Notable groups: Omega European Masters

Omega European Masters (Crans Montana, Switzerland)
Dates: September 5-8
Purse: €2,200,000 ($2,906,638)
Venue: Crans-sur-Sierre GC
Yardage: 6,881 yards (Par 71)
Opened: 1908
This week's weather: Partly sunny with some wind expected.  Rain is possible at the weekend.

Notable groupings for the first two rounds: 1st round tee time/2nd round tee time (all times according to Eastern Standard Time):

Marcus Fraser, Marc Warren, Damien McGrane (1:50 a.m./6:50 a.m.)
Padraig Harrington, Stephen Gallacher, Gaganjeet Bhullar (2:00 a.m./7:00 a.m.)
Richard Sterne, Brett Rumford, Jeev Milkha Singh (2:10 a.m./7:10 a.m.)
Thomas Bjorn, Tommy Fleetwood, Gregory Bourdy (2:20 a.m./7:20 a.m.)
Matteo Manassero, Thongchai Jaidee, Miguel Angel Jimenez (2:30 a.m./7:30 a.m.)
Anders Hansen, Soren Kjeldsen, Jamie Donaldson (2:40 a.m./7:40 a.m.)
Mathias Gronberg, Martin Wiegele, Ye Wo-cheng (3:00 a.m./8:00 a.m.)
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Ricardo Gonzalez, Brooks Koepka (6:50 a.m./1:50 a.m.)
Jose Maria Olazabal, Rikard Karlberg, Ross Fisher (7:00 a.m./2:00 a.m.)
Branden Grace, Thaworn Wiratchant, Paul Lawrie (7:10 a.m./2:10 a.m.)
Darren Clarke, Richie Ramsay, Peter Uihlein (7:20 a.m./2:20 a.m.)
Paul Casey, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Francesco Molinari (7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m.)
Mikko Ilonen, Danny Willett, Joost Luiten (7:40 a.m./2:40 a.m.)

U.S. TV Coverage (Golf Channel) (all times Eastern)

Thursday: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (taped)
-Replays: 1:00-3:30 p.m. and 8:30-10:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (taped)
-Replays: 1:00-3:30 p.m. and 8:30-10:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (taped)
Sunday: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (taped)

Final round replay: Monday from 2:00-6:00 p.m. on Golf Channel