THE 2026 Open Championship (the 154th Open) is currently underway at the:- Royal Birkdale, in Southport, England, with the 1st round taking place today:- 16 July 2026. Play starts early this morning at:- 06:35 BST. Below is the order of play for the 1st round:...

Morning Tee Times:-

• 06:35: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas

• 06:46: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan

• 06:57: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan

• 07:08: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean

• 07:19: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick

• 07:30: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate

• 07:41: Im Sung-jae, Daniel Brown, Pongsapak Laopakdee (a)

• 07:52: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith

• 08:03: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)

• 08:14: Hennie Du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester, Dan Bradbury

• 08:25: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)

• 08:36: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren

• 08:47: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth

Mid-Morning and Afternoon Tee Times:-

• 09:03: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune

• 09:14: Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Højgaard

• 09:25: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee

• 09:36: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland

• 09:47: Justin Thomas, Alex Norén, Jason Day

• 09:58: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau

• 10:09: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm

• 10:20: Brian Harman, Kim Si-woo, Nick Taylor

• 10:31: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig

• 10:42: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)