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Woods, McIlroy headline marquee groups at the Open Championship

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The Open Championship is heading to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland for the first time since 1951 and will feature a world-class field set to compete for the coveted Claret Jug and "Champion Golfer of the Year" honors.

Tiger Woods will play the opening two rounds with Patrick Reed and England's Matt Wallace beginning at 10:10 a.m. ET.

Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy will be looking to win The Open on home soil. He'll tee off at 5:09 a.m. ET on Thursday alongside U.S. Open Champion Gary Woodland and Paul Casey.

Set multiple alarms for these notable Rounds 1 and 2 tee times, as you won't want to miss any of the action from the year's final major championship (all times ET):

Group: Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry, Branden Grace
Thursday - 2:52 a.m.
Friday - 7:53 a.m.

Group: Henrik Stenson, Xander Schauffele, Graeme McDowell
Thursday - 4:41 a.m
Friday - 9:15 a.m.

Group: Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Scott
Thursday - 4:58 a.m.
Friday - 9:59 a.m.

Group: Rory McIlroy, Gary Woodland, Paul Casey
Thursday - 5:09 a.m.
Friday - 10:10 a.m.

Group: Rickie Fowler, Kevin Kisner, Hideki Matsuyama
Thursday - 5:20 a.m.
Friday - 10:21 a.m.

Group: Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood, Thorbjorn Olesen
Thursday - 7:53 a.m.
Friday - 2:52 a.m.

Group: Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen, Shubhankar Sharma
Thursday - 8:04 a.m.
Friday - 3:03 a.m.

Group: Jordan Spieth, Marc Leishman, Danny Willett
Thursday - 8:26 a.m.
Friday - 3:25 a.m.

Group: Justin Rose, Tony Finau, Lucas Bjerregaard
Thursday - 9:48 a.m.
Friday - 4:47 a.m.

Group: Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
Thursday - 9:59 a.m.
Friday - 4:58 a.m.

Group: Tiger Woods, Patrick Reed, Matt Wallace
Thursday - 10:10 a.m.
Friday - 5:09 a.m.

Group: Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Kuchar
Thursday - 10:31 a.m.
Friday - 5:20 a.m.

A full list of groups and tee times can be found here.

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