Golf:For the fourth time at the British Open Championship Tiger Woods and Justin Rose have been paired together in the first two rounds. The duo, who will be joined by Spain's Sergio Garcia, were also partners at Muirfield in 2002, Carnoustie in 2007 and St Andrews two years ago.

They tee off at 9.42am in the first round on Thursday and then 2.43pm on Friday.

Just ahead of them each day will be defending champion Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood, but not together.

Clarke begins his bid to retain the Claret Jug at 9.09am in the company of 2002 winner Ernie Els and American Zach Johnson, winner of the John Deere Classic in Illinois this weekend.

Westwood, making his 58th attempt to lift a Major title, is alongside Masters champion Bubba Watson and Japan’s comparatively little-known Yoshinori Fujimoto.

Those arriving really early will have the chance to see three former winners playing together.

Sandy Lyle and Americans Todd Hamilton and Mark Calcavecchia will be on the first tee at just after 7am, although the championship will be well under way by then.

Because the field is 157, one more than usual because of all the different exempt players, the action kicks off at 6.19am with a two-ball of 52-year-old former Ryder Cup player Barry Lane, who came through qualifying, and American James Driscoll.

World number one Luke Donald has been paired with Phil Mickelson, but they have to wait until 2.43pm on Thursday to hit their first shots, and both Rory McIlroy and Pádraig Harrington are afternoon starters as well.

Second-ranked McIlroy is with 2010 champion Louis Oosthuizen and reigning USPGA champion Keegan Bradley at 2.21pm, followed by 2007 and 2008 winner Harrington alongside young American Rickie Fowler and European amateur champion Manuel Trappel.

The Austrian is one of only two amateurs in the field. Northern Ireland’s Alan Dunbar, who won the British title last month at Royal Troon, is the other and he partners Australian Adam Scott and American Matt Kuchar at 8.42am.

THURSDAY

6:19 Barry LANE James DRISCOLL

6:30 Richard FINCH Garth MULROY

6:41 Matthew BALDWIN Adilson DA SILVA Tadahiro TAKAYAMA

6:52 Rafa ECHENIQUE Kodai ICHIHARA John HUH

7:03 Sandy LYLE Todd HAMILTON Mark CALCAVECCHIA

7:14 Alejandro CANIZARES Jeev Milkha SINGH Greg CHALMERS

7:25 John DALY Chad CAMPBELL

Michael HOEY 

7:36 Thongchai JAIDEE Justin LEONARD Simon KHAN

7:47 David DUVAL Raphael JACQUELIN Miguel Angel JIMENEZ

7:58 Stephen AMES Robert ROCK Kyle STANLEY

8:09 Stewart CINK Rafael CABRERA-BELLO Johnson WAGNER

8:20 Jamie DONALDSON Bill HAAS YE YANG

8:31 Davis LOVE III Tim CLARK Paul LAWRIE

8:42 Adam SCOTT

Alan DUNBAR (A

) Matt KUCHAR

8:58 Vijay SINGH Nick WATNEY Ian POULTER

9:09

Darren CLARKE

Ernie ELS Zach JOHNSON

9:20 Lee WESTWOOD Yoshinori FUJIMOTO Bubba WATSON

9:31 Dustin JOHNSON

Graeme McDOWELL

Hiroyuki FUJITA

9:42 Tiger WOODS Justin ROSE Sergio GARCIA

9:53 Ryo ISHIKAWA Martin KAYMER Tom WATSON

10:04 Thomas BJORN Aaron BADDELEY Charl SCHWARTZEL

10:15 Jason DUFNER Martin LAIRD Kevin NA

10:26 James MORRISON Daniel CHOPRA Joost LUITEN

10:37 Thorbjorn OLESEN Troy MATTESON Thomas AIKEN

10:48 Brad KENNEDY Mardan MAMAT Steven TILEY

10:59 Warren BENNETT Aaron TOWNSEND Grant VEENSTRA

11:10 Dale WHITNELL Sam WALKER Elliot SALTMAN

11:31 Bob ESTES Steven O'HARA Brendan JONES

11:42 Juvic PAGUNSAN Scott PINCKNEY Nicholas CULLEN

11:53 Steven ALKER Lee SLATTERY Russ COCHRAN

12:04 Tom LEHMAN Pablo LARRAZABAL Greg OWEN

12:15 Marcel SIEM George COETZEE Chez REAVIE

12:26 Marcus FRASER Lucas GLOVER Gregory HAVRET

12:37 Charles HOWELL III Paul BROADHURST Richard STERNE

12:48 Carl PETTERSSON KT KIM Gary WOODLAND

12:59 Ben CURTIS Paul CASEY Trevor IMMELMAN

13:10 Robert KARLSSON Mark WILSON Branden GRACE

13:21 Harris ENGLISH Simon DYSON Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO

13:32 Angel CABRERA KJ CHOI Ross FISHER

13:43 Jonathan BYRD SM BAE Alvaro QUIROS

13:59 Nicolas COLSAERTS Hunter MAHAN John SENDEN

14:10 Bo VAN PELT Francesco MOLINARI Toshinori MUTO

14:21

Rory McILROY

Louis OOSTHUIZEN Keegan BRADLEY

14:32 Rickie FOWLER

Padraig HARRINGTON

Manuel TRAPPEL (A)

14:43 Luke DONALD Phil MICKELSON Geoff OGILVY

14:54 Steve STRICKER Toru TANIGUCHI Anders HANSEN

15:05 Peter HANSON Retief GOOSEN Robert ALLENBY

15:16 Jim FURYK Koumei ODA Fredrik JACOBSON

15:27 Marc LEISHMAN Brandt SNEDEKER Alexander NOREN

15:38 Andres ROMERO Jbe KRUGER Richie RAMSAY

15:49 Ted POTTER JR Ian KEENAN Andrew GEORGIOU

16:00 Troy KELLY Morten Orum MADSEN Anirban LAHIRI

16:11 Prayad MARKSAENG Justin HICKS Ashley HALL

FRIDAY

6:19 Bob ESTES Steven O'HARA Brendan JONES

6:30 Juvic PAGUNSAN Scott PINCKNEY Nicholas CULLEN

6:41 Steven ALKER Lee SLATTERY Russ COCHRAN

6:52 Tom LEHMAN Pablo LARRAZABAL Greg OWEN

7:03 Marcel SIEM George COETZEE Chez REAVIE

7:14 Marcus FRASER Lucas GLOVER Gregory HAVRET

7:25 Charles HOWELL III Paul BROADHURST Richard STERNE

7:36 Carl PETTERSSON KT KIM Gary WOODLAND

7:47 Ben CURTIS Paul CASEY Trevor IMMELMAN

7:58 Robert KARLSSON Mark WILSON Branden GRACE

8:09 Harris ENGLISH Simon DYSON Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO

8:20 Angel CABRERA KJ CHOI Ross FISHER

8:31 Jonathan BYRD SM BAE Alvaro QUIROS

8:42 Nicolas COLSAERTS Hunter MAHAN John SENDEN

8:58 Bo VAN PELT Francesco MOLINARI Toshinori MUTO

9:09

Rory McILROY

Louis OOSTHUIZEN Keegan BRADLEY

9:20 Rickie FOWLER

Padraig HARRINGTON

Manuel TRAPPEL (A)

9:31 Luke DONALD Phil MICKELSON Geoff OGILVY

9:42 Steve STRICKER Toru TANIGUCHI Anders HANSEN

9:53 Peter HANSON Retief GOOSEN Robert ALLENBY

10:04 Jim FURYK Koumei ODA Fredrik JACOBSON

10:15 Marc LEISHMAN Brandt SNEDEKER Alexander NOREN

10:26 Andres ROMERO Jbe KRUGER Richie RAMSAY

10:37 Ted POTTER JR Ian KEENAN Andrew GEORGIOU

10:48 Troy KELLY Morten Orum MADSEN Anirban LAHIRI

10:59 Prayad MARKSAENG Justin HICKS Ashley HALL

11:20 Barry LANE James DRISCOLL

11:31 Richard FINCH Garth MULROY

11:42 Matthew BALDWIN Adilson DA SILVA Tadahiro TAKAYAMA

11:53 Rafa ECHENIQUE Kodai ICHIHARA John HUH

12:04 Sandy LYLE Todd HAMILTON Mark CALCAVECCHIA

12:15 Alejandro CANIZARES Jeev Milkha SINGH Greg CHALMERS

12:26 John DALY Chad CAMPBELL

Michael HOEY 

12:37 Thongchai JAIDEE Justin LEONARD Simon KHAN

12:48 David DUVAL Raphael JACQUELIN Miguel Angel JIMENEZ

12:59 Stephen AMES Robert ROCK Kyle STANLEY

13:10 Stewart CINK Rafael CABRERA-BELLO Johnson WAGNER

13:21 Jamie DONALDSON Bill HAAS YE YANG

13:32 Davis LOVE III Tim CLARK Paul LAWRIE

13:43 Adam SCOTT

Alan DUNBAR (A)

Matt KUCHAR

13:59 Vijay SINGH Nick WATNEY Ian POULTER

14:10

Darren CLARKE

Ernie ELS Zach JOHNSON

14:21 Lee WESTWOOD Yoshinori FUJIMOTO Bubba WATSON

14:32 Dustin JOHNSON

Graeme McDOWELL

Hiroyuki FUJITA

14:43 Tiger WOODS Justin ROSE Sergio GARCIA

14:54 Ryo ISHIKAWA Martin KAYMER Tom WATSON

15:05 Thomas BJORN Aaron BADDELEY Charl SCHWARTZEL

15:16 Jason DUFNER Martin LAIRD Kevin NA

15:27 James MORRISON Daniel CHOPRA Joost LUITEN

15:38 Thorbjorn OLESEN Troy MATTESON Thomas AIKEN

15:49 Brad KENNEDY Mardan MAMAT Steven TILEY

16:00 Warren BENNETT Aaron TOWNSEND Grant VEENSTRA

16:11 Dale WHITNELL Sam WALKER Elliot SALTMAN