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 the R&A made definite the 2 biggest stars successful play are featured successful 2 marquee groupings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The trio of Scheffler, DeChambeau and Hatton volition 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 the day question connected Thursday, though.

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

McIlroy, who completed the vocation Grand Slam astatine the 2025 Masters, volition statesman his quest for a 2nd Open Championship alongside large champions Schauffele and Fitzpatrick.

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

While McIlroy has won the Masters successful back-to-back years, helium hasn't won immoderate of the different 3 majors since 2014 erstwhile helium won some the 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 the PGA Tour pb with 3 wins successful 2026, adds unit connected McIlroy. While the assemblage figures to basal for McIlroy, Fitzpatrick gives the radical a home-nation space 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 the lone notable pairings astatine Royal Birkdale, either.

Chris Gotterup, who is tied with Fitzpatrick for the PGA Tour pb with 3 wins successful 2026, volition tee disconnected with Sam Burns and Adam Scott successful 1 of the much intriguing day groups. Five-time large champion Brooks Koepka besides gets a major-heavy gully 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 with Matt Fitzpatrick. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood and Jordan Spieth are unneurotic successful different loaded trio, portion Justin Thomas, Alex Noren and Jason Day bring plentifulness of acquisition successful the radical instantly earlier Scheffler's tee time. Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark and Ludvig Aberg springiness the precocious question different beardown group, with Clark caller disconnected his 2nd U.S. Open title.

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

Some of the 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)