The final men’s golf major of the year is here as the first round of the 2023 British Open gets underway at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England.
There will be 156 golfers teeing off Thursday, including all three major winners this year: Jon Rahm (Masters), Brooks Koepka (PGA Championship) and Wyndham Clark (U.S. Open). Reigning champion Cameron Smith will also be back to defend his title.
Most of the golf world will also be watching Rory McIlroy, who won the British Open in 2014, the last time the tournament was played at Royal Liverpool. That tournament also marks the last time McIlroy won a major championship.
Follow along with USA TODAY Sports for first round Open Championship action from Royal Liverpool:
How to watch 2023 Open Championship
Coverage will start Thursday at 1:30 a.m. ET on the Peacock streaming service. USA Network will have live TV coverage at 4 a.m. ET until 3 p.m., with Peacock resuming coverage until 4 p.m.
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Individual golfers can be followed on the live stream on Peacock from 1:30 a.m. until 4 a.m. and from 3 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Christo Lamprecht at 4-under through 14
Christo Lamprecht was having quite an opening round. He was in the lead at 4-under after making birdie on the par-4 14th hole:
LIV Golfers at the British Open
There will be 16 members of LIV Golf in the field this week when the Open begins Thursday, which will tie for the second-most LIV players in one of the four major championships this year. The PGA Championship had 17 LIV players.
Of the LIV Golf members in the field, four are past champions: Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Henrik Stenson and defending champion Cameron Smith, who got a nice reception on the first tee.
Here are the LIV Golfers at the 2023 Open Championship:
· Abraham Ancer
· Richard Bland
· Laurie Canter
· Bryson DeChambeau
· Talor Gooch
· Branden Grace
· Dustin Johnson
· Brooks Koepka
· Phil Mickelson
· Joaquin Niemann
· Louis Oosthuizen
· Thomas Pieters
· Patrick Reed
· Charl Schwartzel
· Cameron Smith
· Henrik Stenson
– Garry Smits, Florida Times-Union
Is Tiger Woods playing in the 2023 Open Championship?
No. Woods had to withdraw from the Masters due to an ankle injury which later required surgery, likely ending his 2023 season. He officially withdrew from the British Open in June.
What is the weather forecast for Thursday?
The wind off the Irish sea can rage in either the morning or the afternoon, or it can be relatively calm. That’s why the weather is expected to play its usual starring role in the British Open. However, the forecast is for a dry start to Open week on Thursday with mostly moderate winds and a slight chance of some isolated showers later in the day. – Steve Gardner
Hole by hole distances and par
Here is the course layout for Royal Liverpool:
- No. 1: Par 4, 459 yards
- No. 2: Par 4, 453 yards
- No. 3: Par 4, 426 yards
- No. 4: Par 4, 367 yards
- No. 5: Par 5, 520 yards
- No. 6: Par 3, 201 yards
- No. 7: Par 4, 481 yards
- No. 8: Par 4, 436 yards
- No. 9: Par 3, 218 yards
- No. 10: Par 4, 507 yards
- No. 11: Par 4, 392 yards
- No. 12: Par 4, 449 yards
- No. 13: Par 3, 194 yards
- No. 14: Par 4, 454 yards
- No. 15: Par 5, 620 yards
- No. 16: Par 4, 461 yards
- No. 17: Par 3, 136 yards
- No. 18: Par 5, 609 yards
PGA Championship tee times, groupings for Thursday
The action will begin early in the U.S., with the first round teeing off at 1:30 a.m. ET. Tee times will roll through 11:16 a.m., with 11-minute intervals between groups.
- 1:35 a.m.: Matthew Jordan, Richie Ramsay, Branden Grace
- 1:46 a.m.: Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Graeme Robertson
- 1:57 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Lucas Herbert, Byeong Hun An
- 2:08 a.m.: Rikuya Hoshino, Charl Schwartzel, Alex Maguire (a)
- 2:19 a.m.: Adrian Meronk, Pablo Larrazabal, Hiroshi Iwata
- 2:30 a.m.: Patrick Reed, Connor Syme, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio (a)
- 2:41 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Victor Perez, Thomas Pieters
- 2:52 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Joost Luiten, Christo Lamprecht (a)
- 3:03 a.m.: Stewart Cink, JT Poston, Trey Mullinax
- 3:14 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Harris English, Andrew Putnam
- 3:25 a.m.: Scott Stallings, Jordan Smith, Thorbjorn Olesen
- 3:36 a.m.: Ernie Els, Kurt Kitayama, Takumi Kanaya
- 3:47 a.m.: Sam Burns, Sepp Straka, Chris Kirk
- 4:03 a.m.: Jordan Spieth Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day
- 4:14 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Seamus Power, Talor Gooch
- 4:25 a.m.: KH Lee, Davis Riley, Taiga Semikawa
- 4:36 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama
- 4:47 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott
- 4:58 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark
- 5:09 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Rickie Fowler, Robert MacIntyre
- 5:20 a.m.: Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim, Bryson DeChambeau
- 5:31 a.m.: Nicolai Højgaard, Bio Kim, Kazuki Yasumori
- 5:42 a.m.: Dan Bradbury, Oliver Farr, Haydn Barron
- 5:53 a.m.: Marcel Siem, Martin Rohwer, Tiger Christensen (a)
- 6:04 a.m.: Lee Hodges, Antoine Rozner, Richard Bland
- 6:15 a.m.: Yannik Paul, Sami Välimäki, Laurie Canter
- 6:36 a.m.: Rasmus Højgaard, Matthew Southgate, Alex Fitzpatrick
- 6:47 a.m.: Daniel Hillier, Kyung Nam Kang, Kensei Hirata
- 6:58 a.m.: Callum Shinkwin, Kazuki Higa, Michael Kim
- 7:09 a.m.: Zack Fischer, Taichi Kho, Kyle Barker
- 7:20 a.m.: Brendon Todd, Romain Langasque, Travis Smyth
- 7:31 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Adrian Otaegui, Alexander Bjork
- 7:42 a.m.: Min Woo Lee, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Harrison Crowe (a)
- 7:53 a.m.: Corey Conners, Billy Horschel, Alex Noren
- 8:04 a.m.: Tom Kim, Tom Hoge, Abraham Ancer
- 8:15 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Matt Wallace, David Micheluzzi
- 8:26 a.m.: Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, Dustin Johnson
- 8:37 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Denny McCarthy, Mateo Fernandez De Oliveira (a)
- 8:48 a.m.: Brian Harman, Thriston Lawrence, Thomas Detry
- 9:04 a.m.: John Daly, Taylor Moore, Danny Willett
- 9:15 a.m.: David Lingmerth, Ben Griffin, Ockie Strydom
- 9:26 a.m.: Adri Arnaus, Ewen Ferguson, Keita Nakajima
- 9:37 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im, Joaquin Niemann
- 9:48 a.m.: Viktor Hovland,Tony Finau, Justin Thomas
- 9:59 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose
- 10:10 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton
- 10:21 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk
- 10:32 a.m.: Nacho Elvira, Marc Warren, Alejandro Cañizares
- 10:43 a.m.: Guido Migliozzi, Oliver Wilson, Connor McKinney
- 10:54 a.m.: Kalle Samooja, Shubhankar Sharma, Gunner Wiebe
- 11:05 a.m.: Jorge Campillo, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Michael Stewart
- 11:16 a.m.: Hurly Long, Seungsu Han, Marco Penge
2023 Open Championship odds
- Scottie Scheffler (+700)
- Rory McIlroy (+700)
- Jon Rahm (+1300)
- Cam Smith (+1800)
- Brooks Koepka (+1800)
- Xander Schauffele (+2200)
- Viktor Hovland (+2200)
- Patrick Cantlay (+2200)
- Tyrrell Hatton (+2500)
- Rickie Fowler (+2500)
- Tommy Fleetwood (+2800)
- Jordan Spieth (+3000)
- Dustin Johnson (+3000)
- Shane Lowry (+3500)
- Collin Morikawa (+3500)
- Justin Rose (+5000)
- Tony Finau (+5500)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (+5500)
- Max Homa (+6000)
- Corey Conners (+6000)
– Riley Hamel, Golfweek
