​Rory McIlroy faces a challenging path to salvage his Open campaign as the Masters champion is scheduled for a relatively early second-round start time at Royal Birkdale. McIlroy will begin his Friday at 10:09 a.m. BST, joining a strong grouping with Matt Fitzpatrick and Xander Schauffele. All three found trouble in the first round and sit over par, making their morning tee time a critical test to turn momentum around.
Leading the field after a standout opening day on Merseyside is surprise contender Jackson Suber, who carded five under par to seize the early advantage. Bryson DeChambeau is also in contention, finishing Thursday at three under. He will head off at 3:04 p.m. alongside defending champion Scottie Scheffler, who sits just a shot behind, and Tyrell Hatton, who is one under and part of the LIV Golf rivalry storyline.
Other notable groups feature local favorite Tommy Fleetwood paired with Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth, and Shane Lowry with Brooks Koepka and Aaron Rai, the latter having captured the PGA Championship earlier this year. Below are the full tee times for rounds one and two along the Southport coastline, offering a comprehensive look at the round-one lineup and the early-round schedule for the second round.
06:35 John Parry (Eng), Eric Cole (US), Tiger Christensen (Ger)
06:46 Eugenio Chacarra (Spa), Matt Wallace (Eng), Max Greyserman (US)
06:57 Michael Brennan (US), Sahith Theegala (US), Laurie Canter (Eng)
07:08 Cameron Smith (Aus), Keith Mitchell (US), Stuart Grehan (Ire)
07:19 Sepp Straka (Aut), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Kurt Kitayama (US)
07:30 Sami Valimaki (Fin), Shaun Norris (SA), Jackson Suber (US)
07:41 Darren Clarke (NI), Adrien Saddier (Fra), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)
07:52 Keegan Bradley (US), Corey Conners (Can), Casey Jarvis (SA)
08:03 Matt McCarty (US), Harry Hall (Eng), Haotong Li (Chn)
08:14 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Marco Penge (Eng), Michael Hollick (SA)
08:25 Tom Kim (Kor), Billy Horschel (US), Mason Howell (US)
08:36 Johnny Keefer (US), Pierceson Coody (US), Keita Nakajima (Jpn)
08:47 Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Jesper Svensson (Swe), Jack Buchanan (SA)
09:03 Bud Cauley (US), Jayden Schaper (SA), Lucas Herbert (Aus)
09:14 Kristoffer Reitan (Den), Patrick Reed (US), JT Poston (US)
09:25 Chris Gotterup (US), Sam Burns (US), Adam Scott (Aus)
09:36 Collin Morikawa (US), JJ Spaun (US), Nicolai Højgaard (Den)
09:47 Shane Lowry (Ire), Aaron Rai (Eng), Brooks Koepka (US)
09:58 Cameron Young (US), Wyndham Clark (US), Ludvig Åberg (Swe)
10:09 Rory McIlroy (NI), Xander Schauffele (US), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
10:20 Jacob Bridgeman (US), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Tim Wiedmeyer (Ger)
10:31 Patrick Cantlay (US), Daniel Berger (US), Nico Echevarria (Col)
10:42 Peter Uihlein (US), Alistair Docherty (US), Francesco Laporta (Ita)
10:53 Cameron John (Aus), Austen Truslow (US), Sam Bairstow (Eng)
11:04 Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn), Marcus Plunkett (US), Baard Bjoernevik (Den)
11:15 Kazuki Higa (Jpn), Jiho Yang (Kor), Nevill Ruiter (Ned)
11:41 Matthew Baldwin (Eng), Thomas Detry (Bel), James Nicholas (US)
11:52 Michael Kim (US)