JP McManus

A team to watch out for in the amateurs is the team of Bill Murray, Jamie Dornan and Niall Horan, playing with Luke Donald, teeing off at 8.10am on Monday. The ...

1.40: Martin Kaymer (Denis O’Brien, Jack O’Brien, Patrick O’Brien) 9.45: John Murphy (Paul Knight, Joe McGrath, John Doyle) 1.30: Bernd Wiesberger (Maeve Danaher, Timmy Danaher, Matt Danaher) 2.05: Tiger Woods (Michael Smurfit Jr, Tony Smurfit Jr, Sharon Smurfit) 8.35: Pat Perez (Fergus Foley, Delia Foley, Connie Kirby) 2.35: Scottie Scheffler (Michael O’Leary, Eddie O’Leary, Martin Hayden) 2.25: Rory McIlroy (Gerry McManus, Mark McManus, Cormac McManus) World number one Scottie Scheffler will play with Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary, Eddie O’Leary and Martin Hayden at 2.35pm. 1.25: Justin Thomas (Pat Desmond, Brett Desmond, Dery Desmond) The sixth staging of the tournament is being shown on Sky Sports Golf and also free-to-air in Ireland on Virgin Media Two, with the broadcasts beginning from 2pm each day. 9.40: Paul Casey (Cian McNamara, Nick Mullen, Nick Mastroianni) First Round Draw (Monday)

The pro-am will serve as a good opportunity for Woods to simulate playing in a competitive environment with 40000 spectators watching.

But why might he be playing in a hit-‘n-giggle with a major looming? He’s turned the event into must-see TV to determine if he still has a pronounced limp as he did at the PGA Championship and to show how sharp his game looks. Woods, 46, defied the odds by returning from his serious single-car accident last February and multiple surgeries to play in the PNC Championship in December with son Charlie with benefit of a golf cart in the two-man team event. Given the obvious pain he was dealing with, Woods had little to gain in playing the final round. I played well enough to be here on the weekend. Woods has done his best to ghost the world since he withdrew from the PGA Championship at Southern Hills in May after gutting out another made cut at a major and shooting 79 on Saturday in cold, dreary weather.

Tiger Woods tee time for JP McManus Pro Am is at 14.05 Monday ...

Anybody without a ticket cap for the event can watch live coverage in Ireland at 2pm on both days, on Sky Sports and Virgin Media Two. Tiger Woods begins his tournament at 14.05 (BST) on the 1st tee, with the 15-time Major winner off at 13.45 on Tuesday. Rory McIlroy tees off 20 minutes after Tiger on Monday, with the recent Canadian Open winner off at 14.05 on the second day. The full draw for the 2022 JP McManus Pro-Am, which takes place this Mondayand Tuesday at future Ryder Cup course, Adare Manor, has been made.