The Open tee times: First round groupings and start times at Royal Portrush including Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler
The Northern Irishman, who grew up nearby in Hollywood, is a strong contender this week on the links, behind only Scottie Scheffler in the betting markets.
Shane Lowry has fond memories of Portrush, having triumphed six years ago, prevailing by six shots over Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood.
And the groupings and tee times for the first two rounds of The 153rd Open have been announced, with McIlroy playing alongside Fleetwood and two-time major winner Justin Thomas.
While Scottie Scheffler is on the opposite side of the draw with the American joining home favourite Lowry and his Team USA colleague Collin Morikawa.
Defending champion Xander Schauffele makes up a star-studded trio with Jon Rahm and US Open champion JJ Spaun. Here is the full list of groupings, tee times and the schedule for Thursday and Friday:
The Open 2025 tee times
First Round
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, all times Local):
(a) denotes amateurs
Starting at hole 1
06:35 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin
06:46 K. J. Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
06:57 (a) Justin Hastings (Cay), Marco Penge, Cameron Smith (Aus)
07:08 Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
07:19 Phil Mickelson (USA), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa)
07:30 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (USA), Niklas Noergaard (Den)
07:41 Dustin Johnson (USA), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith
07:52 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (USA)
08:03 Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai)
08:14 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (USA), Lee Westwood
08:25 Patrick Cantlay (USA), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (USA)
08:36 (a) Filip Jakubcik (Cze), Matthew Jordan, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den)
08:47 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
09:03 Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra)
09:14 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), (a) Bryan Newman (Rsa), Justin Walters (Rsa)
09:25 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ryan Fox (Nzl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
09:36 Akshay Bhatia (USA), Ben Griffin (USA), Sepp Straka (Aut)
09:47 Sam Burns (USA), Brooks Koepka (USA), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)
09:58 Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (USA), J. J. Spaun (USA)
10:09 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA)
10:20 Wyndham Clark (USA), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (USA)
10:31 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (USA), Patrick Reed (USA)
10:42 Ryggs Johnston (USA), Matthias Schmid (Ger), (a) Richard Teder (Est)
10:53 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), Dylan Naidoo (Rsa)
11:04 Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (USA)
11:15 Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)
11:26 Stewart Cink (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
11:47 (a) Connor Graham, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe)
11:58 Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier (Nzl), Zach Johnson (USA)
12:09 (a) Ethan Fang (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (Aus)
12:20 Laurie Canter, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus)
12:31 Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace
12:42 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (USA)
12:53 (a) Sebastian Cave, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor)
13:04 Bud Cauley (USA), Michael Kim (USA), John Parry
13:15 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (USA), Shaun Norris (Rsa)
13:26 Daniel Berger (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Sung-Jae Im (Kor)
13:37 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Romain Langasque (Fra)
13:48 Harry Hall, Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala (USA)
14:04 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Justin Leonard (USA), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
14:15 Chris Kirk (USA), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), J. T. Poston (USA)
14:26 Brian Harman (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
14:37 Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
14:59 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (USA)
15:10 Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas (USA)
15:21 Harris English (USA), Tony Finau (USA), Nick Taylor (Can)
15:32 Lucas Glover (USA), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
15:43 Brian Campbell (USA), John Catlin (USA), (a) Frazer Jones
15:54 (a) Cameron Adam, Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak (USA)
16:05 Curtis Knipes, Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young
16:16 George Bloor, OJ Farrell, Young-Han Song (Kor)
Second Round
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, all times Local):
(a) denotes amateurs
Starting at hole 1
06:35 Stewart Cink (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
06:46 (a) Connor Graham, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe)
06:57 Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier (Nzl), Zach Johnson (USA)
07:08 (a) Ethan Fang (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (Aus)
07:19 Laurie Canter, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus)
07:30 Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace
07:41 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (USA)
07:52 (a) Sebastian Cave, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor)
08:03 Bud Cauley (USA), Michael Kim (USA), John Parry
08:14 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (USA), Shaun Norris (Rsa)
08:25 Daniel Berger (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Sung-Jae Im (Kor)
08:36 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Romain Langasque (Fra)
08:47 Harry Hall, Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala (USA)
09:03 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Justin Leonard (USA), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
09:14 Chris Kirk (USA), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), J. T. Poston (USA)
09:25 Brian Harman (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
09:36 Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
09:47 Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose
09:58 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (USA)
10:09 Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas (USA)
10:20 Harris English (USA), Tony Finau (USA), Nick Taylor (Can)
10:31 Lucas Glover (USA), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
10:42 Brian Campbell (USA), John Catlin (USA), (a) Frazer Jones
10:53 (a) Cameron Adam, Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak (USA)
11:04 Curtis Knipes, Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young
11:15 George Bloor, OJ Farrell, Young-Han Song (Kor)
11:26 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin
11:47 K. J. Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
11:58 (a) Justin Hastings (Cay), Marco Penge, Cameron Smith (Aus)
12:09 Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
12:20 Phil Mickelson (USA), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa)
12:31 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (USA), Niklas Noergaard (Den)
12:42 Dustin Johnson (USA), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith
12:53 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (USA)
13:04 Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai)
13:15 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (USA), Lee Westwood
13:26 Patrick Cantlay (USA), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (USA)
13:37 (a) Filip Jakubcik (Cze), Matthew Jordan, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den)
13:48 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
14:04 Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra)
14:15 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), (a) Bryan Newman (Rsa), Justin Walters (Rsa)
14:26 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ryan Fox (Nzl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
14:37 Akshay Bhatia (USA), Ben Griffin (USA), Sepp Straka (Aut)
14:48 Sam Burns (USA), Brooks Koepka (USA), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)
14:59 Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (USA), J. J. Spaun (USA)
15:10 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA)
15:21 Wyndham Clark (USA), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (USA)
15:32 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (USA), Patrick Reed (USA)
15:43 Ryggs Johnston (USA), Matthias Schmid (Ger), (a) Richard Teder (Est)
16:05 Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (USA)
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