Where and when is it on?
The tournament takes place at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. This year’s edition starts on Thursday July 18 and will finish on Sunday July 21.
Where can I watch it?
Sky Sports will bring subscribers all the action with coverage on both the Main Event and Golf channels.
You can stream the tournament on SkyGo and if you’re not a Sky Sports subscriber you can access it with a Now TV pass.
Thursday: 6.30pm-9.00pm
Friday: 6.30pm-9.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am-8.00pm
Sunday: 8.00am-8.00pm
What’s the Irish interest?
Ireland will have six challengers with Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke, Tom McKibbin and Galway amateur Liam Nolan teeing up.
Paul Kimmage at The Open
Which LIV golfers are playing?
A total of 17 players from LIV Golf are playing this year’s tournament including one reserve.
Abraham Ancer
Dean Burmester
Laurie Canter
Bryson DeChambeau
Tyrrell Hatton
Sam Horsfield
Brooks Koepka
Dustin Johnson
Adrian Meronk
Phil Mickelson
Joaquin Niemann
Andy Ogletree
Louis Oosthuizen
David Puig
Jon Rahm
Cameron Smith
Henrik Stenson
What are the tee-times?
Tom McKibbin got the perfect trial run for his 6:46 am tee time on Thursday when he played a practice round with heroes Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke at Royal Troon.
McIlroy will begin his bid for that elusive fifth major at 10:09 am alongside American Max Homa and England’s Tyrrell Hatton, believing he’s ready to challenge after coming to terms with his recent US Open heartache.
Clarke goes off with Dean Burmester and JT Poston at 1:48 pm with two-time Open champion Pádraig Harrington out with American Davis Thompson and England’s Matthew Jordan at 2:15 pm.
Shane Lowry, the 2019 champion, goes off at 2:59 pm with Cameron Smith and Ryder Cup teammate Matthew Fitzpatrick determined to get a second Claret Jug.
Galway amateur Liam Nolan is off in the third last group of the day with fellow amateur Jaime Montojo Fernandez of Spain and New Zealand’s Kazuma Kobori at 4:05 pm.
You can see all the tee-times below.
Round One – Thursday 18 July (Friday’s times in brackets):
6.35am (11.25am) Justin Leonard, Todd Hamilton, Jack McDonald
6.46am (11.47am) Alex Noren, Tom McKibbin, Calum Scott
6.57am (11.58am) Jesper Svensson, Vincent Norrman, Michael Hendry
7.08am (12.09am) Younghan Song, Daniel Hillier, Ryosuke Kinoshita
7.19am (12.20am) Min Woo Lee, Ryo Hisatsune, Abraham Ancer
7.30am (12.31am) Nicolai Højgaard, Adam Scott, Keita Nakajima
7.41am (12.42am) Francesco Molinari, Justin Rose, Jasper Stubbs
7.52am (12.53am) Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im, Matthew Southgate
8.03am (1.04pm) Nick Taylor, Matt Wallace, Laurie Canter
8.14am (1.15pm) Sebastian Soderberg, Matteo Manassero, Shubhankar Sharma
8.25am (1.26pm) Zach Johnson, Austin Eckroat, Thorbjorn Olesen
8.36am (1.37pm) John Daly, Santiago De La Fuente (a), Aaron Rai
8.47am (1.48pm) Stewart Cink, Chris Kirk, Dominic Clemons (a)
9.08am (2.04pm) Stephan Jaeger, Adam Schenk, Joaquin Niemann
9.14am (2.15pm) Adam Hadwin, Lucas Glover, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
9.25am (2.26pm) Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Matthieu Pavon
9.36am (2.37pm) Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre
9.47am (2.48pm) Ludvig Åberg, Bryson DeChambeau, Tom Kim
9.58am (2.59pm) Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland, Sahith Theegala
10.09am (3.10pm) Rory McIlroy, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton
10.20am (3.21pm) Keegan Bradley, Will Zalatoris, Gordon Sargent (a)
10.31am (3.32pm) Harris English, Maverick McNealy, Alexander Bjork
10.42am (3.43pm) Guido Migliozzi, Sean Crocker, Tommy Morrison (a)
10.53am (3.54pm) David Puig, John Catlin, Guntaek Koh
11.04am (4.05pm) Thriston Lawrence, Daniel Bradbury, Elvis Smylie
11.15am (4.16pm) Nacho Elvira, Minkyu Kim, Darren Fichardt
11.26am (4.27pm) Mason Andersen, Masahiro Kawamura, Sam Hutsby
11.47am (6.35am) Ewen Ferguson, Marcel Siem
11.58am (6.46am) Cheng-Tsung Pan, Romain Langasque, Yuto Katsuragawa
12.09pm (7.57am) Rikuya Hoshino, Angel Hidalgo, Richard Mansell
12.20pm (7.08am) Corey Conners, Ryan Fox, Jorge Campillo
12.31pm (7.19am) Ernie Els, Gary Woodland, Altin van der Merwe (a)
12.42pm (7.30am) Henrik Stenson, Rasmus Højgaard, Jacob Skov Olesen (a)
12.53pm (7.41am) Louis Oosthuizen, Billy Horschel, Victor Perez
1.04pm (7.52am) Sepp Straka, Brendon Todd, Jordan Smith
1.15pm (8.03am) Denny McCarthy, Taylor Moore, Adrian Meronk
1.26pm (8.14am) Jason Day, Byeong Hun An, Rickie Fowler
1.37pm (8.25am) Alex Cejka, Eric Cole, Kurt Kitayama
1.48pm (8.36am) Darren Clarke, JT Poston, Dean Burmester
2.04pm (8.47am) Phil Mickelson, Joost Luiten, Dustin Johnson
2.15pm (9.03am) Pádraig Harrington, Davis Thompson, Matthew Jordan
2.26pm (9.14am) Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka
2.37pm (9.25am) Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay
2.48pm (9.36am) Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim
2.59pm (9.47am) Shane Lowry, Cameron Smith, Matthew Fitzpatrick
3.10pm (9.58am) Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young
3.21pm (10.09am) Akshay Bhatia, Tom Hoge, Sami Valimaki
3.32pm (10.20am) Emiliano Grillo, Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes
3.43pm (10.31am) Yannik Paul, Joe Dean, Andy Ogletree
3.53pm (10.42am) Ryan van Velzen, Charlie Lindh, Luis Masaveu (a)
4.05pm (10.53am) Kazuma Kobori, Jaime Montojo Fernandez (a), Liam Nolan (a)
4.16pm (11.04am) Daniel Brown, Denwit David Boriboonsub, Matthew Dodd-Berry (a)
4.27pm (11.15am) Jeunghun Wang, Aguri Iwasaki, Sam Horsfeld
What can I read on the golf pages at Independent.ie?
Rory McIlroy insists he would rather have agonising close calls than no chance to win after quickly turning his US Open heartbreak into major motivation and Brian Keogh has examined those close calls over the last decade. Plus we have Paul Kimmage on what makes the tournament so special and the latest from Shane Lowry.
What are the odds?
Scottie Scheffler 9/2
Rory McIlroy 13/2
Xander Schauffele 10/1
Bryson DeChambeau 11/1
Ludvig Aberg 11/1
Collin Morikawa 12/1
Tommy Fleetwood 16/1
Tyrrell Hatton 18/1
Jon Rahm 18/1
Viktor Hovland 22/1
Robert MacIntyre 22/1
Shane Lowry 25/1
Selected others:
Tom McKibbin 110/1
Tiger Woods 125/1
Padraig Harrington 275/1
Liam Nolan 750/1
Darren Clarke 1000/1
