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The 152nd Open
16 July 2024
Harman with Hovland and Theegala
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Tee times announced for rounds one and two
Brian Harman will begin his defence of the Claret Jug at Royal Troon alongside Viktor Hovland and Sahith Theegala.
The tee times for rounds one and two of The 152nd Open were announced on Tuesday, with Harman, the runaway Champion at Royal Liverpool 12 months ago, grouped with FedEx Cup champion Hovland and world number 11 Theegala.
That trio will tee off at 9:58am local time (BST) on Thursday and 2:59pm on Friday, with Rory McIlroy, Max Homa and Tyrrell Hatton following them each day at 10:09am and 3:10pm.
World number one Scottie Scheffler is out on Thursday afternoon at 3:10pm with 2017 Champion Golfer Jordan Spieth and 2022 runner-up Cameron Young. That trio is preceded at 2:59pm by two Champion Golfers in Shane Lowry and Cameron Smith, who will play with Matt Fitzpatrick.
Scottie Scheffler plays from a bunker at Royal Troon
Three-time Champion Golfer Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay go out at 2:37pm on Thursday and 9:25am on Friday, followed by Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns and Si Woo Kim. The 2:26pm group on Thursday features a trio of major champions in Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama and Brooks Koepka.
Another standout morning group on Thursday, at 9:36am, sees three members of Europe’s Ryder Cup team – Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood and Robert MacIntyre – playing together, with another, Ludvig Aberg, in the next group at 9:47am with Bryson DeChambeau and Tom Kim.
The first shot of the Championship will be struck by Justin Leonard, who claimed victory at Royal Troon in 1997, at 6:35am on Thursday. Leonard is joined in the opening group by another Troon Champion, Todd Hamilton, and Jack McDonald, who hails from near Troon and came through Final Qualifying at Dundonald Links.
Jacob Skov Olesen, the first Danish winner of The Amateur Championship, goes out with compatriot Rasmus Hojgaard and the most recent Champion at Troon, Henrik Stenson, at 12:42pm on Thursday and 7:30am on Friday. Phil Mickelson, who memorably pushed Stenson all the way in 2016, is alongside Dustin Johnson and Joost Luiten from 2:04pm on Thursday.
Keegan Bradley, recently named as the United States of America’s Ryder Cup Captain, tees off at 10:20am in round one with Will Zalatoris and the number one amateur in the world, Gordon Sargent.
