The Open 2023: UK start time, TV channel, live stream and tee times as Rory McIlroy eyes first major title since 2014

THE 151st edition of The Open will take place later this month and Rory McIlroy will be aiming to break his long streak without a major win.

The Northern Irishman won the Championship the last time Royal Liverpool played host in 2014.

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McIlroy almost claimed his long-awaited fifth major title at the US Open in June but narrowly missed out to Wyndham Clark.

Australian Cameron Smith won the prestigious Claret Jug last year at St Andrews.

The LIV Golf star finished at an impressive -20 under par and pipped Cameron Young to the title.

When is The Open 2023?

• The Open 2023 will begin on Thursday, July 20 and end on Sunday, July 23.
• Play is expected to start at 7am on the first two days and 9am over the weekend
• The 151st Open will be played at Royal Liverpool.

What channel is it on and can it be live streamed?

• The Open will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Golf.
• Sky Sports customers can live stream the action via the NOW app.
• You can download the NOW app for free onto your mobile and tablet device.

Tee times

Tee times in BST and ET:

• 6:35am BST (1:35am ET): Matthew Jordan, Richie Ramsay, Branden Grace
• 6:46am (1:46am): Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Graeme Robertson
• 6:57am (1:57am): Ryan Fox, Lucas Herbert, Byeong Hun An
• 7:08am (2:08am): Rikuya Hoshino, Charl Schwartzel, Alex Maguire
• 7:19am (2:19am): Adrian Meronk, Pablo Larrazabal, Hiroshi Iwata
• 7:30am (2:30am): Patrick Reed, Connor Syme, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio (A)
• 7:41am (2:41am): Darren Clarke, Victor Perez, Thomas Pieters
• 7:52am (2:52am): Louis Oosthuizen, Joost Luiten, Christo Lamprecht (A)
• 8:03am (3:03am): Stewart Cink, JT Poston, Trey Mullinax
• 8:14am (3:14am): Henrik Stenson, Harris English, Andrew Putnam
• 8:25am (3:25am): Scott Stallings, Jordan Smith, Thorbjorn Olesen
• 8:36am (3:36am): Ernie Els, Kurt Kitayama, Takumi Kanaya
• 8:47am (3:47am): Sam Burns, Sepp Straka, Chris Kirk
• 9:03am (4:03am): Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day
• 9:14am (4:14am): Padraig Harrington, Seamus Power, Talor Gooch
• 9:25am (4:25am): KH Lee, Davis Riley, Taiga Semikawa
• 9:36am (4:36am): Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama
• 9:47am (4:47am): Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott
• 9:58am (4:58am): Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark
• 10:09am (5:09am): Shane Lowry, Rickie Fowler, Robert MacIntyre
• 10:20am (5:20am): Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim, Bryson DeChambeau
• 10:31am (5:31 am): Nicolai Højgaard, Bio Kim, Kazuki Yasumori
• 10:42am (5:42am): Dan Bradbury, Oliver Farr, Haydn Barron
• 10:53am (5:53am): Marcel Siem, Martin Rohwer, Tiger Christensen (A)
• 11:04am (6:04am): Lee Hodges, Antoine Rozner, Richard Bland 
• 11:15am (6:15am): Yannik Paul, Sami Välimäki, Laurie Canter
• 11:36am (6:36am): Rasmus Højgaard, Matthew Southgate, Alex Fitzpatrick
• 11:47am (6:47am): Daniel Hillier, Kyung Nam Kang, Kensei Hirata
• 11:58am (6:58am): Callum Shinkwin, Kazuki Higa, Michael Kim
• 12:09 pm (7:09 am): Zack Fischer, Taichi Kho, Kyle Barker
• 12:20pm (7:20am): Brendon Todd, Romain Langasque, Travis Smyth
• 12:31pm (7:31am): Gary Woodland, Adrian Otaegui, Alexander Bjork
• 12:42pm (7:42am): Min Woo Lee, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Harrison Crowe (A)
• 12:53 pm (7:53am): Corey Conners, Billy Horschel, Alex Noren
• 13:04 pm (8:04 am): Tom Kim, Tom Hoge, Abraham Ancer
• 13:15pm (8:15am): Zach Johnson, Matt Wallace, David Micheluzzi
• 13:26pm (8:26am): Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, Dustin Johnson
• 13:37pm (8:37am): Francesco Molinari, Denny McCarthy, Mateo Fernandez De Oliveira (A)
• 13:48pm (8:48am): Brian Harman, Thriston Lawrence, Thomas Detry
• 14:04pm (9:04am): John Daly, Taylor Moore, Danny Willett
• 14:15pm (9:15am): David Lingmerth, Ben Griffin, Ockie Strydom
• 14:26pm (9:26am): Adri Arnaus, Ewen Ferguson, Keita Nakajima
• 14:37pm (9:37am): Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im, Joaquin Niemann
• 14:48pm (9:48am): Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas
• 14:59pm (9:59am): Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose
• 15:10pm (10:10am): Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton
• 15:21pm (10:21am): Phil Mickelson, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk
• 15:32pm (10:32am): Nacho Elvira, Marc Warren, Alejandro Cañizares
• 15:43pm (10:43am): Guido Migliozzi, Oliver Wilson, Connor McKinney
• 15:54pm (10:54am): Kalle Samooja, Shubhankar Sharma, Gunner Wiebe
• 16:05pm (11:05am): Jorge Campillo, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Michael Stewart
• 16:16pm (11:16am): Hurly Long, Seungsu Han, Marco Penge

What has been said?

Speaking ahead of the 2023 Open, Rory McIlroy said: "When I finally win this next major, it's going to be really, really sweet.

"I would go through 100 Sundays like this to get my hands on another major championship.

"The golf course was playing really tricky but all in all, I played a solid round. It is fine margins at this level, at this tournament especially, but I fought to the very end.

"I'll keep coming back until I get another one."

Who are the favourites?

Here are the favourites at the 2023 Open:

• Rory McIlroy - 7/1
• Scottie Scheffler - 7/1
• Jon Rahm - 11/1
• Cameron Smith - 14/1
• Brooks Koepka - 16/1
• Viktor Hovland - 16/1
• Rickie Fowler - 18/1
• Tommy Fleetwood - 18/1
• Tyrell Hatton - 18/1
• Xander Schauffele - 22/1

*Odds courtesy of Paddy Power and are correct at the time of publication.