Russell Henley to pair with Scottie Scheffler at Presidents Cup

Macon's Russell Henley will make his Presidents Cup debut on Thursday and will be paired with the No. 1 player in the world, Scottie Scheffler, on the first day of the team competition.

In a four-ball format, Henley and Scheffler will compete against Sungjae Im (South Korea) and Tom Kim (South Korea), teeing off at 12:11 p.m. ET. Golf Channel and Peacock will broadcast Thursday's action.

The Presidents Cup pits 12 players from the United States vs. 12 players on the International team (outside of Europe). This is the 15th edition of the event, and the U.S. has a 12-1-1 record.

Henley had a strong year and was picked for the U.S. team as a captain's choice. His best finish this year was fourth at the Valero Texas Open, T4 at the Sony Open, at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and at the Tour Championship. He missed the cut at the Players Championship, finished T38 at the Masters, T23 at the PGA Championship, T7 at the U.S. Open and fifth at the Open Championship. He has four career PGA Tour wins.

THURSDAY'S MATCHUPS, TEE TIMES

11:35 a.m. ET: Xander Schauffele (USA), Tony Finau (USA) vs. Jason Day (Australia), Byeong-Hun An (South Korea)

11:53 a.m. ET: Collin Morikawa (USA), Sahith Theegala (USA) vs. Adam Scott (Australia), Min Woo Lee (Australia)

12:11 p.m. ET: Scottie Scheffler (USA), Russell Henley (USA) vs. Sungjae Im (South Korea), Tom Kim (South Korea)

12:29 p.m. ET: Wyndham Clark (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA) vs. Taylor Pendrith (Canada), Cristiaan Bezuidenhout (South Africa)

12:47 p.m. ET: Patrick Cantlay (USA), Sam Burns (USA) vs. Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Corey Conners (Canada)

EVENT SCHEDULE

Thursday

Round 1 (four-ball), 11:35 a.m. ET

Friday

Round 2 (foursomes), 1:05 p.m. ET

Saturday

Round 3 (four-ball), 7:02 a.m. ET

Round 4 (foursomes), 1:40 p.m. ET

Sunday

Round 5 (singles), 12:02 p.m. ET