South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, fresh from a runners-up spot at last week’s Players Championship, tees up alongside world No 1 Dustin Johnson in an appealing first round pairing at the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship.

In the threeball behind them off the first tee are Masters champion Sergio Garcia, former world No 1 Jason Day and American Patrick Reed.

In total there are five South Africans in the field: Charl Schwartzel, Ernie Els, Oosthuizen, Rory Sabbatini and Tyrone van Aswegen.

The defending champion this week is Garcia, who beat Brooks Koepka in a playoff to win last year. Garcia is a two-time champion, having also triumphed in 2004. Sabatini is the last South African to win the event, back in 2009.

Thursday’s selected tee-off times (USA unless stated. SA time)
2.30pm: DA Points, Rod Pampling (Aust), Charl Schwartzel (SA)
2.40pm: Jason Dufner , Brooks Koepka, Ian Poulter (Eng)
2.50pm: Jordan Spieth, Brandt Snedeker, Matt Kucher
7.30pm: Alex Cejka (Ger), Brian Gay, Ernie Els (SA)
7.40pm: Dustin Johnson, Cody Gribble, Louis Oosthuizen (SA)
7.50pm: Sergio Garcia (Spain), Patrick Reed, Jason Day (Aust)
8pm: Rory Sabbatini (SA), Andres Gonzales, Andrew Loupe
8.20pm: Kyle Reifers, Tyrone van Aswegen (SA), Grayson Murray