2025 British Open tee times, pairings: Complete schedule, groupings in Round 1 on Thursday at Royal Portrush
The open championship begins Thursday morning in Royal Portrush with the best golfers in the world in the running for the last major of the season in Northern Ireland. This 2025 open will lead to early mornings – or late nights, depending on your point of view – for fans in the United States if they hope to follow their favorite players.
As is always the case with the four majors, many of the biggest stars and Favorites of the open championships will be twinned together in the first two laps. There are scenarios abound in marquee groups for Thursday and Friday. Follow the updates and covering the live rankings of the open championship throughout Tour 1.
The first large group is the 4:58 a.m. and Tee’s time by Xander Schauffele, JJ Spaun and Jon Rahm, while the 2024 open champion will start his defending defend alongside the American open champion and one of the favorites to win the Bordeaux Jug this year. In the next group at 5:09 am, the world number 1 Scottie Scheffler will start its quest for a first title open alongside two men who have already won one in Collin Morikawa and Shane Lowry. Of course, it was Lowry who won the open the last time he took place in Royal Portrush.
In the afternoon wave, there are three notable groups which will take place successively, starting with Robert Macintyre, Bryson Dechambeau and Justin Rose at 9:48 am; Followed by Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Åberg and Viktor Hovland at 9:59 am; With Rory McILroy, Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood raising back at the rear at 10:10 a.m., McILroy is looking for his second major title of the season and his first open victory in his country of origin, in Northern Ireland, in what could be its best chance of winning on this ground.
Below, you can find the full list of Tee Times for the first round Thursday while the 153rd open championship begins to play the Royal Portrush. Don’t forget to check our 2025 Open calendar and cover guide To make sure you catch all the action every day, whether you look at home, work or travel.
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2025 Open Championship Tee Times, pairs Thursday
1h35 – Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Højgaard, Tom McKibbin
1:46 AM – Louis Oosthuizen, Guido Migliozzi, Kj Choi
1h57 – Cameron Smith, Marco Penge, Justin Hastings (A)
2 h 08 – Jason Day, Taylor Pendrith, Jacob Skov Olesen
2 h 19 – Phil Mickelson, Daniel Van Tonder, Ryan Peake
2:30 – Max Greserman, Byeong Hun An, Niklas Norgaard
2 h 41 – Jordan Smith, Haotong Li, Dustin Johnson
2 h 52 – Darren Clarke, Davis Riley, Lucas Herbert
3:03 am – Kevin Yu, Julien Guerrier, Mikiya Akutsu
3h14 – Thomas Detry, Chris Gotterup, Lee Westwood
3:25 am – Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, Mackenzie Hughes
3:36 AM – Thorbjorn Olesen, Matthew Jordan, Filip Jakubcik (A)
3:47 a.m. – Henrik Stenson, Stephan Jaeger, Sebastian Soderberg
4 h 03 – Kristoffer Reitan, Martin Couvra, Adrien Saddier
4h14 – Takumi Kanaya, Justin Walters, Bryan Newman (A)
4 h 25 – Hideki Matsuyama, Ryan Fox, Matt Fitzpatrick
4:36 – Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Akshay Bhatia
4 h 47 – Sam Burns, Aldrich Potgieter, Brooks Koepka
4 h 58 – Xander Schauffele, JJ Spaun, Jon Rahm
5:09 am – Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
5:20 a.m. – Corey Conners, Wyndham Clark, Tom Hoge
5 h 31 – Denny McCarthy, Nico Echavarria, Patrick Reed
5:42 a.m. – Matti Schmid, Ryggs Johnston, Richard Teder (A)
5:53 a.m. – Dylan Naidoo, Darren Fichardt, John Axelsen
6:04 am – Justin Suh, Oliver Lindell, Jesper Sandborg
6:15 am – Sadom Kaewkanjana, Riki Kawamoto, Sampson Zheng
6:26 a.m. – Stewart Cink, Matteo Manassero, Marc Leishman
6 h 47 – Francesco Molinari, Jesper Svensson, Connor Graham (A)
6:58 am – Zach Johnson, Daniel Hillier, Daniel Brown
7:09 am – Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler, Ethan Fang (A)
7:20 am – Laurie Canter, Elvis Smylie, Sergio Garcia
7:31 am – Andrew Novak, Matthieu Pavon, Matt Wallace
7:42 a.m. – Davis Thomopson, Dean Burmester, Rikuya Hoshino
7:53 am – If Woo Kim, Shugo Imahira, Sebastian Cave (A)
8:04 am – Michael Kim, Bud Cauley, John Parry
8:15 am – Matt McCarty, Shaun Norris, Angel Hidalgo
8:26 am – Keegan Bradley, Sungjae IM, Daniel Berger
8:37 am – Rasmus Højgaard, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Romain Lagasque
8:48 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala, Harry Hall
9:04 am – Justin Leonard, Thriston Lawrence, Antoine Rozner
9:15 am – JT Poston, Chris Kirk, Carlos Ortiz
9:26 am – Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Joaquin Niemann
9:37 a.m. – Russell Henley, Tyrrell Hatton, Min Woo Lee
9:48 am – Robert Macintyre, Bryson Dechambeau, Justin Rose
9:59 am – Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Åberg, Viktor Hovland
10:10 am – Rory McILroy, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood
10:21 am – Harris English, Nick Taylor, Tony Finau
10:32 am – Lucas Glover, Jhonattan Vegas, Tom Kim
10:43 am – Brian Campbell, John Catlin, Frazer Jones (A)
10:54 am – Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak, Cameron Adam (A)
11:05 am – Daniel Young, Curtis Luck, Curtis Knipes
11:15 a.m. – Song Younghan, George Bloor, Oj Farrell
