Royal Troon is expecting record crowds for the 152nd Open Championship

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 1 & 2 TEE TIMES ANNOUNCED

Brian Harman will begin his defence of the Claret Jug at Royal Troon alongside Viktor Hovland and Sahith Theegala.

The tee times for rounds one and two of The 152nd Open were announced on Tuesday, with Harman, the runaway champion at Royal Liverpool 12 months ago, grouped with FedEx Cup champion Hovland and world no.11 Theegala.

That trio will tee off at 9.58am on Thursday and 2.59pm on Friday, with Rory McIlroy, Max Homa and Tyrrell Hatton following them each day at 10.09am and 3.10pm.

World number one Scottie Scheffler is out on Thursday afternoon at 3.10pm with 2017 Open champion Jordan Spieth and 2022 runner-up Cameron Young. That trio is preceded at 2.59pm by two former Open winners  in Shane Lowry and Cameron Smith, who will play with Matt Fitzpatrick.

American Justin Leonard, who won the 1997 Open at Royal Troon, will hit the opening tee shot at 6.35am. He is playing with 2004 Troon winner Todd Hamilton and Scottish qualifier Jack McDonald, whose grandad is an honorary member at the club.

Rory McIlroy gets his Open challenge under way at 10.09am on Thursday

First Round: Thursday, 18 July

06:35 Todd Hamilton (US), Justin Leonard (US), Jack McDonald (Sco)

06:46 Tom McKibbin (NI), (a) Calum Scott (Sco), Alexander Noren (Swe)

06:57 Michael Hendry (NZ), Vincent Norrman (Swe), Jesper Svensson (Swe)

07:08 Daniel Hillier (NZ), Ryosuke Kinoshita (Jpn), Young-Han Song (Kor)

07:19 Abraham Ancer (Mex), Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)

07:30 Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Keita Nakajima (Jpn), Adam Scott (Aus)

07:41 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Justin Rose (Eng), (a) Jasper Stubbs (Aus)

07:52 Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Matthew Southgate (Eng), Justin Thomas (US)

08:03 Laurie Canter (Eng), Nick Taylor (Can), Matt Wallace (Eng)

08:14 Matteo Manassero (Ita), Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Sebastian Soderberg

(Swe)

08:25 Austin Eckroat (US), Zach Johnson (US), Thorbjoern Olesen (Den)

08:36 John Daly (US), (a) Santiago de la Fuente (Mex), Aaron Rai (Eng)

08:47 Stewart Cink (US), (a) Dominic Clemons (Eng), Chris Kirk (US)

09:03 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Adam Schenk (US)

09:14 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Lucas Glover (US), Adam Hadwin (Can)

09:25 Tony Finau (US), Russell Henley (US), Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

09:36 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Jon Rahm (Spa)

09:47 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Bryson DeChambeau (US), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor)

09:58 Brian Harman (US), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Sahith Theegala (US)

10:09 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Max Homa (US), Rory McIlroy (NI)

10:20 Keegan Bradley (US), (a) Gordon Sargent (US), Will Zalatoris (US)

10:31 Alexander Bjoerk (Swe), Harris English (US), Maverick McNealy (US)

10:42 Sean Crocker (US), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), (a) Tommy Morrison (US)

10:53 John Catlin (US), Gun-Taek Koh (Kor), David Puig (Spa)

11:04 Daniel Bradbury (Eng), Thriston Lawrence (SA), Elvis Smylie (Aus)

11:15 Ignacio Elvira (Spa), Darren Fichardt (SA), Min-Kyu Kim (Kor)

11:26 Mason Andersen (US), Sam Hutsby (Eng), Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn)

11:47 Ewen Ferguson (Sco), Marcel Siem (Ger)

11:58 Yuto Katsuragawa (Jpn), Romain Langasque (Fra), Chengtsung Pan (Tai)

12:09 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Richard Mansell (Eng)

12:20 Jorge Campillo (Spa), Corey Conners (Can), Ryan Fox (NZ)

12:31 Ernie Els (SA), (a) Altin van der Merwe (SA), Gary Woodland (US)

12:42 Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), (a) Jacob Olesen (Den), Henrik Stenson (Swe)

12:53 Billy Horschel (US), Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Victor Perez (Fra)

13:04 Jordan Smith (Eng), Sepp Straka (Aut), Brendon Todd (US)

13:15 Denny McCarthy (US), Adrian Meronk (Pol), Taylor Moore (US)

13:26 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Jason Day (Aus), Rickie Fowler (US)

13:37 Alex Cejka (Ger), Eric Cole (US), Kurt Kitayama (US)

13:48 Dean Burmester (SA), Darren Clarke (NI), JT Poston (US)

14:04 Dustin Johnson (US), Joost Luiten (Ned), Phil Mickelson (US)

14:15 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Matthew Jordan (Eng), Davis Thompson (US)

14:26 Wyndham Clark (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

14:37 Patrick Cantlay (US), Xander Schauffele (US), Tiger Woods (US)

14:48 Sam Burns (US), Si-Woo Kim (Kor), Collin Morikawa (US)

14:59 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Shane Lowry (Ire), Cameron Smith (Aus)

15:10 Scottie Scheffler (US), Jordan Spieth (US), Cameron Young (US)

15:21 Akshay Bhatia (US), Tom Hoge (US), Sami Valimaki (Fin)

15:32 Ben Griffin (US), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Mackenzie Hughes (Can)

15:43 Joseph Dean (Eng), Andy Ogletree (US), Yannik Paul (Ger)

15:54 Charlie Lindh (Swe), (a) Luis Masaveu (Spa), Ryan van Velzen (SA)

16:05 Kazuma Kobori (NZ), (a) Jaime Montojo (Spa), (a) Liam Nolan (Ire)

16:16 Denwit Boriboonsub (Tha), Daniel Brown (Eng), (a) Matthew Dodd-Berry (Eng)

16:27 Sam Horsfield (Eng), Aguri Iwasaki (Jpn), Jeung-Hun Wang (Kor)

Second Round: Friday, 19 July

06:35 Ewen Ferguson (Sco), Marcel Siem (Ger)

06:46 Yuto Katsuragawa (Jpn), Romain Langasque (Fra), Chengtsung Pan (Tai)

06:57 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Richard Mansell (Eng)

07:08 Jorge Campillo (Spa), Corey Conners (Can), Ryan Fox (NZ)

07:19 Ernie Els (SA), (a) Altin van der Merwe (SA), Gary Woodland (US)

07:30 Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), (a) Jacob Olesen (Den), Henrik Stenson (Swe)

07:41 Billy Horschel (US), Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Victor Perez (Fra)

07:52 Jordan Smith (Eng), Sepp Straka (Aut), Brendon Todd (US)

08:03 Denny McCarthy (US), Adrian Meronk (Pol), Taylor Moore (US)

08:14 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Jason Day (Aus), Rickie Fowler (US)

08:25 Alex Cejka (Ger), Eric Cole (US), Kurt Kitayama (US)

08:36 Dean Burmester (SA), Darren Clarke (NI), JT Poston (US)

08:47 Dustin Johnson (US), Joost Luiten (Ned), Phil Mickelson (US)

09:03 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Matthew Jordan (Eng), Davis Thompson (US)

09:14 Wyndham Clark (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

09:25 Patrick Cantlay (US), Xander Schauffele (US), Tiger Woods (US)

09:36 Sam Burns (US), Si-Woo Kim (Kor), Collin Morikawa (US)

09:47 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Shane Lowry (Ire), Cameron Smith (Aus)

09:58 Scottie Scheffler (US), Jordan Spieth (US), Cameron Young (US)

10:09 Akshay Bhatia (US), Tom Hoge (US), Sami Valimaki (Fin)

10:20 Ben Griffin (US), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Mackenzie Hughes (Can)

10:31 Joseph Dean (Eng), Andy Ogletree (US), Yannik Paul (Ger)

10:42 Charlie Lindh (Swe), (a) Luis Masaveu (Spa), Ryan van Velzen (SA)

10:53 Kazuma Kobori (NZ), (a) Jaime Montojo (Spa), (a) Liam Nolan (Ire)

11:04 Denwit Boriboonsub (Tha), Daniel Brown (Eng), (a) Matthew Dodd-Berry (Eng)

11:15 Sam Horsfield (Eng), Aguri Iwasaki (Jpn), Jeung-Hun Wang (Kor)

11:26 Todd Hamilton (US), Justin Leonard (US), Jack McDonald (Sco)

11:47 Tom McKibbin (NI), (a) Calum Scott (Sco), Alexander Noren (Swe)

11:58 Michael Hendry (NZ), Vincent Norrman (Swe), Jesper Svensson (Swe)

12:09 Daniel Hillier (NZ), Ryosuke Kinoshita (Jpn), Young-Han Song (Kor)

12:20 Abraham Ancer (Mex), Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)

12:31 Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Keita Nakajima (Jpn), Adam Scott (Aus)

12:42 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Justin Rose (Eng), (a) Jasper Stubbs (Aus)

12:53 Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Matthew Southgate (Eng), Justin Thomas (US)

13:04 Laurie Canter (Eng), Nick Taylor (Can), Matt Wallace (Eng)

13:15 Matteo Manassero (Ita), Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Sebastian Soderberg

(Swe)

13:26 Austin Eckroat (US), Zach Johnson (US), Thorbjoern Olesen (Den)

13:37 John Daly (US), (a) Santiago De La Fuente (Mex), Aaron Rai (Eng)

13:48 Stewart Cink (US), (a) Dominic Clemons (Eng), Chris Kirk (US)

14:04 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Adam Schenk (US)

14:15 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Lucas Glover (US), Adam Hadwin (Can)

14:26 Tony Finau (US), Russell Henley (US), Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

14:37 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Jon Rahm (Spa)

14:48 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Bryson DeChambeau (US), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor)

14:59 Brian Harman (US), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Sahith Theegala (US)

15:10 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Max Homa (US), Rory McIlroy (NI)

15:21 Keegan Bradley (US), (a) Gordon Sargent (US), Will Zalatoris (US)

15:32 Alexander Bjoerk (Swe), Harris English (US), Maverick McNealy (US)

15:43 Sean Crocker (US), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), (a) Tommy Morrison (US)

15:54 John Catlin (US), Gun-Taek Koh (Kor), David Puig (Spa)

16:05 Daniel Bradbury (Eng), Thriston Lawrence (SA), Elvis Smylie (Aus)

16:16 Ignacio Elvira (Spa), Darren Fichardt (SA), Min-Kyu Kim (Kor)

16:27 Mason Andersen (US), Sam Hutsby (Eng), Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn)