The Open 2019 tee times: Sunday pairings brought forward due to threat of poor weather
Leaders will tee off at 1:47pm in an effort to avoid bad weather due to hit Portrush on Sunday evening
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Your support makes all the difference.The tee times for the final day at The Open have been moved forward by around an hour to avoid bad weather conditions, which are due to hit Northern Ireland's Royal Portrush course late in the evening.
The final group, which is currently set to be made up of Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood as they lead the way on -13 and -12 respectively, will take to the course at 1:47pm on Sunday afternoon.
The tee-off is an hour earlier than last year's final round at Carnoustie, and two hours earlier than when Lowry and JB Holmes started their third round on Saturday.
"Sunday tee times have been moved forward due to the adverse weather forecast," tournament organisers the R&A tweeted.
"The first tee time will be at 7:32am with the leaders beginning their final round at 1:47pm."
It is the second time this year that the final round of a major has been affected by weather, following the early finish to The Masters last April when Tiger Woods secured his 15th career major victory.
On that occasion, heavy thunderstorms expected in the afternoon lead to organisers deciding on a two-tee start and threesomes instead of pairings, though players will remain in twos at The Open and it has been decided that there is enough time for all groups to tee off from the first hole as planned.
Sunday tee times
7:32am – Ashton Turner
7:42am – Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thi)
7:52am – Eddie Pepperell, Nino Bertasio (Ita)
8:02am – Paul Waring, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)
8:12am – Jason Kokrak (USA), Branden Grace (Rsa)
8:22am – Jim Furyk (USA), Callum Shinkwin
8:32am – Kevin Streelman (USA), Bubba Watson (USA)
8:42am – Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Kyle Stanley (USA)
8:57am – Paul Casey, Benjamin Hebert (Fra)
9:07am – Adam Hadwin (Can), Matt Wallace
9:17am – Francesco Molinari (Ita), Thomas Pieters (Bel)
9:27am – Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Andrew Wilson
9:37am – Yosuke Asaji (Jap), Steward Cink (USA)
9:47am – Joost Luiten (Ned), Doc Redman (USA)
9:57am – Innchoon Hwang (Kor), Ryan Fox (Aus)
10:07am – Yuki Inamori (Jap), Charley Hoffman (USA)
10:17am – Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Ernie Els (Rsa)
10:32am – Aaron Wise (USA), Lucas Glover (USA)
10:42am – Patrick Cantlay (USA), Sergio Garcia (Spa)
10:52am – Mikko Korhonen (Fin), Dustin Johnson (USA)
11:02am – Rory Sabbatini (Slo), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
11:12am – Romain Langaque (Fra), Kevin Kisner (USA)
11:22am – Tom Lewis, Graeme McDowell (Nir)
11:32am – Justin Harding (Rsa), Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)
11:42am – Tyrrell Hatton, Webb Simpson (USA)
11:52am – Byeong Hun-am (Kor), Matthew Fitzpatrick
12:07pm – Patrick Reed (USA), Justin Thomas (USA)
12:17pm – Sang Hyun-park (Kor), Russell Knox (Sco)
12:27pm – Xander Schauffele (USA), Cameron Smith (Aus)
12:37pm – Andrew Putnam (USA), Dylan Frittelli (Rsa)
12:47pm – Matt Kuchar (USA), Alex Noren (Swe)
12:57pm – Henrik Stenson (Swe), Jordan Spieth (USA)
1:07pm – Tony Finau (USA), Jon Rahm (Spa)
1:17pm – Danny Willett, Lee Westwood
1:27pm – Rickie Fowler (USA), Justin Rose
1:37pm – Brooks Koepka (USA), JB Holmes (USA)
1:47pm – Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry (Ire)
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11th hole
The ball doesn't break as Westwood (-9) lets his putt for par fly. He misses and has to settle for a bogey.
The weather has broken and the rain has died back down.
10th hole
Fleetwood (-11) after gaining a shot fires his drive left into trouble, Lowry (-16) finishes in the second cut, just off the fairway.
13th hole
Henrik Stenson (-5) makes a birdie two on the par-3 13th to move back to level par for the day. He's up to eighth in the standings.
10th hole
191-yards for Tommy Fleetwood (-11) hitting from the quagmire. He makes the distance but the line is off as the ball lands to the left of the green.
11th hole
Rickie Fowler (-7) hit his tee shot well left on 11. His second shot is very good because he finds the fairway after being stuck in the forest.
12th hole
Tony Finau (-8) looked miserable about 20 minutes ago when the rain was strong. He's happier now as he rolls an eagle putt close on 12 and taps in for birdie. He now sits in fourth place, all on his own.
10th hole
Just a little pitch from Shane Lowry (-16) for his third into the tenth. He hits it fine but the ball checks up on the second bounce and leaves him with a tester for par.
12th hole
Lee Westwood (-9) off the back of the green has a putt for birdie, he hits it just as the wind starts up again so the ball doesn't drop.
10th hole
Lowry (-16) holes his par putt and the crowd goes nuts. Lowry brings the fist pump back, Fleetwood's own putt for par slides to the left of the hole, and he bogeys to drop to (-10). Great news for Shane Lowry who leads by six with eight to go.
12th hole
Westwood (-8) rues his luck as he drops a shot with another short putt for par going wide. Bogeys are more commonplace than birdies now that's for sure or maybe not Danny Willett (-8) joins Westwood at 8-under as he holes his birdie put on the 12th.
13th hole
Finau's (-7) good work on 12 counts for nothing as he makes a four on 13.
11th hole
Kopeka (-6) has a putt for par on the 11th, he rolls it up to the hole but the ball finishes on the edge and doesn't drop. Instead he makes bogey, could be worse though as JB Holmes has seven shots on 11 for a triple bogey. He's 8-over for the day and down to (-2).
Fleetwood (-10) from, almost the fairway cut, hits a low second into the green and reaches the front edge. Not to be outdone Lowry (-16) matches him.
13th hole
The 13th is causing serious problems off the tee with players going over the back and not adjusting for the wind. Finau just took bogey and now Westwood (-7) and Willett (-7) suffer the same fate.
11th hole
Lowry (-16) hammers his putt from the front of the green and sends it past, he's got another testing putt for par. Fleetwood (-10) secures his par by rolling the ball up close for his birdie.
Lowry faces the pressure now, is he up to it? Putting for par... he misses it! The lead goes back to five as Lowry falls to (-15).
12th hole
Some good news at last for Justin Rose (-4) he sinks a birdie on the twelfth to go back to 4-under. It's his first birdie of the day in round that's worth 5-over par so far.
From the tee, Tommy Fleetwood (-10) finds the middle of the bat and moves from left-to-right into the middle of the fairway. Lowry (-15) avoids the bunkers on the right but finds the wet rough.
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