Rory McILroy returns to Royal Portrush in the hope of adding a jug to his green jacket to the open this week.
The Northern Irishman, who grew up nearby in Hollywood, is a strong competitor this week on the links, behind Scottie Scheffler on the betting markets.
Shane Lowry has good memories of Portrush, having triumphed six years ago, dominating by six shots on the teammate of the Ryder Cup, Tommy Fleetwood.
And Tee groups and times for the first two laps of the 153rd Open were announced, McILroy playing alongside Fleetwood and Double Majeur Justin Thomas.
While Scottie Scheffler is on the other side of the draw with the American favorite to join Lowry and the colleague of his team USA Collin Morikawa. The reigning champion, Xander Schauffele, is a star trio with Jon Rahm and the champion of the United States JJ Spaun. Here is the full list of groups, TEE hours and calendar for Thursday and Friday:
Open T-shirt times
First round
(GBR & IRL unless otherwise indicated, everything times Local):
a) Indicates amateurs
From hole 1
06:35 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgard (The), Tom McKibbin
06:46 KJ Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthizen (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 (United States), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel Van Tonder (RSA)
07:30 Byeong-Hun An (Choir), Max Greyserman (USA), Niklas Noergaard (IT)
07:41 Dustin Johnson (USA), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith
07:52 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (de), Davis Riley (USA)
08:03 Akutsu missing (JPN), Julien Guerrier (FRA), Chun-An Yu (Tai)
08:14 Thomas Detryn (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 (IT)
08:47 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian SOEDERBERG (SWE), Henrik Stenson (SWE)
09:03 Martin Couvra (de), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (de)
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), JJ 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 Back Johnston (USA), Matthias Schmid (Ger), (a) Richard Teder (East)
10:53 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (RSA), Dylan Naidoo (RSA)
11:04 Oliver Lindell (end), Jesper Sandborg (SWE), Justin Suh (USA)
11:15 am and Isania, Benaiah, Righam), rim.
11:26 Stewart Cink (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
11:47 (a) Connor Graham, Francesco Molinari (IT), Jesper Svensson (SWE)
11:58 Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier (NZL), Zach Johnson (USA)
12:09 (A) Ethan Fang (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (de)
12:20 Laurie Canter, Sergio Garcia (SPA), Elvis Smylie (de)
12:31 Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (FRA), Matt Wallace
12:42 The Rikuya Hoshino (JPN), the United States,
12:53 (a) Sebastian Cave, Shugo Imahira (JPN), Si-Woo Kim (Cor).
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 (United States), 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), JT Poston (USA)
14:26 Brian Harman (United States), Maverick McNealy (United States), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
14:37 Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Min-Woo Lee (aus)
2:48 PM BRYSON DECHAMBEAU (USA), Robert Macintyre, Justin Rose
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 (United States), John Catlin (United States), (a) Frazer Jones
15:54 (a) Cameron Man, 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 otherwise indicated, at any local time):
a) Indicates amateurs
From hole 1
06:35 Stewart Cink (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
06:46 (a) Connor Graham, Francesco Molinari (IT), Jesper Svensson (SWE)
06:57 Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier (NZL), Zach Johnson (USA)
07:08 (A) Ethan Fang (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (de)
07:19 Laurie Canter, Sergio Garcia (SPA), Elvis Smylie (de)
07:30 Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (FRA), Matt Wallace
07:41 DEAN BURMESTER (RESA), Rikuya Hoshino (JPN), the United States.
07:52 (a) Sebastian Cave, Shugo Imahira (JPN), Si-Woo Kim (Cor).
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 (United States), 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), JT Poston (USA)
09:25 Brian Harman (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
09:36 Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (United States), 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 (United States), John Catlin (United States), (a) Frazer Jones
10:53 (a) Cameron Man, Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak (USA)
11:04 Curtis Knipes, Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young
11:15 am George Bloor, Oj Farrell, Young-Han Song (Kor)
11:26 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgard (The), Tom McKibbin
11:47 KJ Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthizen (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 (United States), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel Van Tonder (RSA)
12:31 Byeong-Hun An (Choir), Max Greyserman (USA), Niklas Noergaard (IT)
12:42 Dustin Johnson (USA), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith
12:53 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (de), Davis Riley (USA)
13:04 Akutsu (JPN), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai)
13:15 Thomas Detryn (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 (IT)
13:48 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (SWE), Henrik Stenson (SWE)
14:04 Martin Couvra (de), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (de)
14:15 Carrier (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), JJ 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 Back Johnston (USA), Matthias Schmid (Ger), (a) Richard Tededer (East)
15:54 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (RSA), Dylan Naidoo (RSA)
16:05 Oliver Lindell (End), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (USA)
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