{"id":764777,"date":"2026-07-15T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/764777\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:58:10","slug":"2026-british-open-tee-times-eight-best-groups-to-watch-including-scottie-scheffler-with-bryson-dechambeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/764777\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 British Open Tee Times: Eight Best Groups to Watch, Including Scottie Scheffler With Bryson DeChambeau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7s\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/betting\/british-open-picks-props-predictions-betting-justin-rose-viktor-hovland-and-matt-fitzpatrick-01kxhh0gz1qd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 British Open kicks off Thursday morning<\/a> at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. The final major championship of the year should be a fun one, especially with the steamy weather conditions that should have the course playing hard and fast. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7v\">There are no shortage of storylines, too. From Bryson DeChambeau looking to make his first cut at a major this year, to Scottie Scheffler looking to defend his title, this one has the makings of being a special British Open. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7y\">Let\u2019s break down the eight juciest pairings for the first two rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrrell Hatton: 4:58 a.m. ET\/10:04 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"84\">This pairing is going to make you want to get up very early in the morning on Thursday. Scheffler is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/scottie-scheffler-unthinkable-scottish-open-not-in-a-good-way\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">coming off his first missed cut in 78 events<\/a> and is looking to win his first major of the year. DeChambeau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/us-open\/nine-big-names-missed-cut-including-bryson-dechambeau-brooks-koepka\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hasn\u2019t made the cut yet at a major<\/a> this year and it would be wild if he missed another one. Tyrrell Hatton is always must-see TV with all of his instant reactions to his shots, plus he could be a contender this week. Fire up the coffee and plop down on the couch for this one. <\/p>\n<p>2026 British Open Betting Preview: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/betting\/2026-british-open-betting-preview-picks-predictions-odds-for-royal-birkdale-01kxe14k9qmq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Picks, Predictions, Odds for Royal Birkdale<\/a>Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood: 5:09 a.m. ET\/10:15 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8d\">This pairing, which comes right after the Scheffler-DeChambeau group, has three fun storylines to follow. Jordan Spieth won the British Open the last time it was played at Royal Birkdale in 2017 but hasn\u2019t won a major since then. Tommy Fleetwood is playing in his hometown and will have everyone cheering for him as he makes his way around the legendary course. Jon Rahm needs a good showing after missing the cut at the Masters and the U.S. Open. <\/p>\n<p>Quiz: Can you name the last 10 British Open winners? 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Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/li&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;li&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/li&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/ul&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/section&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele: 10:15 a.m. ET\/5:09 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8o\">This star-studded pairing will pick up the action later in the morning on Thursday before serving as your wake-up call early on Friday. McIlroy hasn\u2019t won a British Open since 2014 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Liverpool_Golf_Club\" rel=\"mw:WikiLink nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and would love nothing more than to win his second major of the year. Matt Fitzpatrick, who has been playing great golf this year with three wins on the PGA Tour, is looking to win his first British Open. Xander Schauffele won the 2024 British Open at Royal Troon Golf Club and is looking to win his third major. <\/p>\n<p>Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young: 10:04 a.m. ET\/4:58 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8u\">Wyndham Clark is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/winners-losers-us-open-wyndham-clark-survived-fans-shinnecock-embarrassed-themselves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">looking to win his second straight major<\/a> after taking home the U.S. Open last month. Can he go wire-to-wire like he did at Shinnecock? Ludvig Aberg is looking for his first major win and has the game to get it done. Cameron Young won the Players Championship in March but has yet to win a major. <\/p>\n<p>Justin Rose, Russell Henley, Viktor Hovland: 4:36 a.m. ET\/9:42 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"90\">Justin Rose will be another fan-favorite this week as the Englishman will be looking to win his first British Open. The 45-year-old has two second-place finishes (2018, 2024) and has been playing some very solid golf this year. Russell Henley is the No. 5-ranked player in the world and is looking for his first major win. Viktor Hovland missed the cut at the U.S. Open last month but then found something on the range at Shinnecock and beat Scheffler in a playoff at the Travelers Championship. Which Hovland will show up at Royal Birkdale? We\u2019re going to have to get up early Thursday to find out. <\/p>\n<p>Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka: 9:53 a.m. ET\/4:47 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"96\">All three players in this group have won a major, with Aaron Rai being the most recent at the PGA Championship in May. Shane Lowry won the 2019 British Open at Royal Portrush. Brooks Koepka, who missed the cut last week at the Scottish Open, has won five majors but is still looking for his first British Open victory.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott: 9:31 a.m. ET\/4:25 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9c\">Gotterup is arguably the hottest golfer in the world right now, having won four times in last year, including a few weeks ago at the John Deere Classic. He\u2019s now the No. 6-ranked player in the world and a win this week would turn him into a star. Sam Burns came an inch away from forcing a playoff at the U.S. Open last month and is ready to go just days after his wife gave birth to their second child. Adam Scott won the 2012 British Open and his playing in his 101st straight major, which is incredible.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell: 8:31 a.m. ET\/3:25 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-21\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9i\">Tom Kim is officially back after winning the Scottish Open last week. He finished third at the U.S. Open last month and seems ready to be a contender again. Mason Howell is an amateur who has had one heck of a year, having played in the Masters and the U.S. Open. <\/p>\n<p>2026 British Open tee times\u2014first and second rounds<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-23\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9o\">(a) = amateur | all times ET<\/p>\n<p>1:35 a.m. \/ 6:41 a.m.:\u00a0Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas1:46 a.m. \/ 6:52 a.m.:\u00a0Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan1:57 a.m. \/ 7:03 a.m.:\u00a0Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan2:08 a.m. \/ 7:14 a.m.:\u00a0Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean2:19 a.m. \/ 7:25 a.m.:\u00a0Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick2:30 a.m. \/ 7:36 a.m.:\u00a0David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate2:41 a.m. \/ 7:47 a.m.:\u00a0Sungjae Im, Dan Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)2:52 a.m. \/ 7:58 a.m.:\u00a0Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith3:03 a.m. \/ 8:09 a.m.:\u00a0Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)3:14 a.m. \/ 8:20 a.m.:\u00a0Hennie du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Dan Bradbury3:25 a.m. \/ 8:31 a.m.:\u00a0Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)3:36 a.m. \/ 8:42 a.m.:\u00a0Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren3:47 a.m. \/ 8:53 a.m.:\u00a0Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth4:03 a.m. \/ 9:09 a.m.:\u00a0Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune4:14 a.m. \/ 9:20 a.m.:\u00a0Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard4:25 a.m. \/ 9:31 a.m.:\u00a0Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee4:36 a.m. \/ 9:42 a.m.:\u00a0Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland4:47 a.m. \/ 9:53 a.m.:\u00a0Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day4:58 a.m. \/ 10:04 a.m.:\u00a0Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau5:09 a.m. \/ 10:15 a.m.:\u00a0Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm5:20 a.m. \/ 10:26 a.m.:\u00a0Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor5:31 a.m. \/ 10:37 a.m.:\u00a0Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig5:42 a.m. \/ 10:48 a.m.:\u00a0Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)5:53 a.m. \/ 10:59 a.m.:\u00a0Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt6:04 a.m. \/ 11:10 a.m.:\u00a0MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald6:15 a.m. \/ 11:21 a.m.:\u00a0Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro de Castro Piera (a)6:41 a.m. \/ 1:35 a.m.:\u00a0John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen6:52 a.m. \/ 1:46 a.m.:\u00a0Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman7:03 a.m. \/ 1:57 a.m.:\u00a0Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter7:14 a.m. \/ 2:08 a.m.:\u00a0Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)7:25 a.m. \/ 2:19 a.m.:\u00a0Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama7:36 a.m. \/ 2:30 a.m.:\u00a0Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber7:47 a.m. \/ 2:41 a.m.:\u00a0Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger7:58 a.m. \/ 2:52 a.m.:\u00a0Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis8:09 a.m. \/ 3:03 a.m.:\u00a0Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li8:20 a.m. \/ 3:14 a.m.:\u00a0Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick8:31 a.m. \/ 3:25 a.m.:\u00a0Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)8:42 a.m. \/ 3:36 a.m.:\u00a0Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima8:53 a.m. \/ 3:47 a.m.:\u00a0Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan (a)9:09 a.m. \/ 4:03 a.m.:\u00a0Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert9:20 a.m. \/ 4:14 a.m.:\u00a0Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, JT Poston9:31 a.m. \/ 4:25 a.m.:\u00a0Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott9:42 a.m. \/ 4:36 a.m.:\u00a0Collin Morikawa, J.J. 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