When is Rory McIlroy playing at the Open today? Tee times for round two

Rory McIlroy will look to bounce back from a slow start to the Open as he embarks on his second round today.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 full6.35am: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen6.46am: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman6.57am: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter7.08am: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan7.19am: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama7.30am: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber7.41am: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger7.52am: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis8.03am: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li8.14am: Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick8.25am: Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima8.47am: Aldrich Potgieter, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan (a)9.03am: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert9.14am: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, JT Poston9.25am: Chris Gtterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott9.36am: Collin Morikawa, JJ Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard9.47am: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka9.58am: Camron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Aberg10.09am: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schaeffele, Matt Fitzpatrick10.20am: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)10.31am: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria10.42am: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta10.53am: Cameron John, Auster Truslow, Sam Bairstow11.04am: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen11.15am: Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)11.41am: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas11.52am: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan12.03pm: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan12.14pm: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean12.25pm: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick12.36pm: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate12.47pm: Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)12.58pm: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith1.09pm: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)1.20pm: Hennie Du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Dan Bradbury1.31pm: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)1.42pm: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren1.53pm: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth2.09pm: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune2.20pm: Akshav Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Hojgaard2.31pm: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee2.53pm: Justin Thomas, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau3.15pm: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm3.26pm: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor3.37pm: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig3.48pm: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)3.59pm: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt4.10pm: MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald4.21pm: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro de Castro Piera (a)How to watch the Open 2026TV 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.