Pairings and tee times for the final round of The 154th Open, held at Royal Birkdale in Southport, Merseyside. <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/13563608/the-open-2026-leaderboard-latest-golf-scores-from-royal-birkdale-and-weather-tee-times-for-final-mens-major-of-the-year"><strong>Latest leaderboard and scores from The Open</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/golf/live-blog/12176/13564322/the-open-2026-third-round-live-latest-updates-highlights-scores-as-bryson-dechambeau-scottie-scheffler-chase-major-win"><strong>Third round as it happened at Royal Birkdale </strong></a></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/golf/the-open">The Open: Latest headlines, news and highlights</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink">Get Sky Sports</a> or <a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink">stream golf with no contract</a></strong></li></ul><widget id="8"></widget><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> <widget id="10"></widget><h2><strong>Sunday's R4 pairings and UK start times</strong></h2><p><em>All times BST; USA unless stated; (x) denotes amateur</em></p><p>0740 Keegan Bradley, Jesper Svensson (Swe)</p><p>0750 Laurie Canter (Eng), Matthew Southgate (Eng)</p><p>0800 Ben Griffin, Jack MacDonald (Sco)</p><p>0810 Kazuki Higa (Jpn), Peter Uihlein</p><p>0820 John Parry (Eng), Sepp Straka (Aut)</p> <widget id="12"></widget><p>0830 Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa), Andy Sullivan (Eng)</p><p>0840 Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Marcus Plunkett</p><p>0850 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Min Woo Lee (Aus)</p><p>0900 MJ Daffue (Rsa), Nick Taylor (Can)</p><p>0915 Rickie Fowler, Eugenio Chacarra (Esp)</p><p>0925 Thomas Detry (Bel), Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn)</p><p>0935 Victor Perez (Fra), JJ Spaun</p><p>0945 Patrick Cantlay, Chris Gotterup</p><p>0955 Kurt Kitayama, Michael Brennan</p><p>1005 Bud Cauley, Brooks Koepka</p><p>1015 Pierceson Coody, Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng)</p><p>1025 Johnny Keefer, Corey Conners (Can)</p><p>1040 Adam Scott (Aus), Patrick Reed</p><p>1050 Shaun Norris (Rsa), Michael Thorbjornsen</p><p>1100 Alex Noren (Swe), Marco Penge</p><p>1110 Matt Wallace (Eng), Russell Henley</p><p>1120 Collin Morikawa, Francesco Molinari (Ita)</p><p>1130 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Jordan Smith (Eng)</p> <widget id="9"></widget><p>1140 Sahith Theegala, Henni Du Plessis (Rsa)</p><p>1150 Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Casey Jarvis (Rsa)</p><p>1205 Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Cameron Young</p><p>1215 Sungjae Im (Kor), Nico Echavarria (Col)</p><p>1225 Justin Thomas, Jacob Bridgeman</p><p>1235 Alex Smalley, Max Homa</p><p>1245 Scotte Scheffler, Jose Ballester (Esp)</p><p>1255 Shane Lowry (Irl), Jon Rahm (Esp)</p> <widget id="13"></widget><p>1305 Daniel Brown (Eng), Cameron John (Aus)</p><p>1315 Kazuma Kobori (Aus), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)</p><p>1330 Xander Schauffele, Eric Cole</p><p>1340 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)</p><p>1350 Bryson DeChambeau, Jackson Suber</p><p>1400 Lucas Herbert (Aus), Ludvig Åberg (Swe)</p> <widget id="11"></widget><p>1410 Si Woo Kim (Kor), Ryan Gerard</p><p>1420 Sam Burns, Ryan Fox (Nzl)</p><h2><strong>When is The Open live on Sky Sports?</strong></h2><p>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.</p><p>'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 <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/WatchGolfApp">Sky Sports App</a> ahead of full coverage on Sky Sports Golf from 10am. Featured Groups will also be available on Sky Sports+ or the <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/WatchGolfApp"><strong>Sky Sports App</strong></a>.</p>
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