Open Championship Round 2 tee times: Full Friday groups and pairings

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The stars are lurking on the early leaderboard at the 2026 Open Championship, as some of the world's best golfers immediately put themselves in contention for the coveted Claret Jug. Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood are among the major winners within striking distance after solid opening rounds at Royal Birkdale.

Round 2 tee times begin in the wee hours of the morning on Friday, July 17, due to the U.S. time difference in Southport, England. The featured group with Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Matt Fitzpatrick will be on the course in the first wave of pairings before the leaders in the clubhouse play the afternoon for the first time across the pond.

Here's a complete breakdown of the Round 2 tee times and groups at the 2026 Open Championship, as well as how to watch on Friday, July 17:


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Open Championship Round 2 tee times, groups​

All times Eastern

• 1:35 a.m. — John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen
• 1:46 a.m. — Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman
• 1:57 a.m. — Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter
• 2:08 a.m. — Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)
• 2:19 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama
• 2:30 a.m. — Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber
• 2:41 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger
• 2:52 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis
• 3:03 a.m. — Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li
• 3:14 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick
• 3:25 a.m. — Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)
• 3:36 a.m. — Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima
• 3:47 a.m. — Aldrich Potgieter, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan (a)
• 4:03 a.m. — Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert
• 4:14 a.m. — Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, JT Poston
• 4:25 a.m. — Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott
• 4:36 a.m. — Collin Morikawa, JJ Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard
• 4:47 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka
• 4:58 a.m. — Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Aberg
• 5:09 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 5:20 a.m. — Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)
• 5:31 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria
• 5:42 a.m. — Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta
• 5:53 a.m. — Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow
• 6:04 a.m. — Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen
• 6:15 a.m. — Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)
• 6:41 a.m. — Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas
• 6:52 a.m. — Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan
• 7:03 a.m. — Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan
• 7:14 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean
• 7:25 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick
• 7:36 a.m. — David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate
• 7:47 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)
• 7:58 a.m. — Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith
• 8:09 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)
• 8:20 a.m. — Hennie du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Dan Bradbury
• 8:31 a.m. — Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)
• 8:42 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren
• 8:53 a.m. — Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth
• 9:09 a.m. — Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune
• 9:20 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Hojgaard
• 9:31 a.m. — Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee
• 9:42 a.m. — Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland
• 9:53 a.m. — Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day
• 10:04 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau
• 10:15 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm
• 10:26 a.m. — Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor
• 10:37 a.m. — Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig
• 10:48 a.m. — Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)
• 10:59 a.m. — Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt
• 11:10 a.m. — MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald
• 11:21 a.m. — Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)

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How to watch 2026 Open Championship: TV, live streaming​

The 2026 Open Championship will be broadcast nationally on NBC, USA Network or NBC Sports Network throughout the four competitive rounds of the tournament. Live streaming coverage of the 2026 Open Championship will be available via Peacock or Fubo.

All times Eastern

Round 2 (July 17)​

• 1:30-4 a.m. (NBC Sports Network/Peacock)
• 4 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (USA Network/Peacock)

Round 3 (July 18)​

• 5-7 a.m. (USA Network/Peacock)
• 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (NBC/Peacock)

Round 4 (July 19)​

• 4-7 a.m. (USA Network/Peacock)
• 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (NBC/Peacock)

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Open Championship Round 2 tee times: Full Friday groups and pairings

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