ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Tiger Woods will begin his pursuit of a third Open Championship title at St. Andrews at 2:59 p.m. (local time) Thursday when the oldest championship in golf begins on the Old Course.
Woods, who won on the Old Course in 2000 and 2005, has played 58 practice rounds holes on his favorite golf course in the world – he played just 27 before the Masters, 27 before the PGA Championship. He made the cut in both, his only two starts of the year.
Woods is out with Max Homa and reigning U.S. Open champion Matthew Fitzpatrick.
Paul Lawrie, the 1999 Open Championship winner, will hit the first shot of the tournament at 6:35 a.m. The final tee time is 4 p.m.
Following the Woods group at 3:10 p.m. is the threesome of 2017 Open champion Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm and Harold Varner III.
Four-time major winner and 2014 Open Champion Rory McIlroy will start his commencement of ending an 8-year drought in the majors at 9:58 a.m. alongside defending champion Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele, who has won his last two starts.
Shane Lowry, the Champion Golfer of the Year in 2019, is out with reigning PGA Championship victor Justin Thomas and Viktor Hovland at 10:09 a.m.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is playing with Joaquin Niemann and Tyrrell Hatton at 1:26 p.m.
From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s what you need to know for the first round of the 2022 British Open. All times listed are ET.
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First round tee times
1st hole
| Tee times | Players |
| 1:35 a.m. |
Paul Lawrie, Webb Simpson, Min Woo Lee |
| 1:46 a.m. |
Sadom Kaewkanjana, Ben Campbell, Barclay Brown |
| 1:57 a.m. |
Dean Burmester, Chan Kim, Brandon Wu |
| 2:08 a.m. |
Ian Poulter, Jamie Donaldson, Guido Migliozzi |
| 2:19 a.m. |
Garrick Higgo, MinKyu Kim, Ashley Chesters |
| 2:30 a.m. |
Phil Mickelson, Lucas Herbert, Kurt Kitayama |
| 2:41 a.m. |
Patrick Reed, Tom Hoge, J.H. Kim |
| 2:52 a.m. |
John Daly, Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Tringale |
| 3:03 a.m. |
Cameron Smith, Brooks Koepka, Seamus Power |
| 3:14 a.m. |
Francesco Molinari, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose |
| 3:25 a.m. |
Cameron Young, K.H. Lee, Robert MacIntyre |
| 3:36 a.m. |
Zach Johnson, Billy Horschel, Corey Conners |
| 3:47 a.m. |
Brian Harman Pablo Larrazabal, Danny Willett |
| 4:03 a.m. |
Stephen Dodd, J.T. Poston, Lee Westwood |
| 4:14 a.m. |
Sepp Straka, Luke List, Justin De Los Santos |
| 4:25 a.m. |
Ernie Els, Ardi Arnaus, Brad Kennedy |
| 4:36 a.m. |
Mackenzie Hughes, Scott Vincent, Victor Perez |
| 4:47 a.m. |
Jason Kokrak, Nicolai Hojgaard, Sihwan Kim |
| 4:58 a.m. |
Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele |
| 5:09 a.m. |
Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas, Viktor Hovland |
| 5:20 a.m. |
Will Zalatoris, Hideki Matsuyama, Tony Finau |
| 5:31 a.m. |
Kevin Kisner, Chris Kirk, Takumi Kanaya |
| 5:42 a.m. |
Dylan Frittelli, Trey Mullinax, Matthew Jordan |
| 5:53 a.m. |
Anthony Quayle, Zander Lombard, John Parry |
| 6:04 a.m. |
Thomas Detry, Richard Mansell, Marco Penge |
| 6:15 a.m. |
Alexander Bjork, Oliver Farr, Matthew Ford |
| 6:36 a.m. |
Mark Calcavecchia, Ryan Fox, Jediah Morgan |
| 6:47 a.m. |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Bernd Weisberger, Sam Bairstow |
| 6:58 a.m. |
Adrian Meronk, Haotong Li, Marcus Armitage |
| 7:09 a.m. |
Thriston Lawrence, Fabrizio Zanotti, Alex Wrigley |
| 7:20 a.m. |
Aaron Wise, Si Woo Kim, Sam Horsfield |
| 7:31 a.m. |
Talor Gooch, Shaun Norris, Wyndham Clark |
| 7:42 a.m. |
Henrik Stenson, Russell Henley, Aldrich Potgieter |
| 7:53 a.m. |
Stewart Cink, Sergio Gargia, Aaron Jarvis |
| 8:04 a.m. |
Sungjae Im, Paul Casey, Gary Woodland |
| 8:15 a.m. |
Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott, Mark Leishman |
| 8:26 a.m. |
Scottie Scheffler, Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton |
| 8:37 a.m. |
Darren Clarke, Richard Bland, Filippo Celli |
| 8:48 a.m. |
Kevin Na, Kazuki Higa, Erik van Rooyen |
| 9:04 a.m. |
David Duval, Justin Harding, Jordan Smith |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Shugo Imahira, Jason Scrivener, David Law |
| 9:26 a.m. |
Abraham Ancer, Yuto Katsuragawa, Emiliano Grillo |
| 9:37 a.m. |
Louis Oosthuizen, Harris English, Keita Nakajima |
| 9:48 a.m. |
Padraig Harrington, Thomas Pieters, Keith Mitchell |
| 9:59 a.m. |
Tiger Woods, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Max Homa |
| 10:10 a.m. |
Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Harold Varner III |
| 10:21 a.m. |
Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Mito Pereira |
| 10:32 a.m. |
Keegan Bradley, Sebastian Munoz, Sahith Theegala |
| 10:43 a.m. |
Laurie Canter, Dimitrios Papadatos, Matthew Griffin |
| 10:54 a.m. |
John Catlin, Jamie Rutherford, David Carey |
| 11:05 a.m. |
Mingyu Cho, Jorge Fernandez-Valdes, Robert Dinwiddie |
| 11:16 a.m. |
Lars Van Meijel, Jack Floyd, Ronan Mullarney |
How to watch
Thursday, July 14th
TV
USA: 4 a.m.-3 p.m.
STREAM
Peacock: 1:30 a.m.-4 a.m.
Peacock: 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
(Streaming will include featured groups, featured holes and full coverage. Featured groups and featured holes will also be available on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.)
Friday, July 15th
TV
USA: 4 a.m.-3 p.m.
STREAM
Peacock: 1:30 a.m.-4 a.m.
Peacock: 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
(Streaming will include featured groups, featured holes and full coverage. Featured groups and featured holes will also be available on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.)
Saturday, July 16th
TV
USA: 5 a.m.-7 a.m.
NBC: 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
STREAM
Peacock: 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
(Featured groups and featured holes will be available all day and will be available on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.)
Sunday, July 17th
TV
USA: 4 a.m.-7 a.m.
NBC: 7 a.m.-2 p.m.
STREAM
Peacock: 7 a.m.-2 p.m.
(Featured groups and featured holes will be available all day and will be available on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.)