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)
Latest updates
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10th hole
Doc Redman (-4) becomes the first man of the day to reach the 4-under mark after a glorious second shot finishes a couple of inches from the whole.
12th hole
Francesco Molinari (-2) holes his eagle attempt and moves two shots under par for the week. He's 4-under for the round.
2nd hole
McDowell (-3) misjudged his third shot and left himself with a long putt for birdie, he didn't get it but made par.
18th hole
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (+1) joins Sharma, Turner and Bertasio as the players to birdie the last hole today. Three bogeys, five birdies and an eagle for Kiradech give him the lowest round of the day with a four under 67.
1st hole
Patrick Reed (-4) and Justin Thomas (-4) get game number 27 underway. The wind has picked up to about 18mph off the first tee. Patrick Reed finds the long rough to the left with Thomas in the fairway.
4th hole
173 yards to the pin for G-Mac on the fourth, he doesn't get it that far but finds the green and will have a putt for birdie.
4th hole
G-Mac's (-3) birdie putt doesn't trail to the left as he'd hoped so he settles for par.
14th hole
Molinari's (-2) approach to the 14th isn't the greatest so has has a long, long putt for a birdie. That putt is a poor one as well as Francesco leaves it about 6ft short.
Most of the leaders have arrived at the course, Brooks Koepka is the latest to arrive with Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry already here.
11th hole
Doc Redman's (-3) solid run of form comes to a halt on the difficult par-4 11th. He makes his second bogey of the day.
3rd hole
After his birdie on two Tyrell Hatton (-4) fails to replicate the result on the third pulling the putt up shirt. In the previous group Justin Harding (-4) made a birdie two.
1st hole
From the rough Patrick Reed (-4) holes his putt from around 9-10ft for a par.
Romain Langasque (-1) holed this beauty at the fourth. It's a good job too or else that ball was travelling miles:
5th hole
Tom Lewis (-4) goes back-to-back with birdies on the fourth and fifth to move 4-under par, McDowell (-3) has to settle for a par.
There are more and more umbrellas being opened, the rain is coming down and the wind is picking up as predicted.
4th hole
Tyrell Hatton (-5) makes it two birdies in four holes for the Englishman.
6th hole
McDowell (-3) is wide off the tee on the par-3 sixth. His chipped second shot comes in from the rough and finishes about a foot from the hole. Great recovery from G-Mac.
2nd hole
Justin Thomas (-4) on the second green has a birdie putt. He hits it well but it hovers over the hole when it stops. Thomas waits but it doesn't drop.
7th hole
McDowell's (-3) third shot into the seventh hits the front edge of the green and rolls back into the fairway. Up and down for par needed now for G-Mac.
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