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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Kokrak (+4) and Grace (+3) both miss birdie chances on the first green.
Sharma (+5) makes his second birdie of the day with a two on the third, and Kiradech (+3) joins him. This pairing are scoring well, between them they're 5-under thru three holes.
Ashton Turner (+5) playing with the club pro Gary McNeil, drives the green on the fifth and almost makes a hole-in-one.
The ball finishes about a foot from the hole and Turner instead picks up an eagle.
Jim Furyk (+2) navigates the opening hole with a birdie three. This is the time to play, the wind is gentle and you can attack the pin positions.
Kevin Streelman (+3) and Bubba Watson (+3) tee off, they both successfully hit the fairway.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (+2) is storming out there, he made an opening bogey but since then has carded an eagle and two birdies as he finishes up the fifth hole. He's 3-under for the day.
Last week's Scottish Open winner Bernd Wiesberger (+2) playing with America's Kyle Stanley (+2) are the latest pairing to start their final rounds.
Both head left off the tee but avoid the long grass, Stanley finishes in the second cut but has a decent lay for his approach to the green.
Well done Jim. Furyk (+1) follows up his birdie on the first with another one on the second. Callum Shinkwin (+2) also manages a birdie on the par-5.
It's been a good start for the players out on the course with lots of red on the board. Paul Waring (+3) adds to it with a three on the fourth.
Bubba's on the board! Two beautiful shots to find the second green are finished off with a delicate putt that rolls in from about 10ft for eagle!
He moves up to join Furyk on (+1).
1st hole
Benjamin Hebert (+2) and Paul Casey (+2) are the ninth pairing to get going, they both find the fairway.
5th hole
Paul Waring (+2) continues his impressive run with a second consecutive birdie on the fifth. 3-under thru five.
The expected rain is just starting to rear it's head.
1st hole
Casey's (+2) approach shot to the first green is a little long, it got a good skip when it hit the green so he'll have a downhill putt for birdie. Hebert (+2) goes one better and leaves himself an 8 footer or so for a three.
6th hole
Eddie Pepperell's completed something of a recovery following two bogeys on the first two holes. Birdies on three, five and now six put him 1-under for the day and (+4) for the tournament.
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