By The 2024 British Open tees off Thursday from Royal Troon Golf Club as golf’s final major of the 2024 season.
The winners of the previous three majors – Masters winner Scottie Scheffler, PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele and U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau – are in this year’s field.
This marks the 10th time Royal Troon will play host to The Open, the most recent time coming in 2016 when Sweden’s Henrik Stenson beat Phil Mickelson by three strokes to win his first and only major title.
Follow along for live updates and highlights from the first round at the British Open.
BRITISH OPEN LEADERBOARD: Live scores from Royal Troon
Tiger Woods is a three-time winner at The Open, pulling off victories in 2000, 2005 and 2006.
Tiger’s first appearance at The Open was in 1995, when he finished in a tie for 68th place. He’s only appeared at the tournament once during the past four years, and that was in 2022 when he missed the cut. The last time he made the cut was in 2018 when he finished in a tie for sixth place at Carnoustie in Scotland.
Woods is set to play his first two rounds at Royal Troon with PGA champ Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay. Their group tees off at 9:37 a.m. ET.
The weather for today’s opening round? Typical British Open conditions: breezy and wet. Rain early in the morning has given way to scattered sprinkles, leaving the greens saturated and fairly slow in the early going.
The official forecast calls for “outbreaks of rain and drizzle” throughout the day with a “moderate to fresh” breeze and temperatures in the 60s. Winds should pick up as the afternoon progresses with gusts exceeding 20 mph.
U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau came to Scotland flying high after his thrilling victory at Pinehurst. However, any expectations of a second major title in 2024 have been severely damaged by his struggles over the first six holes at Troon.
DeChambeau bogeyed three of the first four holes − then after an errant drive on the par-5 sixth in which he was unable to advance the ball out of the native grass on his second shot, he had to hit into an adjacent fairway to even have a shot at the green. But his troubles weren’t over.
After missing the green and pitching to 10 feet, he missed his bogey putt and tapped in for double.
DeChambeau stands 5-over through six holes.
Troon showed its teeth on hole No. 12 as early leader Justin Thomas hit a wayward drive far left into the gorse and had to take an unplayable lie. From there, he had to re-tee and then had to play his fourth shot from the 11th fairway.
Thomas was able to get in position to only drop one shot, but he missed a 6-foot putt for bogey to fall back into a tie for the lead with Alex Noren, Justin Rose and Russell Henley at 2-under.
Justin Thomas got to the top of the leaderboard early Thursday with three birdies on holes 7, 8 and 10, including this beauty on the “Postage Stamp.” He was 4-under through 10. Here’s an early look at the leaderboard.
Wallace got to 4-under after his birdie on the eighth, dubbed the “Postage Stamp” because of the small putting surface. According to the Royal Troon web site: “The tee is on high ground and a dropping shot is played over a gully to a long but extremely narrow green set into the side of a large sandhill. Two bunkers protect the left side of the green while a large crater bunker shields the approach.”
Younghan Song made the turn at 3-under for a share of the early lead. Song made a spectacular birdie on the No. 8 “Postage Stamp” to get to 4-under. He then three-putted the ninth for bogey and was tied for the lead with Matt Wallace.
Matt Wallace holed out from 85 yards on the par-5 No. 4 for eagle. He landed it just short of the pin and it spun back into the hole. The beauty gave him an early share of the lead at 3-under. Wallace, 34, has one PGA Tour win (2023 Corales Puntacana Championship) and seeks his first major championship.
How to watch 2024 British Open on TV
The Open will be broadcast live on NBC and on USA Network, with coverage also on NBC’s Peacock streaming service. The broadcast schedule is as follows (all times Eastern):
Round 1: Thursday, July 18
- 1:30 a.m.- 4 a.m.: Peacock
- 4 a.m.-3 p.m.: USA Network
- 3 p.m.-4 p.m.: Peacock
How to stream 2024 British Open
Live coverage and featured groups can be followed on the live stream on Peacock, as well as Fubo.
2024 British Open leaderboard
Follow along for live scoring updates from Royal Troon.
British Open first round tee times
All times Eastern
1:35 a.m. — Justin Leonard, Todd Hamilton, Jack McDonald
1:46 a.m. — Tom McKibbin, Alex Noren, Calum Scott
1:57 a.m. — Jesper Svensson, Vincent Norrman, Michael Hendry
2:08 a.m. — Younghan Song, Daniel Hillier, Ryosuke Kinoshita
2:19 a.m. — Min Woo Lee, Ryo Hisatsune, Abraham Ancer
2:30 a.m. — Nicolai Hojgaard, Adam Scott, Keita Nakajima
2:41 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Justin Rose, Jasper Stubbs
2:52 a.m. — Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im, Matthew Southgate
3:03 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Matt Wallace, Laurie Canter
3:14 a.m. — Sebastian Soderberg, Matteo Manassero, Shubhankar Sharma
3:25 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Austin Eckroat, Thorbjorn Olesen
3:36 a.m. — John Daly, Santiago de la Fuente, Aaron Rai
3:47 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Chris Kirk, Dominic Clemons
4:03 a.m. — Stephan Jaeger, Adam Schenk, Joaquin Niemann
4:14 a.m. — Adam Hadwin, Lucas Glover, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
4:25 a.m. — Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Matthieu Pavon
4:36 a.m. — Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre
4:47 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Bryson DeChambeau, Tom Kim
4:58 a.m. — Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland, Sahith Theegala
5:09 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton
5:20 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Will Zalatoris, Gordon Sargent
5:31 a.m. — Harris English, Maverick McNealy, Alexander Bjork
5:42 a.m. — Guido Migliozzi, Sean Crocker, Tommy Morrison
5:53 a.m. — David Puig, John Catlin, Guntaek Koh
6:04 a.m. — Thriston Lawrence, Daniel Bradbury, Elvis Smylie
6:15 a.m. — Nacho Elvira, Minkyu Kim, Darren Fichardt
6:26 a.m. – Mason Andersen, Masahiro Kawamura, Sam Hutsby
6:47 a.m. — Ewen Ferguson, Marcel Siem
6:58 a.m. — CT Pan, Romain Langasque, Yuto Katsuragawa
7:09 a.m. — Rikuya Hoshino, Angel Hidalgo, Richard Mansell
7:20 a.m. — Corey Conners, Ryan Fox, Jorge Campillo
7:31 a.m. — Ernie Els, Gary Woodland, Altin van der Merwe (a)
7:42 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Rasmus Hojgaard, Jacob Skov Olesen (a)
7:53 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Billy Horschel, Victor Perez
8:04 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Brendon Todd, Jordan Smith
8:15 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Taylor Moore, Adrian Meronk
8:26 a.m. — Jason Day, Byeong Hun An, Rickie Fowler
8:37 a.m. — Alex Cejka, Eric Cole, Kurt Kitayama
8:48 a.m. — Darren Clarke, JT Poston, Dean Burmester
9:04 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Joost Luiten, Dustin Johnson
9:15 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Davis Thompson, Matthew Jordan
9:26 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka
9:37 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay
9:48 a.m. — Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim
9:59 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Cameron Smith, Matt Fitzpatrick
10:10 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young
10:21 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Tom Hoge, Sami Valimaki
10:32 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes
10:43 a.m. — Yannik Paul, Joe Dean, Andy Ogletree
10:54 a.m. — Ryan van Velzen, Charlie Lindh, Luis Masaveu (a)
11:05 a.m. — Kazuma Kobori, Jaime Montojo Fernandez (a), Liam Nolan (a)
11:16 a.m. — Daniel Brown, Denwit David Boriboonsub, Matthew Dodd-Berry (a)
11:27 a.m. — Jeunghun Wang (Kor), Aguri Iwasaki (Jpn), Sam Horsfield
(a) – amateur
- Scottie Scheffler (+500)
- Rory McIlroy (+750)
- Ludvig Aberg (+1200)
- Bryson DeChambeau (+1400)
- Xander Schauffele (+1400)
- Collin Morikawa (+1800)
- Tommy Fleetwood (+2200)
- Jon Rahm (+2500)
- Tyrell Hatton (+2500)
- Viktor Hovland (+2500)
