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The Open 2025 tee times: Full groupings and start times for first round of men's major at Royal Portrush

Defending champion Xander Schauffele grouped with US Open winner JJ Spaun and former world No 1 Jon Rahm; Scottie Scheffler also an early starter; Rory McIlroy has late-early draw as he chases second major win of the season; Watch live on Thursday from 6.30am on Sky Sports Golf

Last Updated: 17/07/25 4:28pm

Watch every moment of The Open from Royal Portrush live only on Sky Sports. Who will impress? Jamie Dornan shows you exactly what to expect in Northern Ireland

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Watch every moment of The Open from Royal Portrush live only on Sky Sports. Who will impress? Jamie Dornan shows you exactly what to expect in Northern Ireland
Watch every moment of The Open from Royal Portrush live only on Sky Sports. Who will impress? Jamie Dornan shows you exactly what to expect in Northern Ireland

Groupings and tee times for the opening round of The 153rd Open, held at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.

Rory McIlroy has been given a late-early draw as he chases a second major victory of the season, with the world No 2 partnering two-time PGA champion Justin Thomas and England's Tommy Fleetwood for the first two rounds.

Scottie Scheffler is on the opposite side of the draw alongside Collin Morikawa and Shane Lowry, who won when The Open was last held at Royal Portrush in 2019, while defending champion Xander Schauffele partners US Open champion JJ Spaun and Jon Rahm.

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Xander Schauffele was at the Open Zone to reflect upon his win last year at Royal Troon, where he lifted the Claret Jug for the first time

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Xander Schauffele was at the Open Zone to reflect upon his win last year at Royal Troon, where he lifted the Claret Jug for the first time
Xander Schauffele was at the Open Zone to reflect upon his win last year at Royal Troon, where he lifted the Claret Jug for the first time

Full R1 groupings and tee times

All times BST; USA unless stated; (x) denotes amateurs

Starting from Hole One

0635 Padraig Harrington (Irl), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin (NIrl)

0646 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) Guido Migliozzi (Ita), KJ Choi (Kor)

0657 Cameron Smith (Aus), Marco Penge (Eng), Justin Hastings (x) (Cym)

0708 Jason Day (Aus), Taylor Pendrith (Can) Jacob Skov Olesen (Den)

0719 Phil Mickelson, Daniel Van Tonder (Rsa) Ryan Peake (Aus)

0730 Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An (Kor), Niklas Norgaard (Den)

Jamie Weir runs through the A to Z of everything you need to know about at this year's Open at Royal Portrush

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Jamie Weir runs through the A to Z of everything you need to know about at this year's Open at Royal Portrush
Jamie Weir runs through the A to Z of everything you need to know about at this year's Open at Royal Portrush

0741 Jordan Smith (Eng), Haotong Li (Chn), Dustin Johnson

0752 Darren Clarke (NIrl), Davis Riley, Lucas Herbert (Aus)

0803 Kevin Yu (Tpe), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn)

0814 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup, Lee Westwood (Eng)

0825 Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, Mackenzie Hughes (Can)

0836 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Matthew Jordan (Eng), Filip Jakubik (x) (Cze)

Watch the best shots from The Open archives, featuring Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and more

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Watch the best shots from The Open archives, featuring Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and more
Watch the best shots from The Open archives, featuring Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and more

0847 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soderberg (Swe)

0903 Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Martin Couvra (Fra), Adrien Saddier (Fra)

0914 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Justin Walters (Rsa), Bryan Newman (x) (Rsa)

0925 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Ryan Fox (Nzl), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

0936 Sepp Straka (Aut), Ben Griffin, Akshay Bhatia

0947 Sam Burns, Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa), Brooks Koepka

0958 Xander Schauffele, JJ Spaun, Jon Rahm (Esp)

1009 Shane Lowry (Irl), Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler

Ahead of The Open at Royal Portrush Shane Lowry discusses the pressure he faced in 2019 triumph and the 'want to succeed'

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Ahead of The Open at Royal Portrush Shane Lowry discusses the pressure he faced in 2019 triumph and the 'want to succeed'
Ahead of The Open at Royal Portrush Shane Lowry discusses the pressure he faced in 2019 triumph and the 'want to succeed'

1020 Corey Conners (Can), Wyndham Clark, Tom Hoge

1031 Denny McCarthy, Nico Echavarria (Col), Patrick Reed

1042 Matti Schmid (Ger), Ryggs Johnston, Richard Teder (x) (Est)

1053 Dylan Naidoo (Rsa), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), John Axelsen (Den)

1104 John Suh, Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe)

1115 Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)

1126 Stewart Cink, Matteo Manassero (Ita), Marc Leishman (Aus)

1147 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe), Connor Graham (x) (Sco)

1158 Zach Johnson, Dan Brown (Eng), Daniel Hillier (Nzl)

Sky Sports' Jamie Weir looks ahead to The Open and analyses Rory McIlroy's chances to win a sixth major title

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Sky Sports' Jamie Weir looks ahead to The Open and analyses Rory McIlroy's chances to win a sixth major title
Sky Sports' Jamie Weir looks ahead to The Open and analyses Rory McIlroy's chances to win a sixth major title

1209 Adam Scott (Aus), Rickie Fowler, Ethan Fang (x)

1220 Laurie Canter (Eng), Elvis Smylie (Aus), Sergio Garcia (Esp)

1231 Andrew Novak, Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace (Eng)

1242 Davis Thompson, Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn)

1253 Si Woo Kim (Kor), Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Sebastian Cave (x) (Eng)

1304 Michael Kim (Kor), Bud Cauley, John Parry (Eng)

1315 Matt McCarty, Shaun Norris (Rsa), Angel Hidalgo (Esp)

1326 Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im (Kor), Daniel Berger

Sky Sports' Jamie Weir and Sir Nick Faldo sit down with Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and look at the possibility of him playing and captaining the USA

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Sky Sports' Jamie Weir and Sir Nick Faldo sit down with Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and look at the possibility of him playing and captaining the USA
Sky Sports' Jamie Weir and Sir Nick Faldo sit down with Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and look at the possibility of him playing and captaining the USA

1337 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den), Romain Langasque (Fra)

1348 Aaron Rai (Eng), Sahith Theegala, Harry Hall (Eng)

1404 Justin Leonard, Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Antoine Rozner (Fra)

1415 JT Poston, Chris Kirk, Carlos Ortiz (Mex)

1426 Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Joaquin Niemann (Chi)

1437 Russell Henley, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Min Woo Lee (Aus)

1448 Bob MacIntyre (Sco), Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Rose (Eng)

1459 Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor)

1510 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)

Rory McIlroy reacts to 16-year-old-self shooting 61 at Portrush, almost 20 years to the day

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Rory McIlroy reacts to 16-year-old-self shooting 61 at Portrush, almost 20 years to the day
Rory McIlroy reacts to 16-year-old-self shooting 61 at Portrush, almost 20 years to the day

1521 Harris English, Nick Taylor (Can), Tony Finau

1532 Lucas Glover, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Tom Kim (Kor)

1543 Brian Campbell, John Catlin, Frazer Jones (x) (Eng)

1554 Nathan Kimsey (Eng), Jason Kokrak, Cameron Adam (x) (Sco)

1605 Daniel Young (Sco), Curtis Luck (Aus), Curtis Knipes (Eng)

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1616 Young han Song (Kor), George Bloor (Eng), OJ Farrell (Eng)

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