Rory McIlroy says he’s ‘getting closer’ to ending his golf drought
Rory McIlroy talks to the media ahead of the start of the British Open and says he’s getting closer to another title.
The second round of the 2024 British Open will start in earnest with several names still in the hunt for the Claret Jug.
A congested leaderboard is topped by Englander Daniel Brown, who sits at 6 under, one stroke ahead of Shane Lowry of Ireland and two ahead of American Justin Thomas. There are seven more golfers (including PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele) within four strokes of Brown, and another seven (including Masters winner Scottie Scheffler) who are one stroke behind them.
Tiger Woods, on the other hand, is much further down that list and in desperate need of a miracle round to avoid missing the cut. Woods shot 8 over par during a first round that included two double bogeys. Woods hasn’t finished higher than a tie for 37th in any major since winning the 2019 Masters and has withdrawn from or missed the cut in five of the past six majors he’s played.
Here are the tee times and more information to know for the second round of The Open:
All times Eastern
1:35 a.m. — Ewen Ferguson, Marcel Siem
1:46 a.m. — CT Pan, Romain Langasque, Yuto Katsuragawa
1;57 a.m. — Rikuya Hoshino, Angel Hidalgo, Richard Mansell
2:08 a.m. — Corey Conners, Ryan Fox, Jorge Campillo
2:19 a.m. — Ernie Els, Gary Woodland, Altin van der Merwe (a)
2:30 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Rasmus Hojgaard, Jacob Skov Olesen (a)
2:41 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Billy Horschel, Victor Perez
2:52 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Brendon Todd, Jordan Smith
3:03 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Taylor Moore, Adrian Meronk
3:14 a.m. — Jason Day, Byeong Hun An, Rickie Fowler
3:25 a.m. — Alex Cejka, Eric Cole, Kurt Kitayama
3:36 a.m. — Darren Clarke, JT Poston, Dean Burmester
3:47 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Joost Luiten, Dustin Johnson
4:03 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Davis Thompson, Matthew Jordan
4:14 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka
4:25 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay
4:36 a.m. — Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim
4:47 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Cameron Smith, Matt Fitzpatrick
4:58 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young
5:09 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Tom Hoge, Sami Valimaki
5:20 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes
5:31 a.m. — Yannik Paul, Joe Dean, Andy Ogletree
5:42 a.m. — Ryan van Velzen, Charlie Lindh, Luis Masaveu (a)
5:53 a.m. — Kazuma Kobori, Jaime Montojo Fernandez (a), Liam Nolan (a)
6:04 a.m. — Daniel Brown, Denwit David Boriboonsub, Matthew Dodd-Berry (a)
6:15 a.m. — Jeunghun Wang, Aguri Iwasaki, Sam Horsfield
6:26 a.m. — Justin Leonard, Todd Hamilton, Jack McDonald
6:47 a.m. — Tom McKibbin, Alex Noren, Calum Scott (a)
6:58 a.m. — Jesper Svensson, Vincent Norrman, Michael Hendry
7:09 a.m. — Younghan Song, Daniel Hillier, Ryosuke Kinoshita
7:20 a.m. — Min Woo Lee, Ryo Hisatsune, Abraham Ancer
7:31 a.m. — Nicolai Hojgaard, Adam Scott, Keita Nakajima
7:42 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Justin Rose, Jasper Stubbs (a)
7:53 a.m. — Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im, Matthew Southgate
8:04 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Matt Wallace, Laurie Canter
8:15 a.m. — Sebastian Soderberg, Matteo Manassero, Shubhankar Sharma
8:26 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Austin Eckroat, Thorbjorn Olesen
8:37 a.m. — John Daly, Santiago de la Fuente (a), Aaron Rai
8:48 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Chris Kirk, Dominic Clemons (a)
9:04 a.m. — Stephan Jaeger, Adam Schenk, Joaquin Niemann
9:15 a.m. — Adam Hadwin, Lucas Glover, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
9:26 a.m. — Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Matthieu Pavon
9:37 a.m. — Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre
9:48 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Bryson DeChambeau, Tom Kim
9:59 a.m. — Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland, Sahith Theegala
10:10 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton
10:21 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Will Zalatoris, Gordon Sargent (a)
10:32 a.m. — Harris English, Maverick McNealy, Alexander Bjork
10:43 a.m. — Guido Migliozzi, Sean Crocker, Tommy Morrison (a)
10:54 a.m. — David Puig, John Catlin, Guntaek Koh
11:05 a.m. — Thriston Lawrence, Daniel Bradbury, Elvis Smylie
11:16 a.m. — Nacho Elvira, Minkyu Kim, Darren Fichardt
11:27 a.m. – Mason Andersen, Masahiro Kawamura, Sam Hutsby
The Open will be broadcast live on NBC and on USA Network, with coverage also on NBC’s Peacock streaming service. The broadcast schedule is as follows (all times Eastern):
Round 2: Friday, July 19
Round 3: Saturday, July 20
Round 4: Sunday, July 21
Live coverage and featured groups can be followed on the live stream on Peacock.
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