Rory McIlroy set for afternoon start in Open Championship first round
The Northern Irishman, who shot 61 as a 16-year-old on this course, has been paired with Ryder Cup team-mate Tommy Fleetwood and American rival Justin Thomas.
On his last appearance here in 2019, McIlroy hit his opening tee shot out of bounds, made a quadruple-bogey eight, shot an eight-over 79 and went on to miss the cut by one.
However, he has been given the reverse draw this time around and will go off at 3.10pm on Thursday and 10.09am on Friday.
Shane Lowry is on the opposite sid of the draw, playing alongside world number one and US PGA champion Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa.
Xander Schauffele begins his defence of the Claret Jug in the 9.58am group with Jon Rahm and US Open champion JJ Spaun.
Two-time Open champion Padraig Harrington will hit the opening tee shot at 6.35am, alongside Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin and Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard.
Darren Clarke will tee off at 7.52am on day one.
Tee-off times in the first round of the 153rd Open Championship, Royal Portrush, County Antrim
(a) denotes amateurs
Starting at hole 1
06:35 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin
06:46 K. J. Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
06:57 (a) Justin Hastings (Cay), Marco Penge, Cameron Smith (Aus)
07:08 Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
07:19 Phil Mickelson (USA), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa)
07:30 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (USA), Niklas Noergaard (Den)
07:41 Dustin Johnson (USA), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith
07:52 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (USA)
08:03 Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai)
08:14 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (USA), Lee Westwood
08:25 Patrick Cantlay (USA), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (USA)
08:36 (a) Filip Jakubcik (Cze), Matthew Jordan, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den)
08:47 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
09:03 Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra)
09:14 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), (a) Bryan Newman (Rsa), Justin Walters (Rsa)
09:25 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ryan Fox (Nzl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
09:36 Akshay Bhatia (USA), Ben Griffin (USA), Sepp Straka (Aut)
09:47 Sam Burns (USA), Brooks Koepka (USA), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)
09:58 Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (USA), J. J. Spaun (USA)
10:09 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA)
10:20 Wyndham Clark (USA), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (USA)
10:31 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (USA), Patrick Reed (USA)
10:42 Ryggs Johnston (USA), Matthias Schmid (Ger), (a) Richard Teder (Est)
10:53 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), Dylan Naidoo (Rsa)
11:04 Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (USA)
11:15 Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)
11:26 Stewart Cink (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
11:47 (a) Connor Graham, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe)
11:58 Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier (Nzl), Zach Johnson (USA)
12:09 (a) Ethan Fang (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (Aus)
12:20 Laurie Canter, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus)
12:31 Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace
12:42 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (USA)
12:53 (a) Sebastian Cave, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor)
13:04 Bud Cauley (USA), Michael Kim (USA), John Parry
13:15 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (USA), Shaun Norris (Rsa)
13:26 Daniel Berger (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Sung-Jae Im (Kor)
13:37 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Romain Langasque (Fra)
13:48 Harry Hall, Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala (USA)
14:04 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Justin Leonard (USA), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
14:15 Chris Kirk (USA), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), J. T. Poston (USA)
14:26 Brian Harman (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
14:37 Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
14:48 Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose
14:59 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (USA)
15:10 Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas (USA)
15:21 Harris English (USA), Tony Finau (USA), Nick Taylor (Can)
15:32 Lucas Glover (USA), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
15:43 Brian Campbell (USA), John Catlin (USA), (a) Frazer Jones
15:54 (a) Cameron Adam, Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak (USA)
16:05 Curtis Knipes, Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young
16:16 George Bloor, OJ Farrell, Young-Han Song (Kor)
Second round:
Starting at hole 1
06:35 Stewart Cink (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
06:46 (a) Connor Graham, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe)
06:57 Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier (Nzl), Zach Johnson (USA)
07:08 (a) Ethan Fang (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (Aus)
07:19 Laurie Canter, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus)
07:30 Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace
07:41 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (USA)
07:52 (a) Sebastian Cave, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor)
08:03 Bud Cauley (USA), Michael Kim (USA), John Parry
08:14 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (USA), Shaun Norris (Rsa)
08:25 Daniel Berger (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Sung-Jae Im (Kor)
08:36 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Romain Langasque (Fra)
08:47 Harry Hall, Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala (USA)
09:03 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Justin Leonard (USA), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
09:14 Chris Kirk (USA), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), J. T. Poston (USA)
09:25 Brian Harman (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
09:36 Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
09:47 Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose
09:58 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (USA)
10:09 Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas (USA)
10:20 Harris English (USA), Tony Finau (USA), Nick Taylor (Can)
10:31 Lucas Glover (USA), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
10:42 Brian Campbell (USA), John Catlin (USA), (a) Frazer Jones
10:53 (a) Cameron Adam, Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak (USA)
11:04 Curtis Knipes, Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young
11:15 George Bloor, OJ Farrell, Young-Han Song (Kor)
11:26 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin
11:47 K. J. Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
11:58 (a) Justin Hastings (Cay), Marco Penge, Cameron Smith (Aus)
12:09 Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
12:20 Phil Mickelson (USA), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa)
12:31 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (USA), Niklas Noergaard (Den)
12:42 Dustin Johnson (USA), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith
12:53 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (USA)
13:04 Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai)
13:15 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (USA), Lee Westwood
13:26 Patrick Cantlay (USA), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (USA)
13:37 (a) Filip Jakubcik (Cze), Matthew Jordan, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den)
13:48 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
14:04 Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra)
14:15 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), (a) Bryan Newman (Rsa), Justin Walters (Rsa)
14:26 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ryan Fox (Nzl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
14:37 Akshay Bhatia (USA), Ben Griffin (USA), Sepp Straka (Aut)
14:48 Sam Burns (USA), Brooks Koepka (USA), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)
14:59 Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (USA), J. J. Spaun (USA)
15:10 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA)
15:21 Wyndham Clark (USA), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (USA)
15:32 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (USA), Patrick Reed (USA)
15:43 Ryggs Johnston (USA), Matthias Schmid (Ger), (a) Richard Teder (Est)
15:54 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), Dylan Naidoo (Rsa)
16:05 Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (USA)
16:16 Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)
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