British Open golf championship tee times, TV schedule
Woods will play the opening two rounds with former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen and former U.S.Open champion Graeme McDowell. The three will tee off at 2:45 p.m. local time (9:45 a.m. ET), with a 9:44 a.m. (4:44 a.m. ET) start on Friday. It’s the first time Woods has been paired with either player on a weekday of a major.
Rory McIlroy will play with Scottish Open winner Phil Mickelson and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan.
Nick Faldo is returning to Muirfield one last time. He won the Open there in 1987 and 1992. Faldo, who turns 56 on Thursday, is in a group with five-time Open champion Tom Watson and Fred Couples.
U.S. Open champion Justin Rose will play with defending champion Ernie Els and Brandt Snedeker.
Television schedule
July 18: First round (4 a.m.-3 p.m.), ESPN
July 19: Second round (4 a.m.-3 p.m.), ESPN
July 20: Third round (7 a.m.-2:30 p.m.), ESPN
July 21 Final round (6 a.m.-1:30 p.m.), ESPN
Tee Times
At Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland
Purse: $7.8 million
Yardage: 7,191 yards; Par: 71
(a-amateur)
Thursday-Friday (All times Eastern)
1:32 a.m.-6:33 a.m.—Peter Senior, Australia; Lloyd Saltman, Scotland; Oliver Fisher, England.
1:43 a.m.-6:44 a.m.—Robert Karlsson, Sweden, Todd Hamilton, United States; a-Ben Stow, England.
1:54 a.m.-6:55 a.m.—Thomas Aiken, South Africa; Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand; Bud Cauley, United States.
2:05 a.m.-7:06 a.m.—Mikko Ilonen, Finland; Brooks Koepka, United States; Ashun Wu, China.
2:16 a.m.-7:17 a.m.—David Duval, United States; Bernd Wiesberger, Austria; Chris Wood, England.
2:27 a.m.-7:28 a.m.—Scott Stallings, United States; Stewart Cink, United States; Richard McEvoy, England.
2:38 a.m.-7:39 a.m.—K.J. Choi, South Korea; Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain; Jimmy Walker, United States.
2:49 a.m.-7:50 a.m..—Ben Curtis, United States; Shane Lowry, Northern Ireland; Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Spain.
3 a.m.- 8:01 a.m.—Jonas Blixt, Sweden; Brian Davis, England; Graham DeLaet, Canada.
3:11 a.m.-8:12 a.m.—Robert Garrigus, United States; John Senden, Australia; Marc Warren, Scotland.
3:22 a.m.-8:23 a.m.—Martin Kaymer, Germany; a-Garrick Porteous, England; Jason Day, Australia.
3:33 a.m.-8:34 a.m.—Carl Pettersson, Sweden; Jason Dufner, United States; David Lynn, England.
3:44 a.m.-8:45 a.m.—Bubba Watson, United States; Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium; Dustin Johnson, United States.
4 a.m.-9:01 a.m.—Nick Faldo, England; Tom Watson, United States; Fred Couples, United States.
4:11 a.m.-9:12 a.m.—Justin Rose, England; Ernie Els, South Africa; Brandt Snedeker, United States.
4:22 a.m.-9:23 a.m.—Ian Poulter, England; Keegan Bradley, United States; Billy Horschel, United States.
4:33 a.m.-9:34 a.m.—Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain; Richard Sterne, South Africa; Nick Watney, United States.
4:44 a.m.-9:45 a.m.—Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Phil Mickelson, United States.
4:55 a.m.-9:56 a.m.—Scott Piercy, United States; Tim Clark, South Africa; Kevin Streelman, United States.
5:06 a.m.-10:07 a.m.—Zach Johnson, United States; Shingo Katayama, Japan; Thomas Bjorn, Denmark.
5:17 a.m.-10:18 a.m.—Angel Cabrera, Argentina; Camilo Villegas, Colombia; Estanislao Goya, Argentina.
5:28 a.m.-10:29 a.m.—George Coetzee, South Africa; Ken Duke, United States; Mark Calcavecchia, United States.
5:39 a.m.-10:40 a.m.—John Huh, United States; Brendan Jones, Australia; Hyung-sun Kim, South Korea.
5:50 a.m.-10:51 a.m.—Josh Teater, United States; Steven Tiley, England; a-Jimmy Mullen, England.
6:01 a.m.-11:02 a.m.—K.T. Kim, South Korea; Steven Jeffress, Australia; Luke Guthrie, United States.
6:12 a.m.-11:13 a.m.—John Wade, Australia; Gareth Wright, Wales; Makoto Inoue, Japan.
6:33 a.m.-1:32 a.m.—Daniel Willett, England; Y.E. Yang, South Korea; Johnson Wagner, United States.
6:44 a.m.-1:43 a.m.—Thaworn Wiratchant, Thailand; Lucas Glover, United States; Oscar Floren, Sweden.
6:55 a.m.-1:54 a.m.—Boo Weekley, United States; Sandy Lyle, Scotland; Niclas Fasth, Sweden.
7:06 a.m.-2:05 a.m.—Marcus Fraser, Australia; a-Grant Forrest, Scotland; Mark O’Meara, United States.
7:17 a.m.-2:16 a.m.—Tom Lehman, United States; Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand; Freddie Jacobson, Sweden.
7:28 a.m.-2:27 a.m.—Justin Leonard, United States; a-Rhys Pugh, Wales; Marc Leishman, Australia.
7:39 a.m.-2:38 a.m.—Alvaro Quiros, Spain; Kyle Stanley, United States; Alexander Noren, Sweden.
7:50 a.m.-2:49 a.m.—Russell Henley, United States; Jordan Spieth, United States; a-Matthew Fitzpatrick, England.
8:01 a.m.-3 a.m.—Padraig Harrington, Ireland; Michael Thompson, United States; Richie Ramsay, Scotland.
8:12 a.m.-3:11 a.m.—Vijay Singh, Fiji; Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Martin Laird, Scotland.
8:23 a.m.-3:22 a.m.—Ryan Moore, United States; Henrik Stenson, Sweden; a-Steven Fox, United States.
8:34 a.m.-3:33 a.m.—Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark, Jim Furyk, United States; Paul Lawrie, Scotland.
8:45 a.m.-3:44 a.m.—Geoff Ogilvy, Australia; Harris English, United States; Stephen Gallacher, Scotland.
9:01 a.m.-4 a.m.—Lee Westwood, England; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa; Sergio Garcia, Spain.
9:12 a.m.-4:11 a.m.—Adam Scott, Australia; Matt Kuchar, United States, Luke Donald, England.
9:23 a.m.-4:22 a.m.—Rickie Fowler, United States; Matteo Manassero, Italy; Hunter Mahan, United States.
9:34 a.m.-4:33 a.m.—Peter Hanson, Sweden; Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan; Bill Haas, United States.
9:45 a.m.-4:44 a.m.—Tiger Woods, United States; Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa.
9:56 a.m.-4:55 a.m.—Webb Simpson, United States; Branden Grace, South Africa; Jamie Donaldson, Wales.
10:07 a.m.-5:06 a.m.—Francesco Molinari, Italy; Toru Taniguchi, Japan; Bo Van Pelt, United States.
10:18 a.m.-5:17 a.m.—D.A. Points, United States; Brett Rumford, Australia; Marcel Siem, Germany.
10:29 a.m.-5:28 a.m.—George Murray, Scotland; Mark Brown, New Zealand; Justin Harding, South Africa.
10:40 a.m.-5:39 a.m.—Gregory Bourdy, France; Scott Jamieson, Scotland; Shiv Kapur, India.
10:51 a.m.-5:50 a.m.—Scott Brown, United States; Satoshi Kodaira, Japan; Gareth Maybin, Northern Ireland.
11:02 a.m.-6:01 a.m.—Tyrrell Hatton, England; Eduardo De La Riva, Spain; Kenichi Kuboya, Japan.
11:13 a.m.-6:12 a.m.—Stephen Dartnall, Australia, Darryn Lloyd, South Africa; Daisuke Maruyama, Japan.
British Open field
The field for the 142nd British Open golf championship, which starts Thursday at Muirfield. Players listed in only the first category for which they qualified:
British Open champions 60 or under on July 21: Ernie Els, Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen, Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington, Tiger Woods, Todd Hamilton, Ben Curtis, David Duval, Paul Lawrie, Mark O’Meara, Justin Leonard, Tom Lehman, Nick Faldo, Mark Calcavecchia, Sandy Lyle.
British Open champions who finished in the top 10 in the last five championships: Tom Watson.
Top 10 and ties from the 2012 British Open: Adam Scott, Brandt Snedeker, Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell, Nicolas Colsaerts, Thomas Aiken, Geoff Ogilvy, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Ian Poulter, Alexander Noren, Vijay Singh, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Thorbjorn Olesen, Zach Johnson.
Top 50 in the world ranking on May 26: Keegan Bradley, Tim Clark, Jason Day, Jamie Donaldson, Jason Dufner, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Robert Garrigus, Branden Grace, Bill Haas, Peter Hanson, Thongchai Jaidee, Martin Kaymer, David Lynn, Hunter Mahan, Matteo Manassero, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore, Carl Pettersson, Scott Piercy, D.A. Points, Justin Rose, Charl Schwartzel, Webb Simpson, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Streelman, Michael Thompson, Bo Van Pelt, Nick Watney, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood.
Top 30 from the 2012 Race to Dubai on the European Tour: Marcel Siem, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, George Coetzee, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Marcus Fraser, Richie Ramsay, Shane Lowry.
Top five players not otherwise exempt from the top 20 in the Race to Dubai through the French Open: Richard Sterne, Brett Rumford, Mikko Ilonen, Thomas Bjorn, Marc Warren.
U.S. Open champions (5 years): Lucas Glover.
Masters champions (5 years): Angel Cabrera.
PGA champions (5 years): Y.E. Yang.
The Players Championship winner (3 years): K.J. Choi.
Field from the 2012 Tour Championship: John Senden, John Huh.
Top five PGA Tour members from among the top 20 in the FedEx Cup through The Greenbrier Classic: Billy Horschel, Boo Weekley, Russell Henley, Jimmy Walker, Harris English.
John Deere Classic winner: Jordan Spieth.
Winner of the Order of Merit on the Asian Tour: Thaworn Wiratchant.
Winner of the Order of Merit on the Australasian Tour: Peter Senior.
2012 Japan Open champion: Kenichi Kuboya.
Top two players from the Japan Golf Tour money list in 2012: Hiroyuki Fujita, Toru Taniguchi.
Top four players not otherwise exempt from the 2013 Mizuno Open: Brendan Jones, Shingo Katayama, K.T. Kim, Makoto Inoue.
Top two players and ties in a money list of all 2013 Japan Golf Tour events through the Mizuno Open: Satoshi Kodaira, Hyung-Sung Kim
Senior British Open champion: Fred Couples.
British Amateur champion: a-Garrick Porteous.
U.S. Amateur champion: a-Steven Fox.
European Amateur champion: a-Rhys Pugh.
International Final Qualifying (Australasia): Mark Brown, Steven Jeffress, Stephen Dartnall.
International Final Qualifying (Africa): Justin Harding, Eduardo De La Silva, Darryn Lloyd.
International Final Qualifying (Asia): Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Hideki Matsuyama, Daisuke Maruyama, Ashun Wu.
International Final Qualifying (America): Josh Teater, Brian Davis, Camilo Villegas, Robert Karlsson, Luke Guthrie, Bud Cauley, Johnson Wagner, Scott Brown.
International Final Qualifying (Europe): Brooks Koepka, Oliver Fisher, Gregory Bourdy, Richard McEvoy, Gareth Maybin, Alvaro Quiros, Niclas Fasth, Scott Jamieson, Estanislao Goya.
Local Final Qualifying: a-Grant Forrest, Shiv Kapur, John Wade, a-Ben Stow, Oscar Floren, a-Matthew Fitzpatrick, a-Jimmy Mullen, Gareth Wright, George Murray, Steven Tiley, Lloyd Saltman, Tyrrell Hatton.
Alternates: Jonas Blixt, Martin Laird, Freddie Jacobson, Marc Leishman, Graham DeLaet, Kyle Stanley, Chris Wood, Ken Duke, Stephen Gallacher, Scott Stallings.
Reserve list: Joost Luiten, Brendon de Jonge, David Lingmerth, Sang-moon Bae, Kevin Chappell