2011 Open winner Darren Clarke will tee off in the opening group at the 148th Open Championship in Portrush this week.
Clarke will tee off from 6:35am on Thursday with a group that includes Cork golfer James Surgue and American Charley Hoffman.
2020 Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington will tee off from 7:30am alongside Matthew Fitzpatrick and Andrew Putnam while Shane Lowry will begin his tournament 20 minutes later in a group that includes Phil Mickelson and Branden Grace.
Home favourite Rory McIlroy is paired with Gary Woodland for the opening two rounds at Royal Portrush and tees off from 10:09am while defending champion Francesco Molinari will begin his defence 10 minutes earlier alongside Bryson DeChambeau and Adam Scott.
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You can view all the tee times for Thursday and Friday by clicking here.
Selected Thursday tee times
6.35am – Darren Clarke, James Sugrue (A), Charley Hoffman
7.30am – Padraig Harrington, Matt Fitzpatrick, Andrew Putnam
7.52am – Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry, Branden Grace
9.14am – Henrik Stenson, Xander Schauffele, Graeme McDowell
9.58am – Francesco Molinari, Adam Scott, Bryson DeChambeau
10.09am – Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey, Gary Woodland
10.20am – Hideki Matsuyama, Rickie Fowler, Kevin Kisner
12.53pm – Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas, Thorbjorn Olesen
1.04pm – Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen, Shubhankar Sharma
1.26pm – Jordan Spieth, Marc Leishman, Danny Willett
2.48pm – Tony Finau, Lucas Bjerregaard, Justin Rose
2.59pm – Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
3.10pm – Tiger Woods, Matthew Wallace, Patrick Reed
3.21pm – Jon Rahm, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Cantlay
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