First round draw for Thursday’s The Open Championship
The Open Championship, the last major of the year, will be held over the next four days at the Old Course in St Andrews. A host of players are in the event which is celebrating its 150th edition with many activities prior to the tee off.
Here is all about the first-round and the tee times:
— 156 players.
— 6.35am first tee time.
— Play in threeballs.
— 4.16pm last tee time of the day.
— Paul Lawrie (Scot) will hit the first tee shot.
— Ronan Mullarney (Ire) will hit the last tee shot tomorrow at 4.16pm.
— Each group will have three different coloured caddie bibs worn by the caddies: Red, Blue and Yellow.
— Number of Amateurs in the field — 6.
— 52 matches.