The Open 2026 tee times: Full R3 pairings and start times for third round of men's major at Royal Birkdale
Lucas Herbert set the pace after firing a record-equalling 62 in his second round; Bryson DeChambeau was one shot off leader before being handed penalty;watch day three live on Saturday from 9am on Sky Sports Golf
Saturday 18 July 2026 00:26, UK
Pairings and tee times for the third round of The 154th Open, held at Royal Birkdale in Southport, Merseyside.
Bryson DeChambeau is set to tee off at 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon alongside Sam Burns, but it remains to be seen if the American will choose to play his third round at The Open.
After climbing the leaderboard to go to seven under par following a spectacular second-round 68, DeChambeau was penalised two shots by the rules officials after appearing to improve his lie when he found the rough with his tee shot on the fifth hole.
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Overnight leader Lucas Herbert will tee off in the final group alongside American Jackson Suber at 3.50pm, with Cameron Young and Ryan Gerard set to tee off before them at 3.40pm.
Scottie Scheffler, meanwhile, struggled to make birdies on Friday, with the world No 1 ending his second round at four under par, and will tee off alongside 2018 Open Champion Francesco Molinari. Rory McIlroy shot a much-improved second round 67 to move to one under par and will tee off at 12.20pm, alongside Jacob Bridgeman.
Saturday's R3 pairings and UK start times
All times BST; USA unless stated; (x) denotes amateur
0910 Jack McDonald (Sco), Russell Henley
0920 Min Woo Lee (Aus), Ryo Hisatune (Jpn)
0930 Jose Luis Ballester Barrio (Esp), Kazuki Higa (Jpn)
0940 Marcus Plunkett, Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn)
0950 Peter Uihlein, Brooks Koepka
1000 Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa), Keegan Bradley
1010 Alex Noren (Swe), Alex Smalley
1020 Rickie Fowler, Max Homa
1030 Ryan Fox (Nzl), Xander Schauffele
1045 Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Marco Penge (Eng)
1055 Casey Jarvis (Rsa), Kurt Kitayama
1105 Laurie Canter (Eng), Sahith Theegala
1115 Michael Brennan, Eugenio Chacarra (Esp)
1125 Eric Cole, MJ Daffue (Rsa)
1135 Kazuma Kobori (Nzl), Nick Taylor (Can)
1145 Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
1155 Ben Griffin, Hennie du Plessis (Rsa)
1210 Andy Sullivan (Eng), Patrick Cantlay
1220 Jacob Bridgeman, Rory McIlroy (NIrl)
1230 Jesper Svensson (Swe), Shaun Norris (Rsa)
1240 John Parry (Eng), Michael Thorbjornsen
1250 Jordan Smith (Eng), Sungjae Im (Kor)
1300 Matthew Southgate (Eng), Nico Echavarria (Col)
1310 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Collin Morikawa
1320 Adam Scot (Aus), Chris Gotterup
1335 Patrick Reed, Johnny Keefer
1345 Corey Conners (Can), Sepp Straka (Aut)
1355 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Victor Perez (Fra)
1405 Daniel Brown (Eng), Cameron John (Aus)
1415 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Shane Lowry (Ire)
1425 JJ Spaun, Pierceson Coody
1435 Jon Rahm (Esp), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
1445 Scottie Scheffler, Francesco Molinari (Ita)
1500 Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
1510 Thomas Detry (Bel), Bud Cauley
1520 Matt Wallace (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
1530 Bryson DeChambeau, Sam Burns
1540 Ryan Gerard, Cameron Young
1550 Jackson Suber, Lucas Herbert (Aus)
When is The Open live on Sky Sports?
Sky Sports is once again the exclusive home of The Open in the UK and Ireland, with wall-to-wall action from the final men's major of the year throughout the weekend on Sky Sports Golf.
'Saturday at The Open' will kick off the third-round coverage from 9am on Sky Sports Golf, with early play on Sky Sports+ and the Sky Sports App ahead of full coverage on Sky Sports Golf from 11am.
Featured Groups will also be available on Sky Sports+ or the Sky Sports App, with coverage then starting for Sunday's final round from 8am on Sunday on Sky Sports Golf.
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