The Open tee times 2026: R1 & R2 at Royal Birkdale
The Open tee times 2026: Check out the tee times and pairings for the first two rounds of the final men’s major of the year at Royal Birkdale.
Tournament organisers of The Open have confirmed the tee times for the first two rounds of the final men’s major of the year.
The 154th edition of the championship gets underway on Thursday at 6:35am BST at Royal Birkdale.
England’s Matthew Baldwin, who came through Final Qualifying, will have the honour of hitting the opening tee shot.
Baldwin, a member of Royal Birkdale, is playing in the first group alongside Belgium’s Thomas Detry and America’s James Nicholas.
Elsewhere, Masters champion Rory McIlroy will get his quest underway for a first Claret Jug since 2014 alongside his European Ryder Cup teammate, Matthew Fitzpatrick, and former Open champion Xander Schauffele.
The trio are out in the afternoon wave on day one and will tee off at 15:15 BST on Thursday.
The defending champion, Scottie Scheffler, is in the other half of the draw and will play alongside his compatriot, Bryson DeChambeau, and England’s Tyyrell Hatton.
LIV Golf’s DeChambeau will be attempting to make his first major cut in 2026 having failed to meet expectations at the Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open.
Justin Rose has been handed tee times with world number five, Russell Henley, and Norway’s Viktor Hovland.
Elsewhere, home favourite Tommy Fleetwood will play the first two rounds of The Open alongside Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm.
GolfMagic has listed all of the tee times below for the first two rounds of The Open.
The Open tee times 2026
ROUND 1
| BST | Players |
| 06:35 | Matthew Baldwin (Eng), Thomas Detry (Bel), James Nicholas (US) |
| 06:46 | Michael Kim (US), David Hillier (NZ), Andy Sullivan (Eng) |
| 06:57 | Ryan Fox (NZ), Andrew Novak (US), Matthew Jordan (Eng) |
| 07:08 | Henrik Stenson (Swe), Max Homa (US), Joe Dean (Eng) |
| 07:19 | Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Rickie Fowler (US), Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng) |
| 07:30 | David Duval (US), Martin Couvra (Fra), Matthew Southgate (Eng) |
| 07:41 | Sungjae Im (Kor), Daniel Brown (Eng), Fifa Laopakdee (Tha)* |
| 07:52 | Gary Woodland (US), Jake Knapp (US), Jordan Smith (Eng) |
| 08:03 | Francesco Molinari (Ita), Tom McKibbin (NI), Lev Grinberg (Fra)* |
| 08:14 | Hennie du Plessis (SA), Jose Luis Ballester (Spa), Dan Bradbury (Eng) |
| 08:25 | Angel Ayora (Spa), Victor Perez (Fra), Mateo Pulcini (Arg)* |
| 08:36 | Stewart Cink (US), Scott Vincent (Zim), Joakim Lagergren (Swe) |
| 08:47 | Michael Thorbjornsen (Den), Kota Kaneko (Jpn), Travis Smyth (Aus) |
| 09:03 | Alex Smalley (US), Sam Stevens (US), Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn) |
| 09:14 | Akshay Bhatia (US), Harris English (US), Rasmus Højgaard (Den) |
| 09:25 | Ben Griffin (US), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Min Woo Lee (Aus) |
| 09:36 | Russell Henley (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Viktor Hovland (Nor) |
| 09:47 | Justin Thomas (US), Alex Noren (Swe), Jason Day (Aus) |
| 09:58 | Scottie Scheffler (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Bryson DeChambeau (US) |
| 10:09 | Jordan Spieth (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Jon Rahm (Spa) |
| 10:20 | Brian Harman (US), Si Woo Kim (Kor), Nick Taylor (Can) |
| 10:31 | Ryan Gerard (US), Maverick McNealy (US), David Puig (Spa) |
| 10:42 | Kazuma Kobori (NZ), Tom Sloman (Eng), David Howard (Ire)* |
| 10:53 | Antoine Rozner (Fra), Ren Yonezawa (Jpn), Caleb Surratt (US) |
| 11:04 | MJ Daffue (SA), Frederic Lacroix (Fra), Jack McDonald (Sco) |
| 11:15 | Jeongwoo Ham (Kor), Ryutaro Nagamo (Jpn), Alejandro De Castro Piera (Spa)* |
| 11:41 | John Parry (Eng), Eric Cole (US), Tiger Christensen (Ger) |
| 11:52 | Eugenio Chacarra (Spa), Matt Wallace (Eng), Max Greyserman (US) |
| 12:03 | Michael Brennan (US), Sahith Theegala (US), Laurie Canter (Eng) |
| 12:14 | Cameron Smith (Aus), Keith Mitchell (US), Stuart Grehan (Ire)* |
| 12:25 | Sepp Straka (Aut), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Kurt Kitayama (US) |
| 12:36 | Sami Valimaki (Fin), Shaun Norris (SA), Jackson Suber (US) |
| 12:47 | Darren Clarke (NI), Adrien Saddier (Fra), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) |
| 12:58 | Keegan Bradley (US), Corey Conners (Can), Casey Jarvis (SA) |
| 13:09 | Matt McCarty (US), Harry Hall (Eng), Haotong Li (Chn) |
| 13:20 | Padraig Harrington (Ire), Marco Penge (Eng), Michael Hollick (SA) |
| 13:31 | Tom Kim (Kor), Billy Horschel (US), Mason Howell (US)* |
| 13:42 | Johnny Keefer (US), Pierceson Coody (US), Keita Nakajima (Jpn) |
| 13:53 | Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Jesper Svensson (Swe), Jack Buchanan (SA) |
| 14:09 | Bud Cauley (US), Jayden Schaper (SA), Lucas Herbert (Aus) |
| 14:20 | Kristoffer Reitan (Den), Patrick Reed (US), JT Poston (US) |
| 14:31 | Chris Gotterup (US), Sam Burns (US), Adam Scott (Aus) |
| 14:42 | Collin Morikawa (US), JJ Spaun (US), Nicolai Højgaard (Den) |
| 14:53 | Shane Lowry (Ire), Aaron Rai (Eng), Brooks Koepka (US) |
| 15:04 | Cameron Young (US), Wyndham Clark (US), Ludvig Åberg (Swe) |
| 15:15 | Rory McIlroy (NI), Xander Schauffele (US), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng) |
| 15:26 | Jacob Bridgeman (US), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Tim Wiedmeyer (Ger)* |
| 15:37 | Patrick Cantlay (US), Daniel Berger (US), Nico Echavarria (Col) |
| 15:48 | Peter Uihlein (US), Alistair Docherty (US), Francesco Laporta (Ita) |
| 15:59 | Cameron John (Aus), Austen Truslow (US), Sam Bairstow (Eng) |
| 16:10 | Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Marcus Plunkett (US), Baard Bjoernevik (Den) |
| 16:21 | Kazuki Higa (Jpn), Jiho Yang (Kor), Nevill Ruiter (Ned)* |
ROUND 2
| BST | Players |
| 06:35 | John Parry (Eng), Eric Cole (US), Tiger Christensen (Ger) |
| 06:46 | Eugenio Chacarra (Spa), Matt Wallace (Eng), Max Greyserman (US) |
| 06:57 | Michael Brennan (US), Sahith Theegala (US), Laurie Canter (Eng) |
| 07:08 | Cameron Smith (Aus), Keith Mitchell (US), Stuart Grehan (Ire)* |
| 07:19 | Sepp Straka (Aut), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Kurt Kitayama (US) |
| 07:30 | Sami Valimaki (Fin), Shaun Norris (SA), Jackson Suber (US) |
| 07:41 | Darren Clarke (NI), Adrien Saddier (Fra), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) |
| 07:52 | Keegan Bradley (US), Corey Conners (Can), Casey Jarvis (SA) |
| 08:03 | Matt McCarty (US), Harry Hall (Eng), Haotong Li (Chn) |
| 08:14 | Padraig Harrington (Ire), Marco Penge (Eng), Michael Hollick (SA) |
| 08:25 | Tom Kim (Kor), Billy Horschel (US), Mason Howell (US)* |
| 08:36 | Johnny Keefer (US), Pierceson Coody (US), Keita Nakajima (Jpn) |
| 08:47 | Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Jesper Svensson (Swe), Jack Buchanan (SA) |
| 09:03 | Bud Cauley (US), Jayden Schaper (SA), Lucas Herbert (Aus) |
| 09:14 | Kristoffer Reitan (Den), Patrick Reed (US), JT Poston (US) |
| 09:25 | Chris Gotterup (US), Sam Burns (US), Adam Scott (Aus) |
| 09:36 | Collin Morikawa (US), JJ Spaun (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den) |
| 09:47 | Shane Lowry (Ire), Aaron Rai (Eng), Brooks Koepka (US) |
| 09:58 | Cameron Young (US), Wyndham Clark (US), Ludvig Aberg (Swe) |
| 10:09 | Rory McIlroy (NI), Xander Schauffele (US), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng) |
| 10:20 | Jacob Bridgeman (US), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Tim Wiedmeyer (Ger)* |
| 10:31 | Patrick Cantlay (US), Daniel Berger (US), Nico Echevarria (Col) |
| 10:42 | Peter Uihlein (US), Alistair Docherty (US), Francesco Laporta (Ita) |
| 10:53 | Cameron John (Aus), Austen Truslow (US), Sam Bairstow (Eng) |
| 11:04 | Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Marcus Plunkett (US), Baard Bjoernevik (Den) |
| 11:15 | Kazuki Higa (Jpn), Jiho Yang (Kor), Nevill Ruiter (Ned)* |
| 11:41 | Matthew Baldwin (Eng), Thomas Detry (Bel), James Nicholas (US) |
| 11:52 | Michael Kim (US), David Hillier (NZ), Andy Sullivan (Eng) |
| 12:03 | Ryan Fox (NZ), Andrew Novak (US), Matthew Jordan (Eng) |
| 12:14 | Henrik Stenson (Swe), Max Homa (US), Joe Dean (Eng) |
| 12:25 | Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Rickie Fowler (US), Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng) |
| 12:36 | David Duval (US), Martin Couvra (Fra), Matthew Southgate (Eng) |
| 12:47 | Sungjae Im (Kor), Daniel Brown (Eng), Fifa Laopakdee (Tha)* |
| 12:58 | Gary Woodland (US), Jake Knapp (US), Jordan Smith (Eng) |
| 13:09 | Francesco Molinari (Ita), Tom McKibbin (NI), Lev Grinberg (Fra)* |
| 13:20 | Hennie du Plessis (SA), Jose Luis Ballester (Spa), Dan Bradbury (Eng) |
| 13:31 | Angel Ayora (Spa), Victor Perez (Fra), Mateo Pulcini (Arg)* |
| 13:42 | Stewart Cink (US), Scott Vincent (Zim), Joakim Lagergren (Swe) |
| 13:53 | Michael Thorbjornsen (Den), Kota Kaneko (Jpn), Travis Smyth (Aus) |
| 14:09 | Alex Smalley (US), Sam Stevens (US), Ryo Hisastune (Jpn) |
| 14:20 | Akshay Bhatia (US), Harris English (US), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den) |
| 14:31 | Ben Griffin (US), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Min Woo Lee (Aus) |
| 14:42 | Russell Henley (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Viktor Hovland (Nor) |
| 14:53 | Justin Thomas (US), Alex Noren (Swe), Jason Day (Aus) |
| 15:04 | Scottie Scheffler (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Bryson DeChambeau (US) |
| 15:15 | Jordan Spieth (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Jon Rahm (Spa) |
| 15:26 | Brian Harman (US), Si Woo Kim (Kor), Nick Taylor (Can) |
| 15:37 | Ryan Gerard (US), Maverick McNealy (US), David Puig (Spa) |
| 15:48 | Kazuma Kobori (NZ), Tom Sloman (Eng), David Howard (Ire)* |
| 15:59 | Antoine Rozner (Fra), Ren Yonezawa (Jpn), Caleb Surratt (US) |
| 16:10 | MJ Daffue (SA), Frederic Lacroix (Fra), Jack McDonald (Sco) |
| 16:21 | Jeongwoo Ham (Kor), Ryutaro Nagamo (Jpn), Alejandro De Castro Piera (Spa)* |
