The Open 2026 tee times: Full R4 pairings and start times for men’s major final round at Royal Birkdale | golf news


Pairings and tee times for the final round of the 154th Open at Royal Birkdale in Southport, Merseyside.

Ryan Fox equaled the lowest round in men’s major history on Saturday with an eight-under 62, seeing him move into a tie-second and pair up with American Sam Barnes on Sunday.

Burns holds a two-shot advantage over Fox and Si Woo Kim, while nine of the current top 10 on the leaderboard are chasing a first major title – Bryson DeChambeau being the exception – and within five strokes of the lead.

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Ryan Fox tied the lowest round in Open history with a third-round 62 at Royal Birkdale

Defending champion Scotty Scheffler is six strokes back as he looks to become the first back-to-back winner at The Open since Padraig Harrington defended his title here in 2008, while Rory McIlroy is eight behind after a one-under 69.

A record prize purse is available at The Open, with Sunday’s winner crowned Champion Golfer of the Year and taking home the $3.2 million (£2.38m) first prize.

Sunday’s R4 pair and UK start time

BST all the time; USA unless stated; (x) refers to amateurs

0740 Keegan Bradley, Jesper Svensson (needle)

0750 Laurie Canter (Eng.), Matthew Southgate (Eng.)

0800 Ben Griffin, Jack McDonald (Sco)

0810 Kazuki Higa (JPN), Peter Wiehlin

0820 John Parry (Eng.), Sep Straka (Ott.)

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McIlroy spoke to the media after his third round at The Open and said he was not impressed with Bryson DeChambeau’s actions the previous day.

0830 Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa), Andy Sullivan (Eng)

0840 Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Marcus Plunkett

0850 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Min Woo Lee (Aus)

0900 MJ Dafoe (RSA), Nick Taylor (CAN)

0915 Rickie Fowler, Eugenio Chakarra (SP)

0925 Thomas Detry (Bell), Nayuki Kataoka (JPN)

0935 Victor Perez (from), JJ Spahn

0945 Patrick Cantley, Chris Gotterup

0955 Kurt Kitayama, Michael Brennan

1005 Bud Cowley, Brooks Koepka

1015 Pearson Cuddy, Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng.).

1025 Johnny Keefer, Corey Connors (CAN)

1040 Adam Scott (Aus), Patrick Reed

1050 Sean Norris (RSA), Michael Thorbjornsen

1100 Alex Noren (Swe), Marco Penge

1110 Matt Wallace (Eng.), Russell Henley

1120 Colin Morikawa, Francesco Molinari (ETA)

1130 Rory McIlroy (NIRL), Jordan Smith (Eng.)

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McIlroy made an eagle-two on the ninth hole during his third round at The Open

1140 with Thegala, Henny du Plessis (RSA)

1150 Christopher Rittan (NOR), Casey Jarvis (RSA)

1205 Robert McIntyre (Sco), Cameron Young

1215 Sungjae Im (Cor), Nico Echavarria (Col)

1225 Justin Thomas, Jacob Bridgman

1235 Alex Smalley, Max Homa

1245 Scott Scheffler, Jose Ballester (SP)

1255 Shane Lowry (IRL), John Rahm (SP)

John Rahe, Shane Lowry
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John Rahm, Shane Lowry

1305 Daniel Brown (Eng), Cameron John (Australia)

1315 Kazuma Kobori (AUS), Hideki Matsuyama (Japan)

1330 Xander Schauffele, Eric Cole

1340 Rasmus Nirgaard-Petersen (Den), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng.)

1350 Bryson DeChambeau, Jackson Suber

1400 Lucas Herbert (Aus), Ludwig Åberg (Swe)

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Lucas Herbert had to take a drop himself but he hit an incredible recovery shot on the green to stay in contention at The Open.

1410 Si Woo Kim (Cor), Ryan Gerrard

1420 Sam Barnes, Ryan Fox (Nzl)

When is the Open live on Sky Sports?

Sky Sports is once again the exclusive home of The Open in the UK and Ireland, with wall-to-wall action from the final major of the year over the weekend on Sky Sports Golf.

‘Sunday at the Open’ will start coverage of the final round from 8am on Sky Sports Golf, Sky Sports+ and The Sky Sports app Ahead of full coverage on Sky Sports Golf from 10am. Featured groups will also be available on Sky Sports+ The Sky Sports app.



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