On Thursday afternoon Justin Rose, joint runner-up from The 152nd Open at Royal Troon, will join Robert MacIntyre and Bryson DeChambeau in the third Featured Group. They’ll be underway at 2.59pm.
Masters champion and home favourite Rory McIlroy will then tee off with Tommy Fleetwood – who finished second at Portrush in 2019 – and two-time major winner Justin Thomas at 3.10pm.
Padraig Harrington will be given the honour of the opening shot of the Championship at 6.35am on Thursday, playing with Tom McKibbin and Nicolai Hojgaard.
Stewart Cink will hit the opening tee shot of the second round 24 hours later. You can watch the untold story of Cink’s dramatic victory at The 138th Open in Underdogs, an original documentary from R&A Films, now available on R&A TV.
Ethan Fang, winner of The 130th Amateur Championship at Royal St George’s last month, has been paired with the vastly experienced duo of Adam Scott and Rickie Fowler, teeing off at 12:09pm on the opening day.
You can watch live Featured Group coverage from Thursday here. Full tee times can be found here.
Thursday morning Featured Groups
9:58am: Xander Schauffele, JJ Spaun, Jon Rahm
10:09am: Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
Thursday afternoon Featured Groups
2:48pm: Robert MacIntyre, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Rose
3:10pm: Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood