Open tee times announced for first two rounds


Darren Clarke will hit the opening tee shot at the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush, with Rory McIlroy among the early starters.

Clarke, who won the 2011 Open and has a house overlooking the course, gets play under way at 6:35am on Thursday. McIlroy starts his quest to win a second Open at 10.09.

Defending Open champion Francesco Molinari is off at 9.58am with Adam Scott and Bryson DeChambeau, while Tiger Woods is out at 3.10pm with Ryder Cup team-mate Patrick Reed and England’s Matt Wallace.

Portrush local Graeme McDowell gets under way at 9.14am alongside 2016 winner Henrik Stenson and American Xander Schauffele, who finished joint second at Carnoustie last year.

World number one Brooks Koepka, who won the US PGA Championship in May and finished second at both the Masters and US Open this year, is out at 1.04pm in the company of 2010 Open champion Louis Oosthuizen and India’s Shubhankar Sharma.

US player Brian Harman has replaced fellow American Charles Howell III in the field, which leaves former world number one Martin Kaymer now occupying the top place on the reserve list.

Thursday’s first-round tee-off times

06:35 Charley Hoffman (US), Darren Clarke (NI), James Sugrue (a) (Ire)
06:46 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Sung Kang (Kor), Thomas Thurloway (a) (Eng)
06:57 Andy Sullivan (Eng), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Alexander Levy (Fra)
07:08 Zander Lombard (SA), Chan Kim (US), Brandon Wu (a) (US)
07:19 Richard Sterne (SA), Romain Langasque (Fra), Matthias Schmid (a) (Ger)
07:30 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Padraig Harrington (Irl), Andrew Putnam (US)
07:41 Eddie Pepperell (Eng), Bubba Watson (US), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)
07:52 Phil Mickelson (US), Shane Lowry (Ire), Branden Grace (SA)
08:03 Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Alex Noren (Swe), Sam Locke (Sco)
08:14 Webb Simpson (US), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Cheng-Tsung Pan (Tpe)
08:25 Ryan Palmer (US), Andrea Pavan (Ita), Dylan Frittelli (SA)
08:36 Kyle Stanley (US), Robert Macintyre (Sco), Andrew Johnston (Eng)
08:47 Mikko Korhonen (Fin), Oliver Wilson (Eng), Curtis Knipes (a) (Eng)
09:03 Sungjae Im (Kor), Ian Poulter (Eng), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)
09:14 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Xander Schauffele (US), Graeme McDowell (NI)
09:25 Haotong Li (Chn), Russell Knox (Sco), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)
09:36 Connor Syme (Sco), Jason Kokrak (US), Austin Connelly (Can)
09:47 Zach Johnson (US), David Duval (US), Corey Conners (Can)
09:58 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Adam Scott (Aus)
10:09 Gary Woodland (US), Rory McIlroy (NI), Paul Casey (Eng)
10:20 Rickie Fowler (US), Kevin Kisner (US), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
10:31 Si Woo Kim (Kor), Jim Furyk (US), Jimmy Walker (US)
10:42 Luke List (US), Alexander Bjork (Swe), Paul Waring (Eng)
10:53 Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Nate Lashley (US), Benjamin Hebert (Fra)
11:04 Mikumu Horikawa (Jpn), Callum Shinkwin (Eng), Garrick Porteous (Eng)
11:15 Matthew Baldwin (Eng), Prom Meesawat (Tha), Jack Senior (Eng)
11:36 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Tom Lehman (US), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)
11:47 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Chris Wood (Eng)
11:58 Joel Dahmen (US), Adri Arnaus (Spa), Dimitrios Papadatos (Aus)
12:09 Rory Sabbatini (Svk), Stewart Cink (US), Inn-choon Hwang (Kor)
12:20 Erik Van Rooyen (SA), Kurt Kitayama (US), Jake McLeod (Aus)
12:31 Shaun Norris (SA), Ryan Fox (NZ), Dong-kyu Jang (Kor)
12:42 Keith Mitchell (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Thomas Pieters (Bel)
12:53 Justin Thomas (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)
13:04 Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Brooks Koepka (US), Shubhankar Sharma (Ind)
13:15 Billy Horschel (US), Jazz Janewattananond (Tha), Aaron Wise (US)
13:26 Jordan Spieth (US), Marc Leishman (Aus), Danny Willett (Eng)
13:37 Cameron Smith (Aus), Adam Hadwin (Can), David Lipsky (US)
13:48 Chez Reavie (US), Paul Lawrie (Sco), Justin Harding (SA)
14:04 Tom Lewis (Eng), Takumi Kanaya (a) (Jpn), Brandon Stone (SA)
14:15 Lucas Glover (US), Joost Luiten (Ned), Nino Bertasio (Ita)
14:26 J.B. Holmes (US), Ernie Els (SA), Abraham Ancer (Mex)
14:37 Brandt Snedeker (US), Lee Westwood (Eng), Brian Harman (US)
14:48 Justin Rose (Eng), Tony Finau (US), Lucas Bjerregaard (Den)
14:59 Dustin Johnson (US), Jason Day (Aus), Keegan Bradley (US)
15:10 Tiger Woods (US), Matt Wallace (Eng), Patrick Reed (US)
15:21 Patrick Cantlay (US), Jon Rahm (Spa), Matt Kuchar (US)
15:32 Kevin Streelman (US), Doc Redman (US), Robert Rock (Eng)
15:43 Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), Adrian Otaegui (Spa), Isidro Benitez (Mex)
15:54 Patton Kizzire (US), Sang Hyun Park (Kor), Yuki Inamori (Jpn)
16:05 Yoshinori Fujimoto (Jpn), Doyeob Mun (Kor), Andrew Wilson (Eng)
16:16 Gunn Charoenkul (Tha), Yosuke Asaji (Jpn), Ashton Turner (Eng)

Friday’s second-round tee-off times

06:35 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Tom Lehman (US), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)
06:46 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Chris Wood (Eng)
06:57 Joel Dahmen (US), Adri Arnaus (Spa), Dimitrios Papadatos (Aus)
07:08 Rory Sabbatini (Svk), Stewart Cink (US), Inn-choon Hwang (Kor)
07:19 Erik Van Rooyen (SA), Kurt Kitayama (US), Jake McLeod (Aus)
07:30 Shaun Norris (SA), Ryan Fox (NZ), Dong-kyu Jang (Kor)
07:41 Keith Mitchell (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Thomas Pieters (Bel)
07:52 Justin Thomas (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)
08:03 Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Brooks Koepka (US), Shubhankar Sharma (Ind)
08:14 Billy Horschel (US), Jazz Janewattananond (Tha), Aaron Wise (US)
08:25 Jordan Spieth (US), Marc Leishman (Aus), Danny Willett (Eng)
08:36 Cameron Smith (Aus), Adam Hadwin (Can), David Lipsky (US)
08:47 Paul Lawrie (Sco), Chez Reavie (US), Justin Harding (SA)
09:03 Tom Lewis (Eng), Takumi Kanaya (a) (Jpn), Brandon Stone (SA)
09:14 Lucas Glover (US), Joost Luiten (Ned), Nino Bertasio (Ita)
09:25 Ernie Els (SA), JB Holmes (US), Abraham Ancer (Mex)
09:36 Lee Westwood (Eng), Brandt Snedeker (US), Brian Harman (US)
09:47 Justin Rose (Eng), Tony Finau (US), Lucas Bjerregaard (Den)
09:58 Jason Day (Aus), Dustin Johnson (US), Keegan Bradley (US)
10:09 Matt Wallace (Eng), Tiger Woods (US), Patrick Reed (US)
10:20 Jon Rahm (Spa), Patrick Cantlay (US), Matt Kuchar (US)
10:31 Doc Redman (US), Kevin Streelman (US), Robert Rock (Eng)
10:42 Adrian Otaegui (Spa), Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), Isidro Benitez (Mex)
10:53 Patton Kizzire (US), Sang Hyun Park (Kor), Yuki Inamori (Jpn)
11:04 Yoshinori Fujimoto (Jpn), Doyeob Mun (Kor), Andrew Wilson (Eng)
11:15 Yosuke Asaji (Jpn), Gunn Charoenkul (Tha), Ashton Turner (Eng)
11:36 James Sugrue (a) (Ire), Darren Clarke (NI), Charley Hoffman (US)
11:47 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Sung Kang (Kor), Thomas Thurloway (a) (Eng)
11:58 Andy Sullivan (Eng), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Alexander Levy (Fra)
12:09 Zander Lombard (SA), Chan Kim (US), Brandon Wu (a) (US)
12:20 Richard Sterne (SA), Romain Langasque (Fra), Matthias Schmid (a) (Ger)
12:31 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Padraig Harrington (Ire), Andrew Putnam (US)
12:42 Eddie Pepperell (Eng), Bubba Watson (US), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)
12:53 Phil Mickelson (US), Shane Lowry (Ire), Branden Grace (SA)
13:04 Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Alex Noren (Swe), Sam Locke (Sco)
13:15 Webb Simpson (US), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Cheng-Tsung Pan (Tai)
13:26 Ryan Palmer (US), Andrea Pavan (Ita), Dylan Frittelli (SA)
13:37 Kyle Stanley (US), Robert Macintyre (Sco), Andrew Johnston (Eng)
13:48 Oliver Wilson (Eng), Mikko Korhonen (Fin), Curtis Knipes (a) (Eng)
14:04 Sungjae Im (Kor), Ian Poulter (Eng), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)
14:15 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Xander Schauffele (US), Graeme McDowell (NI)
14:26 Russell Knox (Sco), Haotong Li (Chn), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)
14:37 Jason Kokrak (US), Connor Syme (Sco), Austin Connelly (Can)
14:48 Zach Johnson (US), David Duval (US), Corey Conners (Can)
14:59 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Bryson DeChambeau (US), Adam Scott (Aus)
15:10 Rory McIlroy (NI), Gary Woodland (US), Paul Casey (Eng)
15:21 Kevin Kisner (US), Rickie Fowler (US), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
15:32 Jim Furyk (US), Si Woo Kim (Kor), Jimmy Walker (US)
15:43 Alexander Bjork (Swe), Luke List (US), Paul Waring (Eng)
15:54 Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Nate Lashley (US), Benjamin Hebert (Fra)
16:05 Mikumu Horikawa (Jpn), Callum Shinkwin (Eng), Garrick Porteous (Eng)
16:16 Prom Meesawat (Tha), Matthew Baldwin (Eng), Jack Senior (Eng)

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