{"id":764654,"date":"2026-07-15T16:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/764654\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:23:20","slug":"would-british-open-adjust-final-round-tee-times-if-england-makes-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/764654\/","title":{"rendered":"Would British Open adjust final-round tee times if England makes World Cup final?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wait and see.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the approach R&A leadership is taking to England possibly qualifying for the World Cup final against Spain on Sunday. If England were to make it past Argentina (match starts 3 p.m. ET Wednesday) reports suggested the 154th Open Championship\u2019s final-round tee times would be changed.<\/p>\n

Mark Darbon, chief executive of the R&A, rebuffed Wednesday that any decision had been made to alter Sunday\u2019s start time at Royal Birkdale. That\u2019s not to say Darbon won\u2019t be paying attention to the World Cup semis, in multiple capacities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m an England football fan, so it would be a great problem to have. But I guess also, because I\u2019m an England football fan, we should also wait to see how the semifinal goes before we get too far ahead,\u201d he told reporters. <\/p>\n

Darbon said The Open\u2019s final putt is currently scheduled for around 6:40 p.m. local time on Sunday. Spain vs. the England-Argentina winner won\u2019t begin until 8 p.m. local. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing a lot of thinking about this,\u201d Darbon revealed. \u201cWe think that, even if we go to a three-hole playoff, we\u2019ve got time to complete the championship. So at this stage, no plans to alter anything, but we\u2019ll maintain that under review and finalize our position after the semifinal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last bit is important \u2014 if England wins, things could change in Southport.<\/p>\n

What is firm, other than the greens and fairways at Royal Birkdale this week, is that the first round will tee off at 1:35 a.m. ET on Thursday<\/a>. The first trio out is Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry and James Nicholas.<\/p>\n

Peacock will kickoff live first-round coverage at 1:30 a.m. ET with USA Sports and Golf Channel mobile showcasing from 4 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET<\/a>. A two-hour \u201cLive From The Open\u201d recaps the day<\/a> at the conclusion of play.<\/p>\n

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The year\u2019s final major will be contested at Royal Birkdale. Here\u2019s how to watch and stream live coverage on Golf Channel all week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wait and see. That\u2019s the approach R&A leadership is taking to England possibly qualifying for the World Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-764654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}