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Evening Standard
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Evening Standard
What time does Rory McIlroy tee off at The Open? Start times, how to watch, prize money and latest odds
Since then, the Northern Irishman has not been in the best of form, finishing three-over at the PGA Championship before missing the cut altogether at nine-over in Canada.
RTÉ News
7 hours ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Rory McIlroy set for afternoon start in Open Championship first round
Rory McIlroy will have to wait for his shot at redemption at Royal Portrush after being given a mid-afternoon tee time for Thursday's first day of The Open. 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)
Straits Times
10 hours ago
- Business
- Straits Times
Rory McIlroy embracing return to Northern Ireland for the British Open
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy watching his iron shot from the 18th tee during practice ahead of the 153rd British Open at Royal Portrush golf club in Northern Ireland on July 15. County Antrim – As a 16-year-old at the 2005 North of Ireland Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush, Rory McIlroy shot a course record 61. That was the old course, before redesign. It is a course he recognizes only parts of now. And as the Northern Irishman returns to Royal Portrush and the British Open this week, he is a changed man, too. He is ready to accept and embrace the pressure that comes from being the favourite son, something that he admitted got the best of him the last time the Open was played at Royal Portrush in 2019. 'It's a Major championship, everything that comes along with it, and I just think that that feeling, the walk to the first tee and then that ovation, I was still a little surprised and a little taken aback, like geez, these people really want me to win,' he told reporters on July 14 about the experience in 2019. 'I think that brought its own sort of pressure and more internally from myself and not really wanting to let people down. I guess it's just something I didn't mentally prepare for that day or that week. But I learned pretty quickly that one of my challenges, especially in a week like this, is controlling myself and controlling that battle.' He missed the cut that week. Now, at age 36 and with the US Masters championship to his name in 2025, he is ready to take it all in. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Singapore MBS' new development part of S'pore's broader, more ambitious transformation: PM Wong Business MAS records net profit of $19.7 billion, fuelled by investment gains Business Singapore financial sector growth doubles in 2024; assets managed cross $6 trillion in a first: MAS Singapore $3b money laundering case: MinLaw acts against 4 law firms and 1 lawyer over seized properties Singapore Man charged with attempted murder of woman at Kallang Wave Mall Singapore Ex-cleaner jailed over safety lapses linked to guard's death near 1-Altitude rooftop bar Singapore SJI International resumes overseas trips amid ongoing probe into student's death in Maldives in 2024 Singapore 'Nobody deserves to be alone': Why Mummy and Acha have fostered over 20 children in the past 22 years 'I think in '19 I probably tried to isolate, and I think it's better for everyone if I embrace it. I think it's better for me because I can – it's nice to be able to accept adulation, even though I struggle with it at times,' he said. 'But it's also nice for the person that is seeing you for the first time in a few years. It just makes for a better interaction and not trying to hide away from it. 'I think it's more of an embrace everything that's going to come my way this week and not try to shy away from it or hide away from it, and I think that'll make for a better experience for everyone involved.' He is coming off a good experience, shooting four rounds in the 60s and finishing tied for second at the Scottish Open on July 13. 'I'm certainly encouraged by how I've played the last two starts, especially last week in Scotland,' he said. 'I think the two weeks off after the Travelers just to reset, to get over here, a bit of a change of scenery has been really nice. 'When I was looking at the calendar for 2025, this was the tournament that was probably, I don't know, circled, even more so than the Masters for different reasons. It's lovely to be coming in here already with a Major and everything else that's happened this year. 'I'm excited with where my game is. I felt like I showed some really good signs last week. I feel like I'm in a good spot and had – not that last week was a pure preparation week, but I definitely feel like it put me in a good spot heading into here.' With his 2025 US Masters victory, McIlroy owns a career Grand Slam. He won The Open at Royal Liverpool in 2014. And he certainly would like to add the 2025 championship to his collection. Especially at Royal Portrush. 'It doesn't feel like six years has passed since 2019. I think it's amazing that Portrush has this opportunity so soon after the last Open to host again,' he said. 'Just great to be back. I don't spend a lot of time in these parts any more, just with travel schedule, living abroad, all that stuff. 'To be here, to see a lot of familiar faces, even some of the – every hole on the course has a different team of marshals from different golf clubs, and just to see people that I've met throughout the years out there this morning was really nice. 'It's really nice to be back, and obviously very excited for the week.' REUTERS
Daily Mirror
15 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
PGA Tour ace's dad appalled by McIlroy behaviour and incident with Lowry's wife
The drama that occurred at the 2023 edition of the Ryder Cup has left Xander Schauffele's father, Stefan, on a mission to boycott the event later this year Xander Schauffele's father, Stefan, revealed he's set to boycott the Ryder Cup this year after witnessing the drama involving Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry at previous events. The 2023 edition of the competition had its fair share of chaos, but Team Europe ended up capturing victory over Team USA with a final score of 16 1/2 – 11 1/2, their first Ryder Cup win since 2018. McIlroy had a well-documented feud with Patrick Cantlay's caddie, Joe LaCava, in Rome that was sparked on the green. The caddie waved his cap in celebration before the Northern Irishman, who was partnered with Matt Fitzpatrick, was able to hole a putt in an eventual afternoon defeat to Cantlay and Wyndham Clark. Infuriating McIlroy with his antics, the long-time caddie was also slow to move when instructed to get out of the way by the 36-year-old when attempting to line up a shot. A confrontation between the two began on the green, and even after the day of action, as the five-time major winner was still incensed when coming across several Team USA caddies outside the clubhouse. A fuming McIlroy was caught on camera aggressively pointing at someone, with many believing it to be at LaCava. Continuing to shout in front of Jim 'Bones' Mackay, the caddie of Justin Thomas, the golfer had to be held back by Lowry, who urged his compatriot into a car, putting an end to the wild scenes. McIlroy's actions, as well as the insults hurled at Lowry's wife by fans at the 2021 Ryder Cup in Wisconsin, have left Schauffele Sr disillusioned with the competition, which returns in September. Speaking to the Times, he said: "Do I miss the PGA Tour? No. I'm not going to the Ryder Cup either. I'm afraid of what's going to happen in New York. "I was there [at Whistling Straits] when they called Shane Lowry's wife a w**** in front of him. I couldn't believe my ears. Then I saw what happened in Rome. "That was utterly disgusting claiming this money bullshit and Rory [McIlroy] behaved disgustingly in my opinion [when he confronted Cantlay's caddie, Joe LaCava, in the car park]." "It's only going to get worse," the PGA Tour star's father said. "It's ruined my appetite for the Ryder Cup. It becomes unwatchable." McIlroy has since spoken out about the controversy in a behind-the-scenes documentary 'Una Famiglia'. "It turned from a match we thought we were going to win into a dog fight," he admitted last year. "Patrick's caddie, Joe, stood there a little bit longer than he should have. I was trying to read my putt and he was in the way. "I asked him to move and he didn't take too kindly to that." McIlroy then had his say on the post-match scenes as he added: "The fun and games sort of happened after that. As soon as I saw anyone with an American jersey on I went at them."
The Herald Scotland
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Twenty five years at The Open shows that time really does fly
This week, then, is my actual silver jubilee so one presumes that the good folk at the R&A have commissioned a limited-edition range of commemorative tea towels, porcelain thimbles and decorative hinged trinket boxes to mark the occasion. I'll have an amble over to the Royal Portrush merchandise tent to check out the shimmering wares later in the week. Part of this column was composed yesterday in the shadow of a wonderful, awe-inspiring edifice of maritime magnificence. Yes, that's right. The check-in terminal of the Stena Line ferry at Cairnryan. The Scottish golf writers went in two by two? Well, we tried to do it in an orderly fashion but, because this correspondent was running late, the embarking process descended into a nautical nonsense that featured the kind of flustered bellows and tortured grunts that Noah probably had to deal with as he tried to shepherd the last few biblical beasts up his bloomin' gangplank. We made it, though. It's going to be a busy old week here on the Antrim coast. Back in 2019, the last time The Open was staged at Portrush, the tickets for the championship days were gobbled up in the time it took you to say, 'tickets for the championship days have gone on sale.' It was the first ever sold out Open. That wasn't surprising, of course. Portrush hadn't staged the championship since 1951. It was a hugely significant moment for Northern Ireland after a troubled past. I always recall an Irish colleague observing the giddy scene six years ago and writing, 'when Darren Clarke steps to the tee at Royal Portrush at 6:35am and gets the Open under way, he will become the first Northern Irishman to fire a shot here and have it universally welcomed.' The masses lapped it up. 'It will be mayhem, but merry, Irish mayhem, which is the best kind,' said the late, great Peter Alliss, who played in The Open when it first came to this parish back in '51. He was right. Here in 2025, there will be an additional 40,000 spectators flooding through the gates with a total of 278,000 people expected over the course of the week. It will be the second highest attended Open in history after the 290,000 souls who shoehorned themselves into St Andrews in 2022. I hope there are enough of my 25th anniversary dish cloots on sale for the masses to purchase as a keepsake? The infrastructure these days is as big and as bold as you would expect from a sporting and corporate beast that constantly grows arms and legs. A hierarchy has developed in terms of Open venues as the organisers look more favourably at hosts that can easily accommodate the 200,000-plus mark. That we're back at Portrush within just six years speaks volumes for the R&A's mantra of the bigger, the better. This emphasis on how many punters they can cram in gently elbows certain esteemed courses into the margins. That's a pity for some truly magnificent venues. To be honest, I find an Open almost too big for my liking. But maybe I'm just getting on in years? Each to their own, eh? In the build-up to the eagerly anticipated 2019 showpiece, I had a sit down with a lovely gentleman called Ian Bamford, who was a young 'un back in 1951 and went on to become an Irish Amateur champion and a great, cherished doyen of Royal Portrush Golf Club. 'I still remember queuing to watch a western at the cinema that week and was in touching distance of Dai Rees and Norman Von Nida,' reflected Bamford of a couple of well-kent golfers of ye day who were killing a bit of time. I'm not sure we'll see Rory McIlroy or Scottie Scheffler popping into the Portrush Playhouse tonight. The past is a different world. 'When Royal Portrush was founded in 1888, there were only 1600 people in the town,' noted Bamford. 'There were four pubs and four churches.' Given the volume of bodies in toon over the next few days, the queue to get a libation at the Harbour Bar will probably stretch to the Giants Causeway. I may have better luck in the church? The final major of the men's season is upon us already as the season hurtles by at a furious rate of knots. Regular readers – yes, there are some small pockets of loyal support – will know that I find the condensed nature of the global golf schedule a trifle unsatisfactory. When the Claret Jug is handed out on Sunday, it'll be nine months until the Masters. At least there's a Ryder Cup in September to fill part of this void Once the prolonged wait for Augusta is over, the majors come at us thick and fast in a crash, bang, wallop configuration that does them something of a disservice in a jam-packed scene. There's barely a moment to draw breath. Come Sunday night, the men's majors will have passed in a flash again. As my 25 years at The Open prove, time really does fly. Now, where's my celebratory tea towel?
