Rory McIlroy has been grouped alongside Xander Schauffele and Matt Fitzpatrick for the primary two rounds of The 154th Open, with Scottie Scheffler on the alternative facet of the draw at Royal Birkdale.
McIlroy is within the late wave as he appears to bookend his main season with victories and win The Open for the primary time since 2014, with The Masters champion out at 3.15pm on Thursday.
The world No 2 has been handed a marquee grouping alongside 2024 winner Schauffele and former US Open champion Fitzpatrick, who already has three victories on the PGA Tour this season and is seeking to grow to be the primary English winner of The Open since Sir Nick Faldo.
Scheffler begins his bid to grow to be the primary back-to-back winner since Padraig Harrington alongside Tyrrell Hatton and two-time US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, who’s seeking to keep away from finishing a ‘Grand Slam’ of main missed cuts in 2026.
The world No 1 missed the minimize on the Genesis Scottish Open however stays pre-tournament favorite to assert a fifth main in as many seasons, with that group out at 9.58am forward of Southport-born Tommy Fleetwood teeing up alongside Jon Rahm and 2017 champion Jordan Spieth.
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The Open defending champion Scottie Scheffler displays on his 2025 victory and appears forward to a troublesome Royal Birkdale
Different notable teams embody Gamers champion Cameron Younger partnering US Open winner Wyndham Clark and Ludvig Åberg, whereas Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre is grouped with Rickie Fowler and Alex Fitzpatrick.
Justin Rose – who completed tied-fourth as an beginner at this venue in 1998 – is alongside Viktor Hovland and Russell Henley, with PGA champion Aaron Rai grouped with 2019 Open winner Shane Lowry and five-time main champion Brooks Koepka.
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Justin Rose displays on the place all of it started for him at Royal Birkdale in 1998, forward of The 154th Open returning to the enduring venue
Royal Birkdale member Matt Baldwin will hit the opening tee shot at 6.35am on Thursday morning after progressing by Remaining Qualifying, whereas Joe Dean’s reward for profitable the Final-Likelihood Qualifier is a threeball with 2016 champion Henrik Stenson and Max Homa.
The Open: Thursday’s notable R1 tee instances
All instances BST; USA until said
0635 Matt Baldwin (Eng), Thomas Detry (Bel), James Nicholas
0708 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Max Homa, Joe Dean (Eng)
0719 Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng)
0936 Russell Henley, Justin Rose (Eng), Viktor Hovland (Nor)
0947 Justin Thomas, Alex Noren (Swe), Jason Day (Aus)
0958 Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Bryson DeChambeau
1009 Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Jon Rahm (Esp)
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We glance again at Jordan Spieth’s dramatic remaining spherical at Royal Birkdale in 2017, the place he claimed a formidable victory
1431 Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott
1442 Collin Morikawa, JJ Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard
1453 Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka
1504 Cameron Younger, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg
1515 Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick
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When is The Open stay on Sky Sports activities?
Sky Sports activities is as soon as once more the unique house of The Open within the UK and Eire, with wall-to-wall motion from the ultimate males’s main of the yr will get below manner at 6.30am on Thursday on Sky Sports activities Golf.
There shall be no less than 15 hours of motion on each the primary two rounds, with bonus feeds obtainable on Sky Sports activities+ or the Sky Sports activities App, with prolonged protection then beginning at 9am on Saturday and 8am on Sunday.
