ALL eyes will be on Royal St George’s this week as The Open returns after a year off.
Golf’s oldest major returns after a hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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When is The Open?
- The Open takes place from Thursday July 15 to Sunday July 18.
- Play starts at 6.35am on Thursday for the first round.
- Royal St George’s in Kent plays host to the spectacle – with 32,000 fans in attendance each day.
What TV channel and live stream is The Open on?
The Open will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.
What have they said?
Rory McIlroy: “Golf always just gives you another opportunity to go out and play well and to see if you’ve learned from your mistakes, and I’ve always made it a priority in my career to really try to learn from my mistakes, all the way back to what happened at Augusta in 2011 and going and winning the US Open at the next major.
“I had a few things fresh in my mind for a couple of months there, and I made sure if I ever got myself in a position like that again, I wasn’t going to make the same mistakes.”
Betting odds to win
- Jon Rahm 9/1
- Brook Koepka 16/1
- Xander Schauffele 18/1
- Jordan Spieth 20/1
- Justin Thomas 22/1
- Dustin Johnson 25/1
- Rory McIlroy 25/1
What are the tee times?
Round 1 – Thursday, 15 July
(all times BST, * denotes amateur)
06:35 Marcus Armitage (Eng), Richard Bland (Eng), Andy Sullivan (Eng)
06:46 Justin Harding (SA), Chan Kim (US), Haotong Li (Chn)
06:57 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Abel Gallegos (Arg)*, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra)
07:08 Richard Mansell (Eng), Alexander Noren (Swe), JC Ritchie (SA)
07:19 Dean Burmester (SA), Laird Shepherd (Eng)*, Danny Willett (Eng)
07:30 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Sam Horsfield (Eng), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
07:41 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Ryan Palmer (US), Thomas Detry (Bel)
07:52 Abraham Ancer (Mex), Paul Casey (Eng), Ian Poulter (Eng)
08:03 Garrick Higgo (SA), Brooks Koepka (US), Jason Kokrak (US)
08:14 Daniel Berger (US), Joel Dahmen (US), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
08:25 Darren Clarke (NI), Joe Long (Eng)*, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)
08:36 Marcus Kinhult (Swe), Chris Kirk (US), Jack Senior (Eng)
08:47 Talor Gooch (US), Chengtsung Pan (Tai), Jonathan Thomson (Eng)
09:03 Ernie Els (SA), Cole Hammer (US)*, Gary Woodland (US)
09:14 Sam Burns (US), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Lucas Herbert (Aus)
09:25 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Branden Grace (SA), Jordan Spieth (US)
09:36 Brian Harman (US), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Dylan Frittelli (SA)
09:47 Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Victor Perez (Fra), Kevin Streelman (US)
09:58 Shane Lowry (Ire), Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Jon Rahm (Spa)
10:09 Stewart Cink (US), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Lee Westwood (Eng)
10:20 Dustin Johnson (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Will Zalatoris (US)
10:31 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Yuxin Lin (Chn)*, Scottie Scheffler (US)
10:42 Harris English (US), Chez Reavie (US), Erik van Rooyen (SA)
10:53 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Lucas Glover (US), Brandt Snedeker (US)
11:04 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Marcel Schneider (Ger), Cameron Tringale (US)
11:15 Lanto Griffin (US), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Connor Worsdall (Eng)
11:36 Daniel Croft (Eng), Aaron Rai (Eng), Paul Waring (Eng)
11:47 Christoffer Bring (Den)*, Jazz Janewattananond (Tha), Daniel van Tonder (SA)
11:58 Matthias Schmid (Ger)*, Brendan Steele (US), Harold Varner III (US)
12:09 Jaco Ahlers (SA), Troy Merritt (US), Adam Long (US)
12:20 Jason Day (Aus), Joost Luiten (Ned), Johannes Veerman (US)
12:31 John Catlin (US), Romain Langasque (Fra), Aaron Pike (Aus)
12:42 Sam Forgan (Eng), Padraig Harrington (Ire), Brad Kennedy (Aus)
12:53 Tony Finau (US), Adam Hadwin (Can), Billy Horschel (US)
13:04 Patrick Cantlay (US), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Ryan Fox (NZ)
13:15 Marc Leishman (Aus), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Matt Wallace (Eng)
13:26 Corey Conners (Can), Collin Morikawa (US), Sebastian Munoz (Col)
13:37 Sam Bairstow (Eng)*, Keith Mitchell (US), Jason Scrivener (Aus)
13:48 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Benjamin Hebert (Fra), Charley Hoffman (US)
14:04 Keegan Bradley (US), Rafael Cabrera (Spa), Richard T Lee (Can)
14:15 Carlos Ortiz (Mex), Matthias Schwab (Aut), Brendon Todd (US)
14:26 Russell Henley (US), Shaun Norris (SA), Webb Simpson (US)
14:37 Daniel Hillier (NZ), Matt Jones (Aus), Marcel Siem (Ger)
14:48 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Kevin Kisner (US), Phil Mickelson (US)
14:59 Rickie Fowler (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Xander Schauffele (US)
15:10 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Adam Scott (Aus), Justin Thomas (US)
15:21 Rory McIlroy (NI), Patrick Reed (US), Cameron Smith (Aus)
15:32 Max Homa (US), Matt Kuchar (US), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
15:43 Ben Hutchinson (Eng), Ryosuke Kinoshita (Jpn), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
15:54 Kurt Kitayama (US), Deyen Lawson (Aus), Poom Saksansin (Tha)
16:05 Ricardo Celia (Col), Yuki Inamori (Jpn), Jimmy Walker (US)
16:16 Rikard Karlberg (Swe), Ryutaro Nagano (Jpn), Nicholas Poppleton (Eng)
Round 2 – Friday, 16 July
06:35 Daniel Croft (Eng), Aaron Rai (Eng), Paul Waring (Eng)
06:46 Christoffer Bring (Den)*, Jazz Janewattananond (Tha), Daniel van Tonder (SA)
06:57 Matthias Schmid (Ger)*, Brendan Steele (US), Harold Varner III (US)
07:08 Jaco Ahlers (SA), Troy Merritt (US), Adam Long (US)
07:19 Jason Day (Aus), Joost Luiten (Ned), Johannes Veerman (US)
07:30 John Catlin (US), Romain Langasque (Fra), Aaron Pike (Aus)
07:41 Sam Forgan (Eng), Padraig Harrington (Ire), Brad Kennedy (Aus)
07:52 Tony Finau (US), Adam Hadwin (Can), Billy Horschel (US)
08:03 Patrick Cantlay (US), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Ryan Fox (NZ)
08:14 Marc Leishman (Aus), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Matt Wallace (Eng)
08:25 Corey Conners (Can), Collin Morikawa (US), Sebastian Munoz (Col)
08:36 Sam Bairstow (Eng)*, Keith Mitchell (US), Jason Scrivener (Aus)
08:47 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Benjamin Hebert (Fra), Charley Hoffman (US)
09:03 Keegan Bradley (US), Rafael Cabrera (Spa), Richard T Lee (Can)
09:14 Carlos Ortiz (Mex), Matthias Schwab (Aut), Brendon Todd (US)
09:25 Russell Henley (US), Shaun Norris (SA), Webb Simpson (US)
09:36 Daniel Hillier (NZ), Matt Jones (Aus), Marcel Siem (Ger)
09:47 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Kevin Kisner (US), Phil Mickelson (US)
09:58 Rickie Fowler (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Xander Schauffele (US)
10:09 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Adam Scott (Aus), Justin Thomas (US)
10:20 Rory McIlroy (NI), Patrick Reed (US), Cameron Smith (Aus)
10:31 Max Homa (US), Matt Kuchar (US), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
10:42 Ben Hutchinson (Eng), Ryosuke Kinoshita (Jpn), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
10:53 Kurt Kitayama (US), Deyen Lawson (Aus), Poom Saksansin (Tha)
11:04 Ricardo Celia (Col), Yuki Inamori (Jpn), Jimmy Walker (US)
11:15 Rikard Karlberg (Swe), Ryutaro Nagano (Jpn), Nicholas Poppleton (Eng)
11:36 Marcus Armitage (Eng), Richard Bland (Eng), Andy Sullivan (Eng)
11:47 Justin Harding (SA), Chan Kim (US), Haotong Li (Chn)
11:58 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Abel Gallegos (Arg)*, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra)
12:09 Richard Mansell (Eng), Alexander Noren (Swe), JC Ritchie (SA)
12:20 Dean Burmester (SA), Laird Shepherd (Eng)*, Danny Willett (Eng)
12:31 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Sam Horsfield (Eng), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
12:42 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Ryan Palmer (US), Thomas Detry (Bel)
12:53 Abraham Ancer (Mex), Paul Casey (Eng), Ian Poulter (Eng)
13:04 Garrick Higgo (SA), Brooks Koepka (US), Jason Kokrak (US)
13:15 Daniel Berger (US), Joel Dahmen (US), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
13:26 Darren Clarke (NI), Joe Long (Eng)*, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)
13:37 Marcus Kinhult (Swe), Chris Kirk (US), Jack Senior (Eng)
13:48 Talor Gooch (US), Chengtsung Pan (Tai), Jonathan Thomson (Eng)
14:04 Ernie Els (SA), Cole Hammer (US)*, Gary Woodland (US)
14:15 Sam Burns (US), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Lucas Herbert (Aus)
14:26 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Branden Grace (SA), Jordan Spieth (US)
14:37 Brian Harman (US), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Dylan Frittelli (SA)
14:48 Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Victor Perez (Fra), Kevin Streelman (US)
14:59 Shane Lowry (Ire), Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Jon Rahm (Spa)
15:10 Stewart Cink (US), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Lee Westwood (Eng)
15:21 Dustin Johnson (US), Justin Rose (Eng), Will Zalatoris (US)
15:32 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Yuxin Lin (Chn)*, Scottie Scheffler (US)
15:43 Harris English (US), Chez Reavie (US), Erik van Rooyen (SA)
15:54 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Lucas Glover (US), Brandt Snedeker (US)
16:05 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Marcel Schneider (Ger), Cameron Tringale (US)
16:16 Lanto Griffin (US), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Connor Worsdall (Eng)
