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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18th hole
Ashton Turner (+4) finishes his Open on a high, he birdies the last hole to card a 3-under par 68, the crowd really enjoyed it and gave him a loud cheer as the ball dropped. He's the first man to finish the tournament.
2nd hole
Two poor opening holes from Sergio Garcia (-1) he misses birdie on the first and leaves himself a long putt for birdie on the second. That putt he then leaves short and has a tricky putt to save par.
7th
Joost Luiten (-3) off the front edge of the green takes out the putter for his third shot, he gives it a fair welly and the ball bounces in and out of the hole to deny him an eagle.
1st hole
DJ (-2) opens his account with a par. Up next on the tee is Northern Ireland's only competitor to make the cut, Graeme McDowell. Expect the reception for G-Mac to but immense.
5th hole
The Big Easy Ernie Els (-1) cards his fifth consecutive par with his partner Lucas Bjerregaard (-1) going one better and getting under par again with a birdie.
10th hole
Francesco Molinari (evs) kisses the left edge of the hole for birdie in his attempt to go under par.
9th hole
Louis Oosthuizen (-1) gets a shot back on the last hole of the front nine. He goes out in 34, one under par for the day and the week.
1st hole
Tom Lewis (-2) gets a gentle round of applause as he takes an iron of the first tee and into the fairway.
The reception is quite a bit louder for Graeme McDowell (-2), born and bred of course in Portrush. It's an iron as well for G-Mac and the cheering continues as the ball finds the fairway.
18th hole
Happy Birthday, Shubhanker Sharma! He holes a 30-35 footer on the last hole for a birdie and a round of 68 to finish (+3) for the tournament.
8th hole
Pars for both Joost Luiten (-3) and Doc Redman (-3) keep them at 3-under for the day, Redman's par putt coming from around 15-20ft.
10th hole
Louis Oosthuizen (-2) rolls in his fourth birdie of the tenth, that's two in a row for Louis.
1st hole
Get in, G-Mac rolls in an 8 or 9 footer on the first for a birdie three. He onlookers enjoyed that one, McDowell moves to (-3).
4th hole
After a birdie on the second DJ is also at (-3), his drive on the fourth isn't the best though and he sends the ball into the bracken.
5th hole
Sergio (-1) mullers his drive off the tee and hits the downslope heading into the green, the ball shoots on, through the green and into the out of bounds markers. His third off the tee, goes slightly left and he'll have a tricky up and down for bogey.
7th hole
Ryan Fox (-1), the New Zealander who carded a 29 on the back nine on Thursday, stops his run of six pars with a birdie on the seventh.
12th hole
Molinari's (evs) second into the twelfth is a great one, it pitches up just short of the green and has the right pace to roll up to about 7-8 feet of the hole. That should be an eagle for Frankie.
9th hole
Luiten's front nine comes to a disappointing end with a bogey on nine. He goes out in 34, 2-under par for both round and tournament.
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