Rory McIlroy

Open Day One full tee times, TV Channel info, stream and more from Portrush

by · Irish Mirror

The Open Championship kicks off in the early hours of Thursday morning with two-time winner Padraig Harrington kicking off proceedings.

Excitement is fever pitch on the North Coast of Ireland with hometown hero returning and receiving plenty of adulation while 2019 Champion Shane Lowry comes into the tournament with plenty of form.

The tournament is a complete sell-out, with tickets being snapped up in record time, and play gets underway on Thursday morning.

Here is everything you need to know about the tournament.

Where is the tournament taking place?

The tournament takes place at Royal Portrush Golf Club.

What Irish are playing?

Shane Lowry and Padraig Harrington will represent the Republic of Ireland while Tom McKibbin, Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy represent Northern Ireland.

Harrington and McKibbin will tee it up at 6.35 am, Darren Clarke is out at 7.52 am, Shane Lowry will be alongside Scottie Scheffler at 10.09 am and Rory McIlroy tees it up at 3.10 pm

How can I watch it?

Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports Main Event will have wall-to-wall coverage starting from 6.30 am and you can stream it through their app or NOW TV.

Tee Times

0635
Padraig Harrington (Irl), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin (NIrl)

0646
Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), KJ Choi (Kor)

0657
Cameron Smith (Aus), Marco Penge (Eng), Justin Hastings (x) (Cym)

0708
Jason Day (Aus), Taylor Pendrith (Can), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den)

0719
Phil Mickelson (USA), Daniel Van Tonder (Rsa), Ryan Peake (Aus)

0730
Max Greyserman (USA), Byeong Hun An (Kor), Niklas Norgaard (Den)

0741
Jordan Smith (Eng), Haotong Li (Chn), Dustin Johnson (USA)

0752
Darren Clarke (NIrl), Davis Riley (USA), Lucas Herbert (Aus)

0803
Kevin Yu (Tpe), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn)

0814
Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (USA), Lee Westwood (Eng)

0825
Patrick Cantlay (USA), Cameron Young (USA), Mackenzie Hughes (Can)

0836
Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Matthew Jordan (Eng), Filip Jakubik (x) (Cze)

0847
Henrik Stenson (Swe), Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soderberg (Swe)

0903
Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Martin Couvra (Fra), Adrien Saddier (Fra)

0914
Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Justin Walters (Rsa), Bryan Newman (x) (Rsa)

0925
Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Ryan Fox (Nzl), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

0936
Sepp Straka (Aut), Ben Griffin (USA), Akshay Bhatia (USA)

0947
Sam Burns (USA), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa), Brooks Koepka (USA)

0958
Xander Schauffele (USA), JJ Spaun (USA), Jon Rahm (Esp)

1009
Shane Lowry (Irl), Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA)

1020
Corey Conners (Can), Wyndham Clark (USA), Tom Hoge (USA)

1031
Denny McCarthy (USA), Nico Echavarria (Col), Patrick Reed (USA)

1042
Matti Schmid (Ger), Ryggs Johnston (USA), Richard Teder (x) (Est)

1053
Dylan Naidoo (Rsa), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), John Axelsen (Den)

1104
John Suh (USA), Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe)

1115
Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)

1126
Stewart Cink (USA), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Marc Leishman (Aus)

1147
Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe), Connor Graham (x) (Sco)

1158
Zach Johnson (USA), Dan Brown (Eng), Daniel Hillier (Nzl)

1209
Adam Scott (Aus), Rickie Fowler (USA), Ethan Fang (x) (USA)

1220
Laurie Canter (Eng), Elvis Smylie (Aus), Sergio Garcia (Esp)

1231
Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace (Eng)

1242
Davis Thompson (USA), Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn)

1253
Si Woo Kim (Kor), Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Sebastian Cave (x) (Eng)

1304
Michael Kim (USA), Bud Cauley (USA), John Parry (Eng)

1315
Matt McCarty (USA), Shaun Norris (Rsa), Angel Hidalgo (Esp)

1326
Keegan Bradley (USA), Sungjae Im (Kor), Daniel Berger (USA)

1337
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den), Romain Langasque (Fra)

1348
Aaron Rai (Eng), Sahith Theegala (USA), Harry Hall (Eng)

1404
Justin Leonard (USA), Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Antoine Rozner (Fra)

1415
JT Poston (USA), Chris Kirk (USA), Carlos Ortiz (Mex)

1426
Brian Harman (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)

1437
Russell Henley (USA), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Min Woo Lee (Aus)

1448
Bob MacIntyre (Sco), Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Justin Rose (Eng)

1459
Jordan Spieth (USA), Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor)

1510
Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Justin Thomas (USA), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)

1521
Harris English (USA), Nick Taylor (Can), Tony Finau (USA)

1532
Lucas Glover (USA), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Tom Kim (Kor)

1543
Brian Campbell (USA), John Catlin (USA), Frazer Jones (x) (Eng)

1554
Nathan Kimsey (Eng), Jason Kokrak (USA), Cameron Adam (x) (Sco)

1605
Daniel Young (Sco), Curtis Luck (Aus), Curtis Knipes (Eng)

1616
Young-han Song (Kor), George Bloor (Eng), OJ Farrell (Eng)