Olympic golf 2016: Tee times for Friday’s second round

The first Olympic golf competition in more than a century proceeded without controversy or incident on Thursday, which might be surprising if all you’ve done is pay attention to the negative headlines over the past few months. No doubt, golf’s return to the games has been rocky and it’s impossible to say this week will be an unqualified success. There are too many big names missing and the format is too bland.

But now that the Olympics have actually started -- that week with these famous golfers immersing themselves in all the other sports and the athletes’ village was awesome -- and the golf is actually being played, it’s actually been pretty good! If nothing else, it’s fascinating to see pros we’ve come to watch on the same schedule and at the same events every year get dropped into a totally different situation in Rio. Of course the players down there are going to have a more positive outlook on golf’s inclusion in the games, but the genuine comments and unanimity of these pros calling this week life-changing and beyond description is encouraging.

The second round will follow the same format as the first, running the 60-man field off in 20 threesomes beginning at 7:30 a.m. local time in Rio. It’s obviously a small field that makes the tee sheet much more manageable, but this is winter right now in Brazil and darkness does come pretty early in the evening. If the winds do pick up, as this course is designed to play, then the pace could slow down on Friday. But there really should be no issues getting everyone smoothly through to the weekend, where they will all continue on in this no-cut event. Everyone gets 72 holes, no matter how ugly their score gets.

Golf Channel will carry the entire round right from the first tee ball at 6:30 a.m. ET. Unlike some of the tape delayed primetime events we’re hearing so much about, golf is shown live all four days from start to finish.

Here’s the full tee sheet for Friday’s second round:

6:30 a.m. -- Jaco van Zyl, RSA; Mikko Ilonen, FIN; David Hearn, CAN
6:41 a.m. -- Gregory Bourdy, FRA; Fabrizio Zanotti, PAR; Cheng Tsung Pan, TPE
6:52 a.m. -- Yuta Ikeda, JPN; Roope, Kakko, FIN; Miguel Tabuena, PHI
7:03 a.m. -- Ashun Wu, CHN; Nino Bertasio, ITA; Scott Hend, AUS
7:14 a.m. -- Joost Luiten, NED; Ricardo Gouveia, POR; Siddikur Rahman, BAN
7:25 a.m. -- Sergio Garcia, ESP; Patrick Reed, USA; Emiliano Grillo, ARG
7:41 a.m. -- Thorbjorn Olesen, DEN; Alex Cejka, GER; Ryan Fox, NZL
7:52 a.m. -- S.S.P. Chawrasia, IND; Seamus Power, IRL; Wen-Tang Lin, TPE
8:03 a.m. -- Rickie Fowler, USA; Justin Rose, GBR; Jhonattan Vegas, VEN
8:14 a.m. -- Henrik Stenson, SWE; Thongchai Jaidee, THA; Rafa Cabrera Bello, ESP
8:25 a.m. -- Adilson da Silva, BRA; Graham DeLaet, CAN; Byeong Hun An, KOR
8:36 a.m. -- Padraig Harrington, IRL; Matteo Manassero, ITA; Danny Lee, NZL
8:47 a.m. -- Kiradech Aphibarnrat, THA; Gavin Kyle Green, MAS; Thomas Pieters, BEL
9:03 a.m. -- Julien Quesne, FRA; Marcus Fraser, AUS; Shingo Katayama, JPN
9:14 a.m. -- Nicolas Colsaerts, BEL; Jeunghun Wang, KOR; Espen Kofstad, NOR
9:25 a.m. -- Felipe Aguilar, CHI; Danny Chia, MAS; Soren Kjeldsen, DEN
9:36 a.m. -- Fabian, Gomez, ARG; David Lingmerth, SWE; Jose-Filipe Lima, POR
9:47 a.m. -- Rodolfo Cazaubon, MEX; Bernd Wiesberger, AUT; Brandon Stone, RSA
9:58 a.m. -- Danny Willett, GBR; Matt Kuchar, USA; Hao Tong, Li; CHN
10:09 a.m. -- Bubba Watson, USA; Martin Kaymer, GER; Anirban Lahiri, IND