History tees off on Thursday with the start of the 144th British Open at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland.
Jordan Spieth is top story heading into the year’s third major, looking to become the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win the first three majors of a single year and the first player since Tiger Woods in 2000 to win three majors in a season. He’s drawn a great group for the first two days, playing with U.S. Open co-runner-up Dustin Johnson and Japanese standout Hideki Matsuyama. They start at 4:33 a.m. Eastern on Thursday morning (the local time in Scotland is five hours ahead of the Eastern time zone).
Tiger Woods looks to pick up an unlikely 15th major and third Claret Jug at the Home of Golf. He’ll start that quest on Thursday and Friday with Louis Oosthuizen, the only other St. Andrews Open winner since 2000, and Jason Day, who expects to be vertigo-free after a bout with the condition at the U.S. Open. It’s a 4:55 a.m. Eastern start for them in Round 1.
The R&A must not want Ian Poulter and Bubba Watson to do well, since they’re grouped together for the first two days with 2011 Masters winner Charl Schwartzel as an innocent bystander starting at 4 a.m. on Thursday morning.
In what could be considered a somewhat comical grouping, 1995 Open champion John Daly, 2013 PGA champion Jason Day and the ageless Miguel Angel Jimenez are grouped together for the first two days. They start at 7:50 a.m. Eastern on Thursday.
Here are the full tee times for the first two rounds of the Open Championship:
Round 1
1:32 a.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling
1:43 a.m. — Todd Hamilton, Paul Dunne (a), James Hahn
1:54 a.m. — Graham DeLaet, Brian Harman, Russell Knox
2:05 a.m. — Matt Every, Alexander Levy, David Lingmerth
2:16 a.m. — Joost Luiten, Matt Jones, Robert Streb
2:27 a.m. — Anthony Wall, Byeong-Hun An, Jordan Niebrugge (a)
2:38 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Charley Hoffman, Kevin Na
2:49 a.m. — Retief Goosen, Shane Lowry, Kevin Streelman
3:00 a.m. — Carl Pettersson, Luke Donald, Hunter Mahan
3:11 a.m. — Ross Fisher, Victor Dubuisson, Billy Horschel
3:22 a.m. — Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson, Oliver Schniederjans (a)
3:33 a.m. — Ernie Els, Tom Watson, Brandt Snedeker
3:44 a.m. — J.B. Holmes, Brendon Todd, Shinji Tomimura
4:00 a.m. — Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel, Bubba Watson
4:11 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Patrick Reed
4:22 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Mateo Manassero, Romain Langasque (a)
4:33 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth
4:44 a.m. — Paul Lawrie, Ryan Palmer, Kevin Kisner
4:55 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Day
5:06 a.m. — John Senden, Tadahiro Takayama, Brooks Koepka
5:17 a.m. — David Duval, Stewart Cink, Ben Curtis
5:28 a.m. — Mikko Ilonen, David Howell, Greg Chalmers
5:39 a.m. — Raphael Jacquelin, David Hearn, Eddie Pepperell
5:50 a.m. — Tyrrell Hatton, Scott Arnold, Paul Kinnear (a)
6:01 a.m. — Adam Bland, Gary Boyd, Daniel Brooks
6:12 a.m. — Scott Hend, Jonathan Moore, Ryan Fox
6:33 a.m. — Mark Calcavecchia, Marcel Siem, Jaco Van Zyl
6:44 a.m. — Thomas Aiken, David Lipsky, Jonas Blixt
6:55 a.m. — Soren Kjeldsen, Morgan Hoffmann, Danny Lee
7:06 a.m. — Richie Ramsay, Pablo Larrazabal, Cameron Tringale
7:17 a.m. — Steven Bowditch, Hiroshi Iwata, Ben Martin
7:28 a.m. — George Coetzee, Anirban Lahiri, Rafael Cabrera-Bello
7:39 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Liang, Wen-Chong, Marc Warren
7:50 a.m. — John Daly, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jason Dufner
8:01 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Bernd Weisberger, Tommy Fleetwood
8:12 a.m. — Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland
8:23 a.m. — Geoff Ogilvy, Francesco Molinari, Bill Haas
8:34 a.m. — Mark O’Meara, Russell Henley, Gunn Yang (a)
8:45 a.m. — Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard
9:01 a.m. — Stephen Gallacher. Hiroyuki Fujita, Ryan Moore
9:12 a.m. — Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Jimmy Walker
9:23 a.m. — Jamie Donaldson, Yuta Ikeda, Keegan Bradley
9:34 a.m. — Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson
9:45 a.m. — Nick Faldo, Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler
9:56 a.m. — Jim Furyk, Paul Casey, Brendan Grace
10:07 a.m. — Harris English, Ashley Chesters (a), Andy Sullivan
10:18 a.m. — Koumei Oda, Marc Leishman, Kiradech Aphibarnrat
10:29 a.m. — Edoardo Molinari, James Morrison, Romain Wattel
10:40 a.m. — Pelle Edberg, Daniel Berger, Mark Young
10:51 a.m. — Brett Rumford, Tom Gillis, Ben Taylor (a)
11:02 a.m. — Marcus Fraser, Scott Strange, Allister Balcombe (a)
11:13 a.m. — Taichi Teshima, Robert Dinwiddie, Rikard Karlberg
Round 2
1:32 a.m. — Mark Calcavecchia, Marcel Siem, Jaco Van Zyl
1:43 a.m. — Thomas Aiken, David Lipsky, Jonas Blixt
1:54 a.m. — Soren Kjeldsen, Morgan Hoffmann, Danny Lee
2:05 a.m. — Richie Ramsay, Pablo Larrazabal, Cameron Tringale
2:16 a.m. — Steven Bowditch, Hiroshi Iwata, Ben Martin
2:27 a.m. — George Coetzee, Anirban Lahiri, Rafael Cabrera-Bello
2:38 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Liang, Wen-Chong, Marc Warren
2:49 a.m. — John Daly, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jason Dufner
3:00 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Bernd Weisberger, Tommy Fleetwood
3:11 a.m. — Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland
3:22 a.m. — Geoff Ogilvy, Francesco Molinari, Bill Haas
3:33 a.m. — Mark O’Meara, Russell Henley, Gunn Yang (a)
3:44 a.m. — Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard
4:00 a.m. — Stephen Gallacher. Hiroyuki Fujita, Ryan Moore
4:11 a.m. — Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Jimmy Walker
4:22 a.m. — Jamie Donaldson, Yuta Ikeda, Keegan Bradley
4:33 a.m. — Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson
4:44 a.m. — Nick Faldo, Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler
4:55 a.m. — Jim Furyk, Paul Casey, Brendan Grace
5:06 a.m. — Harris English, Ashley Chesters (a), Andy Sullivan
5:17 a.m. — Koumei Oda, Marc Leishman, Kiradech Aphibarnrat
5:28 a.m. — Edoardo Molinari, James Morrison, Romain Wattel
5:39 a.m. — Pelle Edberg, Daniel Berger, Mark Young
5:50 a.m. — Brett Rumford, Tom Gillis, Ben Taylor (a)
6:01 a.m. — Marcus Fraser, Scott Strange, Allister Balcombe (a)
6:12 a.m. — Taichi Teshima, Robert Dinwiddie, Rikard Karlberg
6:33 a.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling
6:44 a.m. — Todd Hamilton, Paul Dunne (a), James Hahn
6:55 a.m. — Graham DeLaet, Brian Harman, Russell Knox
7:06 a.m. — Matt Every, Alexander Levy, David Lingmerth
7:17 a.m. — Joost Luiten, Matt Jones, Robert Streb
7:28 a.m. — Anthony Wall, Byeong-Hun An, Jordan Niebrugge (a)
7:39 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Charley Hoffman, Kevin Na
7:50 a.m. — Retief Goosen, Shane Lowry, Kevin Streelman
8:01 a.m. — Carl Pettersson, Luke Donald, Hunter Mahan
8:12 a.m. — Ross Fisher, Victor Dubuisson, Billy Horschel
8:23 a.m. — Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson, Oliver Schniederjans (a)
8:34 a.m. — Ernie Els, Tom Watson, Brandt Snedeker
8:45 a.m. — J.B. Holmes, Brendon Todd, Shinji Tomimura
9:01 a.m. — Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel, Bubba Watson
9:12 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Patrick Reed
9:23 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Mateo Manassero, Romain Langasque (a)
9:34 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth
9:45 a.m. — Paul Lawrie, Ryan Palmer, Kevin Kisner
9:56 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Day
10:07 a.m. — John Senden, Tadahiro Takayama, Brooks Koepka
10:18 a.m. — David Duval, Stewart Cink, Ben Curtis
10:29 a.m. — Mikko Ilonen, David Howell, Greg Chalmers
10:40 a.m. — Raphael Jacquelin, David Hearn, Eddie Pepperell
10:51 a.m. — Tyrrell Hatton, Scott Arnold, Paul Kinnear (a)
11:02 a.m. — Adam Bland, Gary Boyd, Daniel Brooks
11:13 a.m. — Scott Hend, Jonathan Moore, Ryan Fox
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