2025 Open Championship: Round 1 tee times, featured pairings, and how to watch from Royal Portrush

While reigning champ Xander Schauffele defends his title, McIlroy looks to bounce back from recent struggles and avenge his 2019 Open disappointment at Portrush. He's joined at the top of the odds board by world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm, who's rediscovered form after a shaky 2024.

Shane Lowry, the 2019 champion, could once again thrive on familiar soil. Defending champion Xander Schauffele kicks off his title defense at 3:58 a.m. alongside J.J. Spaun and Jon Rahm, one of this year’s top contenders. Just minutes later at 4:09 a.m., world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler begins his pursuit of the Claret Jug alongside former Open champs Collin Morikawa and Shane Lowry, who memorably won the last Portrush Open in 2019.

In the afternoon wave, the marquee groups continue with Robert MacIntyre, Bryson DeChambeau, and Justin Rose at 8:48 a.m., followed by Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Åberg, and Viktor Hovland at 8:59 a.m. The headliner trio of Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, and Tommy Fleetwood tees off at 9:10 a.m. as McIlroy eyes his second major of 2025 and redemption at home.

Here’s how to watch the final major of 2025.

2025 Open Championship TV schedule

Round 1 -- Thursday, July 17

Round 1 start time: 12:30 a.m.

Open live stream: 12:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Peacock

1. Early coverage -- 12:30-3 a.m.
2. Featured Groups -- 4 a.m. to 2:10 p.m.
3. 4:58 a.m. -- Schauffele, Spaun, Rahm
4. 5:09 a.m. -- Lowry, Morikawa, Scheffler
5. 9:59 a.m. -- MacIntyre, DeChambeau, Rose
6. 10:10 a.m. -- McIlroy, Thomas, Fleetwood
7. Featured holes -- 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

TV coverage: 3 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on USA Network

2025 Open Championship tee times, Thursday pairings

12:35 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Højgaard, Tom McKibbin

12:46 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Guido Migliozzi, K.J. Choi

12:57 a.m. — Cameron Smith, Marco Penge, Justin Hastings (a)

1:08 a.m. — Jason Day, Taylor Pendrith, Jacob Skov Olesen

1:19 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Daniel van Tonder, Ryan Peake

1:30 a.m. — Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An, Niklas Norgaard

1:41 a.m. — Jordan Smith, Haotong Li, Dustin Johnson

1:52 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Davis Riley, Lucas Herbert

2:03 a.m. — Kevin Yu, Julien Guerrier, Mikiya Akutsu

2:14 a.m. — Thomas Detry, Chris Gotterup, Lee Westwood

2:25 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, Mackenzie Hughes

2:36 a.m. — Thorbjorn Olesen, Matthew Jordan, Filip Jakubcik (a)

2:47 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Stephan Jaeger, Sebastian Soderberg

3:03 a.m. — Kristoffer Reitan, Martin Couvra, Adrien Saddier

3:14 a.m. — Takumi Kanaya, Justin Walters, Bryan Newman (a)

3:25 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Ryan Fox, Matt Fitzpatrick

3:36 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Akshay Bhatia

3:47 a.m. — Sam Burns, Aldrich Potgieter, Brooks Koepka

3:58 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, J.J. Spaun, Jon Rahm

4:09 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler

4:20 a.m. — Corey Conners, Wyndham Clark, Tom Hoge

4:31 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Nico Echavarria, Patrick Reed

4:42 a.m. — Matti Schmid, Ryggs Johnston, Richard Teder (a)

4:53 a.m. — Dylan Naidoo, Darren Fichardt, John Axelsen

5:04 a.m — Justin Suh, Oliver Lindell, Jesper Sandborg

5:15 a.m. — Sadom Kaewkanjana, Riki Kawamoto, Sampson Zheng

5:26 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Matteo Manassero, Marc Leishman

5:47 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Jesper Svensson, Connor Graham (a)

5:58 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Daniel Hillier, Daniel Brown

6:09 a.m. — Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler, Ethan Fang (a)

6:20 a.m. — Laurie Canter, Elvis Smylie, Sergio Garcia

6:31 a.m. — Andrew Novak, Matthieu Pavon, Matt Wallace

6:42 a.m. — Davis Thomopson, Dean Burmester, Rikuya Hoshino

6:53 a.m. — Si Woo Kim, Shugo Imahira, Sebastian Cave (a)

7:04 a.m. — Michael Kim, Bud Cauley, John Parry

7:15 a.m. — Matt McCarty, Shaun Norris, Angel Hidalgo

7:26 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im, Daniel Berger

7:37 a.m. — Rasmus Højgaard, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Romain Lagasque

7:48 a.m. — Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala, Harry Hall

8:04 a.m. — Justin Leonard, Thriston Lawrence, Antoine Rozner

8:15 a.m. — J.T. Poston, Chris Kirk, Carlos Ortiz

8:26 a.m. — Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Joaquin Niemann

8:37 a.m. — Russell Henley, Tyrrell Hatton, Min Woo Lee

8:48 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Rose

8:59 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Åberg, Viktor Hovland

9:10 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood

9:21 a.m. — Harris English, Nick Taylor, Tony Finau

9:32 a.m. — Lucas Glover, Jhonattan Vegas, Tom Kim

9:43 a.m. — Brian Campbell, John Catlin, Frazer Jones (a)

9:54 a.m. — Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak, Cameron Adam (a)

10:05 a.m. — Daniel Young, Curtis Luck, Curtis Knipes

10:16 a.m. — Younghan Song, George Bloor, O.J. Farrell