Open groupings and tee times for the first 2 rounds.

The official draw for the first two days of the Open has been announced. Australian Craig Parry will get the tournament underway at 6.30 am on thursday morning, whilst Padraig Harrington will begin the defence of his title at 7.58am, and he will play alongside former champions Justin Leonard and Ernie Els.

Full list of tee times and groupings for the first two rounds of the Open Championship:

Thursday July 17th.

06:30 Craig PARRY Lucas GLOVER Simon DYSON

06:41 Jean Baptiste GONNET Pat PEREZ Peter FOWLER

06:52 Soren KJELDSEN Brendan JONES Matt KUCHAR

07:03 Darren FICHARDT Jerry KELLY Damian MCGRANE

07:14 Graeme STORM Scott STRANGE Sandy LYLE

07:25 Mark CALCAVECCHIA Richard GREEN Anders HANSEN

07:36 Justin ROSE Tom WATSON Aaron BADDELEY

07:47 Geoff OGILVY Oliver WILSON Davis LOVE III

07:58 Padraig HARRINGTON Retief GOOSEN Justin LEONARD

08:09 Richard STERNE Henrik STENSON Jeff QUINNEY

08:20 Hunter MAHAN Vijay SINGH Reinier SAXTON (A)

08:31 Martin KAYMER Scott VERPLANK Ernie ELS

08:42 JB HOLMES David HOWELL Andres ROMERO

08:58 KJ CHOI Lee WESTWOOD Ben CURTIS

09:09 Nick O'HERN Ian POULTER Paul GOYDOS

10:04 Pelle EDBERG Rich BEEM Thomas SHERREARD (A)

10:15 Michio MATSUMURA Tom GILLIS Barry HUME

10:26 Tim PETROVIC Shintaro KAI David HORSEY

10:37 Ariel CANETE Craig BARLOW Phillip ARCHER

10:48 Jamie ELSON Rohan BLIZARD (A) Jon BEVAN

10:59 Adam BLYTH Jamie HOWARTH Joshua CUNLIFFE

11:10 Gary BOYD Thomas AIKEN Bradley LAMB

11:41 Steve WEBSTER Jean VAN DE VELDE Andrew TAMPION

11:52 Philip WALTON David SMAIL Michael LETZIG

12:03 Paul WARING Hennie OTTO Kevin STADLER

12:14 Rocco MEDIATE Paul LAWRIE Angel CABRERA

12:25 Niclas FASTH Mark O'MEARA Michael CAMPBELL

12:36 Rory SABBATINI Graeme MCDOWELL Todd HAMILTON

12:47 Nick DOUGHERTY Jim FURYK Camilo VILLEGAS

12:58 Robert KARLSSON Greg NORMAN Woody AUSTIN

13:09 Steve STRICKER Robert ALLENBY Benjamin HEBERT (A)

13:20 Adam SCOTT Zach JOHNSON Pablo LARRAZABAL

13:31 Gregory HAVRET Tim CLARK Stewart CINK

13:42 Wen-Chong LIANG Fredrik JACOBSON Jeff OVERTON

13:53 Soren HANSEN Trevor IMMELMAN Anthony KIM

14:09 Stephen AMES Miguel Angel JIMENEZ Charles HOWELL III

14:20 Peter HANSON Bart BRYANT Rod PAMPLING

14:31 Sergio GARCIA Ryuji IMADA Sean O'HAIR

14:42 Stuart APPLEBY Brandt SNEDEKER Ross FISHER

14:53 Azuma YANO Johan EDFORS Tom LEHMAN

15:04 Simon WAKEFIELD Jay WILLIAMSON James KINGSTON

15:15 Gregory BOURDY Danny CHIA John ROLLINS

15:26 Chris WOOD (A) Prayad MARKSAENG Scott MCCARRON

15:37 Anthony WALL Alexander NOREN Ewan PORTER

15:48 Hiroshi IWATA Peter BAKER Alex CEJKA

15:59 Doug LABELLE II Chih-Bing LAM Jose-Filipe LIMA

16:10 Martin WIEGELE Angelo QUE Douglas MCGUIGAN

16:21 Jonathan LOMAS Yoshinobu TSUKADA Peter APPLEYARD.

Friday July 18th.

06:30 Steve WEBSTER Jean VAN DE VELDE Andrew TAMPION

06:41 Philip WALTON David SMAIL Michael LETZIG

06:52 Paul WARING Hennie OTTO Kevin STADLER

07:03 Rocco MEDIATE Paul LAWRIE Angel CABRERA

07:14 Niclas FASTH Mark O'MEARA Michael CAMPBELL

07:25 Rory SABBATINI Graeme MCDOWELL Todd HAMILTON

07:36 Nick DOUGHERTY Jim FURYK Camilo VILLEGAS

07:47 Robert KARLSSON Greg NORMAN Woody AUSTIN

07:58 Steve STRICKER Robert ALLENBY Benjamin HEBERT (A)

08:09 Adam SCOTT Zach JOHNSON Pablo LARRAZABAL

08:20 Gregory HAVRET Tim CLARK Stewart CINK

08:31 Wen-Chong LIANG Fredrik JACOBSON Jeff OVERTON

08:42 Soren HANSEN Trevor IMMELMAN Anthony KIM

08:58 Stephen AMES Miguel Angel JIMENEZ Charles HOWELL III

09:09 Peter HANSON Bart BRYANT Rod PAMPLING

09:20 Sergio GARCIA Ryuji IMADA Sean O'HAIR

09:31 Stuart APPLEBY Brandt SNEDEKER Ross FISHER

09:42 Azuma YANO Johan EDFORS Tom LEHMAN

09:53 Simon WAKEFIELD Jay WILLIAMSON James KINGSTON

10:04 Gregory BOURDY Danny CHIA John ROLLINS

10:15 Chris WOOD (A) Prayad MARKSAENG Scott MCCARRON

10:26 Anthony WALL Alexander NOREN Ewan PORTER

10:37 Hiroshi IWATA Peter BAKER Alex CEJKA

10:48 Doug LABELLE II Chih-Bing LAM Jose-Filipe LIMA

10:59 Martin WIEGELE Angelo QUE Douglas MCGUIGAN

11:10 Jonathan LOMAS Yoshinobu TSUKADA Peter APPLEYARD

11:41 Craig PARRY Lucas GLOVER Simon DYSON

11:52 Jean Baptiste GONNET Pat PEREZ Peter FOWLER

12:03 Soren KJELDSEN Brendan JONES Matt KUCHAR

12:14 Darren FICHARDT Jerry KELLY Damian MCGRANE

12:25 Graeme STORM Scott STRANGE Sandy LYLE

12:36 Mark CALCAVECCHIA Richard GREEN Anders HANSEN

12:47 Justin ROSE Tom WATSON Aaron BADDELEY

12:58 Geoff OGILVY Oliver WILSON Davis LOVE III

13:09 Padraig HARRINGTON Retief GOOSEN Justin LEONARD

13:20 Richard STERNE Henrik STENSON Jeff QUINNEY

13:31 Hunter MAHAN Vijay SINGH Reinier SAXTON (A)

13:42 Martin KAYMER Scott VERPLANK Ernie ELS

13:53 JB HOLMES David HOWELL Andres ROMERO

14:09 KJ CHOI Lee WESTWOOD Ben CURTIS

14:20 Nick O'HERN Ian POULTER Paul GOYDOS

14:31 Phil MICKELSON Hideto TANIHARA Paul CASEY

14:42 Colin MONTGOMERIE Boo WEEKLEY Mike WEIR

14:53 Toru TANIGUCHI Richard FINCH John DALY

15:04 Simon KHAN David DUVAL David FROST

15:15 Pelle EDBERG Rich BEEM Thomas SHERREARD (A)

15:26 Michio MATSUMURA Tom GILLIS Barry HUME

15:37 Tim PETROVIC Shintaro KAI David HORSEY

15:48 Ariel CANETE Craig BARLOW Phillip ARCHER

15:59 Jamie ELSON Rohan BLIZARD (A) Jon BEVAN

16:10 Adam BLYTH Jamie HOWARTH Joshua CUNLIFFE

16:21 Gary BOYD Thomas AIKEN Bradley LAMB

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