The first day of The Open Championship is one of the most exciting days in golf, as it is the oldest major in the game and the only one that is played on links courses in the UK – the best type of golf.
Jordan Spieth won The Open in 2017, which was the last time the event was held at Royal Birkdale. He thrilled the fans with a calamity hole on the 13th in the final round, but then surged to victory with a flurry of birdies and eagles.
The Open is returning to Southport for the 11th time. The Open was first held at Birkdale in 1954 – a championship that was won by the legendary Peter Thomson. He won his fifth Claret Jug at the same venue 11 years later.
The Claret Jug is one of the most prestigious things you can win in the sport. That and the Green Jacket awarded to the winner of the Masters are probably on par with each other.
The last winner of the Claret Jug was Scottie Scheffler, who won it comfortably at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
Scheffler had won the PGA Championship just two months before, so it was a truly memorable year for the American, who became a four-time major champion and further proved himself as the sport’s most dominant force.
Below, you can discover who the stars are teeing it up with in the first round of the 2026 Open Championship.
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Open Championship Round 1 tee times 2026
6.35 am: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas
6.46 am: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan
6.57 am: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan
7.08 am: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean
7.19 am: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick
7.30 am: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate
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7.41 am: Sungjae Im, Dan Brown, Fila Lapakgoldee (a)
7.52 am: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith
8.03 am: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)
8.14 am: Hennie du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Dan Bradbury
8.25 am: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)
8.36 am: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren
8.47 am: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth
9.03 am: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune
9.14 am: Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Højgaard
9.25 am: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee
9.36 am: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland
9.47 am: Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day
9.56 am: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau
10.09 am: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm
10.20 am: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor
10.31 am: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig
10.42 am: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloan, David Howard (a)
10.53 am: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt
11.04 am: M.J. Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald
11.15 am: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro de Castro Piera (a)
11.41 am: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen
11.52 am: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman
12.03 pm: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter
12.14 pm: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)
12.25 pm: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama
12,36 pm: Sami Välimäki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber
12.47 pm: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger
12.58 pm: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis
1.09 pm: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li
1.20 pm: Pádraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Kim
1.31 pm: Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)
1.42 pm: Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima
1.53 pm: Aldrich Potgeiter, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan (a)
2.09 pm: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert
2.20 pm: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, J.T. Poston
2.31 pm: Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott
2.42 pm: Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Højgaard
2.53 pm: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka
3.04 pm: Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg
3.15 pm: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matthew Fitzpatrick
3.26 pm: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)
3.37 pm: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nicolás Echavarría
3.48 pm: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta
3.49 pm: Cameron John, Austin Truslow, Samuel Bairstow
4.10 pm: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjørnevik Skogen
4.21pm : Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)
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