2026 Open Championship First‑Round Tee Times

Southport’s Royal Birkdale will host the first two rounds of the 2026 Open Championship this week, with a record field of 156 players vying for the Claret Jug. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler tees off at 5:09 AM ET alongside fellow LIV‑signed golfers Bryson DeChambeau and Tyrrell Hatton. The historic matchup also features Jordan Spieth, the last player to win at Royal Birkdale in 2017, adding nostalgic weight to an already high‑stakes field.

British Open 2026 First‑Round Tee Times

The Thursday schedule runs from early morning to late afternoon, giving fans a full day of competition. Here is the complete list of tee times for the opening round at Royal Birkdale.

• 1:35 AM ET — Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas

• 1:46 AM ET — Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan

• 1:57 AM ET — Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan

• 2:08 AM ET — Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean

• 2:19 AM ET — Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick

• 2:30 AM ET — David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate

• 2:41 AM ET — Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)

• 2:52 AM ET — Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith

• 3:03 AM ET — Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)

• 3:14 AM ET — Hennie du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Dan Bradbury

• 3:25 AM ET — Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)

• 3:36 AM ET — Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren

• 4:03 AM ET — Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth

• 4:14 AM ET — Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune

• 4:25 AM ET — Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Hojgaard

• 4:36 AM ET — Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee

• 4:47 AM ET — Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland

• 4:58 AM ET — Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day

• 5:09 AM ET — Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau

• 5:20 AM ET — Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm

• 5:31 AM ET — Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor

• 5:42 AM ET — Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig

• 5:53 AM ET — Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)

• 6:04 AM ET — Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt

• 6:15 AM ET — MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald

• 6:41 AM ET — Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)

• 6:52 AM ET — John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen

• 7:03 AM ET — Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman

• 7:14 AM ET — Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter

• 7:25 AM ET — Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)

• 7:36 AM ET — Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama

• 7:47 AM ET — Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber

• 7:58 AM ET — Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger

• 8:09 AM ET — Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis

• 8:20 AM ET — Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li

• 8:31 AM ET — Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick

• 8:42 AM ET — Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)

• 8:53 AM ET — Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima

• 9:09 AM ET — Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan (a)

• 9:20 AM ET — Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert

• 9:31 AM ET — Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, JT Poston

• 9:42 AM ET — Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott

• 9:53 AM ET — Collin Morikawa, JJ Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard

• 10:04 AM ET — Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka

• 10:15 AM ET — Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Aberg

• 10:26 AM ET — Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick

• 10:37 AM ET — Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)

• 10:48 AM ET — Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria

• 10:59 AM ET — Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta

• 11:10 AM ET — Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow

• 11:21 AM ET — Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen

• 11:32 AM ET — Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)

How to Watch the 2026 Open Championship

Fans can catch every shot across three broadcast windows. Peacock streams the early swing from 1:30 AM to 4:00 AM ET. The bulk of the day moves to USA Sports (and GC mobile) from 4:00 AM to 3:30 PM ET. Finally, a wrap‑up show titled “Live From The Open” airs from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM ET for any late‑night highlights.

Key Context and Storylines

The Open at Royal Birkdale is one of golf’s oldest majors, and this year’s field matches recent PGA Tour events in size. Scheffler brings the momentum of a runner‑up finish at the PGA Championship, while Spieth’s 2017 triumph remains the most recent British Open victory at this venue for an American. The pairing of Scheffler with two LIV players adds extra intrigue, as fans watch for any signs of cooperation between the PGA Tour and the breakaway series.