The Open 2012: Tee times

Clarke out with Els and Johnson as Rose joins Tiger! Full list of tee times for The Open

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11:46 GMT, 16 July 2012

Defending champion Darren Clarke will play with Ernie Els and Zach Johnson in the first two rounds of The Open.

Tiger Woods will join Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia on Thursday and Friday at Royal Lytham & St Annes while world No 1 Luke Donald is with Phil Mickelson and Geoff Ogilvy.

Rory McIlroy's partners are Louis Oosthuizen and Keegan Bradley while Lee Westwood tees it up with Yoshinori Fujimoto and Bubba Watson.

Fun while it lasted: Darren Clarke (right) has had to hand back the Claret Jug

Fun while it lasted: Darren Clarke (right) has had to hand back the Claret Jug

Those arriving really early will have the chance to see three former winners playing together.
Sandy Lyle and Americans Todd Hamilton and Mark Calcavecchia will be on the first tee at just after 7am – yet the championship will be well under way by then.

Because the field is 157, one more than usual because of all the different exempt players, the action kicks off at 6.19am with a two-ball of 52-year-old former Ryder Cup player Barry Lane, who came through qualifying, and American James Driscoll.

Northern Ireland's Alan Dunbar, who won the British title last month at Royal Troon, partners Australian Adam Scott and American Matt Kuchar at 8.42am.

Thursday's first-round tee times at Royal Lytham & St Annes

06:19 Barry LANE James DRISCOLL

06:30 Richard FINCH Garth MULROY

06:41 Matthew BALDWIN Adilson DA SILVA Tadahiro TAKAYAMA

06:52 Rafa ECHENIQUE Kodai ICHIHARA John HUH

07:03 Sandy LYLE Todd HAMILTON Mark CALCAVECCHIA

07:14 Alejandro CANIZARES Jeev Milkha SINGH Greg CHALMERS

07:25 John DALY Chad CAMPBELL Michael HOEY

07:36 Thongchai JAIDEE Justin LEONARD Simon KHAN

07:47 David DUVAL Raphael JACQUELIN Miguel Angel JIMENEZ

07:58 Stephen AMES Robert ROCK Kyle STANLEY

08:09 Stewart CINK Rafael CABRERA-BELLO Johnson WAGNER

08:20 Jamie DONALDSON Bill HAAS YE YANG

08:31 Davis LOVE III Tim CLARK Paul LAWRIE

08:42 Adam SCOTT Alan DUNBAR (A) Matt KUCHAR

08:58 Vijay SINGH Nick WATNEY Ian POULTER

09:09 Darren CLARKE Ernie ELS Zach JOHNSON

09:20 Lee WESTWOOD Yoshinori FUJIMOTO Bubba WATSON

09:31 Dustin JOHNSON Graeme McDOWELL Hiroyuki FUJITA

09:42 Tiger WOODS Justin ROSE Sergio GARCIA

09:53 Ryo ISHIKAWA Martin KAYMER Tom WATSON

10:04 Thomas BJORN Aaron BADDELEY Charl SCHWARTZEL

10:15 Jason DUFNER Martin LAIRD Kevin NA

10:26 James MORRISON Daniel CHOPRA Joost LUITEN

10:37 Thorbjorn OLESEN Troy MATTESON Thomas AIKEN

10:48 Brad KENNEDY Mardan MAMAT Steven TILEY

10:59 Warren BENNETT Aaron TOWNSEND Grant VEENSTRA

11:10 Dale WHITNELL Sam WALKER Elliot SALTMAN

11:31 Bob ESTES Steven O'HARA Brendan JONES

11:42 Juvic PAGUNSAN Scott PINCKNEY Nicholas CULLEN

11:53 Steven ALKER Lee SLATTERY Russ COCHRAN

12:04 Tom LEHMAN Pablo LARRAZABAL Greg OWEN

12:15 Marcel SIEM George COETZEE Chez REAVIE

12:26 Marcus FRASER Lucas GLOVER Gregory HAVRET

12:37 Charles HOWELL III Paul BROADHURST Richard STERNE

12:48 Carl PETTERSSON KT KIM Gary WOODLAND

12:59 Ben CURTIS Paul CASEY Trevor IMMELMAN

13:10 Robert KARLSSON Mark WILSON Branden GRACE

13:21 Harris ENGLISH Simon DYSON Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO

13:32 Angel CABRERA KJ CHOI Ross FISHER

13:43 Jonathan BYRD SM BAE Alvaro QUIROS

13:59 Nicolas COLSAERTS Hunter MAHAN John SENDEN

14:10 Bo VAN PELT Francesco MOLINARI Toshinori MUTO

14:21 Rory McILROY Louis OOSTHUIZEN Keegan BRADLEY

14:32 Rickie FOWLER Padraig HARRINGTON Manuel TRAPPEL (A)

14:43 Luke DONALD Phil MICKELSON Geoff OGILVY

14:54 Steve STRICKER Toru TANIGUCHI Anders HANSEN

15:05 Peter HANSON Retief GOOSEN Robert ALLENBY

15:16 Jim FURYK Koumei ODA Fredrik JACOBSON

15:27 Marc LEISHMAN Brandt SNEDEKER Alexander NOREN

15:38 Andres ROMERO Jbe KRUGER Richie RAMSAY

15:49 Ted POTTER JR Ian KEENAN Andrew GEORGIOU

16:00 Troy KELLY Morten Orum MADSEN Anirban LAHIRI

16:11 Prayad MARKSAENG Justin HICKS Ashley HALL

Friday's second-round tee times at Royal Lytham & St Annes

06:19 Bob ESTES Steven O'HARA Brendan JONES

06:30 Juvic PAGUNSAN Scott PINCKNEY Nicholas CULLEN

06:41 Steven ALKER Lee SLATTERY Russ COCHRAN

06:52 Tom LEHMAN Pablo LARRAZABAL Greg OWEN

07:03 Marcel SIEM George COETZEE Chez REAVIE

07:14 Marcus FRASER Lucas GLOVER Gregory HAVRET

07:25 Charles HOWELL III Paul BROADHURST Richard STERNE

07:36 Carl PETTERSSON KT KIM Gary WOODLAND

07:47 Ben CURTIS Paul CASEY Trevor IMMELMAN

07:58 Robert KARLSSON Mark WILSON Branden GRACE

08:09 Harris ENGLISH Simon DYSON Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO

08:20 Angel CABRERA KJ CHOI Ross FISHER

08:31 Jonathan BYRD SM BAE Alvaro QUIROS

08:42 Nicolas COLSAERTS Hunter MAHAN John SENDEN

08:58 Bo VAN PELT Francesco MOLINARI Toshinori MUTO

09:09 Rory McILROY Louis OOSTHUIZEN Keegan BRADLEY

09:20 Rickie FOWLER Padraig HARRINGTON Manuel TRAPPEL (A)

09:31 Luke DONALD Phil MICKELSON Geoff OGILVY

09:42 Steve STRICKER Toru TANIGUCHI Anders HANSEN

09:53 Peter HANSON Retief GOOSEN Robert ALLENBY

10:04 Jim FURYK Koumei ODA Fredrik JACOBSON

10:15 Marc LEISHMAN Brandt SNEDEKER Alexander NOREN

10:26 Andres ROMERO Jbe KRUGER Richie RAMSAY

10:37 Ted POTTER JR Ian KEENAN Andrew GEORGIOU

10:48 Troy KELLY Morten Orum MADSEN Anirban LAHIRI

10:59 Prayad MARKSAENG Justin HICKS Ashley HALL

11:20 Barry LANE James DRISCOLL

11:31 Richard FINCH Garth MULROY

11:42 Matthew BALDWIN Adilson DA SILVA Tadahiro TAKAYAMA

11:53 Rafa ECHENIQUE Kodai ICHIHARA John HUH

12:04 Sandy LYLE Todd HAMILTON Mark CALCAVECCHIA

12:15 Alejandro CANIZARES Jeev Milkha SINGH Greg CHALMERS

12:26 John DALY Chad CAMPBELL Michael HOEY

12:37 Thongchai JAIDEE Justin LEONARD Simon KHAN

12:48 David DUVAL Raphael JACQUELIN Miguel Angel JIMENEZ

12:59 Stephen AMES Robert ROCK Kyle STANLEY

13:10 Stewart CINK Rafael CABRERA-BELLO Johnson WAGNER

13:21 Jamie DONALDSON Bill HAAS YE YANG

13:32 Davis LOVE III Tim CLARK Paul LAWRIE

13:43 Adam SCOTT Alan DUNBAR (A) Matt KUCHAR

13:59 Vijay SINGH Nick WATNEY Ian POULTER

14:10 Darren CLARKE Ernie ELS Zach JOHNSON

14:21 Lee WESTWOOD Yoshinori FUJIMOTO Bubba WATSON

14:32 Dustin JOHNSON Graeme McDOWELL Hiroyuki FUJITA

14:43 Tiger WOODS Justin ROSE Sergio GARCIA

14:54 Ryo ISHIKAWA Martin KAYMER Tom WATSON

15:05 Thomas BJORN Aaron BADDELEY Charl SCHWARTZEL

15:16 Jason DUFNER Martin LAIRD Kevin NA

15:27 James MORRISON Daniel CHOPRA Joost LUITEN

15:38 Thorbjorn OLESEN Troy MATTESON Thomas AIKEN

15:49 Brad KENNEDY Mardan MAMAT Steven TILEY

16:00 Warren BENNETT Aaron TOWNSEND Grant VEENSTRA

16:11 Dale WHITNELL Sam WALKER Elliot SALTMAN

Royal Troon to host 2016 Open Championship

Royal Troon given nod to host Open Championship in 2016

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UPDATED:

12:22 GMT, 20 June 2012

Royal Troon will stage the Open Championship for the ninth time in 2016.

Its last hosting of the event was eight years ago when American Todd Hamilton beat South Africa's 2002 champion Ernie Els in a play-off.

Other winners at the course are Arthur Havers (1923), Bobby Locke (1950), Arnold Palmer (1962), Tom Weiskopf (1973), Tom Watson (1982), Mark Calcavecchia (1989) and Justin Leonard, who triumphed in 1997 with a closing 65.

Soon to Troon! The famous old course will host The Open in 2016

Soon to Troon! The famous old course will host The Open in 2016

South Ayrshire Council leader Bill McIntosh said: 'This is great news – not just for Troon, but for the whole of Ayrshire.

'As well as giving us a chance to showcase the fantastic golf in this area, our stunning scenery, culture and heritage, The Open will also bring a terrific economic boost with a 100 million benefit to its host economy.

'This is vital investment for our area that will help create a lasting and positive legacy for generations to come.'

Drink it up: Hamilton celebrates with the Claret Jug in 2004

Drink it up: Hamilton celebrates with the Claret Jug in 2004