PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Tiger Woods will begin his quest for a fourth claret jug alongside a familiar face and one of Europe’s rising stars.
Woods, who has not played since the U.S. Open, will be grouped for the first two rounds at Royal Portrush with Patrick Reed and Matt Wallace. Reed and Woods paired together unsuccessfully at last year’s Ryder Cup, while Wallace won three times on the European Tour in 2018 and finished T-3 at the PGA Championship this May. The trio will play at 10:10 a.m. ET Thursday and 5:09 a.m. ET Friday.
Defending champ Francesco Molinari won his first major last year at Carnoustie, and he’ll be joined this week by Bryson DeChambeau and Adam Scott. DeChambeau was a runner-up at the 3M Open in his most recent start. Scott let a four-shot lead slip away at Royal Lytham in 2012 to highlight a series of close calls in this event. They’ll go off at 4:58 a.m. ET Thursday and 9:59 a.m. Friday.
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All eyes will be on Rory McIlroy this week as he returns to his native country and the course where he fired a record-setting 61 at age 16. McIlroy will play the first two rounds with Gary Woodland and Paul Casey, as Woodland makes his first major start since winning the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. McIlroy finished T-34 at last week’s Scottish Open, while Casey tied for fifth at the Travelers Championship in his most recent start. They’ll tee off at 5:09 a.m. ET Thursday and 10:10 a.m. ET Friday.
Having lost 15 pounds in the last 10 days as part of a fast, a slimmed-down Phil Mickelson will begin his quest for a second Open title in a marquee grouping with Ireland’s Shane Lowry and South African Branden Grace. Mickelson has largely struggled since his win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February, while Lowry was a runner-up last month at the RBC Canadian Open, and Grace enters off a string of three straight missed cuts. They’ll play at 2:52 a.m. ET Thursday and 7:53 a.m. ET Friday.
The honor of hitting the first tee shot of the tournament will go to Ulsterman and Portrush resident Darren Clarke, who won The Open in 2011. Clarke will be first on the tee at 1:35 a.m. ET Thursday, playing alongside Charley Hoffman and Amateur champion James Sugrue.
The full list of tee times for Rounds 1 and 2 appears below:
THURSDAY (ALL OFF NO. 1; ALL TIMES ET)
1:35 a.m.: Darren Clarke, James Sugrue (a), Charley Hoffman
1:46 a.m.: Emiliano Grillo, Sung Kang, Thomas Thurloway (a)
1:57 a.m.: Andy Sullivan, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Alexander Levy
2:08 a.m.: Chan Kim, Zander Lombard, Brandon Wu (a)
2:19 a.m.: Richard Sterne, Romain Langasque, Matthias Schmid (a)
2:30 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Matthew Fitzpatrick Andrew Putnam
2:41 a.m.: Bubba Watson, Eddie Pepperell, Rafa Cabrera-Bello
2:52 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry, Branden Grace
3:03 a.m.: Alex Noren, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Sam Locke
3:14 a.m.: Webb Simpson, Sergio Garcia, C.T. Pan
3:25 a.m.: Ryan Palmer, Andrea Pavan, Dylan Frittelli
3:36 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Robert MacIntyre, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston
3:47 a.m.: Mikko Korhonen, Oliver Wilson, Curtis Knipes (a)
4:03 a.m.: Ian Poulter, Sungjae Im, Kiradech Aphibarnrat
4:14 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Xander Schauffele, Graeme McDowell
4:25 a.m.: Haotong Li, Russell Knox, Bernd Weisberger
4:36 p.m: Jason Kokrak, Connor Syme, Austin Connelly
4:47 p.m: Zach Johnson, David Duval, Corey Conners
4:58 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Scott
5:09 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Gary Woodland, Paul Casey
5:20 a.m.: Rickie Fowler, Kevin Kisner, Hideki Matsuyama
5:31 a.m.: Jim Furyk, Si-Woo Kim, Jimmy Walker
5:42 a.m.: Luke Lista, Alexander Bjork, Paul Waring
5:53 a.m.: Shugo Imahira, Nate Lashley, Benjamin Herbert
6:04 a.m.: Mikumu Horikawa, Callum Shinkwin, Garrick Porteous
6:15 a.m.: Prom Messawat, Matthew Baldwin, Jack Senior
6:36 a.m.: Tom Lehman, Joaquin Niemann, Miguel Angel Jimenez
6:47 a.m.: Byeong Hun An, Jorge Campillo, Chris Wood
6:58 a.m.: Joel Dahmen, Adri Arnaus, Dimitrios Papadatos
7:09 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Rory Sabbatini, Innchoon Hwang
7:20 a.m.: Erik Van Rooyen, Kurt Kitayama, Jake McLeod
7:31 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Shaun Norris, Dongkyu Jang
7:42 a.m.: Tyrrell Hatton, Keith Mitchell, Thomas Pieters
7:53 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood, Thorbjorn Olesen
8:04 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen, Shubhankar Sharma
8:15 a.m.: Billy Horschel, Jazz Janewattananond, Aaron Wise
8:26 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Marc Leishman, Danny Willett
8:37 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Adam Hadwin, David Lipsky
8:48 a.m.: Paul Lawrie, Chez Reavie, Justin Harding
9:04 a.m.: Takumi Kanaya (a), Tom Lewis, Brandon Stone
9:15 a.m.: Lucas Glover, Joost Luiten, Nino Bertasio
9:26 a.m.: Ernie Els, J.B. Holmes, Abraham Ancer
9:37 a.m.: Brandt Snedeker, Lee Westwood, Brian Harman
9:48 a.m.: Justin Rose, Tony Finau, Lucas Bjerregaard
9:59 a.m.: Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
10:10 a.m.: Tiger Woods, Matt Wallace, Patrick Reed
10:21 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Kuchar
10:32 a.m.: Kevin Streelman, Doc Redman, Robert Rock
10:43 a.m.: Adrian Otaegui, Yuta Ikeda, Isidro Benitez
10:54 a.m.: Patton Kizzire, Sang Hyun Park, Yuki Inamori
11:05 a.m.: Yoshinori Fujimoto, Doyeob Mun, Andrew Wilson
11:16 a.m.: Gunn Charoenkul, Yosuke Asaji, Ashton Turner
FRIDAY (ALL OFF NO. 1; ALL TIMES ET)
1:35 a.m.: Tom Lehman, Joaquin Niemann, Miguel Angel Jimenez
1:46 a.m.: Byeong Hun An, Jorge Campillo, Chris Wood
1:57 a.m.: Joel Dahmen, Adri Arnaus, Dimitrios Papadatos
2:08 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Rory Sabbatini, Innchoon Hwang
2:19 a.m.: Erik Van Rooyen, Kurt Kitayama, Jake McLeod
2:30 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Shaun Norris, Dongkyu Jang
2:41 a.m.: Tyrrell Hatton, Keith Mitchell, Thomas Pieters
2:52 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood, Thorbjorn Olesen
3:03 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen, Shubhankar Sharma
3:14 a.m.: Billy Horschel, Jazz Janewattananond, Aaron Wise
3:25 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Marc Leishman, Danny Willett
3:36 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Adam Hadwin, David Lipsky
3:47 a.m.: Paul Lawrie, Chez Reavie, Justin Harding
4:03 a.m.: Takumi Kanaya (a), Tom Lewis, Brandon Stone
4:14 a.m.: Lucas Glover, Joost Luiten, Nino Bertasio
4:25 a.m.: Ernie Els, J.B. Holmes, Abraham Ancer
4:36 p.m: Brandt Snedeker, Lee Westwood, Brian Harman
4:47 p.m: Justin Rose, Tony Finau, Lucas Bjerregaard
4:58 a.m.: Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
5:09 a.m.: Tiger Woods, Matt Wallace, Patrick Reed
5:20 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Kuchar
5:31 a.m.: Kevin Streelman, Doc Redman, Robert Rock
5:42 a.m.: Adrian Otaegui, Yuta Ikeda, Isidro Benitez
5:53 a.m.: Patton Kizzire, Sang Hyun Park, Yuki Inamori
6:04 a.m.: Yoshinori Fujimoto, Doyeob Mun, Andrew Wilson
6:15 a.m.: Gunn Charoenkul, Yosuke Asaji, Ashton Tur
6:36 a.m.: Darren Clarke, James Sugrue (a), Charley Hoffman
6:47 a.m.: Emiliano Grillo, Sung Kang, Thomas Thurloway (a)
6:58 a.m.: Andy Sullivan, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Alexander Levy
7:09 a.m.: Chan Kim, Zander Lombard, Brandon Wu (a)
7:20 a.m.: Richard Sterne, Romain Langasque, Matthias Schmid (a)
7:31 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Matthew Fitzpatrick Andrew Putnam
7:42 a.m.: Bubba Watson, Eddie Pepperell, Rafa Cabrera-Bello
7:53 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry, Branden Grace
8:04 a.m.: Alex Noren, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Sam Locke
8:15 a.m.: Webb Simpson, Sergio Garcia, C.T. Pan
8:26 a.m.: Ryan Palmer, Andrea Pavan, Dylan Frittelli
8:37 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Robert MacIntyre, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston
8:48 a.m.: Mikko Korhonen, Oliver Wilson, Curtis Knipes (a)
9:04 a.m.: Ian Poulter, Sungjae Im, Kiradech Aphibarnrat
9:15 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Xander Schauffele, Graeme McDowell
9:26 a.m.: Haotong Li, Russell Knox, Bernd Weisberger
9:37 a.m.: Jason Kokrak, Connor Syme, Austin Connelly
9:48 a.m.: Zach Johnson, David Duval, Corey Conners
9:59 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Scott
10:10 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Gary Woodland, Paul Casey
10:21 a.m.: Rickie Fowler, Kevin Kisner, Hideki Matsuyama
10:32 a.m.: Jim Furyk, Si-Woo Kim, Jimmy Walker
10:43 a.m.: Luke Lista, Alexander Bjork, Paul Waring
10:54 a.m.: Shugo Imahira, Nate Lashley, Benjamin Herbert
11:05 a.m.: Mikumu Horikawa, Callum Shinkwin, Garrick Porteous
11:16 a.m.: Prom Messawat, Matthew Baldwin, Jack Senior