After two days of play at Royal Birkdale, the 156-player field for the Open Championship has been cut to 77 golfers who will do battle for the right to hoist the Claret Jug on Sunday.
Early on Friday, the cut had been projected at 3-under, but as the weather and scores worsened, the cut line expanded, eventually settling at 5-under.
With leader Jordan Spieth at 6-under, realistically, players at 3 to 4-over and worse have little chance. The second-round leader/co-leader has held on to win 46 times, most recently Rory McIlroy in 2014.
The first Saturday tee time is at 4:20 AM (EST) with South Africa’s Shaun Norris teeing off alone. He is followed by a couple of England’s native sons, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose at 4:30 AM. The final group of two Americans Matt Kuchar and Jordan Spieth go off at 10:55 AM.
TV Coverage
Golf Channel: 4:30-7:00 AM
NBC Sports: 7:00 AM-3:00 PM
Hole No. 1
4:20 AM — Shaun Norris
4:30 AM — Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose
4:40 AM — Webb Simpson, Mike Lorenzo-Vera
4:50 AM — Yonghan Song, Danny Willett
5:00 AM — Scott Hend, Marc Leishman
5:10 AM — Lee Westwood, Sean O’Hair
5:20 AM — Brandon Stone, David Drysdale
5:30 AM — Andy Sullivan, Jason Day
5:40 AM — Toby Tree, Aaron Baddeley
5:50 AM — Joe Dean, James Hahn
6:05 AM — Thoma Pieters, Alfie Plant
6:15 AM — Peter Uihlein, K.T. Kim
6:25 AM — Branden Grace, Jason Dufner
6:35 AM — Andrew Dodt, Xander Schaudffele
6:45 AM — Charl Schwartzel, Daniel Berger
6:55 AM — Jimmy Walker, Martin Kaymer
7:05 AM — Bernd Wiesberger, Matthew Southgate
7:15 AM — Tony Finau, J.B. Holmes
7:25 AM — Thongchai Jaidee, Chris Wood
7:35 AM — Kevin Na, Jon Rahm
7:50 AM — Dustin Johnson, Paul Casey
8:00 AM — Adam Scott, Andrew Johnston
8:10 AM — Yikeun Change, Henrik Stenson
8:20 AM — Steve Stricker, Matthew Fitzpatrick
8:30 AM — Soren Kjeldsen, Laurie Canter
8:40 AM — Haotong Li, Thorbjorn Olesen
8:50 AM — Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia
9:00 AM — Ross Fisher, Sung Kang
9:10 AM — Kevin Kisner, Zach Johnson
9:20 AM — Ernie Els, Chan Kim
9:35 AM — Hideki Matsuyama, Russell Henley
9:45 AM — Alex Noren, Kent Bulle
9:55 AM — Bubba Watson, Rafael Cabrera-Bello
10:05 AM — Charley Hoffman, Joost Luiten
10:15 AM — Jamie Lovemark, Richard Bland
10:25 AM — Gary Woodland, Rory McIlroy
10:35 AM — Austin Connelly, Richie Ramsay
10:45 AM — Brooks Koepka, Ian Poulter
10:55 AM — Matt Kuchar, Jordan Spieth
