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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - PGA Tour officials have announced the tee times for the first two rounds of The Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club, with some marquee groupings set to draw plenty of attention. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will play the first two rounds alongside major champions Jordan Spieth and Cameron Young, a highly anticipated grouping. They'll tee off at 10:10 a.m. local time on Thursday.

Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy, still seeking his first Claret Jug, will start his tournament Thursday morning at 5:09 a.m. alongside American Max Homa and England's Tyrrell Hatton. McIlroy will look to rebound from a late collapse last month at the U.S. Open as he looks to complete the career at The Open.

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy on the 18th ahead of The Open at Royal Troon. Photo: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire

Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods will return to Royal Troon for the first time since his victory there in 2000. He's grouped with FedEx Cup champion Xander Schauffele and fellow American Patrick Cantlay, their tee time set for 9:37 a.m. on Thursday. Woods' form remains a question mark as he looks to contend once again on the links.

Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay went 2-2 when paired together at the 2019 Presidents Cup/ Icon Sportswire

Defending champion Brian Harman will start his title defense at 4:58 a.m. alongside some of the game's rising stars in Viktor Hovland and Sahith Theegala. The opening tee shot of the Championship will be struck by 1997 champion Justin Leonard at 1:35 a.m. Thursday alongside fellow Troon winner Todd Hamilton.

Defending champion Brian Harman speaks to the media. Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty

With pristine conditions expected and a star-studded field set to do battle, the stage is set for more links drama at the historic Scottish links this week. Be sure to check Golfaq.com for full coverage of the tournament.

Thursday/Friday (all times ET)

• 1:35 a.m./6:25 a.m.: Justin Leonard, Todd Hamilton, Jack McDonald
• 1:46 a.m./6:47 a.m.: Alex Noren, Tom McKibbin, Calum Scott
• 1:57 a.m./6:58 a.m.: Jesper Svensson, Vincent Norrman, Michael Hendry
• 2:08 a.m./7:09 a.m.: Younghan Song, Daniel Hillier, Ryosuke Kinoshita
• 2:19 a.m./7:20 a.m.: Min Woo Lee, Ryo HIsatsune, Abraham Ancer
• 2:30 a.m./7:31 a.m.: Nicolai Højgaard, Adam Scott, Keita Nakajima
• 2:41 a.m./7:42 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Justin Rose, Jasper Stubbs
• 2:52 a.m./7:53 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im, Matthew Southgate
• 3:03 a.m./8:04 a.m.: Nick Taylor, Matt Wallace, Laurie Canter
• 3:14 a.m./8:15 a.m.: Sebastian Soderberg, Matteo Manassero, Shubhankar Sharma
• 3:25 a.m./8:26 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Austin Eckroat, Thorbjorn Olesen
• 3:36 a.m./8:37 a.m.: John Daly, Santiago De La Fuente (a), Aaron Rai
• 3:47 a.m./8:48 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Chris Kirk, Dominic Clemons (a)
• 4:08 a.m./9:04 a.m.: Stephan Jaeger, Adam Schenk, Joaquin Niemann
• 4:14 a.m./9:15 a.m.: Adam Hadwin, Lucas Glover, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• 4:25 a.m./9:26 a.m.: Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Matthieu Pavon
• 4:36 a.m./9:37 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre
• 4:47 a.m./9:48 a.m.: Ludvig Åberg, Bryson DeChambeau, Tom Kim
• 4:58 a.m./9:59 a.m.: Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland, Sahith Theegala
• 5:09 a.m./10:10 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton
• 5:20 a.m./10:21 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Will Zalatoris, Gordon Sargent (a)
• 5:31 a.m./10:32 a.m.: Harris English, Maverick McNealy, Alexander Bjork
• 5:42 a.m./10:43 a.m.: Guido Migliozzi, Sean Crocker, Tommy Morrison (a)
• 5:53 a.m./10:54 a.m.: David Puig, John Catlin, Guntaek Koh
• 6:04 a.m./11:05 a.m.: Thriston Lawrence, Daniel Bradbury, Elvis Smylie
• 6:15 a.m./11:16 a.m.: Nacho Elvira, Minkyu Kim, Darren Fichardt
• 6:26 a.m./11:27 a.m.: Mason Andersen, Masahiro Kawamura, Sam Hutsby
• 6:47 a.m./1:35 a.m.: Ewen Ferguson, Marcel Siem
• 6:58 a.m./1:46 a.m.: Cheng-Tsung Pan, Romain Langasque, Yuto Katsuragawa
• 7:09 a.m./1:57 a.m.: Rikuya Hoshino, Angel Hidalgo, Richard Mansell
• 7:20 a.m./2:08 a.m.: Corey Conners, Ryan Fox, Jorge Campillo
• 7:31 a.m./2:19 a.m.: Ernie Els, Gary Woodland, Altin van der Merwe (a)
• 7:42 a.m./2:30 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Rasmus Højgaard, Jacob Skov Olesen (a)
• 7:53 a.m./2:41 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Billy Horschel, Victor Perez
• 8:04 a.m./2:52 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Brendon Todd, Jordan Smith
• 8:15 a.m./3:03 a.m.: Denny McCarthy, Taylor Moore, Adrian Meronk
• 8:26 a.m./3:14 a.m.: Jason Day, Byeong Hun An, Rickie Fowler
• 8:37 a.m./3:25 a.m.: Alex Cejka, Eric Cole, Kurt Kitayama
• 8:48 a.m./3:36 a.m.: Darren Clarke, JT Poston, Dean Burmester
• 9:04 a.m./3:47 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Joost Luiten, Dustin Johnson
• 9:15 a.m./4:03 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Davis Thompson, Matthew Jordan
• 9:26 a.m./4:14 a.m.: Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka
• 9:37 a.m./4:25 a.m.: Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay
• 9:48 a.m./4:36 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim
• 9:59 a.m./4:47 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Cameron Smith, Matthew Fitzpatrick
• 10:10 a.m./4:58 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young
• 10:21 a.m./5:09 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Tom Hoge, Sami Valimaki
• 10:32 a.m./5:20 a.m.: Emiliano Grillo, Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes
• 10:43 a.m./5:31 a.m.: Yannik Paul, Joe Dean, Andy Ogletree
• 10:53 a.m./5:42 a.m.: Ryan van Velzen, Charlie Lindh, Luis Masaveu (a)
• 11:05 a.m./5:53 a.m.: Kazuma Kobori, Jaime Montojo Fernandez (a), Liam Nolan (a)
• 11:16 a.m./6:04 a.m.: Daniel Brown, Denwit David Boriboonsub, Matthew Dodd-Berry (a)
• 11:27 a.m./6:15 a.m.: Jeunghun Wang, Aguri Iwasaki, Sam Horsfeld

References: https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/07/16/the-british-open-championship-tournament-tee-times-announced-round-1-2-thursday-friday-2024-tiger-woods-scottie-scheffler-rory-mcilroy-jordan-spieth-thomas-homa-royal-troon