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How To Watch The Open 2021: Round 1 Tee Times, Featured Groups, TV, Streaming and Weather Report

Published 07/13/2021, 12:00 PM EDT

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The final major of the year is here! The Open 2021 will be the 149th edition, in what is the oldest golf tournament in history. It is being played at Royal St.George’s this year, and here’s everything you need to know ahead of Round 1 on Thursday. 

The Open 2021 will see a star-studded field compete at Royal St.George’s this year. However, a lot of big names will miss out as well, as travel restrictions due to COVID-19 have forced many players to withdraw. 

Shane Lowry is the defending champion at The Open 2021. Lowry won the tournament with a score of 15-under par over four rounds at the Royal Portrush Club (Dunluce Course), a couple of years ago. 

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As for the Round 1 weather, it is expected to be pleasant with good shades of the sun showing up. There is only a 7% chance of precipitation and wind gushes can reach upto 28 km/h/17.3 mp/h.

The Open 2021: Round 1 tee times for featured groups (EDT)

Featured GroupTee Time
Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Garrick Higgo3:03 a.m.
Jordan Spieth, Bryson DeChambeau, Branden Grace4:25 a.m.
Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm, Louis Oosthuizen4:58 a.m.
Dustin Johnson, Will Zalatoris, Justin Rose5:20 a.m.
Xander Schauffele, Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler9:59 a.m.
Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott10:10 a.m.
Rory McIlroy, Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith10:21 a.m.

Complete Round 1 tee times for all players

Here are all the Round 1 tee times at The Open 2021

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1st tee

Tee timePlayers
1:35 a.m.Richard Bland, Andy Sullivan, Marcus Armitage
1:46 a.m.Chan Kim, Justin Harding, Haotong Li
1:57 a.m.Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Abel Gallegos (a)
2:08 a.m.Alex Noren, JC Ritchie, Richard Mansell
2:19 a.m.Dean Burmester, Danny Willett, Laird Shepherd (a)
2:30 a.m.Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Sam Horsfield, Min Woo Lee
2:41 a.m.Viktor Hovland, Ryan Palmer, Thomas Detry
2:52 a.m.Paul Casey, Abraham Ancer, Ian Poulter
3:03 a.m.Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Garrick Higgo
3:14 a.m.Daniel Berger, Joaquin Niemann, Joel Dahmen
3:25 a.m.Darren Clarke, Bernd Wiesberger, Joe Long (a)
3:36 a.m.Chris Kirk, Marcus Kinhult, Jack Senior
3:47 a.m.Talor Gooch, C.T. Pan, Jonathan Thomson
4:03 a.m.Ernie Els, Gary Woodland, Cole Hammer (a)
4:14 a.m.Sam Burns, Lucas Herbert, Jorge Campillo
4:25 a.m.Jordan Spieth, Bryson DeChambeau, Branden Grace
4:36 a.m.Brian Harman, Mackenzie Hughes, Dylan Frittelli
4:47 a.m.Victor Perez, Kevin Streelman, Guido Migliozzi
4:58 a.m.Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm, Louis Oosthuizen
5:09 a.m.Stewart Cink, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer
5:20 a.m.Dustin Johnson, Will Zalatoris, Justin Rose
5:31 a.m.Scottie Scheffler, Sergio Garcia, Yuxin Lin (a)
5:42 a.m.Harris English, Erik Van Rooyen, Chez Reavie
5:53 a.m.Lucas Glover, Byeong Hun An, Brandt Snedeker
6:04 a.m.Cameron Tringale, Takumi Kanaya, Marcel Schneider
6:15 a.m.Lanto Griffin, Rikuya Hoshino, Connor Worsdall
6:36 a.m.Aaron Rai, Paul Waring, Daniel Croft
6:47 a.m.Daniel Van Tonder, Jazz Janewattananond, Christoffer Bring (a)
6:58 a.m.Harold Varner III, Brendan Steele, Matthias Schmid (a)
7:09 a.m.Troy Merritt, Adam Long, Jaco Ahlers
7:20 a.m.Jason Day, Joost Luiten, Johannes Veerman
7:31 a.m.John Catlin, Romain Langasque, Aaron Pike
7:42 a.m.Padraig Harrington, Brad Kennedy, Sam Forgan
7:53 a.m.Tony Finau, Billy Horschel, Adam Hadwin
8:05 a.m.Patrick Cantlay, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ryan Fox
8:15 a.m.Francesco Molinaro, Marc Leishman, Matt Wallace
8:26 a.m.Collin Morikawa, Corey Conners, Sebastian Munoz
8:37 a.m.Jason Scrivener, Keith Mitchell, Sam Bairstow (a)
8:48 a.m.Charley Hoffman, Emiliano Grillo, Benjamin Hebert
9:04 a.m.Keegan Bradley, Richard T. Lee, Rafa Cabrera Bello
9:15 a.m.Carlos Ortiz, Brendon Todd, Matthias Schwab
9:26 a.m.Webb Simpson, Russell Henley, Shaun Norris
9:37 a.m.Matt Jones, Daniel Hillier, Marcel Siem
9:48 a.m.Phil Mickelson, Tyrrell Hatton, Kevin Kisner
9:59 a.m.Xander Schauffele, Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler
10:10 a.m.Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott
10:21 a.m.Rory McIlroy, Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith
10:32 a.m.Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Matt Kuchar
10:43 a.m.Antoine Rozner, Ryosuke Kinoshita, Ben Hutchinson
10:54 a.m.Kurt Kitayama, Deyen Lawson, Poom Saksansin
11:05 a.m.Yuki Inamori, Jimmy Walker, Ricardo Celia
11:16 a.m.Rikard Karlberg, Ryutaro Nagano, Nicholas Poppleton

How to watch live coverage of The Open 2021

Television (US)

Round 1 – Thursday: 1:30 a.m.-4 a.m. (Peacock), 4 a.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-4 p.m. (Peacock)

Television (England)

Round 1 – Thursday:  6.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. (Sky Sports)

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Live Streaming (US) 

Round 1 – Thursday: 1 a.m.-2 a.m (Featured Groups) and 1 p.m.-2 p.m. (Featured Groups) (Shown on Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app)

Live Streaming (England)

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Round 1 – Thursday: 6.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. (THEOPEN.COM and THE OPEN APP)

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