Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose headline pairings at The Open

 

[July 19, 2023]  Rory McIlroy has been paired with Masters champion John Rahm and former world No. 1 golfer Justin Rose in the first two rounds of the 151st Open Championship in Hoylake, England.

McIlroy, who comes to Royal Liverpool Golf Club off a scintillating win at the Scottish Open, is bidding to win his second Claret Jug. The 34-year-old from Northern Ireland will join Rahm and Rose in teeing off at 9:59 a.m. ET Thursday and 4:58 a.m. ET in Friday's second round.

McIlroy expressed confidence in his game heading into The Open.

"I think regardless of whether I won or not (this past weekend), I would have come in here confident with the way I've played over the last sort of month and a half," McIlroy said Tuesday.

"My game feels like it's in good shape, but I think seeing the way I played last week and being able to control my ball in pretty difficult conditions, and I feel good about that coming into this week."

McIlroy was then asked if the memories of his victory at The Open in 2014 will serve as inspiration for this week's tournament.

"A little bit. Maybe not as much as you would think. Over the past nine years a lot has happened in my life, and I've played a lot of golf tournaments," he said. "But yeah, there's a few things that I remember, and it's nice to get back on to the golf course and sort of refamiliarize myself with it."

Defending Open Championship winner Cameron Smith is linked with U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark and Xander Schauffele in a pairing. That group tees off at 4:58 a.m. ET Thursday and 9:59 a.m. ET Friday.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler shares the tee with Tommy Fleetwood of England and Adam Scott of Australia at 4:47 a.m. ET Thursday and 9:48 a.m. ET Friday.

Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick of England and Jason Day of Australia are paired at 4:03 a.m. ET Thursday and 9:04 a.m. ET Friday, while Patrick Cantlay, PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan will tee off at 4:36 a.m. ET Thursday/9:37 a.m. ET Friday.

Below is the full list of tee times for the first two rounds of The Open Championship:

1:35/6:36 a.m. -- Matthew Jordan, Richie Ramsay, Branden Grace

1:46./6:47 a.m. -- Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Graeme Robertson

1:57/6:58 a.m. -- Ryan Fox, Lucas Herbert, Byeong Hun An

2:08/7:09 a.m. -- Rikuya Hoshino, Charl Schwartzel, Alex Maguire

2:19/7:20 a.m. -- Adrian Meronk, Pablo Larrazabal, Hiroshi Iwata

2:30/7:31 a.m. -- Patrick Reed, Connor Syme, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio

2:41 /7:42 a.m. -- Darren Clarke, Victor Perez, Thomas Pieters

2:52/7:53 a.m. -- Louis Oosthuizen, Joost Luiten, Christo Lamprecht

3:03/8:04 a.m. -- Stewart Cink, JT Poston, Trey Mullinax

3:14/8:15 a.m. -- Henrik Stenson, Harris English, Andrew Putnam

3:25/8:26 a.m. -- Scott Stallings, Jordan Smith, Thorbjorn Olesen

3:36/8:37 a.m. -- Ernie Els, Kurt Kitayama, Takumi Kanaya

3:47/8:48 a.m. -- Sam Burns, Sepp Straka, Chris Kirk

4:03/9:04 a.m. -- Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day

4:14/9:15 a.m. -- Padraig Harrington, Seamus Power, Talor Gooch

4:25/9:26 a.m. -- KH Lee, Davis Riley, Taiga Semikawa

4:36/9:37 a.m. -- Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama

4:47/9:48 a.m. -- Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott

4:58/9:59 a.m. -- Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark

5:09/10:10 a.m. -- Shane Lowry, Rickie Fowler, Robert MacIntyre

5:20/10:21 a.m. -- Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim, Bryson DeChambeau

5:31/10:32 a.m. -- Nicolai Højgaard, Bio Kim, Kazuki Yasumori

5:42/10:43 a.m. -- Dan Bradbury, Oliver Farr, Haydn Barron

5:53/10:54 a.m. -- Marcel Siem, Martin Rohwer, Tiger Christensen

6:04/11:05 a.m. -- Lee Hodges, Antoine Rozner, Richard Bland

6:15/11:16 a.m. -- Yannik Paul, Sami Valimaki, Laurie Canter

6:36/1:35 a.m. -- Rasmus Hojgaard, Matthew Southgate, Alex Fitzpatrick

6:47/1:46 a.m. -- Daniel Hillier, Kyung Nam Kang, Kensei Hirata

6:58/1:57 a.m. -- Callum Shinkwin, Kazuki Higa, Michael Kim

7:09/2:08 a.m. -- Zack Fischer, Taichi Kho, Kyle Barker

7:20/2:19 a.m. -- Brendon Todd, Romain Langasque, Travis Smyth

7:31/2:30 a.m. -- Gary Woodland, Adrian Otaegui, Alexander Bjork

7:42/2:41 a.m. -- Min Woo Lee, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Harrison Crowe

7:53/2:52 a.m. -- Corey Conners, Billy Horschel, Alex Noren

8:04/3:03 a.m. -- Tom Kim, Tom Hoge, Abraham Ancer

8:15/3:14 a.m. -- Zach Johnson, Matt Wallace, David Micheluzzi

8:26/3:25 a.m. -- Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, Dustin Johnson

8:37/3:36 a.m. -- Francesco Molinari, Denny McCarthy, Mateo Fernandez De Oliveira

8:48/3:47 a.m. -- Brian Harman, Thriston Lawrence, Thomas Detry

9:04/4:03 a.m. -- John Daly, Taylor Moore, Danny Willett

9:15/4:14 a.m. -- David Lingmerth, Ben Griffin, Ockie Strydom

9:26/4:25 a.m. -- Adri Arnaus, Ewen Ferguson, Keita Nakajima

9:37/4:36 a.m. -- Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im, Joaquin Niemann

9:48/4:47 a.m. -- Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas

9:59/4:58 a.m. -- Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose

10:10/5:09 a.m. -- Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton

10:21/5:20 a.m. -- Phil Mickelson, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk

10:32/5:31 a.m. -- Nacho Elvira, Marc Warren, Alejandro Canizares

10:43/5:42 a.m. -- Guido Migliozzi, Oliver Wilson, Connor McKinney

10:54/5:53 a.m. -- Kalle Samooja, Shubhankar Sharma, Gunner Wiebe

11:05/6:04 a.m. -- Jorge Campillo, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Michael Stewart

11:16/6:15 a.m. -- Hurly Long, Seungsu Han, Marco Penge

--Field Level Media

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