The Open: Sunday's R4 pairings and tee times for Royal Birkdale

The Open 2026 tee times: Full R4 pairings and start times for final round of men's major at Royal Birkdale Scottie Scheffler is six strokes back and Rory McIlroy is eight shots behind; Sam Burns heads into the final day two clear of Ryan Fox and Si Woo Kim; watch day four live on Sunday from 8am on Sky Sports Golf Saturday 18 July 2026 21:15, UK Pairings and tee times for the final round of The 154th Open, held at Royal Birkdale in Southport, Merseyside. Ryan Fox equalled the lowest round in men's major history with an eight-under 62 on Saturday, seeing him jump into tied-second and set up a Sunday pairing with American Sam Burns. Burns holds a two-shot advantage over Fox and Si Woo Kim, while nine of the current top 10 on the leaderboard are chasing a maiden major title - with Bryson DeChambeau the exception - and within five strokes of the lead. - Latest leaderboard and scores from The Open - Third round as it happened at Royal Birkdale - The Open: Latest headlines, news and highlights - Get Sky Sports or stream golf with no contract Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is six strokes back as he looks to become the first back-to-back winner of The Open since Padraig Harrington defended his title here in 2008, while Rory McIlroy is eight behind after a one-under 69. A record prize purse is available at The Open, with Sunday's winner being crowned Champion Golfer of the Year and taking home a $3.2million (£2.38m) first prize. Sunday's R4 pairings and UK start times All times BST; USA unless stated; (x) denotes amateur 0740 Keegan Bradley, Jesper Svensson (Swe) 0750 Laurie Canter (Eng), Matthew Southgate (Eng) 0800 Ben Griffin, Jack MacDonald (Sco) 0810 Kazuki Higa (Jpn), Peter Uihlein 0820 John Parry (Eng), Sepp Straka (Aut) 0830 Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa), Andy Sullivan (Eng) 0840 Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Marcus Plunkett 0850 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Min Woo Lee (Aus) 0900 MJ Daffue (Rsa), Nick Taylor (Can) 0915 Rickie Fowler, Eugenio Chacarra (Esp) 0925 Thomas Detry (Bel), Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn) 0935 Victor Perez (Fra), JJ Spaun 0945 Patrick Cantlay, Chris Gotterup 0955 Kurt Kitayama, Michael Brennan 1005 Bud Cauley, Brooks Koepka 1015 Pierceson Coody, Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng) 1025 Johnny Keefer, Corey Conners (Can) 1040 Adam Scott (Aus), Patrick Reed 1050 Shaun Norris (Rsa), Michael Thorbjornsen 1100 Alex Noren (Swe), Marco Penge 1110 Matt Wallace (Eng), Russell Henley 1120 Collin Morikawa, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 1130 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Jordan Smith (Eng) 1140 Sahith Theegala, Henni Du Plessis (Rsa) 1150 Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Casey Jarvis (Rsa) 1205 Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Cameron Young 1215 Sungjae Im (Kor), Nico Echavarria (Col) 1225 Justin Thomas, Jacob Bridgeman 1235 Alex Smalley, Max Homa 1245 Scotte Scheffler, Jose Ballester (Esp) 1255 Shane Lowry (Irl), Jon Rahm (Esp) 1305 Daniel Brown (Eng), Cameron John (Aus) 1315 Kazuma Kobori (Aus), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 1330 Xander Schauffele, Eric Cole 1340 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 1350 Bryson DeChambeau, Jackson Suber 1400 Lucas Herbert (Aus), Ludvig Åberg (Swe) 1410 Si Woo Kim (Kor), Ryan Gerard 1420 Sam Burns, Ryan Fox (Nzl) When is The Open live on Sky Sports? Sky Sports is once again the exclusive home of The Open in the UK and Ireland, with wall-to-wall action from the final men's major of the year throughout the weekend on Sky Sports Golf. 'Sunday at The Open' will kick off the final-round coverage from 8am on Sky Sports Golf, with early play on Sky Sports+ and the Sky Sports App ahead of full coverage on Sky Sports Golf from 10am. Featured Groups will also be available on Sky Sports+ or the Sky Sports App. [Image text:] XON Cleveland