The Open tee times put Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy in loaded Royal Birkdale groups

The Open Championship released its first- and second-round tee times Monday, and nan R&A made judge nan 2 biggest stars successful play are featured successful 2 marquee groupings.

Defending Champion Golfer of nan Year Scottie Scheffler will play alongside two-time U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and Tyrrell Hatton during nan opening 2 rounds astatine Royal Birkdale.

Six-time awesome champion and world No. 2 Rory McIlroy was paired pinch a mates of erstwhile awesome winners: Xander Schauffele, who won nan 2024 PGA Championship and Open Championship, and England's Matt Fitzpatrick, victor of nan 2022 U.S. Open.

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Rory McIlroy headlines 1 of nan marquee gropungis astatine nan 154th Open Championship astatine Royal Birkdale successful Southport, England. (Warren Little/Getty Images)

Talk astir loading up 2 groups pinch immense names. The R&A besides decided to divided nan groups betwixt nan greeting and day waves, ensuring that Scheffler and McIlroy would beryllium connected nan people astatine different times.

Scheffler, nan world No. 1, enters nan week looking to take sides nan Claret Jug aft his ascendant triumph astatine Royal Portrush past year. He'll beryllium joined by DeChambeau, 1 of nan game's biggest draws. The absorbing subplot present is existent shape for some players. Scheffler missed nan trim astatine nan Scottish Open past week, breaking a streak of 78 consecutive made cuts.

DeChambeau has struggled successful nan 2026 majors, missing nan trim astatine nan Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open. He had ne'er missed nan trim successful 3 consecutive fields anterior to this year. Questions are starting to equine astir whether he's still successful nan speech arsenic 1 of nan champion golfers connected nan planet, and his capacity astatine Royal Birkdale will beryllium nether a microscope. Add successful nan unit of playing pinch Scheffler, and there's a look for 1 of nan astir intriguing awesome pairings of nan full year.

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The trio of Scheffler, DeChambeau and Hatton will tee disconnected astatine 9:58 a.m. section clip (4:58 a.m. ET) connected Thursday earlier switching to an day commencement Friday.

Don't slumber connected nan day activity connected Thursday, though.

Scottie Scheffler headlines 1 of nan marquee groups astatine nan 154th Open Championship astatine Royal Birkdale successful Southport, England. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

McIlroy, who completed nan profession Grand Slam astatine nan 2025 Masters, will statesman his quest for a 2nd Open Championship alongside awesome champions Schauffele and Fitzpatrick.

McIlroy vanished tied for 7th astatine nan Scottish Open and carries beardown shape into nan week. He's made nan trim successful each 10 events he's played this season, including a triumph astatine nan Masters and 4 top-10 finishes.

While McIlroy has won nan Masters successful back-to-back years, he hasn't won immoderate of nan different 3 fields since 2014 erstwhile he won some nan Open and PGA Championship. As a Northern Ireland native, McIlroy surely wants to adhd astatine slightest 1 much Claret Jug to his trophy case.

Playing alongside Fitzpatrick, who is tied for nan PGA Tour lead pinch 3 wins successful 2026, adds unit connected McIlroy. While nan crowd figures to guidelines for McIlroy, Fitzpatrick gives nan group a home-nation perspective arsenic an Englishman.

That threesome is scheduled to tee disconnected astatine 3:15 p.m. section clip (10:15 a.m. ET) connected Thursday.

Those aren't nan only notable pairings astatine Royal Birkdale, either.

Chris Gotterup, who is tied pinch Fitzpatrick for nan PGA Tour lead pinch 3 wins successful 2026, will tee disconnected pinch Sam Burns and Adam Scott successful 1 of nan much intriguing day groups. Five-time awesome champion Brooks Koepka besides gets a major-heavy tie alongside erstwhile Open Champion Shane Lowry and Aaron Rai, the reigning PGA Championship winner.

Chris Gotterup is 1 of 2 three-time PGA Tour winners successful 2026, on pinch Matt Fitzpatrick. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood and Jordan Spieth are together successful different loaded trio, while Justin Thomas, Alex Noren and Jason Day bring plentifulness of acquisition successful nan group instantly earlier Scheffler's tee time. Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark and Ludvig Aberg springiness nan precocious activity different beardown group, pinch Clark caller disconnected his second U.S. Open title.

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Royal Birkdale is hosting The Open for nan first clip since Jordan Spieth's melodramatic triumph successful 2017, and pinch favorable upwind expected for nan opening rounds, fans should get an contiguous look astatine galore of nan tourney favorites.

Some of nan marquee first-round tee times include:

Morning wave:

• 9:47 a.m. section (4:47 a.m. ET): Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day
• 9:58 a.m. section (4:58 a.m. ET): Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau
• 10:09 a.m. section (5:09 a.m. ET): Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm

Afternoon wave:

• 2:31 p.m. section (9:31 a.m. ET): Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott
• 2:53 p.m. section (9:53 a.m. ET): Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka
• 3:04 p.m. section (10:04 a.m. ET): Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Aberg
• 3:15 p.m. section (10:15 a.m. ET): Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick

Complete database of first- and second-round tee times (Thursday/Friday, each times ET):

1:35 a.m. / 6:41 a.m.: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas

1:46 a.m. / 6:52 a.m.: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan

1:57 a.m. / 7:03 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan

2:08 a.m. / 7:14 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean

2:19 a.m. / 7:25 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick

2:30 a.m. / 7:36 a.m.: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate

2:41 a.m. / 7:47 a.m.: Sungjae Im, Dan Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)

2:52 a.m. / 7:58 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith

3:03 a.m. / 8:09 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)

3:14 a.m. / 8:20 a.m.: Hennie du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Dan Bradbury

3:25 a.m. / 8:31 a.m.: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)

3:36 a.m. / 8:42 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren

3:47 a.m. / 8:53 a.m.: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth

4:03 a.m. / 9:09 a.m.: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune

4:14 a.m. / 9:20 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Højgaard

4:25 a.m. / 9:31 a.m.: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee

4:36 a.m. / 9:42 a.m.: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland

4:47 a.m. / 9:53 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day

4:58 a.m. / 10:04 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau

5:09 a.m. / 10:15 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm

5:20 a.m. / 10:26 a.m.: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor

5:31 a.m. / 10:37 a.m.: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig

5:42 a.m. / 10:48 a.m.: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)

5:53 a.m. / 10:59 a.m.: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt

6:04 a.m. / 11:10 a.m.: MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald

6:15 a.m. / 11:21 a.m.: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro de Castro Piera (a)

6:41 a.m. / 1:35 a.m.: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen

6:52 a.m. / 1:46 a.m.: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman

7:03 a.m. / 1:57 a.m.: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter

7:14 a.m. / 2:08 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)

7:25 a.m. / 2:19 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama

7:36 a.m. / 2:30 a.m.: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber

7:47 a.m. / 2:41 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger

7:58 a.m. / 2:52 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis

8:09 a.m. / 3:03 a.m.: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li

8:20 a.m. / 3:14 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick

8:31 a.m. / 3:25 a.m.: Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)

8:42 a.m. / 3:36 a.m.: Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima

8:53 a.m. / 3:47 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan (a)

9:09 a.m. / 4:03 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert

9:20 a.m. / 4:14 a.m.: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, JT Poston

9:31 a.m. / 4:25 a.m.: Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott

9:42 a.m. / 4:36 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Højgaard

9:53 a.m. / 4:47 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka

10:04 a.m. / 4:58 a.m.: Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Aberg

10:15 a.m. / 5:09 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick

10:26 a.m. / 5:20 a.m.: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)

10:37 a.m. / 5:31 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nicolas Echavarria

10:48 a.m. / 5:42 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta

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10:59 a.m. / 5:53 a.m.: Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Samuel Bairstow

11:10 a.m. / 6:04 a.m.: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen

11:21 a.m. / 6:15 a.m.: Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)