Shark Shootout is always good fun..

While the serious business of this weekend is happening in Dubai, Greg Norman's annual shoot-out now known as the Franklin Templeton Shootout gets underway tomorrow and with it's 2 man team format it is usually fun to watch even though this year's field is not particularly strong

Here are the teams, tee times and an explanation of the format from pgatour.com

The always popular Franklin Templeton Shootout, which will feature 24 of the game’s best players, gets under way on Friday at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples.


The first round will be played with a modified alternate-shot format while the second round is contested as best ball and the final round is a scramble.

Scott Stallings, who won The Greenbrier Classic earlier this year, was the last man in the field after J.B. Holmes had to withdraw earlier this week. The Shootout was to be Holmes’ competitive debut after he had surgery in September to correct a Chiari malformation of his brain.

"While I continue to make great strides in my recovery … I am not 100 percent and I think it would be a disservice to my partner, Kenny Perry, and the entire Franklin Templeton Shootout organization for me to play at less than full capacity," Holmes said.

Stallings, who is making his Shootout debut, will now play with Perry. Here are the first-round pairings.

Tee time Pairings

9:55 a.m. ET Jason Dufner/Sean O’Hair and Chad Campbell/Chris DiMarco
10:07 a.m. ET Mark Calcavecchia/Nick Price and Rory Sabbatini/Jhonattan Vegas
10:19 a.m. ET Charles Howell III/Justin Leonard and Stewart Cink/Bo Van Pelt
10:31 a.m. ET Jerry Kelly/Steve Stricker and Kenny Perry/Scott Stallings
10:43 a.m. ET Keegan Bradley/Brendan Steele and Webb Simpson/Anthony Kim
10:55 a.m. ET Greg Norman/Scott McCarron and Rickie Fowler/Camilo Villegas

Back in the day some pretty big names won this. It started in 1989 as the BMCC Invitational and Curtis Strange and Mark O'Meara won, Ray Floyd and Freddie Couples beat Arnie and Peter Jacobsen in 1990, Norman at his peak played with Jack in 1991 and lost to Tom Purtzer and Lanny Wadkins, Calc won it in 1995 with Steve Elkington then again in 2007 with Woody Austin.

Jerry Kelly always plays well in this event winning it twice, including 2009 with Steve Stricker, his partner again this year.

Dustin Johnson and Ian Poulter won last year with scores of 63 64 59  186, neither are in the field this year, Poulter is in Dubai.

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