The Open 2019 tee times: Third round start times for Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose and more

JB Holmes and Shane Lowry shared the lead going into the third day at Royal Portrush

The Open Championship in numbers

A year after sacking his caddie following his fourth straight missed cut in the The Open, Ireland’s Shane Lowry will take a share of the lead – and Rory McIlroy‘s fervent support – into the third round of the year’s final major.

Lowry carded a second consecutive 67 at Royal Portrush to join American JB Holmes on eight under par, with Tommy Fleetwood – who could follow Ryder Cup partner Francesco Molinari in lifting the Claret Jug – and Lee Westwood a shot behind.

Olympic champion Justin Rose is a stroke further back alongside Cameron Smith and Justin Harding, with world number one Brooks Koepka ominously poised on five under in pursuit of a fifth major win in his last 10 starts.

Former champion Jordan Spieth was alongside Koepka after a 67, but McIlroy and Tiger Woods missed the halfway cut, McIlroy agonisingly doing so by a single shot after following his opening 79 with a superb 65.

Here are all Saturday’s tee-times in full:

09:35 Paul Waring (Eng)

09:45 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jason Kokrak (US)

09:55 Graeme McDowell, Bubba Watson (US)

10:05 Charley Hoffman (US), Ashton Turner (Eng)

10:15 Yosuke Asaji (Jpn), Andrew Wilson (Eng)

10:25 Yuki Inamori (Jpn), Matt Wallace (Eng)

10:35 Nino Bertasio (Ita), Tom Lewis (Eng)

10:45 Adam Hadwin (Can), Ryan Fox (NZ)

11:00 Inn-choon Hwang (Kor), Benjamin Hebert (Fra)

11:10 Paul Casey (Eng), Kyle Stanley (US)

11:20 Eddie Pepperell (Eng), Doc Redman (US)

11:30 Kevin Streelman (US), Joost Luiten (Ned)

11:40 Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Louis Oosthuizen (SA)

11:50 Stewart Cink (US), Callum Shinkwin (Eng)

12:00 Jim Furyk (US), Kevin Kisner (US)

12:10 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Russell Knox (Sco)

12:20 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), Mikko Korhonen (Fin)

12:35 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Branden Grace (SA)

12:45 Romain Langasque (Fra), Sang Hyun Park (Kor)

12:55 Patrick Cantlay (US), Lucas Glover (US)

13:05 Danny Willett (Eng), Aaron Wise (USA)

13:15 Justin Thomas (US), Robert Macintyre (Sco)

13:25 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Ernie Els (SA)

13:35 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Thomas Pieters (Bel)

13:45 Rory Sabbatini (Svk), Byeong-Hun An (Kor)

13:55 Rickie Fowler (US), Xander Schauffele (US)

14:10 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Webb Simpson (US)

14:20 Alex Noren (Swe), Dustin Johnson (US)

14:30 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Matt Kuchar (US)

14:40 Jon Rahm (Spa), Patrick Reed (US)

14:50 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Tony Finau (US)

15:00 Erik Van Rooyen (SA), Dylan Frittelli (SA)

15:10 Andrew Putnam (US), Jordan Spieth (US)

15:20 Brooks Koepka (US), Justin Rose (Eng)

15:30 Justin Harding (SA), Cameron Smith (Aus)

15:40 Lee Westwood (Eng), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)

15:50 Shane Lowry (Ire), JB Holmes (US)

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[20 July 2019 10:23 · Jack Watson]

We have our first birdie of the day! Incredible scenes!

Graene McDowell of Northern Ireland birdies the second and leaps up the leaderboard to the dizzy heights of tied-48. The home crowd liked that one.

[20 July 2019 10:26 · Jack Watson]

Today's pin positions

These remind me of the kind of maths questions where you're asked to find the area of a shape.

[20 July 2019 10:30 · Jack Watson]

Watson bogies the third and slips to +2. Not looking good here. He misses a putt, gives the green a nasty stare then sinks the fourth shot.

[20 July 2019 10:35 · Jack Watson]

Graeme McDowell delivers the first birdies 

[20 July 2019 10:37 · Jack Watson]

Goodness me, Portrush in the crisp morning sun is absolutely stunning

In fact, this weather could really benefit some of the players later in the day.

Kevin Roth, weather expert for Fantasy Sports info hub RotoGrinders.com, said this afternoon's perfect conditions will throw the race for the Claret Jug wide open.

He said: "The wind is expected to die away in the late afternoon, leaving the likes of Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood ready to chase down the leading pack in Shane Lowry in JB Holmes in perfect conditions - simply put, the later you tee off, the better off you are.

"It brings little hope to the early starters in their chances of playing catch up and with winds reaching up to 20mph until early afternoon the chance of a decent score for the likes of Francesco Molinari, Sergio Garcia and Paul Casey is looking slimmer by the hole."

Saturday's forecast: Mostly dry, windy.

Light rain in the morning with winds around 10-15mph holding out till lunchtime. Come late afternoon and early evening those winds start to subside down to 10mph with it calming towards the end of the day.

[20 July 2019 10:42 · Jack Watson]

Right, back to the golf.

Yosuke Asaji and Andrew Wilson both birdied the second and move to a par score, along with Charley Hoffman.

Molinari (+1) is still plodding away picking up straight pars, while Watson (+2) is yet to make up for dropping a shot on the third.

[20 July 2019 10:52 · Jack Watson]

Two-time Open champion Jack Nicklaus still fancies Shane Lowry or Tommy Fleetwood to go on and win, but doesn't rule out a dark horse sneaking on to win. 

[20 July 2019 10:55 · Jack Watson]

While Paul Waring does not have a competing partner alongside him, it does not mean he is out there completely alone.

Royal Portrush head professional Gary McNeill was given the honour of accompanying first man out Waring on the third day of The Open.

With an odd number - 73 players made the cut - Waring was given a marker to play alongside as he teed off at 9.35am and that prize was handed to O'Neill, who missed out in qualifying for the tournament outright last month.

The Royal Portrush club shop closed so staff could watch McNeill tee off with a somewhat understandably nervous low, left shot off the first. Despite a helping wind Waring could only par the first two holes and remained at one over.

[20 July 2019 10:57 · Jack Watson]

If you backed Molinari (+1), it may be time to time to forget about his chances of winning. Six holes in and he's still yet to ship away at his score.

Meanwhile...Watson is back on +1 after sinking a birdie putt on the fifth.

And goodness me, Nino Bertasio goes for a double-bogey on the first and falls to +3...

[20 July 2019 11:01 · Jack Watson]

Wallace (+1) made a bit of a has by bogeying the first this morning after sneaking through in a group alongside Tiger Woods yesterday. Well, he's quickly atoned for that and sets himself up for a simple birdie putt after some grand approach play.