The Open Championship returns to Royal Liverpool Golf Club, where Rory McIlroy was a champion in 2014. After winning the Scottish Open on Sunday, is this his best chance to win his first major in nine years?
The four-time major champion has played some of his best golf this year, and he enters the final major of the year as one of the favorites to win the Claret Jug. He has the best odds of any player ahead of the Open Championship (+700, per BetMGM odds), but is followed closely by Scottie Scheffler (+750), who despite being remarkably consistent in 2023 is still seeking his second career major win.
Could the Open Championship be the start of a legacy for a less prominent name? This tournament saw a first-time major winner in Cameron Smith last year. Viktor Hovland has the best odds of any prospective first-time major winner, followed closely by Patrick Cantlay and others.
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The action begins Thursday and continues Friday with the second round. Here's a look at the tee times, pairings, and featured groups for each of the first two rounds of the Open Championship.
Open Championship featured groups 2023
Friday, July 21
All times Eastern
- Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day (4:03 a.m.)
- Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott (4:47 a.m.)
- Tony Finau, Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas (9:48 a.m.)
- Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose (9:59 a.m.)
Open Championship tee times and pairings 2023
Round 1
| Tee time (BST/ET) | Group |
| 6:35 a.m./1:35 a.m. | Matthew Jordan, Richie Ramsay, Branden Grace |
| 6:46 a.m./1:46 a.m. | Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Graeme Robertson |
| 6:57 a.m./1:57 a.m. | Ryan Fox, Lucas Herbert, Byeong Hun An |
| 7:08 a.m./2:08 a.m. | Rikuya Hoshino, Charl Schwartzel, Alex Maguire |
| 7:19 a.m./2:19 a.m. | Adrian Meronk, Pablo Larrazabal, Hiroshi Iwata |
| 7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m. | Patrick Reed, Connor Syme, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio |
| 7:41 a.m./2:41 a.m. | Darren Clarke, Victor Perez, Thomas Pieters |
| 7:52 a.m./2:52 a.m. | Louis Oosthuizen, Joost Luiten, Christo Lamprecht |
| 8:03 a.m./3:03 a.m. | Stewart Cink, JT Poston, Trey Mullinax |
| 8:14 a.m./3:14 a.m. | Henrik Stenson, Harris English, Andrew Putnam |
| 8:25 a.m./3:25 a.m. | Scott Stallings, Jordan Smith, Thorbjorn Olesen |
| 8:36 a.m./3:36 a.m. | Ernie Els, Kurt Kitayama, Takumi Kanaya |
| 8:47 a.m./3:47 a.m. | Sam Burns, Sepp Straka, Chris Kirk |
| 9:03 a.m./4:03 a.m. | Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day |
| 9:14 a.m./4:14 a.m. | Padraig Harrington, Seamus Power, Talor Gooch |
| 9:25 a.m./4:25 a.m. | K.H. Lee, Davis Riley, Taiga Semikawa |
| 9:36 a.m./4:36 a.m. | Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama |
| 9:47 a.m./4:47 a.m. | Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott |
| 9:58 a.m./4:58 a.m. | Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark |
| 10:09 a.m./5:09 a.m. | Shane Lowry, Rickie Fowler, Robert MacIntyre |
| 10:20 a.m./5:20 a.m. | Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim, Bryson DeChambeau |
| 10:31 a.m./5:31 a.m. | Nicolai Hojgaard, Bio Kim, Kazuki Yasumori |
| 10:42 a.m./5:42 a.m. | Dan Bradbury, Oliver Farr, Haydn Barron |
| 10:53 a.m./5:53 a.m. | Marcel Siem, Martin Rohwer, Tiger Christensen |
| 11:04 a.m./6:04 a.m. | Lee Hodges, Antoine Rozner, Richard Bland |
| 11:15 a.m./6:15 a.m. | Yannik Paul, Sami Valimaki, Laurie Canter |
| 11:36 a.m./6:36 a.m. | Rasmus Hojgaard, Matthew Southgate, Alex Fitzpatrick |
| 11:47 a.m./6:47 a.m. | Daniel Hillier, Kyung Nam Kang, Kensei Hirata |
| 11:58 a.m./6:58 a.m. | Callum Shinkwin, Kazuki Higa, Michael Kim |
| 12:09 p.m./7:09 a.m. | Zack Fischer, Taichi Kho, Kyle Barker |
| 12:20 p.m./7:20 a.m. | Brendon Todd, Romain Langasque, Travis Smyth |
| 12:31 p.m./7:31 a.m. | Gary Woodland, Adrian Otaegui, Alexander Bjork |
| 12:42 p.m./7:42 a.m. | Min Woo Lee, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Harrison Crowe |
| 12:53 p.m./7:53 a.m. | Corey Conners, Billy Horschel, Alex Noren |
| 1:04 p.m./8:04 a.m. | Tom Kim, Tom Hoge, Abraham Ancer |
| 1:15 p.m./8:15 a.m. | Zach Johnson, Matt Wallace, David Micheluzzi |
| 1:26 p.m./8:26 a.m. | Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, Dustin Johnson |
| 1:37 p.m./8:37 a.m. | Franceso Molinari, Denny McCarthy, Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira |
| 1:48 p.m./8:48 a.m. | Brian Harman, Thirston Lawrence, Thomas Detry |
| 2:04 p.m./9:04 a.m. | John Daly, Taylor Moore, Danny Willett |
| 2:15 p.m./9:15 a.m. | David Lingmerth, Ben Griffin, Ockie Strydom |
| 2:26 p.m./9:26 a.m. | Adri Arnaus, Ewen Ferguson, Keita Nakajima |
| 2:37 p.m./9:37 a.m. | Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im, Joaquin Niemann |
| 2:48 p.m./9:48 a.m. | Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas |
| 2:59 p.m./9:59 a.m. | Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose |
| 3:10 p.m./10:10 a.m. | Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton |
| 3:21 p.m./10:21 a.m. | Phil Mickelson, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk |
| 3:32 p.m./10:32 a.m. | Nacho Elvira, Marc Warren, Alejandro Canizares |
| 3:43 p.m./10:43 a.m. | Guido Migliozzi, Oliver Wilson, Connr McKinney |
| 3:54 p.m./10:54 a.m. | Kalle Samooja, Shubhankar Sharma, Gunner Wiebe |
| 4:05 p.m./11:05 a.m. | Jorge Campillo, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Michael Stewart |
| 4:16 p.m./11:16 a.m. | Hurly Long, Seungsu Han, Marco Penge |
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Round 2
| Tee time (BST/ET) | Group |
| 6:35 a.m./1:35 a.m. | Rasmus Hojgaard, Matthew Southgate, Alex Fitzpatrick |
| 6:46 a.m./1:46 a.m. | Daniel Hillier, Kyung Nam Kang, Kensei Hirata |
| 6:57 a.m./1:57 a.m. | Callum Shinkwin, Kazuki Higa, Michael Kim |
| 7:08 a.m./2:08 a.m. | Zack Fischer, Taichi Kho, Kyle Barker |
| 7:19 a.m./2:19 a.m. | Brendon Todd, Romain Langasque, Travis Smyth |
| 7:30 a.m./2:30 a.m. | Gary Woodland, Adrian Otaegui, Alexander Bjork |
| 7:41 a.m./2:41 a.m. | Min Woo Lee, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Harrison Crowe |
| 7:52 a.m./2:52 a.m. | Corey Conners, Billy Horschel, Alex Noren |
| 8:03 a.m./3:03 a.m. | Tom Kim, Tom Hoge, Abraham Ancer |
| 8:14 a.m./3:14 a.m. | Zach Johnson, Matt Wallace, David Micheluzzi |
| 8:25 a.m./3:25 a.m. | Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, Dustin Johnson |
| 8:36 a.m./3:36 a.m. | Franceso Molinari, Denny McCarthy, Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira |
| 8:47 a.m./3:47 a.m. | Brian Harman, Thirston Lawrence, Thomas Detry |
| 9:03 a.m./4:03 a.m. | John Daly, Taylor Moore, Danny Willett |
| 9:14 a.m./4:14 a.m. | David Lingmerth, Ben Griffin, Ockie Strydom |
| 9:25 a.m./4:25 a.m. | Adri Arnaus, Ewen Ferguson, Keita Nakajima |
| 9:36 a.m./4:36 a.m. | Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im, Joaquin Niemann |
| 9:47 a.m./4:47 a.m. | Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas |
| 9:58 a.m./4:58 a.m. | Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose |
| 10:09 a.m./5:09 a.m. | Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton |
| 10:20 a.m./5:20 a.m. | Phil Mickelson, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk |
| 10:31 a.m./5:31 a.m. | Nacho Elvira, Marc Warren, Alejandro Canizares |
| 10:42 a.m./5:42 a.m. | Guido Migliozzi, Oliver Wilson, Connr McKinney |
| 10:53 a.m./5:53 a.m. | Kalle Samooja, Shubhankar Sharma, Gunner Wiebe |
| 11:04 a.m./6:04 a.m. | Jorge Campillo, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Michael Stewart |
| 11:15 a.m./6:15 a.m. | Hurly Long, Seungsu Han, Marco Penge |
| 11:36 a.m./6:36 a.m. | Matthew Jordan, Richie Ramsay, Branden Grace |
| 11:47 a.m./6:47 a.m. | Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Graeme Robertson |
| 11:58 a.m./6:58 a.m. | Ryan Fox, Lucas Herbert, Byeong Hun An |
| 12:09 p.m./7:09 a.m. | Rikuya Hoshino, Charl Schwartzel, Alex Maguire |
| 12:20 p.m./7:20 a.m. | Adrian Meronk, Pablo Larrazabal, Hiroshi Iwata |
| 12:31 p.m./7:31 a.m. | Patrick Reed, Connor Syme, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio |
| 12:42 p.m./7:42 a.m. | Darren Clarke, Victor Perez, Thomas Pieters |
| 12:53 p.m./7:53 a.m. | Louis Oosthuizen, Joost Luiten, Christo Lamprecht |
| 1:04 p.m./8:04 a.m. | Stewart Cink, JT Poston, Trey Mullinax |
| 1:15 p.m./8:15 a.m. | Henrik Stenson, Harris English, Andrew Putnam |
| 1:26 p.m./8:26 a.m. | Scott Stallings, Jordan Smith, Thorbjorn Olesen |
| 1:37 p.m./8:37 a.m. | Ernie Els, Kurt Kitayama, Takumi Kanaya |
| 1:48 p.m./8:48 a.m. | Sam Burns, Sepp Straka, Chris Kirk |
| 2:04 p.m./9:04 a.m. | Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day |
| 2:15 p.m./9:15 a.m. | Padraig Harrington, Seamus Power, Talor Gooch |
| 2:26 p.m./9:26 a.m. | K.H. Lee, Davis Riley, Taiga Semikawa |
| 2:37 p.m./9:37 a.m. | Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama |
| 2:48 p.m./9:48 a.m. | Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott |
| 2:59 p.m./9:59 a.m. | Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark |
| 3:10 p.m./10:10 a.m. | Shane Lowry, Rickie Fowler, Robert MacIntyre |
| 3:21 p.m./10:21 a.m. | Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim, Bryson DeChambeau |
| 3:32 p.m./10:32 a.m. | Nicolai Hojgaard, Bio Kim, Kazuki Yasumori |
| 3:43 p.m./10:43 a.m. | Dan Bradbury, Oliver Farr, Haydn Barron |
| 3:54 p.m./10:54 a.m. | Marcel Siem, Martin Rohwer, Tiger Christensen |
| 4:05 p.m./11:05 a.m. | Lee Hodges, Antoine Rozner, Richard Bland |
| 4:16 p.m./11:16 a.m. | Yannik Paul, Sami Valimaki, Laurie Canter |
