The Open 2019: Tee Times and How To Watch

The fourth and final Major Championship in the 2018/19 PGA Tour season is upon us! The game’s best players will file into Northern Ireland to try and take home the title, “Champion Golfer of the Year”. This year’s Open Championship is set at Royal Portrush Golf Club, located in Northern Ireland. If you’re in the United States like I am, you will need to set some alarms to watch your favorite golfers as Northern Ireland is 8 hours ahead of the pacific time zone! Play starts on Thursday, July 18^th and will continue through Sunday afternoon (local Ireland time). If you live in on the West Coast, play begins on Wednesday night at around 10 PM.

The first two days have some fantastic groupings with big-name players to keep us all entertained, including 2019 Masters Champion Tiger Woods & 2018 Masters Champion Patrick Reed, Ireland’s own Rory McIlroy & US Open Champion Gary Woodland, 2018 Open Champion Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau & Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler & Kevin Kisner, Dustin Johnson & Jason Day, Justin Rose & Tony Finau, JT and Fleetwood, and SO much more. Let’s get into it!

Tee Times: R1 R2 | How to Watch | Official Rankings

Round 1 Tee Times

Tee Time (ET/PT)	Groupings
1 – 1:35AM/10:35 PM*	Darren Clarke James Sugrue (a) Charley Hoffman
2 – 1:46AM/10:46 PM*	Emiliano Grillo Sung Kang Thomas Thurloway (a)
3 – 1:57AM/10:57 PM*	Andy Sullivan Christiaan Bezuidenhout Alexander Levy
4 – 2:08AM/11:08 PM*	Chan Kim Zander Lombard Brandon Wu (a)
5 – 2:19AM/11:19 PM*	Richard Sterne Romain Langasque Matthias Schmid (a)
6 – 2:30AM/11:30 PM*	Padraig Harrington Matthew Fitzpatrick Andrew Putnam
7 – 2:41AM/11:41 PM*	Bubba Watson Eddie Pepperell Rafa Cabrera-Bello
8 – 2:52AM/11:52 PM*	Phil Mickelson Shane Lowry Branden Grace
9 – 3:03AM/12:03 AM	Alex Noren Mike Lorenzo-Vera Sam Locke
10 – 3:14AM/12:14 AM	Webb Simpson C.T. Pan Sergio Garcia
11 – 3:25AM/12:25 AM	Ryan Palmer Andrea Pavan Dylan Frittelli
12 – 3:36AM/12:36 AM	Kyle Stanley Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston Robert Macintyre
13 – 3:47AM/12:47 AM	Mikko Korhonen Oliver Wilson Curtis Knipes (a)
14 – 4:03AM/1:03 AM	Ian Poulter Sungjae Im Kiradech Aphibarnrat
15 – 4:14AM/1:14 AM	Henrik Stenson Xander Schauffele Graeme McDowell
16 – 4:25AM/1:25 AM	Haotong Li Russell Knox Bernd Wiesberger
17 – 4:36AM/1:36 AM	Jason Kokrak Connor Syme Austin Connelly
18 – 4:47AM/1:47 AM	Zach Johnson David Duval Corey Conners
19 – 4:58AM/1:58 AM	Francesco Molinari Bryson DeChambeau Adam Scott
20 – 5:09AM/2:09 AM	Rory McIlroy Gary Woodland Paul Casey
21 – 5:20AM/2:20 AM	Rickie Fowler Hideki Matsuyama Kevin Kisner
22 – 5:31AM/2:31 AM	Jim Furyk Si Woo Kim Jimmy Walker
23 – 5:42AM/2:42 AM	Luke List Alexander Bjork Paul Waring
24 – 5:53AM/2:53 AM	Shugi Imahira Nate Lashley Benjamin Hebert
25 – 6:04AM/3:04 AM	Mikumu Horikawa Callum Shinkwin Garrick Porteous
26 – 6:15AM/3:15 AM	Prom Meesawat Matthew Baldwin Jack Senior
27 – 6:36AM/3:36 AM	Tom Lehman Joaquin Niemann Miguel Angel Jimenez
28 – 6:47AM/3:47 AM	Ben An Jorge Campillo Chris Wood
29 – 6:58AM/3:58 AM	Joel Dahmen Adri Arnaus Dimitrios Papadatos
30 – 7:09AM/4:09 AM	Stewart Cink Rory Sabbatini Innchoon Hwang
31 – 7:20AM/4:20 AM	Erik Van Rooyen Kurt Kitayama Jake McLeod
32 – 7:31AM/4:31 AM	Ryan Fox Shaun Norris Dongkyu Jang
33 – 7:42AM/4:42 AM	Tyrrell Hatton Keith Mitchell Thomas Pieters
34 – 7:53AM/4:53 AM	Justin Thomas Tommy Fleetwood Thorbjorn Olesen
35 – 8:04/5:04 AM	Brooks Koepka Louis Oosthuizen Shubhankar Sharma
36 – 8:15AM/5:15 AM	Billy Horschel Aaron Wise Jazz Janewattananond
37 – 8:26AM/5:26 AM	Jordan Spieth Danny Willett Marc Leishman
38 – 8:37AM/5:37 AM	Cameron Smith Adam Hadwin David Lipsky
39 – 8:48AM/5:48 AM	Paul Lawrie Chez Reavie Justin Harding
40 – 9:04AM/6:04 AM	Takumi Janaya Tom Lewis Brandon Stone
41 – 9:15AM/6:15 AM	Lucas Glover Joost Luiten Nino Bertasio
42 – 9:26AM/6:26 AM	Ernie Els J.B. Holmes Abraham Ancer
43 – 9:37AM/6:37 AM	Brandt Snedeker Lee Westwood Brian Harman
44 – 9:48AM/6:48 AM	Justin Rose Tony Finau Lucas Bjerregaard
45 – 9:59AM/6:59 AM	Dustin Johnson Jason Day Keegan Bradley
46 – 10:10AM/7:10 AM	Tiger Woods Matt Wallace Patrick Reed
47 – 10:21AM/7:21 AM	Jon Rahm Patrick Cantlay Matt Kuchar
48 – 10:32AM/7:32 AM	Kevin Streelman Doc Redman Robert Rock
49 – 10:43AM/7:43 AM	Adrian Otaegui Yuta Ikeda Isidro Benitez
50 – 10:54AM/7:54 AM	Patton Kizzire Sang Hyun Park Yuki Inamori
51 – 11:05AM/8:05 AM	Yoshinori Fujimoto Doyeob Mun Andrew Wilson
52 – 11:16AM/8:16 AM	Gunn Charoenjul Yosuke Asaji Ashton Turner

* Starts on July 17th due to time difference.

Round 2 Tee Times

Tee Time (ET/PT)	Groupings
1 – 1:35AM/10:35 PM*	Tom Lehman Joaquin Niemann Miguel Angel Jimenez
2 – 1:46AM/10:46 PM*	Byeong Hun An Jorge Campillo Chris Wood
3 – 1:57AM/10:57 PM*	Joel Dahmen Adri Arnaus Dimitrios Papadatos
4 – 2:08AM/11:08 PM*	Stewart Cink Rory Sabbatini Innchoon Hwang
5 – 2:19AM/11:19 PM*	Erik Van Rooyen Kurt Kitayama Jake McLeod
6 – 2:30AM/11:30 PM*	Ryan Fox Shaun Norris Dongkyu Jang
7 – 2:41AM/11:41 PM*	Tyrrell Hatton Keith Mitchell Thomas Pieters
8 – 2:52AM/11:52 PM*	Justin Thomas Tommy Fleetwood Thorbjorn Olesen
9 – 3:03AM/12:03 AM	Brooks Koepka Louis Oosthuizen Shubhankar Sharma
10 – 3:14AM/12:14 AM	Billy Horschel Jazz Janewattananond Aaron Wise
11 – 3:25AM/12:25 AM	Jordan Spieth Marc Leishman Danny Willett
12 – 3:36AM/12:36 AM	Cameron Smith Adam Hadwin David Lipsky
13 – 3:47AM/12:47 AM	Paul Lawrie Chez Reavie Justin Harding
14 – 4:03AM/1:03 AM	Takumi Kanaya (a) Tom Lewis Brandon Stone
15 – 4:14AM/1:14 AM	Lucas Glover Joost Luiten Nino Bertasio
16 – 4:25AM/1:25 AM	Ernie Els JB Holmes Abraham Ancer
17 – 4:36AM/1:36 AM	Brandt Snedeker Lee Westwood Brian Harman
18 – 4:47AM/1:47 AM	Justin Rose Tony Finau Lucas Bjerregaard
19 – 4:58AM/1:58 AM	Dustin Johnson Jason Day Keegan Bradley
20 – 5:09AM/2:09 AM	Tiger Woods Matt Wallace Patrick Reed
21 – 5:20AM/2:20 AM	Jon Rahm Patrick Cantlay Matt Kuchar
22 – 5:31AM/2:31 AM	Kevin Streelman Doc Redman Robert Rock
23 – 5:42AM/2:42 AM	Adrian Otaegui Yuta Ikeda Isidro Benitez
24 – 5:53AM/2:53 AM	Patton Kizzire Sang Hyun Park Yuki Inamori
25 – 6:04AM/3:04 AM	Yoshinori Fujimoto Doyeob Mun Andrew Wilson
26 – 6:15AM/3:15 AM	Gunn Charoenkul Yosuke Asaji Ashton Tur
27 – 6:36AM/3:36 AM	Darren Clarke James Sugrue (a) Charley Hoffman
28 – 6:47AM/3:47 AM	Emiliano Grillo Sung Kang Thomas Thurloway (a)
29 – 6:58AM/3:58 AM	Andy Sullivan Christiaan Bezuidenhout Alexander Levy
30 – 7:09AM/4:09 AM	Chan Kim Zander Lombard Brandon Wu (a)
31 – 7:20AM/4:20 AM	Richard Sterne Romain Langasque Matthias Schmid (a)
32 – 7:31AM/4:31 AM	Padraig Harrington Matthew Fitzpatrick Andrew Putnam
33 – 7:42AM/4:42 AM	Bubba Watson Eddie Pepperell Rafa Cabrera-Bello
34 – 7:53AM/4:53 AM	Phil Mickelson Shane Lowry Branden Grace
35 – 8:04/5:04 AM	Alex Noren Mike Lorenzo-Vera Sam Locke
36 – 8:15AM/5:15 AM	Webb Simpson Sergio Garcia CT Pan
37 – 8:26AM/5:26 AM	Ryan Palmer Andrea Pavan Dylan Frittelli
38 – 8:37AM/5:37 AM	Kyle Stanley Robert MacIntyre Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston
39 – 8:48AM/5:48 AM	Mikko Korhonen Oliver Wilson Curtis Knipes (a)
40 – 9:04AM/6:04 AM	Ian Poulter Sungjae Im Kiradech Aphibarnrat
41 – 9:15AM/6:15 AM	Henrik Stenson Xander Schauffele Graeme McDowell
42 – 9:26AM/6:26 AM	Haotong Li Russell Knox Bernd Weisberger
43 – 9:37AM/6:37 AM	Jason Kokrak Connor Syme Austin Connelly
44 – 9:48AM/6:48 AM	Zach Johnson David Duval Corey Conners
45 – 9:59AM/6:59 AM	Francesco Molinari Bryson DeChambeau Adam Scott
46 – 10:10AM/7:10 AM	Rory McIlroy Gary Woodland Paul Casey
47 – 10:21AM/7:21 AM	Rickie Fowler Kevin Kisner Hideki Matsuyama
48 – 10:32AM/7:32 AM	Jim Furyk Si-Woo Kim Jimmy Walker
49 – 10:43AM/7:43 AM	Luke Lista Alexander Bjork Paul Waring
50 – 10:54AM/7:54 AM	Shugo Imahira Nate Lashley Benjamin Herbert
51 – 11:05AM/8:05 AM	Mikumu Horikawa Callum Shinkwin Garrick Porteous
52 – 11:16AM/8:16 AM	Prom Messawat Matthew Baldwin Jack Senior

* Starts on July 18th due to time difference.

Brandon’s Favorite Grouping: Woods/Reed/Wallace

Best Potential Grouping: Molinari/DeChambeau/Scott

Best Grouping No One is Talking About: Stenson/Schauffele/McDowell

How To Watch the 2019 Open

(All times PST)

Round 1 – Thursday, July 18

10:30PM-1:00PM – Golf Channel Day 1 Live Coverage*
1:00AM-12:00PM – Golf Channel Marquee Groups 1
1:00AM-12:00PM – Golf Channel Marquee Groups 2
1:00AM-11:00AM – Golf Channel Three-Hole Channel

Round 2 – Friday, July 19

10:30PM*-1:00PM – GolfChannel Day 2 Live Coverage
1:00AM-12:00PM – Golf Channel Marquee Groups 1
1:00AM-12:00PM – Golf Channel Marquee Groups 2
1:00AM-11:00AM – Golf Channel Three-Hole Channel

Round 3 – Saturday, July 20

4:00AM-12:00PM – NBC Day 3 Live Coverage
1:30AM-11:00PM – Golf Channel Marquee Groups 1
3:00AM-11:00PM – Golf Channel Marquee Groups 2
2:00AM-10:00AM – Golf Channel Three-Hole Channel

Round 4 – Sunday, July 21

4:00AM-11:00PM – NBC Day 4 Live Coverage
1:30AM-10:00PM – Golf Channel Marquee Groups 1
2:00AM-10:30PM – Golf Channel Marquee Groups 2
2:00AM-9:00AM – Golf Channel Three-Hole Channel

* Starts on July 17th due to time difference.

World Golf Rankings

As of 7/14/2019

Brooks Koepka (Last Week: 1)
Dustin Johnson (LW: 2)
Rory McIlroy (LW: 3)
Justin Rose (LW: 4)
Tiger Woods (LW: 5)
Bryson DeChambeau (LW: 6)
Francesco Molinari (LW: 7)
Jon Rahm (LW: 8)
Justin Thomas (LW: 9)
Patrick Cantlay (LW: 10)

Full World Golf Rankings

2019 FedEx Cup Points

As of 7/14/2019

Matt Kuchar – 2,287 points
Brooks Koepka – 2,202
Rory McIlroy – 2,195
Xander Schauffele – 1,817
Gary Woodland – 1,789
Patrick Cantlay – 1,658
Dustin Johnson – 1,631
Paul Casey – 1,541
Justin Rose – 1,308
Rickie Fowler – 1,293

Full FedEx Cup Standings

Thanks for reading! As always … Go Tiger! Thanks for reading! – BR

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