Open tee-off times: Two-time champion Pádraig Harrington starts first at Portrush on Thursday with rookie Tom McKibbin
Northern Ireland native McKibbin (22) will be third off the tee in just his second appearance in The Open.
'I'm relishing it big time,' McKibbin said of his fourth major start. 'I experienced it a little bit at the Irish Open. But I think this will be even bigger. 'It's just super cool to see people cheering you on and shouting your name. It takes you aback a little bit from where I wasn't even a pro and when I was last here. So to be here and playing and having the crowd supporting is awesome.'
Clarke will tee off with American Davis Riley and Australia's Lucas Herbert at 7:52am, but there's also a stellar draw for 2019 champion Shane Lowry alongside world number one Scottie Scheffler and 2021 winner Collin Morikawa at 10:09am.
Rory McIlroy is one of the big favourites to win this week will go off with Justin Thomas and 2019 runner-up Tommy Fleetwood at 3:10pm.
Defending champion Xander Schauffele will go out just ahead of Lowry at 9:58am, with US Open champion JJ Spaun and fancied Spaniard Jon Rahm.
Tee-times for first round of The Open
6.35: Pádraig Harrington (Ire), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin (NI)
6.46: KJ Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (SA)
6.57: Justin Hastings (Cay)*, Marco Penge (Eng), Cameron Smith (Aus)
7.08: Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
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7.19: Phil Mickelson (US), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (SA)
7.30: Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (US), Niklas Noergaard (Den)
7.41: Dustin Johnson (US), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith (Eng)
7.52: Darren Clarke (NI), Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (US)
8.03: Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai)
8.14: Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (US), Lee Westwood (Eng)
8.25: Patrick Cantlay (US), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (US)
8.36: Filip Jakubcik (Cze)*, Matthew Jordan (Eng), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)
8.47: Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
9.03: Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra)
9.14: Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), Bryan Newman (SA)*, Justin Walters (SA)
9.25: Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Ryan Fox (NZ), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
9.36: Akshay Bhatia (US), Ben Griffin (US), Sepp Straka (Aut)
9.47: Sam Burns (US), Brooks Koepka (US), Aldrich Potgieter (SA)
9.58: Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (US), JJ Spaun (US)
10.09: Shane Lowry (Ire), Collin Morikawa (US), Scottie Scheffler (US)
10.20: Wyndham Clark (US), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (US)
10.31: Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (US), Patrick Reed (US)
10.42: Ryggs Johnston (US), Matthias Schmid (Ger), Richard Teder (Est)*
10.53: John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (SA), Dylan Naidoo (SA)
11.04: Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (US)
11.15: Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)
11.26: Stewart Cink (US), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
11.47: Connor Graham (Sco)*, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe)
11.58: Daniel Brown (Eng), Daniel Hillier (NZ), Zach Johnson (US)
12.09: Ethan Fang (US)*, Rickie Fowler (US), Adam Scott (Aus)
12.20: Laurie Canter (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus)
12.31: Andrew Novak (US), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace (Eng)
12.42: Dean Burmester (SA), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (US)
12.53: Sebastian Cave (Eng)*, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor)
13.04: Bud Cauley (US), Michael Kim (US), John Parry (Eng)
13.15: Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (US), Shaun Norris (SA)
13.26: Daniel Berger (US), Keegan Bradley (US), Sung-Jae Im (Kor)
13.37: Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Romain Langasque (Fra)
13.48: Harry Hall (Eng), Aaron Rai (Eng), Sahith Theegala (US)
14.04: Thriston Lawrence (SA), Justin Leonard (US), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
14.15: Chris Kirk (US), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), JT Poston (US)
14.26: Brian Harman (US), Maverick McNealy (US), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
14.37: Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Russell Henley (US), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
14.48: Bryson DeChambeau (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Justin Rose (Eng)
14.59: Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (US)
15.10: Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Rory McIlroy (NI), Justin Thomas (US)
15.21: Harris English (US), Tony Finau (US), Nick Taylor (Can)
15.32: Lucas Glover (US), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
15.43: Brian Campbell (US), John Catlin (US), Frazer Jones (Eng)*
15.54: Cameron Adam (Sco)*, Nathan Kimsey (Eng), Jason Kokrak (US)
16.05: Curtis Knipes (Eng), Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young (Sco)
16.16: George Bloor (Eng), OJ Farrell (Eng), Young-Han Song (Kor)
* denotes amateur
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