You are reading our viewer’s guide for Round 1 of the 2026 Open Championship. To see complete TV coverage and streaming info for Friday’s second round, click here.
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The 2026 Open Championship gets underway early Thursday morning with the first round at Royal Birkdale in England. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full Open Championship TV coverage, streaming details and complete Round 1 tee times.
How to watch Open on Thursday
It’s been a long time since Rory McIlroy hoisted the Claret Jug as Open champion back in 2014. But in recent years, McIlroy has broken his major drought with back-to-back wins at the Masters.
This week, McIlroy embarks on a different mission: winning his second Open and seventh major championship title. He’s come close in recent years, finishing T7 last season behind winner Scottie Scheffler, T6 in 2023 and solo third in 2022 at St. Andrews.
But Scheffler and a host of other challengers, not to mention Royal Birkdale’s baked-out fairways, should give Rory a run for his money this week. And all the action gets started on Thursday.
If you’re a golf fan watching from the U.S., you’re going to want to wake up early to catch the Open on Thursday.
You can watch the first round of the Open Championship on TV via USA, which will open the TV coverage at 4 a.m. ET on Thursday morning. Before that, Peacock will kick off the streaming coverage at 1:30 a.m. ET. Peacock will also provide featured group coverage all day Thursday.
Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 Open Championship.
How to watch on TV Thursday
USA will provide first-round TV coverage of the 2026 Open Championship on Thursday from 4 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET.
How to stream online Thursday
You can stream the first round of the 2026 Open Championship via Peacock, which will provide early streaming coverage and featured group coverage. USA’s telecast can be streamed via Golf Channel Mobile.
Here’s the full Open Championship streaming schedule for Thursday:
Open Round 1 Coverage: 1:30 a.m.-4 a.m. (Peacock)
Featured Groups: All Day (Peacock)
Open Round 1 USA Coverage: 4 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel Mobile)
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2026 Open Championship Round 1 tee times (ET)
Tee No. 1
1:35 a.m. – Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas
1:46 a.m. – Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan
1:57 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan
2:08 a.m. – Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean
2:19 a.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick
2:30 a.m. – David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate
2:41 a.m. – Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)
2:52 a.m. – Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith
3:03 a.m. – Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)
3:14 a.m. – Hennie Du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester, Dan Bradbury
3:25 a.m. – Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)
3:36 a.m. – Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren
3:47 a.m. – Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth
4:03 a.m. – Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune
4:14 a.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Højgaard
4:25 a.m. – Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee
4:36 a.m. – Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland
4:47 a.m. – Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day
4:58 a.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau
5:09 a.m. – Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm
5:20 a.m. – Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor
5:31 a.m. – Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig
5:42 a.m. – Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)
5:53 a.m. – Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt
6:04 a.m. – M.J. Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald
6:15 a.m. – Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)
6:41 a.m. – John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen
6:52 a.m. – Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman
7:03 a.m. – Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter
7:14 a.m. – Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)
7:25 a.m. – Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama
7:36 a.m. – Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber
7:47 a.m. – Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger
7:58 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis
8:09 a.m. – Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li
8:20 a.m. – Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick
8:31 a.m. – Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)
8:42 a.m. – Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima
8:53 a.m. – Aldrich Potgieter, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan (a)
9:09 a.m. – Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert
9:20 a.m. – Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, J.T. Poston
9:31 a.m. – Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott
9:42 a.m. – Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Højgaard
9:53 a.m. – Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka
10:04 a.m. – Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg
10:15 a.m. – Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick
10:26 a.m. – Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)
10:37 a.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria
10:48 a.m. – Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta
10:59 a.m. – Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow
11:10 a.m. – Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Skogen
11:21 a.m. – Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)
