British Open 2017: Round 3 tee times, pairings and TV schedule
By John Buhler
Round 3 of the 2017 British Open at Royal Birkdale Golf Course begins at 4:20 a.m. ET on Saturday. Here are the tee times, pairings and television schedule.
Day 3 of the 2017 British Open begins bright and early on Saturday morning. The first tee time will be at 4:20 a.m. ET or 9:20 a.m. BT for those lucky enough to be watching this major golf tournament at Royal Birkdale in Southport.
Television coverage stateside will begin at 4:30 a.m. ET on The Golf Channel. The Golf Channel will have the coverage of the first few hours before NBC takes over coverage at 7:00 a.m. ET. NBC will have the national telecast until around 3:00 p.m. ET in the United States.
Through the first two days of the tournament, American Jordan Spieth has been the best player on the course. He leads all players with six under through 36 holes. Behind him by two strokes is American Matt Kuchar, who comes in to play on Saturday at a cool four under on the tournament.
Obviously, they will be the final pairing on Saturday in Round 3 of the 146th playing of The Open Championship. Here are all the pairings and tee times for the golfers that made the cut at the 2017 British Open for Round 3.
2017 Open Championship, Round 3 tee times
- Shaun Morris: 4:20 a.m. ET, 9:20 a.m. BT
- Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose: 4:30 a.m. ET, 9:30 a.m. BT
- Webb Simpson, Mike Lorenzo-Vera: 4:40 a.m. ET, 9:40 a.m. BT
- Younghan Song, Danny Willett: 4:50 a.m. ET, 9:50 a.m. BT
- Scott Hend, Marc Leishman: 5:00 a.m. ET, 10:00 a.m. BT
- Lee Westwood, Sean O’Hair: 5:10 a.m. ET, 10:10 a.m. BT
- Brandon Stone, David Drysdale: 5:20 a.m. ET, 10:20 a.m. BT
- Andy Sullivan, Jason Day: 5:30 a.m. ET, 10:30 a.m. BT
- Aaron Baddeley, Toby Tree: 5:40 a.m. ET, 10:40 a.m. BT
- Joe Dean, James Hahn: 5:50 a.m. ET, 10:50 a.m. BT
- Thomas Pieters, Alfie Plant: 6:05 a.m. ET, 11:05 a.m. BT
- Peter Uihlein, K.T. Kim: 6:15 a.m. ET, 11:15 a.m. BT
- Branden Grace, Jason Dufner: 6:25 a.m. ET, 11:25 a.m. BT
- Xander Dodt, Xander Schauffele: 6:35 a.m. ET, 11:35 a.m. BT
- Charl Schwartzel, Daniel Berger: 6:45 a.m. ET, 11:45 a.m. BT
- Jimmy Walker, Martin Kaymer: 6:55 a.m. ET, 11:55 a.m. BT
- Bernd Wiesberger, Matthew Southgate: 7:05 a.m. ET, 12:05 p.m. BT
- Tony Finau, J.B. Holmes: 7:15 a.m. ET, 12:15 p.m. BT
- Thongchai Jadiee, Chris Wood: 7:25 a.m. ET, 12:25 p.m. BT
- Kevin Na, Jon Rahm: 6:35 a.m. ET, 12:35 p.m. BT
- Dustin Johnson, Paul Casey: 6:50 a.m. ET, 12:50 p.m. BT
- Adam Scott, Andrew Johnston: 7:00 a.m. ET, 1:00 p.m. BT
- Yikeun Chang, Henrik Stenson: 7:10 a.m. ET, 1:10 p.m. BT
- Steve Stricker, Matthew Fitzpatrick: 7:20 a.m. ET, 1:20 p.m. BT
- Soren Kjeldsen, Laurie Canter: 7:30 a.m. ET, 1:30 p.m. BT
- Haotong Li, Thorbjorn Olesen: 7:40 a.m. ET, 1:40 p.m. BT
- Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia: 7:50 a.m. ET, 1:50 p.m. BT
- Ross Fisher, Sung-Hoon Kang: 8:00 a.m. ET, 2:00 p.m. BT
- Kevin Kisner, Zach Johnson: 8:10 a.m. ET, 2:10 p.m. BT
- Ernie Els, Chan Kim: 8:20 a.m. ET, 2:20 p.m. BT
- Hideki Matsuyama, Russell Henley: 8:35 a.m. ET, 2:35 p.m. BT
- Alex Noren, Kent Bulle: 8:45 a.m. ET, 2:45 p.m. BT
- Bubba Watson, Rafael Cabrera-Bello: 8:55 a.m. ET, 2:55 p.m. BT
- Charley Hoffman, Joost Luiten: 9:05 a.m. ET, 3:05 p.m. BT
- Jamie Lovemark, Richard Bland: 9:15 a.m. ET, 3:15 p.m. BT
- Gary Woodland, Rory McIlroy: 9:25 a.m. ET, 3:25 p.m. BT
- Austin Connelly, Richie Ramsay: 9:35 a.m. ET, 3:35 p.m. BT
- Brooks Koepka, Ian Poulter: 9:45 a.m ET, 3:45 p.m. BT
- Matt Kuchar, Jordan Spieth: 9:55 a.m. ET, 3:55 p.m. BT
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It should be an event third day at Royal Birkdale in Southport. Make sure to rise very early to not miss a second of Round 3 of the 2017 Open Championship. Or you can just wait until Spieth tees up at 9:55 a.m. ET.