Defending champion YE Yang will play alongside struggling 14-time major winner Tiger Woods, still 7/1 favourite for the title, for the first two rounds of next week’s USPGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

South Korean Yang is aiming to win back-to-back USPGA titles after becoming the first Asian player ever to win a major last year when seeing off Woods at the Hazeltine National.

The duo will tee-off alongside another former PGA Championship winner, Vijay Singh, while the three previous winners of the majors of the year will again go head-to-head next week – Masters winner Phil Mickelson (9/1), US Open champion Graeme McDowell and Open winner Louis Oosthuizen – all playing together.

Lee Westwood, meanwhile, is to be replaced by Kevin Sutherland, who will tee-off with Ernie Els (25/1) and Dustin Johnson and European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie goes up against Koumei Oda and Matt Kuchar.

US skipper Corey Pavin, plays with Ian Poulter (40/1) and Camilo Villegas (50/1) and 2008 champion Padraig Harrington (28/1), will enjoy the company of Davis Love III and John Daly during the first two days.