Rory McIlroy will look to bounce back from a slow start to the Open as he embarks on his second round today.
Poor putting was his undoing as he signed off on +2, sitting tied in 85th place.
The Northern Irishman remains in pursuit of his second major title of 2026, but was unfortunate to tee off in high winds on day one. He then struggled to content with sun-baked greens and his own generally erratic play.
He will hope for a more productive day two, though he already has a mountain to climb as he sits seven strokes adrift of runaway leader Jackson Suber.
When is Rory McIlroy playing at the Open today?
McIlroy tees off at 10.09am BST on day two - Friday, July 17, 2026 - at the Royal Birkdale.
He will play in the same trio as he did on day one, alongside Xander Schauffele and Matt Fitzpatrick.
What time does the Open start?
The first group of the day, comprised of John Parry, Eric Cole, and Tiger Christensen, tees off at 6.35am BST.
Open 2026 day two tee times in full
All times BST
6.35am: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen
6.46am: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman
6.57am: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter
7.08am: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan
7.19am: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama
7.30am: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber
7.41am: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger
7.52am: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis
8.03am: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li
8.14am: Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick
8.25am: Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima
8.47am: Aldrich Potgieter, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan (a)
9.03am: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert
9.14am: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, JT Poston
9.25am: Chris Gtterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott
9.36am: Collin Morikawa, JJ Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard
9.47am: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka
9.58am: Camron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Aberg
10.09am: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schaeffele, Matt Fitzpatrick
10.20am: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)
10.31am: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria
10.42am: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta
10.53am: Cameron John, Auster Truslow, Sam Bairstow
11.04am: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen
11.15am: Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)
11.41am: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas
11.52am: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan
12.03pm: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan
12.14pm: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean
12.25pm: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick
12.36pm: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate
12.47pm: Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)
12.58pm: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith
1.09pm: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)
1.20pm: Hennie Du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Dan Bradbury
1.31pm: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)
1.42pm: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren
1.53pm: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth
2.09pm: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune
2.20pm: Akshav Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Hojgaard
2.31pm: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee
2.42pm: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland
2.53pm: Justin Thomas, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau
3.15pm: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm
3.26pm: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor
3.37pm: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig
3.48pm: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)
3.59pm: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt
4.10pm: MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald
4.21pm: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro de Castro Piera (a)
How to watch the Open 2026
TV channel: All four days of the Open are being televised live in the UK on Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports Main Event, with coverage set to start at 6.30am.
