Tiger Woods has been drawn alongside Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay for the primary two rounds of The 152nd Open at Royal Troon.
Woods faces a late-early draw on his first look since back-to-back missed cuts on the PGA Championship and US Open, going out at 2.37pm on Thursday alongside reigning PGA champion Schauffele and former FedExCup winner Cantlay.
The previous world No 1 missed final 12 months’s contest by way of damage and likewise didn’t characteristic when The Open was final held at Royal Troon in 2016, with this week’s look that means Woods is about to finish all 4 majors in a calendar 12 months for the primary time since 2019.
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Former Champion Golfer Justin Leonard will hit the opening tee shot at 6.35am on Thursday, with the 1997 winner at Royal Troon alongside Todd Hamilton – who lifted the Claret Jug on the similar venue in 2004 – and Scotland’s Jack McDonald.
Defending champion Brian Harman is among the many morning starters and performs with Viktor Hovland and Sahith Theegala, teeing off at 9.58am, whereas Rory McIlroy is out within the following group as he begins his newest bid to say an elusive fifth main victory.
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McIlroy – who has top-six finishes in six of his final eight begins at The Open since his 2014 win – will play alongside Tyrrell Hatton and American Max Homa, whereas US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau companions Ludvig Åberg and Tom Kim.
Genesis Scottish Open champion Robert MacIntyre is grouped with Ryder Cup team-mates Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood, with world No 1 Scottie Scheffler in an all-American threeball with 2017 champion Jordan Spieth and 2022 runner-up Cameron Younger.
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Former Open champions Shane Lowry and Cameron Smith have been grouped with 2022 US Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick, with former world No 1 Brooks Koepka out alongside Wyndham Clark and Hideki Matsuyama.
Thursday’s key tee instances (all BST)
0936 Jon Rahm (Esp), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
0947 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Bryson DeChambeau, Tom Kim
Ludvig Åberg confirmed off his spectacular iron play on the vary as he hit the ‘Postage Stamp’ goal in a particular problem forward of The 152nd Open
0958 Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland (Nor), Sahith Theegala
1009 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
1426 Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Brooks Koepka
1437 Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay
1448 Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim (Kor)
1459 Shane Lowry (Irl), Cameron Smith (Aus), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
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1510 Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Younger
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When is The Open on Sky Sports activities?
Sky Sports activities is as soon as once more the house of The Open, with round the clock motion on Sky Sports activities Golf and dwell protection from all seven days of match week at Royal Troon.
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There’s seven of dwell protection on each Monday and Tuesday, with 10 hours of build-up, information and interviews on Wednesday forward of the ultimate males’s main of the 12 months getting below method on Thursday.
Wall-to-wall begins from 6.30am for the primary two rounds, forward of the opening tee shot at 6.35am. There may be additionally a lot of additional protection out there all through every day through the crimson button on Sky Sports activities Golf, together with Sky Q and Sky Glass, with Featured Teams and Featured Gap feeds.
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