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The 2025 Open Championship finally kicks off Thursday morning with the first round at Royal Portrush. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full Open Championship TV coverage, streaming info and Round 1 tee times.
How to watch the Open on Thursday
The opening round of the final major of the year has arrived. The best golfers in the world are prepped and ready to fight for major history at Royal Portrush. But one player has something extra on the line.
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy won the Masters in April to complete the career Grand Slam. There aren’t many career accomplishments left for McIlroy to tick off. But one big one is winning the Open at Portrush. McIlroy grew up not for from the iconic Open host, playing it regularly growing up.
‘The Open is the one I’ve dreamed about winning’ – Justin Rose
Now he’ll get his second chance to claim the Claret Jug at the renowned links in front of thousands of local Northern Ireland fans. And it’s a good time for McIlroy’s return to Portrush. This season he has two other big PGA Tour wins in addition to his Masters title. Just last week, he tied for second at the Genesis Scottish Open.
McIlroy’s quest for a home-country Open win begins early Thursday morning.
You can watch the first round of the Open Championship on TV via USA, which will air coverage starting at 4 a.m. ET Thursday morning. Peacock will provide exclusive early coverage beginning at 1:30 a.m. ET, in additon to featured group coverage and a Par-3 Channel.
Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2025 Open Championship.
How to watch on TV Thursday
USA will carry first-round TV coverage of the 2025 Open Championship from 4 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET on Thursday.
How to stream online Thursday
You can stream the first round of the 2025 Open Championship via Peacock, with multiple viewing options available.
Here’s the complete streaming schedule for Thursday:
Open Round 1 Coverage: 1:30 a.m.-4 a.m. (Peacock)
Par-3 Channel: 3 a.m.-3 p.m. (Peacock)
Featured Groups: 4 a.m.-3 p.m. (Peacock)
Open Round 1 USA Coverage: 4 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (USA)
Open ‘All Access’: 8 a.m.- 1 p.m. (Peacock)
2025 Open Championship Round 1 tee times (ET)
1:35 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hojgaard, Tom McKibbin
1:46 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Guido Migliozzi, K.J. Choi
1:57 a.m. — Cameron Smith, Marco Penge, Justin Hastings (a)
2:08 a.m. — Jason Day, Taylor Pendrith, Jacob Skov Olesen
2:19 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Daniel van Tonder, Ryan Peake
2:30 a.m. — Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An, Niklas Norgaard
2:41 a.m. — Jordan Smith, Haotong Li, Dustin Johnson
2:52 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Davis Riley, Lucas Herbert
3:03 a.m. — Kevin Yu, Julien Guerrier, Mikiya Akutsu
3:14 a.m. — Thomas Detry, Chris Gotterup, Lee Westwood
3:25 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, Mackenzie Hughes
3:36 a.m. — Thorbjorn Olesen, Matthew Jordan, Filip Jakubcik (a)
3:47 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Stephan Jaeger, Sebastian Soderberg
4:03 a.m. — Kristoffer Reitan, Martin Couvra, Adrien Saddier
4:14 a.m. — Takumi Kanaya, Justin Walters, Bryan Newman (a)
4:25 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Ryan Fox, Matt Fitzpatrick
4:36 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Akshay Bhatia
4:47 a.m. — Sam Burns, Aldrich Potgieter, Brooks Koepka
4:58 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, J.J. Spaun, Jon Rahm
5:09 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
5:20 a.m. — Corey Conners, Wyndham Clark, Tom Hoge
5:31 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Nico Echavarria, Patrick Reed
5:42 a.m. — Matt Schmid, Ryggs Johnston, Richard Teder (a)
5:53 a.m. — Dylan Naidoo, Darren Fichardt, John Axelsen
6:04 a.m. — Justin Suh, Oliver Lindell, Jesper Sandborg
6:15 a.m. — Sadom Kaewkanjana, Riki Kawamoto, Sampson Zheng
6:26 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Matteo Manassero, Marc Leishman
6:47 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Jesper Svensson, Connor Graham (a)
6:58 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Daniel Hillier, Daniel Brown
7:09 a.m. — Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler, Ethan Fang (a)
7:20 a.m. — Laurie Canter, Elvis Smylie, Sergio Garcia
7:31 a.m. — Andrew Novak, Matthieu Pavin, Matt Wallace
7:42 a.m. — Davis Thompson, Dean Burmester, Rikuya Hoshino
7:53 a.m. — Si Woo Kim, Shugo Imahira, Sebastian Cave (a)
8:04 a.m. — Michael Kim, Bud Cauley, John Parry
8:15 a.m. — Matt McCarty, Shaun Norris, Angel Hidalgo
8:26 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im, Daniel Berger
8:37 a.m. — Rasmus Hojgaard, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Romain Langasque
8:48 a.m. — Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala, Harry Hall
9:04 a.m. — Justin Leonard, Thriston Lawrence, Antoine Rozner
9:15 a.m. — J.T. Poston, Chris Kirk, Carlos Ortiz
9:26 a.m. — Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Joaquin Niemann
9:37 a.m. — Russell Henley, Tyrrell Hatton, Min Woo Lee
9:48 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Rose
9:59 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Aberg, Viktor Hovland
10:10 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood
10:21 a.m. — Harris English, Nick Taylor, Tony Finau
10:32 a.m. — Lucas Glover, Jhonattan Vegas, Tom Kim
10:43 a.m. — Brian Campbell, John Catlin, Frazer Jones (a)
10:54 a.m. — Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak, Cameron Adam (a)
11:04 a.m. — Daniel Young, Curtis Luck, Curtis Knipes
11:16 a.m. — Younghan Song, George Bloor, O.J. Farrell
