The Open tee times: When do Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods start their first round today?
THE OPEN begins today with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy expected to be in the hunt for the Claret Jug. But what time will the duo tee off? Express Sport has all of Thursday’s tee times.
Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke, who won the Open in 2011, will hit the opening tee shot at 06:35am on Thursday.
The Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush for the first time since 1951.
The County Antrim club held the only other Open to be played outside of England and Scotland 68 years ago and massive crowds are expected over the course of the week, as tickets sold out for both the practice days and the tournament.
Clarke will be joined by 22-year-old James Sugrue, who won this year's Amateur Championship, and American Charley Hoffman.
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Rory McIlroy, who will be hoping the home support can help him lift his fifth major, will tee-off at 10.09am alongside US Open champion Gary Woodland and England’s Paul Casey.
Tiger Woods will tee-off later in the day and will begin his first round at 3.10pm.
The 43-year-old, who has won the open three times over the course of his career, will be joined by England’s Matt Wallace and America’s Patrick Reed.
The 148th Open will be played on the 7317 yards-long Dunluce Course and this year's winner will walk away with £1.56m in prize money.
Thursday’s Open tee times
All times BST, players GB & Ire unless stated, (a) denotes amateur
06.35 D Clarke, (a) J Sugrue, C Hoffman (USA)
06.46 E Grillo (Arg), Sung Kang (Kor), (a) T Thurloway
06.57 A Sullivan, C Bezuidenhout (Rsa), A Levy (Fra)
07.08 C Kim (USA), Z Lombard (Rsa), (a) B Wu (USA)
07.19 R Sterne (Rsa), R Langasque (Fra), (a) M Schmid (Ger)
07.30 P Harrington, M Fitzpatrick, A Putnam (USA)
07.41 B Watson (USA), E Pepperell, R Cabrera Bello (Esp)
07.52 P Mickelson (USA), S Lowry, B Grace (Rsa)
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08.03 A Noren (Swe), M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), S Locke
08.14 W Simpson (USA), S Garcia (Esp), CT Pan (Tpe)
08.25 R Palmer (USA), A Pavan (Ita), D Frittelli (Rsa)
08.36 K Stanley (USA), R MacIntyre, A Johnston
08.47 M Korhonen (Fin), O Wilson, (a) C Knipes
09.03 I Poulter, Sunjae Im (Kor), K Aphibarnrat (Tha)
09.14 H Stenson (Swe), X Schauffele (USA), G McDowell
09.25 Li Haotong (Chn), R Knox, B Wiesberger (Aut)
09.36 J Kokrak (USA), C Syme, A Connelly (Can)
09.47 Z Johnson (USA), D Duval (USA), C Conners (Can)
09.58 F Molinari (Ita), A Scott (Aus), B DeChambeau (USA)
10.09 R McIlroy, P Casey, G Woodland (USA)
10.20 H Matsuyama (Jpn), R Fowler (USA), Kevin Kisner (USA)
10.31 J Furyk (USA), Si Woo Kim (Kor), J Walker (USA)
10.42 L List (USA), A Bjork (Swe), P Waring
10.53 S Imahara (Jpn), N Lashley (USA), B Hebert (Fra)
11.04 M Horikawa (Jpn), C Shinkwin, G Porteous
11.15 P Meesawat (Tha), M Baldwin, J Senior
11.36 T Lehman (USA), J Niemann (Chl), M A Jimenez (Esp)
11.47 Byeong Hun An (Kor), J Campillo (Esp), C Wood
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11.58 J Dahmen (USA), A Arnaus (Esp), D Papadatos (Aus)
12.09 S Cink (USA), R Sabbatini (Svk), Innchoon Hwang (Kor)
12.20 E Van Rooyen (Rsa), K Kitayama (USA), J McLeod (Aus)
12.31 R Fox (NZ), S Norris (Rsa), Dongkyu Jang (Kor)
12.42 T Hatton, K Mitchell (USA), T Pieters (Bel)
12.53 T Fleetwood, J Thomas (USA), T Olesen (Den)
13.04 B Koepka (USA), L Oosthuizen (Rsa), S Sharma (Ind)
13.15 B Horschel (USA), J Janewattananond (Tha), A Wise (USA)
13.26 J Spieth (USA), M Leishman (Aus), D Willett
13.37 C Smith (Aus), A Hadwin (Can), D Lipsky (USA)
13.48 P Lawrie, C Reavie (USA), J Harding (Rsa)
14.04 (a) T Kanaya (Jpn), T Lewis, B Stone (Rsa)
14.15 L Glover (USA), J Luiten (Ned), N Bertasio (Ita)
14.26 E Els (Rsa), JB Holmes (USA), A Ancer (Mex)
14.37 B Snedeker (USA), L Westwood, B Harman (USA)
14.48 T Finau (USA), L Bjerregaard (Den), J Rose
14.59 D Johnson (USA), J Day (Aus), K Bradley (USA)
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15.10 T Woods (USA), M Wallace, P Reed (USA)
15.21 J Rahm (Esp), M Kuchar (USA), P Cantlay (USA)
15.32 K Streelman (USA), D Redman (USA), R Rock
15.43 A Otaegui (Esp), Y Ikeda (Jpn), I Benitez (Mex)
15.54 P Kizzire (USA), Sang Hyun Park (Kor), Y Inamori (Jpn)
16.05 Y Fujimoto (Jpn), Doyeob Mun (Kor), A Wilson
16.16 G Charoenkul (Tha), Y Asaji (Jpn), A Turner