LIVE Updated 13h agoThu 16 Jul 2026 07.00 CESTLast modified on Thu 16 Jul 2026 07.31 CESTSun’s up over Royal Birkdale. Photograph: Tom Shaw/R&A/Getty ImagesSun’s up over Royal Birkdale. Photograph: Tom Shaw/R&A/Getty ImagesKey events34m agoPreamblePreambleGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of the 154th Open Championship. Who will prevail at Royal Birkdale? The reigning champion and world number one Scottie Scheffler? Rory McIlroy, long overdue a major title that isn’t the Masters? Local hero Tommy Fleetwood? Justin Rose, who wowed ‘em here as an amateur in 1998? Or … there are many ors, and we could be here all day. Actually, we will be here all day, and here’s the running order (all times BST) …6.35 am: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas
6.46 am: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan
6.57 am: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan
7.08 am: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean
7.19 am: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick
