​Golf’s oldest major will close out the 2026 Grand Slam schedule this weekend as the world’s top players converge on Royal Birkdale.The 154th Open Championship begins in the early-morning hours of Thursday, July 16, and rolls through Sunday, July 19. Royal Birkdale is hosting Europe’s crown jewel for the 11th time.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMORE: 8 reasons Royal Birkdale turns ordinary golf fans into Open Championship diehardsWorld No. 1 Scottie Scheffler enters as the defending champion after winning by four strokes last year at Royal Portrush. American Jordan Spieth won the last time Royal Birkdale hosted in 2017. He hasn’t won a major since. The only two-time winner in the field is Padraig Harrington, whose last victory came in 2008 at Royal Birkdale.Rounds 1 and 2 will begin at 1:35 a.m. ET on Thursday and Friday, respectively. Peacock opens streaming coverage at 1:30 a.m. ET Thursday and Friday and offers featured-group coverage throughout each day. First-round and second-round TV content is on the USA Network from 4 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET each day.Scottie Scheffler tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of The 153rd Open Championship.All times Eastern Time1:35 a.m. – Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas1:46 a.m. – Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan1:57 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan2:08 a.m. – Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean2:19 a.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick2:30 a.m. – David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate2:41 a.m. – Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)2:52 a.m. – Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith3:03 a.m. – Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)3:14 a.m. – Hennie Du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester, Dan Bradbury3:25 a.m. – Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)3:36 a.m. – Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren3:47 a.m. – Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth4:03 a.m. – Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune4:14 a.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Højgaard4:25 a.m. – Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee4:36 a.m. – Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland4:47 a.m. – Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day4:58 a.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau5:09 a.m. – Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm5:20 a.m. – Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor5:31 a.m. – Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig5:42 a.m. – Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)5:53 a.m. – Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt6:04 a.m. – M.J. Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald6:15 a.m. – Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)6:41 a.m. – John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen6:52 a.m. – Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman7:03 a.m. – Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter7:14 a.m. – Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)7:25 a.m. – Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kit