British Open Starting Times Royal Birkdale Set for Opening Rounds
The wait is over. British Open starting times Royal Birkdale officials released Wednesday cover the entire 156-man field for Thursday and Friday’s opening two rounds of the 154th Open Championship, and the early tee sheet is stacked with must-watch groupings from the very first hour of daylight.
British Open Starting Times (Rounds 1–2) — Thursday & Friday
The opening two rounds of the British Open will follow a split tee schedule across Thursday and Friday, with players grouped in threes. Below is the complete list of tee times (ET), with amateurs marked as (a).
Early Morning Groups
1:35 a.m. / 6:41 a.m.
Matthew Baldwin (England), Thomas Detry (Belgium), James Nicholas (USA)
1:46 a.m. / 6:52 a.m.
Michael Kim (USA), Daniel Hillier (New Zealand), Andy Sullivan (England)
1:57 a.m. / 7:03 a.m.
Ryan Fox (New Zealand), Andrew Novak (USA), Matthew Jordan (England)
2:08 a.m. / 7:14 a.m.
Henrik Stenson (Sweden), Max Homa (USA), Joe Dean (England)
2:19 a.m. / 7:25 a.m.
Robert MacIntyre (Scotland), Rickie Fowler (USA), Alex Fitzpatrick (England)
2:30 a.m. / 7:36 a.m.
David Duval (USA), Martin Couvra (France), Matthew Southgate (England)
2:41 a.m. / 7:47 a.m.
Sungjae Im (South Korea), Dan Brown (England), (a) Fifa Laopakdee (Thailand)
2:52 a.m. / 7:58 a.m.
Gary Woodland (USA), Jake Knapp (USA), Jordan Smith (England)
Mid-Morning Tee Times
3:03 a.m. / 8:09 a.m.
Francesco Molinari (Italy), Tom McKibbin (Northern Ireland), (a) Lev Grinberg (France)
3:14 a.m. / 8:20 a.m.
Hennie du Plessis (South Africa), Jose Luis Ballester (Spain), Dan Bradbury (England)
3:25 a.m. / 8:31 a.m.
Angel Ayora (Spain), Victor Perez (France), (a) Mateo Pulcini (Argentina)
3:36 a.m. / 8:42 a.m.
Stewart Cink (USA), Scott Vincent (Zimbabwe), Joakim Lagergren (Sweden)
3:47 a.m. / 8:53 a.m.
Michael Thorbjornsen (USA), Kota Kaneko (Japan), Travis Smyth (Australia)
Featured Late-Morning Groups
4:36 a.m. / 9:42 a.m.
Russell Henley (USA), Justin Rose (England), Viktor Hovland (Norway)
4:47 a.m. / 9:53 a.m.
Justin Thomas (USA), Alex Noren (Sweden), Jason Day (Australia)
4:58 a.m. / 10:04 a.m.
Scottie Scheffler (USA), Tyrrell Hatton (England), Bryson DeChambeau (USA)
5:09 a.m. / 10:15 a.m.
Jordan Spieth (USA), Tommy Fleetwood (England), Jon Rahm (Spain)
Late Morning / Midday Groups
5:20 a.m. / 10:26 a.m.
Brian Harman (USA), Si Woo Kim (South Korea), Nick Taylor (Canada)
5:31 a.m. / 10:37 a.m.
Ryan Gerard (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), David Puig (Spain)
5:42 a.m. / 10:48 a.m.
Kazuma Kobori (New Zealand), Tom Sloman (England), (a) David Howard (Ireland)
5:53 a.m. / 10:59 a.m.
Antoine Rozner (France), Ren Yonezawa (Japan), Caleb Surratt (USA)
6:04 a.m. / 11:10 a.m.
M.J. Daffue (South Africa), Frederic Lacroix (France), Jack McDonald (Scotland)
6:15 a.m. / 11:21 a.m.
Jeongwoo Ham (South Korea), Ryutaro Nagano (Japan), (a) Alejandro de Castro Piera (Spain)
Afternoon Wave Highlights
7:03 a.m. / 1:57 a.m.
Michael Brennan (USA), Sahith Theegala (USA), Laurie Canter (England)
7:14 a.m. / 2:08 a.m.
Cameron Smith (Australia), Keith Mitchell (USA), (a) Stuart Grehan (Ireland)
7:25 a.m. / 2:19 a.m.
Sepp Straka (Austria), Joaquin Niemann (Chile), Kurt Kitayama (USA)
7:58 a.m. / 2:52 a.m.
Keegan Bradley (USA), Corey Conners (Canada), Casey Jarvis (South Africa)
Featured Afternoon Groups
9:31 a.m. / 4:25 a.m.
Chris Gotterup (USA), Sam Burns (USA), Adam Scott (Australia)
9:42 a.m. / 4:36 a.m.
Collin Morikawa (USA), J.J. Spaun (USA), Nicolai Hojgaard (Denmark)
9:53 a.m. / 4:47 a.m.
Shane Lowry (Ireland), Aaron Rai (England), Brooks Koepka (USA)
10:04 a.m. / 4:58 a.m.
Cameron Young (USA), Wyndham Clark (USA), Ludvig Aberg (Sweden)
10:15 a.m. / 5:09 a.m.
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Xander Schauffele (USA), Matt Fitzpatrick (England)
Final Groups
10:37 a.m. / 5:31 a.m.
Patrick Cantlay (USA), Daniel Berger (USA), Nico Echavarria (Colombia)
10:48 a.m. / 5:42 a.m.
Peter Uihlein (USA), Alistair Docherty (USA), Francesco Laporta (Italy)
10:59 a.m. / 5:53 a.m.
Cameron John (Australia), Austen Truslow (USA), Sam Bairstow (England)
11:10 a.m. / 6:04 a.m.
Naoyuki Kataoka (Japan), Marcus Plunkett (USA), Baard Skogen (Norway)
11:21 a.m. / 6:15 a.m.
Kazuki Higa (Japan), Jiho Yang (South Korea), (a) Nevill Ruiter (Netherlands)
All times listed are Eastern Time (ET). Groupings and times are subject to change.
