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The Open 2017 tee-off times, day one

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Henrik Stenson's defence begins on Thursday and he will partner world number one Jordan Spieth  - Getty Images Europe
Henrik Stenson's defence begins on Thursday and he will partner world number one Jordan Spieth - Getty Images Europe

Defending champion Henrik Stenson will partner former world number one Jordan Spieth in the first two rounds of this week's British Open at Royal Birkdale.

Stenson and Spieth are scheduled to tee off with South Korean Kim Si-woo, who became the youngest winner at the Players Championship earlier this year, at 0947 local time on Thursday.

Stenson, who edged Phil Mickelson to win the title at Royal Troon last year, is bidding to become the first man since Padraig Harrington in 2008 to defend his title.

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World number one Dustin Johnson will partner Rory McIlroy and South Africa's Charl Schwartzel, with the group getting underway at 1448 local time.

Masters champion Sergio Garcia will be joined by Australian Jason Day and 2015 champion Zach Johnson.

The first tee shot will be hit at 0635 local time by American Mark O'Meara, who was the winner in 1998 at Royal Birkdale.

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Thursday day one tee times

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, all times Local):

(a) denotes amateurs

Starting at hole 1

  • 0635 Chris Wood, Mark O'Meara (USA), Ryan Moore (USA)

  • 0646 Phachara Khongwatmai (Tha), (a) Maverick McNealy (USA), Stuart Manley

  • 0657 Stewart Cink (USA), Sandy Lyle, Jeunghun Wang (Kor)

  • 0708 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Paul Broadhurst, Roberto Castro (USA)

  • 0719 Tom Lehman (USA), Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Darren Fichardt (Rsa)

  • 0730 Billy Horschel (USA), Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Danny Willett

  • 0741 Steve Stricker (USA), Matthew Fitzpatrick, Emiliano Grillo (Ar)

  • 0752 Jason Dufner (USA), Branden Grace (Rsa), Bryson DeChambeau (USA)

  • 0803 Russell Knox, Alex Noren (Swe), Ian Poulter

  • 0814 David Duval (USA), Prayad Marksaeng (Tha), K.T. Kim (Kor)

  • 0825 Young-Han Song (Kor), David Horsey, Dylan Frittelli (Rsa)

  • 0836 Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Charles Howell III (USA), Shiv Kapur (Ind)

  • 0847 Russell Henley (USA), Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Peter Uihlein (USA)

  • 0903 Brendan Steele (USA), Alexander Levy (Fra), Webb Simpson (USA)

  • 0914 Wesley Bryan (USA), Anirban Lahiri (Ind), (a) Alfie Plant

  • 0925 Darren Clarke, Gary Woodland (USA), (a) Harry Ellis

  • 0936 Pat Perez (USA), Padraig Harrington, Thomas Pieters (Bel)

  • 0947 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Si Woo Kim (Kor), Jordan Spieth (USA)

  • 0958 Justin Rose, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Justin Thomas (USA)

  • 1009 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Brooks Koepka (USA), Tommy Fleetwood

  • 1020 J.B. Holmes (USA), Brandt Snedeker (USA), Shane Lowry

  • 1031 Shaun Norris (Rsa), Richard Bland, (a) Luca Cianchetti (Ita)

  • 1042 Yi-Keun Chang (Kor), Chan Kim (USA), Mark Foster

  • 1053 Sung-hoon Kang (Kor), Tony Finau (USA), Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

  • 1104 Alexander Bjork (Swe), Joseph Dean, Robert Streb (USA)

  • 1115 Julian Suri (USA), Robert Dinwiddie, Adam Hodkinson

  • 1136 Adam Hadwin (Can), Andrew Johnston, Todd Hamilton (USA)

  • 1147 John Daly (USA), Adam Bland (Aus), (a) Connor Syme

  • 1158 William McGirt (USA), Toby Tree, Jamie Lovemark (USA)

  • 1209 Austin Connelly (Can), Matthew Griffin (Aus), Matthew Southgate

  • 1220 Cameron Smith (Aus), Bill Haas (USA), Callum Shinkwin

  • 1231 Brian Harman (USA), Michael Hendry (Nzl), Martin Laird

  • 1242 Ross Fisher, Ernie Els (Rsa), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)

  • 1253 Tyrrell Hatton, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Aaron Baddeley (Aus)

  • 1304 Jason Day (Aus), Zach Johnson (USA), Sergio Garcia (Spa)

  • 1315 Andy Sullivan, Joost Luiten (Ned), David Lipsky (USA)

  • 1326 Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (Aus), Paul Casey

  • 1337 Matt Kuchar (USA), Richie Ramsay, Ryan Fox (Nzl)

  • 1348 Charley Hoffman (USA), Kevin Kisner (USA), David Drysdale

  • 1404 Hideto Tanihara (Jpn), Jimmy Walker (USA), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)

  • 1415 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Brandon Stone (Rsa), Sean O'Hair (USA)

  • 1426 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Daniel Berger (USA), Yuta Ikeda (Jpn)

  • 1437 Paul Lawrie, Kevin Chappell (USA), Yusaku Miyazato (Jpn)

  • 1448 Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson (USA), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa)

  • 1459 Jon Rahm (Spa), Patrick Reed (USA), Lee Westwood

  • 1510 Phil Mickelson (USA), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Marc Leishman (Aus)

  • 1521 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa), Scott Hend (Aus), Bubba Watson (USA)

  • 1532 Paul Waring, Kyle Stanley (USA), Kevin Na (USA)

  • 1543 Xander Schauffele (USA), Gi-Whan Kim (Kor), Andrew Dodt (Aus)

  • 1554 Haotong Li (Chn), Kent Bulle (USA), Haydn McCullen

  • 1605 Jbe Kruger (Rsa), Nick McCarthy, Ashley Hall (Aus)

  • 1616 Ryan McCarthy (Aus), Laurie Canter, Sebastian Munoz (Col)

 

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