — Philip Barbaree Jr., United States; Riley Lewis, United States; Brady Calkins, United States.

6:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Zac Blair, United States; Scott Vincent, Zimbabwe; Alistair Docherty, United States.

6:56 a.m.-12:41 p.m. — Jacques Kruyswijk, South Africa; Jordan Smith, England; Eric Cole, United States.

7:07 a.m.-12:52 p.m. — Tom Kim South Korea; J.J. Spaun, United States; Taylor Pendrith, Canada.

7:18 a.m.-1:03 p.m. — Ludvig Aberg, Sweden; Adam Scott, Australia; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan.

7:29 a.m.-1:14 p.m. — Ben Griffin, United States; Andrew Novak, United States; Maverick McNealy, United States.

7:40 a.m.-1:25 p.m. — Shane Lowry, Ireland; Justin Rose, England; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland.

7:51 a.m.-1:36 p.m. — Patrick Cantlay, United States; Si Woo Kim, South Korea; Lucas Glover, United States.

8:02 a.m.-1:47 p.m. — Cameron Smith, Australia; Brian Harman, United States; Phil Mickelson, United States.

8:13 a.m.-1:58 p.m. — Niklas Norgaard, Denmark; Brian Campbell, United States; Justin Lower, United States.

8:24 a.m.-2:09 p.m. — Davis Riley, United States; a-Jackson Koivun, United States; Johnny Keefer, United States.

8:35 a.m.-2:20 p.m. — James Hahn, United States; Mark Hubbard, United States; a-Michael La Sasso, United States.

8:46 a.m.-2:31 p.m. — Joakim Lagergren, Sweden; a-Mason Howell, United States; Chris Gotterup, United States.

8:57 a.m.-2:42 p.m. — Zach Bauchou, United States; Jackson Buchanan, United States; a-Lance Simpson, United States.

12:30 p.m.-6:45 a.m. — Frederic Lacroix, France; Emiliano Grillo, Argentina; Sam Bairstow, England.

12:41 p.m.-6:56 a.m. — Byeong Hun An, South Korea; Joe Highsmith, United States; Ryan Fox, New Zealand.

12:52 p.m.-7:07 a.m. — Victor Perez, France; Jacob Bridgeman, United States; Adam Schenk, United States.

1:03 p.m.-7:18 a.m. — Min Woo Lee, Australia; Justin Thomas, United States; Brooks Koepka, United States.

1:14 p.m.-7:29 a.m. — Sam Burns, United States.; Nico Echavarria, Colombia; Denny McCarthy, United States.

1:25 p.m.-7:40 a.m. — Viktor Hovland, Norway; Collin Morikawa, United States; Scottie Scheffler, United States.

1:36 p.m.-7:51 a.m. — Corey Conners, Canada; Jason Day, Australia; Patrick Reed, United States.

1:47 p.m.-8:02 a.m. — Joaquin Niemann, Chile; Bud Cauley, United States.; Daniel Berger, United States.

1:58 p.m.-8:13 a.m. — Mackenzie Hughes, Canada; Tony Finau, United States; Chris Kirk, United States.

2:09 p.m.-8:24 a.m. — a-Ben James, United States.; Rasmus Højgaard, Denmark; Stephan Jaeger, Germany.

2:20 p.m.-8:35 a.m. — Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Denmark; a-Justin Hastings, Cayman Islands; Laurie Canter, England.

2:31 p.m.-8:46 a.m. — a-Frankie Harris, United States.; Emilio Gonzalez, Mexico; Roberto Díaz, Mexico.

2:42 p.m.-8:57 a.m. — Grant Haefner, United States;; Joey Herrera, United States.; George Kneiser, United States.

12:30 p.m.-6:45 a.m. — Will Chandler, United States; Andrea Pavan, Italy; Takumi Kanaya, Japan.

12:41 p.m.-6:56 a.m. — a-Bryan Lee, United States; Guido Migliozzi, Italy; Preston Summerhays, United States.

12:52 p.m.-7:07 a.m. — Erik van Rooyen, South Africa; Max Greyserman, United States; Matt Wallace, England.

1:03 p.m.-7:18 a.m. — Russell Henley, United States; Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa; Nick Taylor, Canada.

1:14 p.m.-7:29 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, United States; Jon Rahm, Spain; Dustin Johnson, United States.

1:25 p.m.-7:40 a.m. — Tyrrell Hatton, England; Sungjae Im, South Korea; Sepp Straka, Austria.

1:36 p.m.-7:51 a.m. — Cameron Young, United States; Tom Hoge, United States; J.T. Poston, United States.

1:47 p.m.-8:02 a.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Venezuela; Michael Kim, United States; Matthieu Pavon, France.

1:58 p.m.-8:13 a.m. — Marc Leishman, Australia; Aaron Rai, England; Nick Dunlap, United States.

2:09 p.m.-8:24 a.m. — Matthew Jordan, United States; Yuta Sugiura, Japan; Carlos Ortiz, Mexico.

2:20 p.m.-8:35 a.m. — Ryan McCormick, United States; Trevor Cone, United States; a-Zach Pollo, United States.

2:31 p.m.-8:46 a.m. — James Nicholas, United States; a-Tyler Weaver, England; Riki Kawamoto, Japan.

2:42 p.m.-8:57 a.m. — Austin Truslow, United States; Harrison Ott, United States; George Duangmanee, United States.