Richard Bland to Hit First Tee Shot at 149th Open

IT IS an early start at The Open on Thursday, with Richard Bland having the honour of hitting the opening shot a 6.35am. Shane Lowry begins the defence of his title at 9.58am alongside US Open champion Jon Rahm and South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen.

Here is the full list of Thursday start times:

6:35 am -- Richard BLAND, Andy SULLIVAN, Marcus ARMITAGE

6:46 am -- Chan KIM, Justin HARDING, Haotong LI

6:57 am  -- Mike LORENZO-VERA, Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO, Abel GALLEGOS (a)

7:08 am -- Alex NOREN, JC RITCHIE, Richard MANSELL

7:19 am -- Dean BURMESTER, Danny WILLETT, Laird SHEPHERD (a)

7:30 am -- Christiaan BEZUIDENHOUT, Sam HORSFIELD, Min Woo LEE

7:41 am -- Viktor HOVLAND, Ryan PALMER, Thomas DETRY

7:52 am -- Paul CASEY, Abraham ANCER, Ian POULTER

8:03 am -- Brooks KOEPKA, Jason KOKRAK, Garrick HIGGO

8:14 am -- Daniel BERGER, Joaquin NIEMANN, Joel DAHMEN

8:25 am -- Darren CLARKE, Bernd WIESBERGER, Joe LONG (a)

8:36 am -- Chris KIRK, Marcus KINHULT, Jack SENIOR

8:47 am -- Talor GOOCH, CT PAN, Jonathan THOMSON

9:03 am -- Ernie ELS, Gary WOODLAND, Cole HAMMER (a)

9:14 am -- Sam BURNS, Lucas HERBERT, Jorge CAMPILLO

9:25 am -- Jordan SPIETH, Bryson DECHAMBEAU, Branden GRACE

9:36 am -- Brian HARMAN, Mackenzie HUGHES, Dylan FRITTELLI

9:47 am -- Victor PEREZ, Kevin STREELMAN, Guido MIGLIOZZI

9:58 am -- Shane LOWRY, Jon RAHM, Louis OOSTHUIZEN

10:09 am -- Stewart CINK, Lee WESTWOOD, Martin KAYMER

10:20 am -- Dustin JOHNSON, Will ZALATORIS, Justin ROSE

10:31 am -- Scottie SCHEFFLER, Sergio GARCIA, Yuxin LIN (a)

10:42 am-- Harris ENGLISH, Erik VAN ROOYEN, Chez REAVIE

10:53 am -- Lucas GLOVER, Byeong Hun AN, Brandt SNEDEKER

11:04 am -- Cameron TRINGALE, Takumi KANAYA, Marcel SCHNEIDER

11:15 am -- Lanto GRIFFIN, Rikuya HOSHINO, Connor WORSDALL

11:36 am -- Aaron RAI, Paul WARING, Daniel CROFT

11:47 am -- Daniel VAN TONDER,Jazz JANEWATTANANOND, Christoffer BRING (a)

11:58 am -- Harold VARNER III, Brendan STEELE, Matthias SCHMID (a)

12:09 pm -- Troy MERRITT, Adam LONG, Jaco AHLERS

12:20 pm -- Jason DAY, Joost LUITEN, Johannes VEERMAN

12:31 pm -- John CATLIN, Romain LANGASQUE, Aaron PIKE,

12:42 pm -- Padraig HARRINGTON, Brad KENNEDY, Sam FORGAN

12:53 pm -- Tony FINAU, Billy HORSCHEL, Adam HADWIN

1:04 pm -- Patrick CANTLAY, Matthew FITZPATRICK, Ryan FOX

1:15 pm -- Francesco MOLINARI, Marc LEISHMAN, Matt WALLACE

1:26 pm -- Collin MORIKAWA, Corey CONNERS, Sebastian MUNOZ

1:37 pm -- Jason SCRIVENER, Keith MITCHELL, Sam BAIRSTOW (a)

1:48 pm -- Charley HOFFMAN, Emiliano GRILLO, Benjamin HEBERT

2:04 pm -- Keegan BRADLEY, Richard T LEE, Rafa CABRERA BELLO

2:15 pm -- Carlos ORTIZ, Brendon TODD, Matthias SCHWAB

2:26 pm -- Webb SIMPSON, Russell HENLEY, Shaun NORRIS

2:37 pm -- Matt JONES, Daniel HILLIER, Marcel SIEM

2:48 pm -- Phil MICKELSON, Tyrrell HATTON, Kevin KISNER

2:59 pm -- Xander SCHAUFFELE, Robert MACINTYRE, Rickie FOWLER

3:10 pm -- Justin THOMAS, Tommy FLEETWOOD, Adam SCOTT

3:21 pm -- Rory MCILROY, Patrick REED, Cameron SMITH

3:32 pm -- Henrik STENSON, Max HOMA, Matt KUCHAR

3:43 pm -- Antoine ROZNER, Ryosuke KINOSHITA, Ben HUTCHINSON

3:54 pm -- Kurt KITAYAMA, Deyen LAWSON, Poom SAKSANSIN

4:05 pm -- Yuki INAMORI, Jimmy WALKER, Ricardo CELIA

4:16 pm -- Rikard KARLBERG, Ryutaro NAGANO, Nicholas POPPLETON

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