GolfSixes week gets under way in earnest tonight when the group stage draw is broadcast live on Sky Sport News HQ.
Fans can tune in from 6 pm when Kirsty Gallacher will present the draw, with Sky Sports Golf correspondents Nick Dougherty and Henni Zuel drawing the teams.
The inaugural GolfSixes tournament takes place at Centurion Club in St Albans on May 6-7. The revolutionary new short form of golf sees two-man teams from 16 nations competing around a six-hole circuit for a prize fund of €1 million - and tickets are available now atwww.golfsixes.com/tickets
Group stage draw
The teams seeded 1-4 have been allocated in order to groups A-D. During tonight's draw, the remaining 12 teams will be drawn from three pots to create four groups of four teams, with the group stage matches to be played on Saturday May 6.
Group A- 1. England(Chris Wood, Andy Sullivan)
Group B- 2. Thailand(Thongchai Jaidee, Kiradech Aphibarnrat)
Group C- 3. Australia(Sam Brazel, Scott Hend)
Group D- 4. South Africa(Darren Fichardt, Brandon Stone)
Pot 2
5. Denmark(Thorbjørn Olesen, Lucas Bjerregaard)
6. France(Alexander Levy, Grégory Bourdy)
7. Spain(Pablo Larrazábal, Alejandro Cañizares)
8. Wales(Bradley Dredge, Jamie Donaldson)
Pot 3
9. USA(Paul Peterson, David Lipsky)
10. Netherlands(Joost Luiten, Reinier Saxton)
11. Belgium(Nicolas Colsaerts, Thomas Detry)
12. Sweden(Joakim Lagergren, Johan Carlsson)
Pot 4
13. India(S.S.P Chawrasia, Chikkarangappa S)
14. Portugal(Ricardo Gouveia, José-Filipe Lima)
15. Italy(Matteo Manassero, Renato Paratore)
16. Scotland(Richie Ramsay, Marc Warren)
The top two teams from each group progress to the knockout stages – the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, a 3rd/4th place play-off match and the final – all of which will be contested on Sunday May 7.
See the full format details, including the play-off hole and how tied matches are decidedHERE.
