Like just about everything else with the Open Championship, there is something singularly distinct regarding tee times at golf’s oldest major. It’s not so much who the R&A pairs with whom that holds people’s curiosities, as is the case with the cheeky-themed threesomes the USGA often puts together at the U.S. Open. Rather, it’s the anticipation of when your name appears on the starter’s sheet and whether that means you’re on the “good” or “bad” side of the draw.
Indeed, unlike any other men’s major, where you’re placed in order of things at the British Open—and how that fits into mother nature’s divine plans—plays an overly large role in a player's chances of having a successful week, or seeing himself packing his backs a few days early.
Case in point: 2010 at St. Andrews. The golfers who teed off in the morning during Friday’s second round at the Old Course played in calm conditions, eventual winner Louis Oosthuizen shooting a 67. Those who teed off in the afternoon, however, played in blustery winds and rain squalls. Rory McIlroy, after an opening-round 63, shot a second-round 80 to all but end his hopes of victory just 36 holes into the championship.
“When you feel like you're playing well and you get the wrong side of the draw and you feel like the best you can finish is 10th, it's a bitter pill to swallow,” McIlroy said in 2017. “But you have to realize in a 25- or 30-year career, you're going to get some years that you're on the good side of the draw.”
Indeed, the reason this is so central to how things play out at the Open is because of the mechanics of tee times themselves in the major. With sunrise at around 4:55 a.m. and sunset not until just after 9 p.m., the lengthy daylight allows all groups to tee off on the first hole, with tee times spread from as early as 6:30 a.m. to as late as 4:11 p.m. local time. It’s a wider separation than anything on the PGA Tour (which employs split tees at almost all its events) or any other of the men's majors.
Players will be competing in threesomes on Thursday and Friday at Royal St. George’s. Tee times have not yet been published by the R&A, but check back here closer to the start of the championship and we’ll have them posted as soon as they go live.
Here is the field as of July 9:
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (4,5,6,20)
Christoffer Bring (a) (28)
Patrick Cantlay (4,13,17)
Bryson DeChambeau (4,9,13,17)
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (43)
Tommy Fleetwood (3,4,5,6,13)
Emiliano Grillo (Reserve)
Tyrrell Hatton (3,4,5,6,7,14)
Jazz Janewattananond (18)
Dustin Johnson (4.9,10,13,14,17)
Brooks Koepka (3,4.9,11,13)
Hideki Matsuyama (4,10,13,17)
Rory McIlroy (1,2,4,5,12,13,14)
Phil Mickelson (1,2,4,11)
Francesco Molinari (1,2,5,7)
Collin Morikawa (4,6,11,14)
Louis Oosthuizen (1,2,4,5,6,13,17)
Patrick Reed (3,4,6,10,13,14,17)
Xander Schauffele (4,13,14,17)
Webb Simpson (4,12,13,17)
Justin Thomas (4,11,12,13,14,17)
Daniel Van Tonder (reserve)
Andy Sullivan (World Ranking No. 81)
Antonie Rozier (World Ranking No. 84)
Troy Merritt (World Ranking No. 86)
1: Open Champions aged 60 or under on July 19, 2020
2: The Open Champions for 2010-2019
3: First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2019 Open at Royal Portrush
4: First 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2021
(Players with * next to their names gained entry as the highest-ranked non-exempt players in the OWGR as of June 30)
5: First 30 in the final 2019 Race to Dubai rankings
6: First 10 in the final 2020 Race to Dubai rankings
7: BMW PGA Championship winners for 2017-2020
8: First 5 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for fifth place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai rankings on completion of the 2021 BMW International Open.
9: U.S. Open Champions for 2016-2021
10: Masters Champions for 2016-2021
11: PGA Champions for 2015-2021
12: Players Champions for 2018-2021
13: Top 30 players from the final 2019 FedEx Cup Points List
14: Top 10 players from the final 2020 FedEx Cup Points List
15: First 5 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for fifth place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Points List for 2021 on completion of the 2021 Travelers Championship
16: 2019 VISA Open de Argentina
17: Playing members of the 2019 Presidents Cup teams
18: First and anyone tying for first place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2019 & 2020
19: First and anyone tying for first place on the Order of Merit of the Tour of Australasia for 2019 & 2020
20: First and anyone tying for first place on the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2019 & 2020
21: Japan Open Champion for 2019 & 2020
22: Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Champion for 2020 & 2021
23: First two and anyone tying for second place, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2019 & 2020
24: First two, not already exempt, in the 2021 Mizuno Open
25: Senior Open Champions for 2019 & 2020
26: British Amateur Champions for 2020 & 2021
27: U.S. Amateur Champions for 2019 & 2020 (must remain amateur)
28: European Amateur Champion for 2020 & 2021
29: Mark H McCormack Medal winner for 2019 & 2020 (must remain amateur)
30: Asia-Pacific Amateur Champions for 2019 & 2020 (must remain amateur)
31: Latin America Amateur Champions for 2020 & 2021 (must remain amateur)
32: Leading golfer, not already exempt, who has made the cut, in the 2021 Kaskada Golf Challenge
33: First three, not already exempt, who have made the cut, in the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
34: Leading golfer, not already exempt, who has made the cut, in the 2021 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge (tournament held July 8-11).
35: First three, not already exempt, who have made the cut, in the 2021 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open (tournament held July 8-11)
36: Leading golfer, in the top 5 and ties, in the 2021 John Deere Classic (tournament held 8-11)
37: OQS Australia - 2019 Emirates Australian Open
38: OQS South Africa - 2020 South African Open
39: OQS Singapore - 2020 SMBC Singapore Open
40: OQS USA - 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational
41: Final Qualifying - Hollinwell
42: Final Qualifying - Prince's
43: Final Qualifying - St Annes Old Links
44: Final Qualifying - West Lancashire
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