2026 British Open Tee-Times, Pairings for Thursday First round, How to watch

2026 The British Open Tee times: First round times, groups how to watch, tv, live streaming.

155 players field set for The 154th British Open 2026 at Royal Birkdale .

The 154rd Open Championship will begin at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport England on Thursday.

The six-time major winner, ranked second in the world, will play alongside number three Matt Fitzpatrick and 2024 champion Xander Schauffele, with their second round starting at 10:09 on Friday.

World number one and defending champion Scottie Scheffler is in the other half of the draw, teeing off alongside fellow American Bryson DeChambeau and England's Tyrrell Hatton on Thursday at 09:58 and at 15:04 on Friday.

Home favourite Tommy Fleetwood is in the following group and will play with Ryder Cup team-mate Jon Rahm and American Jordan Spieth, who won The Open the last time it was held at the Southport course in 2017.

More:   The British Open 2026 TV schedule, coverage, channel, live stream, How to watch online.


From tee times to TV Channel and Live streaming info, Sportshistori.com Brings here’s what you need to know for the third round of the 2026 The British Open Championship.

The British Open championship 2026: Thursday Tee times, pairings for first round.

The British Open tee times for first Round groups.

All times ET & Uk Times BST

06:35 (01:35 AM ET) Matthew Baldwin (Eng), Thomas Detry (Bel), James Nicholas (US)

06:46 (01:46 AM ET) Michael Kim (US), David Hillier (NZ), Andy Sullivan (Eng)

​06:57 (01:57 AM ET) Ryan Fox (NZ), Andrew Novak (US), Matthew Jordan (Eng)

07:08 (02:08 AM ET) Henrik Stenson (Swe), Max Homa (US), Joe Dean (Eng)

07:19 (02:19 AM ET) Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Rickie Fowler (US), Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng)

07:30 (02:30 AM ET) David Duval (US), Martin Couvra (Fra), Matthew Southgate (Eng)

07:41 (02:41 AM ET) Sungjae Im (Kor), Daniel Brown (Eng), Fifa Laopakdee (Tha)*

07:52 (02:52 AM ET) Gary Woodland (US), Jake Knapp (US), Jordan Smith (Eng)

08:03 (03:03 AM ET) Francesco Molinari (Ita), Tom McKibbin (NI), Lev Grinberg (Fra)*

08:14 (03:14 AM ET) Hennie du Plessis (SA), Jose Luis Ballester (Spa), Dan Bradbury (Eng)

08:25 (03:25 AM ET) Angel Ayora (Spa), Victor Perez (Fra), Mateo Pulcini (Arg)*

08:36 (03:36 AM ET) Stewart Cink (US), Scott Vincent (Zim), Joakim Lagergren (Swe)

08:47 (03:47 AM ET) Michael Thorbjornsen (Den), Kota Kaneko (Jpn), Travis Smyth (Aus)

09:03 (04:03 AM ET) Alex Smalley (US), Sam Stevens (US), Ryo Hisastune (Jpn)

09:14 (04:14 AM ET) Akshay Bhatia (US), Harris English (US), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)

09:25 (04:25 AM ET) Ben Griffin (US), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Min Woo Lee (Aus)

09:36 (04:36 AM ET) Russell Henley (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Viktor Hovland (Nor)

09:47 (04:47 AM ET) Justin Thomas (US), Alex Noren (Swe), Jason Day (Aus)

09:58 (04:58 AM ET) Scottie Scheffler (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Bryson Dechambeau (US)

10:09 (05:09 AM ET) Jordan Spieth (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Jon Rahm (Spa)

10:20 (05:20 AM ET) Brian Harman (US), Si Woo Kim (Kor), Nick Taylor (Can)

10:31 (05:31 AM ET) Ryan Gerard (US), Maverick McNealy (US), David Puig (Spa)

10:42 (05:42 AM ET) Kazuma Kobori (NZ), Tom Sloman (Eng), David Howard (Ire)*

10:53 (05:53 AM ET) Antoine Rozner (Fra), Ren Yonezawa (Jpn), Caleb Surratt (US)

11:04 (06:04 AM ET) MJ Daffue (SA), Frederic Lacroix (Fra), Jack McDonald (Sco)

11:15: (06:15 AM ET) Jeongwoo Ham (Kor), Ryutaro Nagamo (Jpn), Alejandro De Castro Piera (Spa)*

11:41 (06:41 AM ET) John Parry (Eng), Eric Cole (US), Tiger Christensen (Ger)

11:52 (06:52 AM ET) Eugenio Chacarra (Spa), Matt Wallace (Eng), Max Greyserman (US)

12:03 (07:03 AM ET) Michael Brennan (US), Sahith Theegala (US), Laurie Canter (Eng)

12:14 (07:14 AM ET) Cameron Smith (Aus), Keith Mitchell (US), Stuart Grehan (Ire)*

12:25 (07:25 AM ET) Sepp Straka (Aut), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Kurt Kitayama (US)

12:36 (07:36 AM ET) Sami Valimaki (Fin), Shaun Norris (SA), Jackson Suber (US)

12:47 (07:47 AM ET) Darren Clarke (NI), Adrien Saddier (Fra), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)

12:58 (07:58 AM ET) Keegan Bradley (US), Corey Conners (Can), Casey Jarvis (SA)

13:09 (08:09 AM ET) Matt McCarty (US), Harry Hall (Eng), Haotong Li (Chn)

13:20 (08:20 AM ET) Padraig Harrington (Ire), Marco Penge (Eng), Michael Hollick (SA)

13:31 (08:31 AM ET) Tom Kim (Kor), Billy Horschel (US), Mason Howell (US)*

13:42 (08:42 AM ET) Johnny Keefer (US), Pierceson Coody (US), Keita Nakajima (Jpn)

13:53 (08:53 AM ET) Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Jesper Svensson (Swe), Jack Buchanan (SA)

14:09 (09:09 AM ET) Bud Cauley (US), Jayden Schaper (SA), Lucas Herbert (Aus)

14:20 (09:20 AM ET) Kristoffer Reitan (Den), Patrick Reed (US), JT Poston (US)

14:31 (09:31 AM ET) Chris Gotterup (US), Sam Burns (US), Adam Scott (Aus)

14:42 (09:42 AM ET) Collin Morikawa (US), JJ Spaun (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)

14:53 (09:53 AM ET) Shane Lowry (Ire), Aaron Rai (Eng), Brooks Koepka (US)

15:04 (10:04 AM ET) Cameron Young (US), Wyndham Clark (US), Ludvig Aberg (Swe)

15:15 (10:15 AM ET) Rory McIlroy (NI), Xander Schauffele (US), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

15:26 (10:26 AM ET) Jacob Bridgeman (US), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Tim Wiedmeyer (Ger)*

15:37 (10:37 AM ET) Patrick Cantlay (US), Daniel Berger (US), Nico Echevarria (Col)

15:48 (10:48 AM ET) Peter Uihlein (US), Alistair Docherty (US), Francesco Laporta (Ita)

15:59 (10:59 AM ET) Cameron John (Aus), Austen Truslow (US), Sam Bairstow (Eng)

16:10 (11:10 AM ET) Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Marcus Plunkett (US), Baard Bjoernevik (Den)

16:21 (11:21 AM ET) Kazuki Higa (Jpn), Jiho Yang (Kor), Nevill Ruiter (Ned)*

2026 Open Championship Friday tee times, how to watch 2nd round at Shinnecock

Round two: Friday, 17 July

06:35 (01:35 AM ET) John Parry (Eng), Eric Cole (US), Tiger Christensen (Ger)

06:46 (01:46 AM ET) Eugenio Chacarra (Spa), Matt Wallace (Eng), Max Greyserman (US)

06:57 (01:57 AM ET) Michael Brennan (US), Sahith Theegala (US), Laurie Canter (Eng)

07:08 (02:08 AM ET) Cameron Smith (Aus), Keith Mitchell (US), Stuart Grehan (Ire)*

07:19 (02:19 AM ET) Sepp Straka (Aut), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Kurt Kitayama (US)

07:30 (02:30 AM ET) Sami Valimaki (Fin), Shaun Norris (SA), Jackson Suber (US)

07:41 (02:41 AM ET) Darren Clarke (NI), Adrien Saddier (Fra), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)

07:52 (02:52 AM ET) Keegan Bradley (US), Corey Conners (Can), Casey Jarvis (SA)

08:03 (03:03 AM ET) Matt McCarty (US), Harry Hall (Eng), Haotong Li (Chn)

08:14 (03:14 AM ET) Padraig Harrington (Ire), Marco Penge (Eng), Michael Hollick (SA)

08:25 (03:25 AM ET) Tom Kim (Kor), Billy Horschel (US), Mason Howell (US)*

08:36 (03:36 AM ET) Johnny Keefer (US), Pierceson Coody (US), Keita Nakajima (Jpn)

08:47 (03:47 AM ET) Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Jesper Svensson (Swe), Jack Buchanan (SA)

09:03 (04:03 AM ET) Bud Cauley (US), Jayden Schaper (SA), Lucas Herbert (Aus)

09:14 (04:14 AM ET) Kristoffer Reitan (Den), Patrick Reed (US), JT Poston (US)

09:25 (04:25 AM ET) Chris Gotterup (US), Sam Burns (US), Adam Scott (Aus)

09:36 (04:36 AM ET) Collin Morikawa (US), JJ Spaun (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)

09:47 (04:47 AM ET) Shane Lowry (Ire), Aaron Rai (Eng), Brooks Koepka (US)

09:58 (04:58 AM ET) Cameron Young (US), Wyndham Clark (US), Ludvig Aberg (Swe)

10:09 (05:09 AM ET) Rory McIlroy (NI), Xander Schauffele (US), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

10:20 (05:20 AM ET) Jacob Bridgeman (US), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Tim Wiedmeyer (Ger)*

10:31 (05:31 AM ET) Patrick Cantlay (US), Daniel Berger (US), Nico Echevarria (Col)

10:42 (05:42 AM ET) Peter Uihlein (US), Alistair Docherty (US), Francesco Laporta (Ita)

10:53 (05:53 AM ET) Cameron John (Aus), Austen Truslow (US), Sam Bairstow (Eng)

11:04 (06:04 AM ET) Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Marcus Plunkett (US), Baard Bjoernevik (Den)

11:15 (06:15 AM ET) Kazuki Higa (Jpn), Jiho Yang (Kor), Nevill Ruiter (Ned)*

11:41 (06:41 AM ET) Matthew Baldwin (Eng), Thomas Detry (Bel), James Nicholas (US)

11:52 (06:52 AM ET) Michael Kim (US), David Hillier (NZ), Andy Sullivan (Eng)

​12:03 (07:03 AM ET) Ryan Fox (NZ), Andrew Novak (US), Matthew Jordan (Eng)

12:14 (07:14 AM ET) Henrik Stenson (Swe), Max Homa (US), Joe Dean (Eng)

12:25 (07:25 AM ET) Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Rickie Fowler (US), Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng)

12:36 (07:36 AM ET) David Duval (US), Martin Couvra (Fra), Matthew Southgate (Eng)

12:47 (07:47 AM ET) Sungjae Im (Kor), Daniel Brown (Eng), Fifa Laopakdee (Tha)*

12:58 (07:58 AM ET) Gary Woodland (US), Jake Knapp (US), Jordan Smith (Eng)

13:09 (08:09 AM ET) Francesco Molinari (Ita), Tom McKibbin (NI), Lev Grinberg (Fra)*

13:20 (08:20 AM ET) Hennie du Plessis (SA), Jose Luis Ballester (Spa), Dan Bradbury (Eng)

13:31 (08:31 AM ET) Angel Ayora (Spa), Victor Perez (Fra), Mateo Pulcini (Arg)*

13:42 (08:42 AM ET) Stewart Cink (US), Scott Vincent (Zim), Joakim Lagergren (Swe)

13:53 (08:53 AM ET) Michael Thorbjornsen (Den), Kota Kaneko (Jpn), Travis Smyth (Aus)

14:09 (09:09 AM ET) Alex Smalley (US), Sam Stevens (US), Ryo Hisastune (Jpn)

14:20 (09:20 AM ET) Akshay Bhatia (US), Harris English (US), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)

14:31 (09:31 AM ET) Ben Griffin (US), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Min Woo Lee (Aus)

14:42 (09:42 AM ET) Russell Henley (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Viktor Hovland (Nor)

14:53 (09:53 AM ET) Justin Thomas (US), Alex Noren (Swe), Jason Day (Aus)

15:04 (10:04 AM ET) Scottie Scheffler (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Bryson Dechambeau (US)

15:15 (10:15 AM ET) Jordan Spieth (US), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Jon Rahm (Spa)

15:26 (10:26 AM ET) Brian Harman (US), Si Woo Kim (Kor), Nick Taylor (Can)

15:37 (10:37 AM ET) Ryan Gerard (US), Maverick McNealy (US), David Puig (Spa)

15:48 (10:48 AM ET) Kazuma Kobori (NZ), Tom Sloman (Eng), David Howard (Ire)*

15:59 (10:59 AM ET) Antoine Rozner (Fra), Ren Yonezawa (Jpn), Caleb Surratt (US)

16:10 (11:10 AM ET) MJ Daffue (SA), Frederic Lacroix (Fra), Jack McDonald (Sco)

16:21 (11:21 AM ET) Jeongwoo Ham (Kor), Ryutaro Nagamo (Jpn), Alejandro De Castro Piera (Spa)*

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How to watch British Open on TV on sunday

The Open will be broadcast live on NBC and on USA Network, with coverage also on NBC's Peacock streaming service. The broadcast schedule is as follows (all times Eastern):

Round 4: Sunday, July 21

7 a.m.- 2 p.m.: NBC/Peacock

How to watch British Open via live stream on sunday

Peacock will stream the first round of the British Open in Pre & Post streaming.

Round 4: Sunday, July 21

4 a.m.-7 a.m.: Peacock

7 a.m.- 2 p.m.: NBC/Peacock

*Times subject to change






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