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Rory McIlroy has been paired with Masters champion John Rahm and former world No. 1 golfer Justin Rose within the first two rounds of the 151st Open Championship in Hoylake, England.
McIlroy, who involves Royal Liverpool Golf Club off a scintillating win on the Scottish Open, is bidding to win his second Claret Jug. The 34-year-old from Northern Ireland will be part of Rahm and Rose in teeing off at 9:59 a.m. ET Thursday and 4:58 a.m. ET in Friday’s second spherical.
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, whereas 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 total record of tee instances for the primary 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 Hoslash;jgaard, 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 Vauml;limauml;ki, 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