2024 Troon Open

[Arthur Wedge]

Tee Times | The 153rd Open | Royal Portrush

View the tee times for all the players competing in The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush. Find out what time your favourite player tees off.

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Tee times for First round

 

[PaulMdj]

Tee Times | The 153rd Open | Royal Portrush

View the tee times for all the players competing in The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush. Find out what time your favourite player tees off.

www.theopen.com

Tee times for First round

Is the draw random or do the R&A have some say in who tees off with who?

 

[Pin-seeker]

Is the draw random or do the R&A have some say in who tees off with who?

Surely not random looking at some of the groups.

 

[rulie]

Is the draw random or do the R&A have some say in who tees off with who?

Some say?? They are the Committee in charge of the competition. I don't think any Committee uses a "random draw" (whatever that means)

 

[Imurg]

No top professional golf tournament has a real draw...
The big names go out at prime viewing times morning and afternoon with the lesser mortals fitted in-between.

 

[Hobbit]

Game 28: 11.47am is a two ball…? Thought they’d all be 3 balls, and a reserve brought in if someone dropped out?

 

[rystaman]

Any idea where the park and rides are this year from either previous experience or if anyone has gone today?

 

[Imurg]

Game 28: 11.47am is a two ball…? Thought they’d all be 3 balls, and a reserve brought in if someone dropped out?

I think John Daly was in that group when I looked earlier....

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Is the draw random or do the R&A have some say in who tees off with who?

It’s a random fixed draw to have “marquee” groups

The Open never used to do it so it’s disappointing that they have

 

[Backache]

I think they've arranged groupings around TV schedules for many years now.
Each group still gets a morning start and an afternoon start though.

 

[Orikoru]

I think John Daly was in that group when I looked earlier....

John Daly is at 8:36, playing with Rai and an amateur.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

British Open 2024: After leukemia diagnosis, Kiwi pro gets second chance at life and playing in links major

Michael Hendry missed out on last year's British Open after his leukeima diagnosis, but he's back this year and happy to be in remission

www.golfdigest.com

What a great story

 

[HomerJSimpson]

No top professional golf tournament has a real draw...
The big names go out at prime viewing times morning and afternoon with the lesser mortals fitted in-between.

Was it ever thus. I am sure way back in the day there were the top players out at silly o'clock in the second or third group of the day and there wasn't this onus on marquee groups. I'd rather it was all completely random and given it has wall to wall coverage on Sky now then all the good players out early will still get coverage

 

[Orikoru]

I think a lot of the draw must be random but they manually put about 5 or 6 marquee groups together for TV coverage. E.g. Tiger, Xander and Cantlay together is no accident. I'm not sure I agree with it from a golfing standpoint, we all know Xander and Cantlay are best buds so playing together is surely going to benefit them since they'll have a more relaxed frame of mind? Someone like Rahm as well probably raises his game when he's playing alongside another top player that he wants to beat on the day. But hey, TV and media runs the world so what can you do.

 

[Backache]

I think a lot of the draw must be random but they manually put about 5 or 6 marquee groups together for TV coverage. E.g. Tiger, Xander and Cantlay together is no accident. I'm not sure I agree with it from a golfing standpoint, we all know Xander and Cantlay are best buds so playing together is surely going to benefit them since they'll have a more relaxed frame of mind? Someone like Rahm as well probably raises his game when he's playing alongside another top player that he wants to beat on the day. But hey, TV and media runs the world so what can you do.

It's a wile since I read it. But I seem to remember in The Majors by Feinstein he discussed the way they put together groups for the US Open, they always had a *ankers group, consisting of the three most unpopular players on the PGA tour.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Local boy Jack MacDonald off first playing with two former Open Champions.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

It's a wile since I read it. But I seem to remember in The Majors by Feinstein he discussed the way they put together groups for the US Open, they always had a *ankers group, consisting of the three most unpopular players on the PGA tour.

Oh that’s very clear at times

Even more so when they put a few that don’t get on together as well

 

[SatchFan]

Be interesting to see how Sky Sports handles the coverage. My guess is it will be wall to wall McIlroy from 10:09 followed by the Tiger Woods show at 14:37.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1813571329351991681

 

[rksquire]

Be interesting to see how Sky Sports handles the coverage. My guess is it will be wall to wall McIlroy from 10:09 followed by the Tiger Woods show at 14:37.

Hopefully! A sprinkling of Hatton, Ludvig, BDC & Lowry will do nicely.