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Tiger paired with Westwood at US Open

ESPN staff
June 12, 2010
Tiger Woods is striving to find his best form © Getty Images
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Lee Westwood may be leading the way in the St Jude Classic, but he will have one eye on the US Open after being paired with Tiger Woods for the first two rounds at Pebble Beach next week.

There will be huge attention on Woods as he bids to win his 15th major at a course he knows so well and as such there will be pressure on Westwood and the other member of a star-studded three-ball - Ernie Els.

Westwood played with Woods when the world No. 1 missed the cut in the Open last year, so is capable of handling the occasion, while it could be a tense time as Els accused Woods of being "selfish" earlier in the year on account of the timing of the release of a statement.

Rory McIlroy is viewed as a future world No. 1 and he has been handed a place in a mouth-watering group which also consists of legendary figure Tom Watson and Japanese sensation Ryo Ishikawa.

The in-form Luke Donald has been grouped with Camilo Villegas and Zach Johnson, while Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington and YE Yang will tee it up together.

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