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The Open 2017 tee-off times, day three

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Rory McIlroy will get his third round under way at 3.25pm - R&A
Rory McIlroy will get his third round under way at 3.25pm - R&A

Rory McIlroy is relishing the prospect of doing battle for a second Open title as Jordan Spieth looked to join him in pursuit of a career grand slam.

McIlroy added a 68 to his opening 71 on Friday to lie five shots off the pace set by Spieth, who defied strong winds and torrential rain - which led to a short suspension in play in late afternoon - to finish six under par.

Spieth, who would join McIlroy in having won three of the game's four majors with victory at Royal Birkdale on Sunday, held a two-shot lead over Ryder Cup team-mate Matt Kuchar, with England's Ian Poulter on three under alongside US Open champion Brooks Koepka.

"Jordan and Brooks are two of the best players in the world at the moment and I can't wait to do battle with them," said McIlroy, who needs to win the Masters to complete a career grand slam.

The 28-year-old had been five over par after six holes of his first round and seemed destined for a fourth missed cut in five events until a stern talking to from caddie JP Fitzgerald prompted a back-nine rally.

The world number four came home in 32 with three birdies in the last four holes and maintained that momentum on Friday with birdies on the first, third and sixth taking him to the turn in 31.

That was an eight-shot improvement on Thursday and although he dropped shots on the 13th and 15th, a birdie on the 17th helped McIlroy climb into a tie for sixth with Richard Bland, Austin Connelly and Gary Woodland.

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Saturday day three tee times 

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, all times Local):

(a) denotes amateurs

Starting at hole 1

 

  • 0920 Shaun Norris (Rsa)

  • 0930 Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose

  • 0940 Webb Simpson (USA), Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra)

  • 0950 Young-Han Song (Kor), Danny Willett

  • 1000 Scott Hend (Aus), Marc Leishman (Aus)

  • 1010 Lee Westwood, Sean O'Hair (USA)

  • 1020 Brandon Stone (Rsa), David Drysdale

  • 1030 Andy Sullivan, Jason Day (Aus)

  • 1040 Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Toby Tree

  • 1050 Joseph Dean, James Hahn (USA)

  • 1105 Thomas Pieters (Bel), (a) Alfie Plant

  • 1115 Peter Uihlein (USA), K.T. Kim (Kor)

  • 1125 Branden Grace (Rsa), Jason Dufner (USA)

  • 1135 Andrew Dodt (Aus), Xander Schauffele (USA)

  • 1145 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Daniel Berger (USA)

  • 1155 Jimmy Walker (USA), Martin Kaymer (Ger)

  • 1205 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Matthew Southgate

  • 1215 Tony Finau (USA), J.B. Holmes (USA)

  • 1225 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Chris Wood

  • 1235 Kevin Na (USA), Jon Rahm (Spa)

  • 1250 Dustin Johnson (USA), Paul Casey

  • 1300 Adam Scott (Aus), Andrew Johnston

  • 1310 Yi-Keun Chang (Kor), Henrik Stenson (Swe)

  • 1320 Steve Stricker (USA), Matthew Fitzpatrick

  • 1330 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Laurie Canter

  • 1340 Haotong Li (Chn), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)

  • 1350 Rickie Fowler (USA), Sergio Garcia (Spa)

  • 1400 Ross Fisher, Sung-hoon Kang (Kor)

  • 1410 Kevin Kisner (USA), Zach Johnson (USA)

  • 1420 Ernie Els (Rsa), Chan Kim (USA)

  • 1435 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Russell Henley (USA)

  • 1445 Alex Noren (Swe), Kent Bulle (USA)

  • 1455 Bubba Watson (USA), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)

  • 1505 Charley Hoffman (USA), Joost Luiten (Ned)

  • 1515 Jamie Lovemark (USA), Richard Bland

  • 1525 Gary Woodland (USA), Rory McIlroy

  • 1535 Austin Connelly (Can), Richie Ramsay

  • 1545 Brooks Koepka (USA), Ian Poulter

  • 1555 Matt Kuchar (USA), Jordan Spieth (USA)

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