All the tee times and pairing for the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon.
The draw has been made for the 2016 Open Championship and as always there are some who will be happy and others not so pleased at the tee times and pairings.
Happiest of all may well be the earliest starters Thursday who will get the best of the course and potentially better weather as winds often build throughout the day.
Related: Check out my 2016 Open Championship Betting Preview And Tips post here.
Monty, Marc Leishman and Luke Donald are first out on Thursday at 6.35am and may benefit greatly. The marque grouping of Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose and Shane Lowry tee off at 9.03 am on Thursday while Rickie Fowler, Jason Day and Danny Willett will take a lot of the crowds with them. Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson and Hideki Matsuyama are in the group directly after at 9.36am meaning many of the big names will play within a half hour of each other.
The unluckiest grouping then may well be the 9.47am tee time with Gary Woodland, James Morrisson and Soomin Lee who will have to put up with huge crowd movements ahead as fans follow the big groups.
Mickelson, Westwood and Els at 1.26pm on Thursday looks an interesting oldies threesome and that might just calm any early nerves they might be feeling.
The pick of the afternoon starters on day one sees Dustin Johnson with Martin Kaymer and Russell Knox tee off at 2.04pm followed by Henrik Stenson, Zach Johnson and Adam Scott.
As ever on links the draw will become favourable or not dependant on the weather. Changeable conditions have been known to eliminate one whole side of the field and players will surely be watching weather forecasts with interest as Thursday approaches.
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Happiest of all may well be the earliest starters Thursday who will get the best of the course and potentially better weather as winds often build throughout the day.
Related: Check out my 2016 Open Championship Betting Preview And Tips post here.
Monty, Marc Leishman and Luke Donald are first out on Thursday at 6.35am and may benefit greatly. The marque grouping of Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose and Shane Lowry tee off at 9.03 am on Thursday while Rickie Fowler, Jason Day and Danny Willett will take a lot of the crowds with them. Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson and Hideki Matsuyama are in the group directly after at 9.36am meaning many of the big names will play within a half hour of each other.
The unluckiest grouping then may well be the 9.47am tee time with Gary Woodland, James Morrisson and Soomin Lee who will have to put up with huge crowd movements ahead as fans follow the big groups.
Mickelson, Westwood and Els at 1.26pm on Thursday looks an interesting oldies threesome and that might just calm any early nerves they might be feeling.
The pick of the afternoon starters on day one sees Dustin Johnson with Martin Kaymer and Russell Knox tee off at 2.04pm followed by Henrik Stenson, Zach Johnson and Adam Scott.
As ever on links the draw will become favourable or not dependant on the weather. Changeable conditions have been known to eliminate one whole side of the field and players will surely be watching weather forecasts with interest as Thursday approaches.
2016 Open Championship Tee Times And Pairings
(Note: All tee times start at No. 1; all times local.)
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Player | Player | Player |
| 6:35 a.m. | 11:36 a.m. | Colin Montgomerie | Marc Leishman | Luke Donald |
| 6:46 a.m. | 11:47 a.m. | Steven Alker | Marcus Fraser | Sanghee Lee |
| 6:57 a.m. | 11:58 a.m. | Jeunghun Wang | Jon Rahm | Ryan Palmer |
| 7:08 a.m. | 12:09 p.m. | Sandy Lyle | a-Scott Gregory | David Duval |
| 7:19 a.m. | 12:20 p.m. | Richie Ramsay | Danny Lee | Harris English |
| 7:30 a.m. | 12:31 p.m. | Alex Noren | Steven Bowditch | Kevin Chappell |
| 7:41 a.m. | 12:42 p.m. | Darren Clarke | Thorbjorn Olesen | Jim Furyk |
| 7:52 a.m. | 12:53 p.m. | Justin Thomas | David Lingmerth | Kiradech Aphibarnrat |
| 8:03 a.m. | 1:04 p.m. | Branden Grace | Patrick Reed | Byeong Hun An |
| 8:14 a.m. | 1:15 p.m. | Paul Lawrie | Brandt Snedeker | Thongchai Jaidee |
| 8:25 a.m. | 1:26 p.m. | Padraig Harrington | Louis Oosthuizen | Jamie Donaldson |
| 8:36 a.m. | 1:37 p.m. | Scott Piercy | Paul Dunne | Jamie Lovemark |
| 8:47 a.m. | 1:48 p.m. | Victor Dubuisson | Jimmy Walker | Scott Hend |
| 9:03 a.m. | 2:04 p.m. | Jordan Spieth | Justin Rose | Shane Lowry |
| 9:14 a.m. | 2:15 p.m. | Ross Fisher | Steve Stricker | Vijay Singh |
| 9:25 a.m. | 2:26 p.m. | Danny Willett | Rickie Fowler | Jason Day |
| 9:36 a.m. | 2:37 p.m. | Rory McIlroy | Hideki Matsuyama | Bubba Watson |
| 9:47 a.m. | 2:48 p.m. | Gary Woodland | James Morrison | Soomin Lee |
| 9:58 a.m. | 2:59 p.m. | Smylie Kaufman | Chris Kirk | George Coetzee |
| 10:09 a.m. | 3:10 p.m. | Billy Horschel | Matthew Fitzpatrick | Hideto Tanihara |
| 10:20 a.m. | 3:21 p.m. | Matteo Manassero | Shugo Imahira | Russell Henley |
| 10:31 a.m. | 3:32 p.m. | Kodai Ichihara | Robert Rock | William McGirt |
| 10:42 a.m. | 3:43 p.m. | Brendan Steele | Richard Sterne | Matt Jones |
| 10:53 a.m. | 3:54 p.m. | Patton Kizzire | Nicolas Colsaerts | Rod Pampling |
| 11:04 a.m. | 4:05 p.m. | Dave Coupland | Nathan Holman | Phachara Khongwatmai |
| 11:15 a.m. | 4:16 p.m. | Scott Fernandez | Rikard Karlberg | Haydn Porteous |
| 11:36 a.m. | 6:35 a.m. | Greg Chalmers | Kristoffer Broberg | Clement Sordet |
| 11:47 a.m. | 6:46 a.m. | David Howell | Seung Yul Noh | Tony Finau |
| 11:58 a.m. | 6:57 a.m. | Jordan Niebrugge | Nick Cullen | Robert Streb |
| 12:09 p.m. | 7:08 a.m. | Ben Curtis | a-Stefano Mazzoli | John Daly |
| 12:20 p.m. | 7:19 a.m. | Francesco Molinari | Kevin Kisner | K.T. Kim |
| 12:31 p.m. | 7:30 a.m. | Todd Hamilton | Justin Leonard | Mark Calcavecchia |
| 12:42 p.m. | 7:41 a.m. | Soren Kjeldsen | Lasse Jensen | Bill Haas |
| 12:53 p.m. | 7:52 a.m. | Paul Casey | Charl Schwartzel | Kevin Na |
| 1:04 p.m. | 8:03 a.m. | Emiliano Grillo | Joost Luiten | Charley Hoffman |
| 1:15 p.m. | 8:14 a.m. | Graeme McDowell | Matt Kuchar | Andrew Johnston |
| 1:26 p.m. | 8:25 a.m. | Phil Mickelson | Lee Westwood | Ernie Els |
| 1:37 p.m. | 8:36 a.m. | Satoshi Kodaira | James Hahn | Andy Sullivan |
| 1:48 p.m. | 8:47 a.m. | Ryan Moore | Bernd Wiesberger | Tommy Fleetwood |
| 2:04 p.m. | 9:03 a.m. | Dustin Johnson | Martin Kaymer | Russell Knox |
| 2:15 p.m. | 9:14 a.m. | Zach Johnson | Adam Scott | Henrik Stenson |
| 2:26 p.m. | 9:25 a.m | Chris Wood | Yusaku Miyazato | Mark O'Meara |
| 2:37 p.m. | 9:36 a.m. | Miguel Angel Jimenez | Jason Dufner | Marc Warren |
| 2:48 p.m. | 9:47 a.m. | Anirban Lahiri | Sergio Garcia | Keegan Bradley |
| 2:59 p.m. | 9:58 a.m. | Webb Simpson | Yuta Ikeda | Thomas Pieters |
| 3:10 p.m. | 10:09 a.m. | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | J.B. Holmes | Brandon Stone |
| 3:21 p.m. | 10:20 a.m. | Marco Dawson | Matthew Southgate | Yosuke Tsukada |
| 3:32 p.m. | 10:31 a.m. | Jack Senior | James Heath | Brian Gay |
| 3:43 p.m. | 10:42 a.m. | Jim Herman | Fabian Gomez | Anthony Wall |
| 3:54 p.m. | 10:53 a.m. | Paul Howard | Daniel Summerhays | Colt Knost |
| 4:05 p.m. | 11:04 a.m. | Oskar Arvidsson | Harold Varner III | Tyrrell Hatton |
| 4:16 p.m. | 11:15 a.m. | Ryan Evans | Callum Shinkwin | Zander Lombard |
