2016 British Open tee times: Pairings for Sunday’s final round

We’re going to run it back on Sunday at The Open, which appears to be a two-man duel over the final 36 holes at Royal Troon. Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson will do it all over again at the bottom of the tee sheet in the final round. They’re both at least five shots clear of the next closest competitor in what will be a one-on-one Sunday at The Open.

Stenson managed to flip the margin on Mickelson, who started the third round with a one-shot lead but will begin the final round with a one-shot deficit. The two exchanged blows all round, flipping back and forth at the top of the leaderboard before Stenson used the two back nine par-3s to get ahead. Both par-3s featured two-shot swings, with the Swede pouring in two birdies and Phil dropping two shots with bogeys. The second swing came at the 17th and that’s where it would stand going into Sunday.

The two-man battle will begin 9:35 a.m. ET on Sunday at the 1st tee, almost an hour earlier than Saturday’s schedule. The pace of play on Saturday at Troon was brisk, with many early groups getting into the house in well under four hours. Jordan Spieth played with Brandt Snedeker in just three hours and 31 minutes, a ridiculously fast pace for a star who takes a lot of crap for playing too slow. It obviously helps when you’re out of it and playing alongside someone like Snedeker, who is known for moving quickly and playing ready golf. That pace, of course, slowed down a bit with the later groups as they were trying to make a run at Phil and Henrik, who were also much more deliberate given their place on the leaderboard. Still, that final pairing came in right around four hours, which is an excellent mark for a major.

Although it stays light out in Scotland well past 10 p.m. this time of year, the R&A has never really tried to push it too late or set up a late Sunday finish for the American audience. Unless there’s a four-hole aggregate playoff or some crazy weather delay, which almost never happens at The Open, the final round usually finishes out between 1:30 and 2 p.m. ET back in the States. That leaves a lot of daylight hours for golf in Scotland but it’s a tradition and it’s nice to have a full afternoon still ahead of you if you’re an American viewer.

Here’s the full tee sheet for Sunday’s final round:

2:40 a.m.: Colin Montgomerie
2:50 a.m.: Kodai Ichihara, Kevin Kisner
3 a.m.: Charley Hoffman, Marco Dawson
3:10 a.m.: Mark O’Meara, Daniel Summerhays
3:20 a.m.: Scott Hend, Patton Kizzire
3:30 a.m.: Yuta Ikeda, Greg Chalmers
3:40 a.m.: Branden Grace, Soomin Lee
3:50 a.m.: James Hahn, Ryan Evans
4 a.m.: Paul Lawrie, Danny Willett
4:10 a.m.: Zander Lombard, Harris English
4:25 a.m.: Kevin Chappell, K.T. Kim
4:35 a.m.: Adam Scott, Jamie Donaldson
4:45 a.m.: Richard Sterne, Harold Varner III
4:55 a.m.: Marc Leishman, Justin Thomas
5:05 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Graeme McDowell
5:15 a.m.: Jim Furyk, Jordan Spieth
5:25 a.m.: Bubba Watson, Anirban Lahiri
5:35 a.m.: Rickie Fowler, Russell Knox
5:45 a.m.: Matt Jones, Ryan Moore
5:55 a.m.: Lee Westwood, Luke Donald
6:10 a.m.: Byeong Hun An, Jason Dufner
6:20 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Ryan Palmer
6:30 a.m.: Alex Noren, Padraig Harrington
6:40 a.m.: David Howell, Justin Rose
6:50 a.m.: Nicolas Colsaerts, Matt Kuchar
7 a.m.: Rafa Cabrera Bello, Matthew Southgate
7:10 a.m.: Andy Sullivan, Jason Day
7:20 a.m.: Thomas Pieters, Thongchai Jaidee
7:30 a.m.: Brandt Snedeker, Haydn Porteous
7:40 a.m.: Martin Kaymer, Francesco Molinari
7:55 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Emiliano Grillo
8:05 a.m.: Webb Simpson, Gary Woodland
8:15 a.m.: Miguel Angel Jimenez, Zach Johnson
8:25 a.m.: Kevin Na, Dustin Johnson
8:35 a.m.: Jim Herman, Tyrrell Hatton
8:45 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Charl Schwartzel
8:55 a.m.: Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed
9:05 a.m.: Soren Kjeldsen, Tony Finau
9:15 a.m.: Steve Stricker, J.B. Holmes
9:25 a.m.: Andrew Johnston, Bill Haas
9:35 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson