The Open 2025: Full tee times revealed as McIlroy and Scheffler in exciting groupings
by StephenRigley · LBCBy StephenRigley
Rory McIlroy will have to wait for his shot at redemption at Royal Portrush after being given a mid-afternoon tee time for Thursday's first day of The Open.
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The Northern Irishman, who shot 61 as a 16-year-old on this course, has been paired with Ryder Cup team-mate Tommy Fleetwood and American rival Justin Thomas.
On his last appearance here in 2019, McIlroy hit his opening tee shot out of bounds, made a quadruple-bogey eight, shot an eight-over 79 and went on to miss the cut by one.
However, he has been given the reverse draw this time around and will go off at 3.10pm on Thursday and 10.09am on Friday.
World number one and US PGA champion Scottie Scheffler is on the opposite side of the draw, alongside Irishman Shane Lowry - the champion in 2019 - and former winner Collin Morikawa.
Xander Schauffele begins his defence of the Claret Jug in the 9.58am group with Jon Rahm and US Open champion JJ Spaun.
Two-time Open champion Padraig Harrington will hit the opening tee shot at 6.35am, alongside Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin and Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard.
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Round one - Thursday, 17 July
06:35 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin (NI)06:46 KJ Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (SA)
06:57 Justin Hastings (Cay)*, Marco Penge (Eng), Cameron Smith (Aus)07:08 Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
07:19 Phil Mickelson (US), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (SA)07:30 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (US), Niklas Noergaard (Den)
07:41 Dustin Johnson (US), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith (Eng)
07:52 Darren Clarke (NI), Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (US)
08:03 Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai)08:14 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (US), Lee Westwood (Eng)
08:25 Patrick Cantlay (US), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (US)08:36 Filip Jakubcik (Cze)*, Matthew Jordan (Eng), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)
08:47 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe)09:03 Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra)
09:14 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Bryan Newman (SA)*, Justin Walters (SA)09:25 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Ryan Fox (NZ), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
09:36 Akshay Bhatia (US), Ben Griffin (US), Sepp Straka (Aut)
09:47 Sam Burns (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Aldrich Potgieter (SA)09:58 Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (US), JJ Spaun (US)
10:09 Shane Lowry (Ire), Collin Morikawa (US), Scottie Scheffler (US)
10:20 Wyndham Clark (US), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (US)
10:31 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (US), Patrick Reed (US)
10:42 Ryggs Johnston (US), Matthias Schmid (Ger), Richard Teder (Est)*
10:53 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (SA), Dylan Naidoo (SA)
11:04 Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (US)
11:15 Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)
11:26 Stewart Cink (US), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
11:47 Connor Graham (Sco)*, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe)11:58 Daniel Brown (Eng), Daniel Hillier (NZ), Zach Johnson (US)
12:09 Ethan Fang (US)*, Rickie Fowler (US), Adam Scott (Aus)
12:20 Laurie Canter (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus)
12:31 Andrew Novak (US), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace (Eng)
12:42 Dean Burmester (SA), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (US)
12:53 Sebastian Cave (Eng)*, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor)
13:04 Bud Cauley (US), Michael Kim (US), John Parry (Eng)
13:15 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (US), Shaun Norris (SA)
13:26 Daniel Berger (US), Keegan Bradley (US), Sung-Jae Im (Kor)
13:37 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Romain Langasque(Fra)
13:48 Harry Hall (Eng), Aaron Rai (Eng), Sahith Theegala (US)
14:04 Thriston Lawrence (SA), Justin Leonard (US), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
14:15 Chris Kirk (US), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), JT Poston (US)
14:26 Brian Harman (US), Maverick McNealy (US), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
14:37 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Russell Henley (US), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
14:48 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Justin Rose (Eng)
14:59 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (US)
15:10 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Rory McIlroy (NI), Justin Thomas (US)
15:21 Harris English (US), Tony Finau (US), Nick Taylor (Can)15:32 Lucas Glover (US), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
15:43 Brian Campbell (US), John Catlin (US), Frazer Jones (Eng)*
15:54 Cameron Adam (Sco)*, Nathan Kimsey (Eng), Jason Kokrak (US)
16:05 Curtis Knipes (Eng), Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young (Sco)16:16 George Bloor (Eng), OJ Farrell (Eng), Young-Han Song (Kor)* denotes amateur
Round two - Friday, 18 July
06:35 Stewart Cink (US), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
06:46 Connor Graham (Sco)*, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe)
06:57 Daniel Brown (Eng), Daniel Hillier (NZ), Zach Johnson (US)
07:08 Ethan Fang (US)*, Rickie Fowler (US), Adam Scott (Aus)
07:19 Laurie Canter (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus)
07:30 Andrew Novak (US), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace (Eng)
07:41 Dean Burmester (SA), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (US)
07:52 Sebastian Cave (Eng)*, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor)
08:03 Bud Cauley (US), Michael Kim (US), John Parry (Eng)
08:14 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (US), Shaun Norris (SA)
08:25 Daniel Berger (US), Keegan Bradley (US), Sung-Jae Im (Kor)
08:36 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den), Romain Langasque(Fra)
08:47 Harry Hall (Eng), Aaron Rai (Eng), Sahith Theegala (US)
09:03 Thriston Lawrence (SA), Justin Leonard (US), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
09:14 Chris Kirk (US), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), JT Poston (US)
09:25 Brian Harman (US), Maverick McNealy (US), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
09:36 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Russell Henley (US), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
09:47 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Justin Rose (Eng)
09:58 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (US)
10:09 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Rory McIlroy (NI), Justin Thomas (US)
10:20 Harris English (US), Tony Finau (US), Nick Taylor (Can)
10:31 Lucas Glover (US), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
10:42 Brian Campbell (US), John Catlin (US), Frazer Jones (Eng)*
10:53 Cameron Adam (Sco)*, Nathan Kimsey (Eng), Jason Kokrak (US)
11:04 Curtis Knipes (Eng), Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young (Sco)
11:15 George Bloor (Eng), OJ Farrell (Eng), Young-Han Song (Kor)
11:26 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin (NI)
11:47 KJ Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (SA)
11:58 Justin Hastings (Cay)*, Marco Penge (Eng), Cameron Smith (Aus)
12:09 Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
12:20 Phil Mickelson (US), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (SA)
12:31 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (US), Niklas Noergaard (Den)
12:42 Dustin Johnson (US), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith (Eng)
12:53 Darren Clarke (NI), Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (US)
13:04 Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai)
13:15 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (US), Lee Westwood (Eng)
13:26 Patrick Cantlay (US), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (US)
13:37 Filip Jakubcik (Cze)*, Matthew Jordan (Eng), Thorbjoern Olesen (Den)
13:48 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
14:04 Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra)
14:15 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Bryan Newman (SA)*, Justin Walters (SA)
14:26 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Ryan Fox (NZ), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
14:37 Akshay Bhatia (US), Ben Griffin (US), Sepp Straka (Aut)
14:48 Sam Burns (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Aldrich Potgieter (SA)14:59 Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (US), JJ Spaun (US)
15:10 Shane Lowry (Ire), Collin Morikawa (US), Scottie Scheffler (US)
15:21 Wyndham Clark (US), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (US)
15:32 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (US), Patrick Reed (US)
15:43 Ryggs Johnston (US), Matthias Schmid (Ger), Richard Teder (Est)*
15:54 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (SA), Dylan Naidoo (SA)
16:05 Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (US)
16:16 Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)* denotes amateur