The Open 2019 tee times: Sunday pairings brought forward due to threat of poor weather
Leaders will tee off at 1:47pm in an effort to avoid bad weather due to hit Portrush on Sunday evening
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Your support makes all the difference.The tee times for the final day at The Open have been moved forward by around an hour to avoid bad weather conditions, which are due to hit Northern Ireland's Royal Portrush course late in the evening.
The final group, which is currently set to be made up of Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood as they lead the way on -13 and -12 respectively, will take to the course at 1:47pm on Sunday afternoon.
The tee-off is an hour earlier than last year's final round at Carnoustie, and two hours earlier than when Lowry and JB Holmes started their third round on Saturday.
"Sunday tee times have been moved forward due to the adverse weather forecast," tournament organisers the R&A tweeted.
"The first tee time will be at 7:32am with the leaders beginning their final round at 1:47pm."
It is the second time this year that the final round of a major has been affected by weather, following the early finish to The Masters last April when Tiger Woods secured his 15th career major victory.
On that occasion, heavy thunderstorms expected in the afternoon lead to organisers deciding on a two-tee start and threesomes instead of pairings, though players will remain in twos at The Open and it has been decided that there is enough time for all groups to tee off from the first hole as planned.
Sunday tee times
7:32am – Ashton Turner
7:42am – Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thi)
7:52am – Eddie Pepperell, Nino Bertasio (Ita)
8:02am – Paul Waring, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)
8:12am – Jason Kokrak (USA), Branden Grace (Rsa)
8:22am – Jim Furyk (USA), Callum Shinkwin
8:32am – Kevin Streelman (USA), Bubba Watson (USA)
8:42am – Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Kyle Stanley (USA)
8:57am – Paul Casey, Benjamin Hebert (Fra)
9:07am – Adam Hadwin (Can), Matt Wallace
9:17am – Francesco Molinari (Ita), Thomas Pieters (Bel)
9:27am – Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Andrew Wilson
9:37am – Yosuke Asaji (Jap), Steward Cink (USA)
9:47am – Joost Luiten (Ned), Doc Redman (USA)
9:57am – Innchoon Hwang (Kor), Ryan Fox (Aus)
10:07am – Yuki Inamori (Jap), Charley Hoffman (USA)
10:17am – Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Ernie Els (Rsa)
10:32am – Aaron Wise (USA), Lucas Glover (USA)
10:42am – Patrick Cantlay (USA), Sergio Garcia (Spa)
10:52am – Mikko Korhonen (Fin), Dustin Johnson (USA)
11:02am – Rory Sabbatini (Slo), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
11:12am – Romain Langaque (Fra), Kevin Kisner (USA)
11:22am – Tom Lewis, Graeme McDowell (Nir)
11:32am – Justin Harding (Rsa), Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)
11:42am – Tyrrell Hatton, Webb Simpson (USA)
11:52am – Byeong Hun-am (Kor), Matthew Fitzpatrick
12:07pm – Patrick Reed (USA), Justin Thomas (USA)
12:17pm – Sang Hyun-park (Kor), Russell Knox (Sco)
12:27pm – Xander Schauffele (USA), Cameron Smith (Aus)
12:37pm – Andrew Putnam (USA), Dylan Frittelli (Rsa)
12:47pm – Matt Kuchar (USA), Alex Noren (Swe)
12:57pm – Henrik Stenson (Swe), Jordan Spieth (USA)
1:07pm – Tony Finau (USA), Jon Rahm (Spa)
1:17pm – Danny Willett, Lee Westwood
1:27pm – Rickie Fowler (USA), Justin Rose
1:37pm – Brooks Koepka (USA), JB Holmes (USA)
1:47pm – Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry (Ire)
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5th hole
Jim Furyk (+1) slips up on the fourth hole as he bogeys for the first time in his round. He immediately rectifies that mistake though with a three on the fifth to get him back to (+1).
6th hole
Kokrak (+1) goes two-in-two with a birdie two on the par-3 sixth.
1st hole
Game 11 sees the defending champion, Francesco Molinari (+2), partners Thomas Pieters (+1) for the final round. They've just teed off on the first.
2nd hole
Casey (+1) gets his first birdie with a four on the second hole.
9th hole
The first man out today, Ashton Turner (+6), completes the front nine in a 1-under par 35. An eagle on the fifth was followed by a bogey six at the par-5 seven.
1st hole
Pieters' (+1) tee shot on the first flies out of bounds and he's off the the worst possible start.
10th hole
Turner (+5) turns a bad hole into a good one with a perfect chip from the right of the green that lands and skips into the hole are a birdie!
7th hole
Paul Waring's good day takes a big hit on the seventh. He messes up and makes a double bogey seven moving him back to (+4)
1st hole
Molinari (+2) glides his birdie effort past the left edge of the hole and takes par. Pieters (+4) gets off to a terrible start with a 3-over par triple bogey.
2nd hole
Adam Hadwin (evs) emulates the start of Jim Furyk with back-to-back birdies on the opening two holes, he's back to level par for the tournament.
7th hole
Birdies at five, six and seven as well as an earlier one on the second get Jason Kokrak (evs) back to level par, 4-under for the day means he's having the best round so far.
2nd hole
Francesco's (+1) away! He had a long, long birdie putt up the green for an eagle, it rolled and swayed and finished about three feet from the hole. Molinari then sank the put for birdie.
8th hole
Kokrak (evs) pulls his tee shot to the left and into the rough stuff. After consulting the rovers he got free drop and forced his second back into the fairway. Up and down needed to make par.
8th hole
Kokrak (+1) doesn't manage to make par and he cards his first bogey of the day.
5th hole
Casey (+1) all but guarantees a birdie on the drivable fifth. He chips his second shot off the front on the green to with two feet.
His special round of 63 gave Shane Lowry an overnight lead of four shots going into the final day. The same lead he had at the US Open a few years back and failed to transfer into a major win.
He's determined not to let that happen again this week:
9th hole
Out in 33 for Jason Kokrak (+1) only one blemish for him on the front nine, a bogey, on the eighth.
7th hole
Bernd Wiesberger (+1) ends his run of six straight pars with a birdie on the par-5 seventh.
13th hole
It's been an interesting back nine for England's Ashton Turner (+5) it started well with a birdie on 10 but a double bogey on 11 hurt him. The response on 12 and 13 has been quality though, back-to-back birdies puts him at 2-under for the day.
5th hole
Molinari (+1) finds the bunker off the tee on the fifth, not a major disaster as on most holes on this course but it'll be tough for him to make a birdie from here.
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