2017 British Open: Thursday's Round 1 tee times, TV schedule and more
Golf's best will tee it up on Thursday as Southport, England's Royal Birkdale plays host to the 146th Open Championship, more commonly known stateside as the British Open.
Tucked away on England's northwest coast, Royal Birkdale's true links style layout could provide a real test for the 156-man field.
Here's everything you need to know for the opening round of the golf season's third major tournament.
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HOW TO WATCH:
Golf Channel: 1:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Liive stream online or via The Open mobile apps.
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TEE TIMES (ALL TIMES ET):
1:35 a.m. – Mark O'Meara, Chris Wood, Ryan Moore
1:46 a.m. – Maverick McNealy, Phachara Khongwatmai, Stuart Manley
1:57 a.m. – Stewart Cink, Sandy Lyle, Jeunghung Wang
2:08 a.m. – Paul Broadhurst, Thongchai Jaidee, Roberto Castro
2:19 a.m. – Tom Lehman, Ben An, Darren Fichardt
2:30 a.m. – Soren Kjeldsen, Billy Horschel, Danny Willett
2:41 a.m. – Matthew Fitzpatrick, Steve Stricker, Emiliano Grillo
2:52 a.m. – Jason Dufner, Branden Grace, Bryson DeChambeau
3:03 a.m. – Alex Noren, Russell Knox, Ian Poulter
3:14 a.m. – David Duval, Prayad Marksaeng, KT Kim
3:25 a.m. – Younghan Song, David Horsey, Dylan Frittelli
3:36 a.m. – Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Charles Howell III, Shiv Kapur
3:47 a.m. – Russell Henley, Fabrizio Zanotti, Peter Uihlein
4:03 a.m. – Alexander Levy, Brendan Steele, Webb Simpson
4:14 a.m. – Wesley Bryan, Anirban Lahiri, Alfie Plant
4:25 a.m. – Darren Clarke, Gary Woodland, Harry Ellis
4:36 a.m. – Padraig Harrington, Pat Perez, Thomas Pieters
4:47 a.m. – Henrik Stenson, Si Woo Kim, Jordan Spieth
4:58 a.m. – Louis Oosthuizen, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas
5:09 a.m. – Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood
5:20 a.m. – J.B. Holmes, Brandt Snedeker, Shane Lowry
5:31 a.m. – Richard Bland, Shaun Norris, Luca Cianchetti
5:42 a.m. – Yikeun Chang, Chan Kim, Mark Foster
5:53 a.m. – Sung-Hoon Kang, Tony Finau, Matthieu Pavon
6:04 a.m. – Alexander Bjork, Joe Dean, Robert Streb
6:15 a.m. – Robert Dinwiddie, Julian Suri, Adam Hodkinson
6:36 a.m. – Andrew Johnson, Adam Hadwin, Todd Hamilton
6:47 a.m. – John Daly, Adam Bland, Connor Syme
6:58 a.m. – William McGirt, Toby Tree, Jamie Lovemark
7:09 a.m. – Matthew Griffin, Austin Connelly, Matthew Southgate
7:20 a.m. – Cameron Smith, Bill Haas, Callum Shinkwin
7:31 a.m. – Michael Hendry, Brian Harman, Martin Laird
7:42 a.m. – Ernie Els, Ross Fisher, Bernd Wiesberger
7:53 a.m. – Tyrrell Hatton, Martin Kaymer, Aaron Baddeley
8:04 a.m. – Zach Johnson, Jason Day, Sergio Garcia
8:15 a.m. – Andy Sullivan, Joost Luiten, David Lipsky
8:26 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott, Paul Casey
8:37 a.m. – Matt Kuchar, Richie Ramsay, Ryan Fox
8:48 a.m. – Kevin Kisner, Charley Hoffman, David Drysdale
9:04 a.m. – Jimmy Walker, Hideto Tanihara, Thorbjorn Olesen
9:15 a.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Brandon Stone, Sean O'Hair
9:26 a.m. – Daniel Berger, Pablo Larrazabal, Yuta Ikeda
9:37 a.m. – Paul Lawrie, Kevin Chappell, Yusaku Miyazato
9:48 a.m. – Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Charl Schwartzel
9:59 a.m. – Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Lee Westwood
10:10 a.m. – Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari, Marc Leishman
10:21 a.m. – Scott Hend, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Bubba Watson
10:32 a.m. – Paul Waring, Kyle Stanley, Kevin Na
10:43 a.m. – Giwhan Kim, Xander Schauffele, Andrew Dodt
10:54 a.m. – Haotong Li, Kent Bulle, Haydn McCullen
11:05 a.m. – Jbe Kruger, Nick McCarthy, Ashley Hall
11:16 a.m. – Ryan McCarthy, Laurie Canter, Sebastian Munoz