Like just about everything else with the British Open, there is something singularly distinct regarding tee times at golf’s oldest major. It’s not so much who the R&A pairs with whom that holds people’s curiosities, as is the case with the cheeky-themed threesomes the USGA often puts together at the U.S. Open. Rather, it’s the anticipation of when your name appears on the starter’s sheet and whether that means you’re on the “good” or “bad” side of the draw. And so it will be again this week when the 152nd British Open Championship takes place at Royal Troon.
Indeed, unlike any other men’s major, where you’re placed in order of things at the Open—and how that fits into mother nature’s divine plans—plays an overly large role in a players’ chances of having a successful week, or seeing themselves packing their backs a few days early.
Case in point: 2010, when the R&A visited St. Andrews. The golfers who teed off in the morning during Friday’s second round at the Old Course played in calm conditions, eventual winner Louis Oosthuizen shooting a 67. Those who teed off in the afternoon, however, played in blustery winds and rain squalls. Rory McIlroy, after an opening-round 63, shot a second-round 80 to all but end his hopes of victory just 36 holes into the championship.
“When you feel like you’re playing well and you get the wrong side of the draw and you feel like the best you can finish is 10th, it’s a bitter pill to swallow,” McIlroy said in 2017. “But you have to realize in a 25- or 30-year career, you’re going to get some years that you’re on the good side of the draw.”
Indeed, the reason this is so central to how things play out at the Open is because of the mechanics of tee times themselves in the major. With sunrise at around 4:40 a.m. and sunset not until just shy of 10 p.m., the lengthy daylight allows all groups to tee off on the first hole, with tee times spread from as early as 6:30 a.m. to as late as 4:15 p.m. local time. It’s a wider separation than anything on the PGA Tour (which employs split tees at almost all its events).
Players will be competing in threesomes on Thursday and Friday at Troon. Official tee times have not been announced so we are simply listing all the players in the field here. Check back here closer to the start of the championship and we’ll have the tee times posted as soon as they go live.
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Ludvig Aberg, 5
Byeong Hun An, 5
Abraham Ancer, Qualifier
Mason Andersen, 15
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, 14
Akshay Bhatia, 5
Alexander Bjork, 6
Denwit Boriboonsub, OQS Malaysia
Dan Bradbury, OQS South Africa
Keegan Bradley, 5, 13
Daniel Brown, Qualifier
Dean Burmester, OQS South Africa
Sam Burns, 5, 13
Jorge Campillo, 6
Laurie Canter, 8
Patrick Cantlay, 5, 13
John Catlin, OQS Malaysia
Alex Cejka, 18
Stewart Cink, 1
Wyndham Clark, 5, 9, 13
Darren Clarke, 1
Dominic Clemons (a), Qualifier
Eric Cole, 5
Corey Conners, 5, 13
Sean Crocker, OQS Italy
John Daly, 1
Jason Day, 4, 5, 13
Santiago de la Fuente (a), 24
Joe Dean, OQS Netherlands
Bryson DeChambeau, 5, 9
Matthew Dodd-Berry (a), Qualifier
Austin Eckroat, 5
Ernie Els, 1
Nacho Elvira, 8
Harris English, 5
Ewen Ferguson, 8
Jaime Montojo Fernandez (a), Qualifier
Darren Fichardt, OQS South Africa
Tony Finau, 5, 13
Matt Fitzpatrick, 5, 6, 9, 13
Tommy Fleetwood, 4, 5, 6, 13
Rickie Fowler, 5, 13
Ryan Fox, 6, 7
Lucas Glover, 5, 13
Ben Griffin, OQS Canada
Emiliano Grillo, 4, 13
Adam Hadwin, OQS Memorial
Todd Hamilton, 1
Brian Harman, 1, 3, 4, 5, 13
Padraig Harrington, 1
Tyrrell Hatton, 5, 6, 13
Michael Hendry, 27
Russell Henley, 5, 13
Angel Hidalgo, Qualifier
Daniel Hillier, 6
Ryo Hisatsune, 6
Tom Hoge, 14
Nicolai Hojgaard, 5, 6
Rasmus Hojgaard, 6
Max Homa, 4, 5, 13
Billy Horschel, 7
Sam Horsfield, Qualifier
Rikuya Hoshino, OQS Australia
Viktor Hovland, 5, 6 13
Mackenzie Hughes, OQS Canada
Sam Hutsby, Qualifier
Sungjae Im, 5, 13
Aguri Iwasaki, 17
Stephan Jaeger, 5
Dustin Johnson, 10
Zach Johnson, 1, 3
Matthew Jordan, 4
Yuto Katsuragawa, OQS Japan
Misahiro Kawamura, Qualifier
Tom Kim, 4, 5, 6, 13
Si Woo Kim, 5, 13
Minkyu Kim, OQS Korea
Ryosuke Kinoshita, OQS Japan
Chris Kirk, 5
Kurt Kitayama, 5
Kazuma Kobori, 16
Brooks Koepka, 5, 11
Gun-Taek Koh, OQS Japan
Romain Langasque, 6
Thriston Lawrence, 6
Min Woo Lee, 5, 6
Justin Leonard, 1
Charlie Lindh, Qualifier
Shane Lowry, 1, 3, 5, 7
Joost Luiten, 6
Robert MacIntyre, 6
Matteo Manassero, 8
Luis Masaveu (a), Qualifier
Hideki Matsuyama, 5, 10
Denny McCarthy, 5
Rory McIlroy, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13
Tom McKibbin, OQS Italy
Maverick McNealy, OQS Canada
Jack McDonald, Qualifier
Adrian Meronk, 6
Phil Mickelson, 1, 3, 11
Guido Migliozzi, OQS Netherlands
Francesco Molinari, 1, 3
Taylor Moore, 13
Collin Morikawa, 1, 3, 5, 11, 13
Tommy Morrison (a), 21
Keita Nakajima, 16
Joaquin Niemann, OQS Australia
Liam Nolan, Qualifier
Vincent Norrman, 6
Andy Ogletree, 16
Thorbjorn Olesen, 6
Jacob Skov Olesen (a), 19
Louis Oosthuizen, 1
C.T. Pan, OQS John Deere
Yannik Paul, 6
Matthieu Pavon, 5, 6
Victor Perez, 6
J.T. Poston, 5
David Puig, 16
Jon Rahm, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13
Justin Rose, Qualifier
Gordon Sargent (a), 22
Xander Schauffele, 5, 11, 13
Scottie Scheffler, 5, 10, 12, 13
Adam Schenk, 5, 13
Adam Scott, OQS Australia
Calum Scott (a),
Shubhankar Sharma, 4
Marcel Siem, 6
Cameron Smith, 1, 3, 12
Jordan Smith, 6
Elvis Smylie, Qualifier
Sebastian Soderberg, 6
Younghan Song, OQS Korea
Matthew Southgate, Qualifier
Jordan Spieth, 1, 3, 5, 13
Henrik Stenson, 1, 3
Sepp Straka, 4, 5, 13
Jasper Stubbs (a), 23
Jesper Svensson, 8
Nick Taylor, 5, 13
Sahith Theegala, 5
Justin Thomas, 5, 11
Davis Thompson, OQS John Deere
Brendon Todd, OQS Arnold Palmer Invitational
Sami Valimaki, 6
Altin van der Merwe (a), 26
Ryan Van Velzen, 16
Matt Wallace, 6
Jeung-Hun Wang, OQS Malaysia
Gary Woodland, 9
Tiger Woods, 1, 10
Cameron Young, 4, 5
Will Zalatoris, OQS Arnold Palmer Invitational
QUALIFYING EXEMPTIONS
1: The Open champions aged 60 or under on July 21, 2024 (for all champions up to 2024)
2: The Open champions aged 55 or under on July 21, 2024 (for all champions from 2024)
3: The Open champions for 2013-23
4: First 10 and ties in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool in 2023
5: The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2024
6: First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2023
7: The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2021-23
8: First 5 DP World Tour members and any Race to Dubai members tying for fifth place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2024 BMW International
9: The U.S. Open champions for 2019-24
10: The Masters Tournament champions for 2019-24
11: The PGA champions for 2018-24
12: The Players champions for 2022-24
13: Top 30 players for the final 2023 FedEx Cup
14: First 5 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for fifth place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup for 2024 on completion of the 2024 Travelers Championship
15: The 117th Visa Open de Argentina 2024 champion
16: The first 5 players on the 2024 Federations Ranking List as of closing date
17: The Japan Open champion for 2023
18: The Senior Open champion for 2023
19: The Amateur champion for 2024
20: The U.S. Amateur champion for 2023
21: The European Amateur champion for 2024
22: The Mark H McCormack Medal (men’s world amateur ranking) winner for 2023
23: The Asia-Pacific Amateur champion 2023
24: The Latin America Amateur champion 2024
25: The Open Amateur Series winner 2024
26: The Africa Amateur champion 2024
27: Medical exemption
(Exemptions 19-26 can only be taken up by players retaining their amateur status.)
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