The Open 2019: Start time, TV channel, schedule, and tee times from Royal Portrush

TIGER WOODS, Rory McIlroy and all the rest of the game's top golfers are in Royal Portrush for The Open.

Golf's oldest championship begins on Thursday, with home favourite McIlroy looking to complete a fairytale win on the course he went round in 61 as a 16-year-old prodigy.

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But a host of talent stands in his way, not least the hotly tipped Jon Rahm and world No 1 Brooks Koepka, who is now so big time he's even snubbing Woods' plea for a practice round together.

From TV times to top bets, read on below to find out everything you need to know about the race for the Claret Jug.

The Open 2019 start time

Darren Clarke will hit the opening tee shot at 6.35am on Thursday morning.

The 2011 Open champion has been given the prestigious honour of smashing the first drive to mark the return of The Open to his home club after almost 70 years.

The tournament starts on Thursday with all players doing battle over the first two rounds before a cut to the top 70.

Remaining players will challenge for the Claret Jug over the weekend before play concludes on Sunday evening.

The Open 2019 TV schedule

You can watch the championship live on Sky Sports Golf, whose coverage begins at 6.30am on Thursday and Friday.

On Saturday the show starts at 9am on Sky Sports Golf and will be on Sky Sports Main Event from 2.30pm.

For Sunday's final round Sky Sports Golf and Main Event will show the action from 8am. You can also stream the golf via the SkyGo app.

Sky customers can add the complete sports package to their deal for just £23 per month or subscribe to individual sports such as golf so that you only pay for what you enjoy.

If you don’t have Sky, you can watch the tournament through NOW TV. You can get a Sky Sports day pass for £8.99, a week pass for £14.99 or a month pass for £33.99, all without needing a contract.

NOW TV can be streamed through a computer or apps found on most smart TVs, phones and consoles.

Justin Rose 20-1

Tiger Woods 20-1

Patrick Cantlay  22-1

Xander Schauffele 25-1

Justin Thomas 28-1

The Open 2019 tee times

Friday's second round tee off times

All times BST, (a) denotes amateurs

6:35 am
Tom
LEHMAN

Joaquin
NIEMANN

Miguel Angel
JIMENEZ

6:46 am
Byeong Hun
AN

Jorge
CAMPILLO

Chris
WOOD

6:57 am
Joel
DAHMEN

Adri
ARNAUS

Dimitrios
PAPADATOS

7:08 am
Stewart
CINK

Rory
SABBATINI

Innchoon
HWANG

7:19 am
Erik
VAN ROOYEN

Kurt
KITAYAMA

Jake
MCLEOD

7:30 am
Ryan
FOX

Shaun
NORRIS

Dongkyu
JANG

7:41 am
Tyrrell
HATTON

Keith
MITCHELL

Thomas
PIETERS

7:52 am
Justin
THOMAS

Tommy
FLEETWOOD

Thorbjorn
OLESEN

8:03 am
Brooks
KOEPKA

Louis
OOSTHUIZEN

Shubhankar
SHARMA

8:14 am
Billy
HORSCHEL

Jazz
JANEWATTANANOND

Aaron
WISE

8:25 am
Jordan
SPIETH

Marc
LEISHMAN

Danny
WILLETT

8:36 am
Cameron
SMITH

Adam
HADWIN

David
LIPSKY

8:47 am
Paul
LAWRIE

Chez
REAVIE

Justin
HARDING

9:03  am
Takumi
KANAYA (a)

Tom
LEWIS

Brandon
STONE

9:14 am
Lucas
GLOVER

Joost
LUITEN

Nino
BERTASIO

9:25 am
Ernie
ELS

JB
HOLMES

Abraham
ANCER

9:36 am
Brandt
SNEDEKER

Lee
WESTWOOD

Brian
HARMAN

9:47 am
Justin
ROSE

Tony
FINAU

Lucas
BJERREGAARD

9:58 am
Dustin
JOHNSON

Jason
DAY

Keegan
BRADLEY

10:09 am
Tiger
WOODS

Matt
WALLACE

Patrick
REED

10:20 am
Jon
RAHM

Patrick
CANTLAY

Matt
KUCHAR

10:31 am
Kevin
STREELMAN

Doc
REDMAN

Robert
ROCK

10:42 am
Adrian
OTAEGUI

Yuta
IKEDA

Isidro
BENITEZ

10:53 am
Patton
KIZZIRE

Sang Hyun
PARK

Yuki
INAMORI

11:04 am
Yoshinori
FUJIMOTO

Doyeob
MUN

Andrew
WILSON

11:15 am
Gunn
CHAROENKUL

Yosuke
ASAJI

Ashton Turner

11:36 am
Darren
CLARKE

James
SUGRUE (a)

Charley
HOFFMAN

11:47 am
Emiliano
GRILLO

Sung
KANG

Thomas
THURLOWAY (a)

11:58 am
Andy
SULLIVAN

Christiaan
BEZUIDENHOUT

Alexander
LEVY

12:09 pm
Chan
KIM

Zander
LOMBARD

Brandon
WU (a)

12:20 pm
Richard
STERNE

Romain
LANGASQUE

Matthias
SCHMID (a)

12:31 pm
Padraig
HARRINGTON

Matthew
FITZPATRICK

Andrew
PUTNAM

12:42 pm
Bubba
WATSON

Eddie
PEPPERELL

Rafa
CABRERA-BELLO

12:53 pm
Phil
MICKELSON

Shane
LOWRY

Branden
GRACE

1:04 pm
Alex
NOREN

Mike
LORENZO-VERA

Sam
LOCKE

1:15 pm
Webb
SIMPSON

Sergio
GARCIA

CT
PAN

1:26 pm
Ryan
PALMER

Andrea
PAVAN

Dylan
FRITTELLI

1:37 pm
Kyle
STANLEY

Robert
MACINTYRE

Andrew
JOHNSTON

1:48 pm
Mikko
KORHONEN

Oliver
WILSON

Curtis
KNIPES (a)

2:04 pm
Ian
POULTER

Sungjae
IM

Kiradech
APHIBARNRAT

2:15 pm
Henrik
STENSON

Xander
SCHAUFFELE

Graeme
MCDOWELL

2:26 pm
Haotong
LI

Russell
KNOX

Bernd
WIESBERGER

2:37 pm
Jason
KOKRAK

Connor
SYME

Austin
CONNELLY

2:48 pm
Zach
JOHNSON

David
DUVAL

Corey
CONNERS

2:59 pm
Francesco
MOLINARI

Bryson
DECHAMBEAU

Adam
SCOTT

3:10 pm
Rory
MCILROY

Gary
WOODLAND

Paul
CASEY

3:21 pm
Rickie
FOWLER

Kevin
KISNER

Hideki
MATSUYAMA

3:32 pm
Jim
FURYK

Si-Woo
KIM

Jimmy
WALKER

3:43 pm
Luke
LIST

Alexander
BJORK

Paul
WARING

3:54 pm
Shugo
IMAHIRA

Nate
LASHLEY

Benjamin
HEBERT

4:05 m
Mikumu
HORIKAWA

Callum
SHINKWIN

Garrick
PORTEOUS

4:16 pm
Prom
MEESAWAT

Matthew
BALDWIN

Jack
SENIOR

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