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Constellation Furyk & Friends first-round starting times, groups. Where's your favorite player?

Defending Furyk & Friends champion Steve Stricker has won six tournaments this year, including three PGA Tour Champions majors.
Defending Furyk & Friends champion Steve Stricker has won six tournaments this year, including three PGA Tour Champions majors.

A 78-player field that includes six members of the World Golf Hall of Fame, 15 major champions, 19 PGA Tour Champions major winners and 53 past PGA Tour winners will tee off on Friday in the first round of the Constellation Furyk & Friends, at the Timuquana Country Club.

The field for the third edition of the Furyk & Friends is led by Hall of Fame members Vijay Singh of Ponte Vedra Beach, Davis Love III of St. Simons Island, Ga., Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie.

Love, defending champion Steve Stricker and tournament host Jim Furyk, a 17-time PGA Tour winner and the 2003 U.S. Open champion, are the marquee group of the first round, teeing off No. 1 at Timuquana at 11:05 a.m. on Friday.

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One of the more fan-friendly groupings will start at 10:02 a.m. off No. 1: 2005 Players champion Fred Funk, two-time major champion John Daly and Rocco Mediate.

The tournament begins at 9:20 a.m. when Jacksonville native David Duval and two former Florida Gators, Chris DiMarco and Scott Dunlap start at No. 1, while Paul Goydos, Rod Pampling and Scott Parel start at No. 10.

The players will be re-grouped by score following each round. Gates open Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m.

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First-round groups, starting times

No. 1 tee

9:20 a.m. -- David Duval, Chris DiMarco, Scott Dunlap.

9:30 a.m. -- Frank Lickliter II, Jeff Sluman, Marco Dawson.

9:41 a.m. -- Mark Calcavecchia, Jesper Parnevik, Corey Pavin.

9:51 a.m. -- Colin Montgomerie, Scott McCarron, Ken Tanigawa.

10:02 a.m. -- Rocco Mediate, John Daly, Fred Funk.

10:12 a.m. -- Lee Janzen, John Huston, Mike Weir.

10:23 a.m. -- Joe Durant, Robert Karlsson, Ken Duke.

10:33 a.m. -- Alex Cejka, Vijay Singh, Dicky Pride.

10:44 a.m. -- Ernie Els, Steve Flesch, Stephen Ames.

10:54 a.m. -- Bernhard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Steven Alker.

11:05 a.m. -- Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Davis Love III.

11:15 a.m. -- Jerry Kelly, Thongchai Jaidee, Retief Goosen.

11:26 a.m. -- Brett Quigley, Y.E. Yang, Paul Stankowski.

No. 10 tee

9:20 a.m. -- Paul Goydos, Rod Pampling, Scott Parel.

9:30 a.m. -- Bob Estes, Harrison Frazar, Stuart Appleby.

9:41 a.m. -- Glen Day, Len Mattiace, Carlos Franco.

9:51 a.m. -- Mark Hensby, Jeff Maggert, Arjun Atwal.

10:02 a.m. -- Tim Petrovic, Billy Andrade, Tom Pernice Jr.

10:12 a.m. -- Wes Short Jr., Woody Austin, Olin Browne.

10:23 a.m. -- Scott Verplank, Billy Mayfair, Tim Herron.

10:33 a.m. -- Duffy Waldorf, Jason Bohn, John Senden.

10:44 a.m. -- Shane Bertsch, Steve Jones, Matt Gogel.

10:54 a.m. -- David Branshaw, Kirk Triplett, Boo Weekley.

11:05 a.m. -- Gibby Gilbert III, Richard Green, Tim O'Neal.

11:15 a.m. -- Mario Tiziani, Clark Dennis, Brian Cooper.

11:26 a.m. -- David McKenzie, Rob Labritz, Mark Walker.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Steve Stricker, Davis Love III, Jim Furyk grouped in Furyk & Friends