2017 British Open tee times: Pairings for Sunday’s final round

Just as they did on Saturday, Americans Jordan Spieth and Matt Kuchar will play together in the final round of the 146th Open Championship on Sunday. Spieth is the 54-hole leader at Royal Birkdale with a score of 11 under par, and Kuchar’s 8-under mark is right behind him atop the leaderboard. Spieth is trying to complete the third leg of the career grand slam at 23 years old. Kuchar’s gunning for his first major win.

Twenty-year-old Canadian Austin Connelly and U.S. Open winner Brooks Koepka are still in the picture at 5-under. It’s not impossible that one of them makes a charge. Branden Grace and Hideki Matsuyama, both at 4-under, are still nominally in it, too. (Grace is coming off the lowest-scoring major round ever shot.) It’s still possible that someone outside the final group wins. This situation isn’t quite like last year’s at Royal Troon, where Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson were a country mile ahead of the rest.

The championship nonetheless feels like Spieth’s to lose, and Kuchar has enough separation from the pack to get the mantle of his main competition. Kuchar shot a 4-under 66 on Saturday and somehow lost ground to Spieth, who birdied the 18th hole to bring his lead to three shots. Spieth’s been through a lot of major ups and downs over the last few years, and he has a determined look about him at Birkdale.

If Spieth shoots another 65, he wins the Claret Jug. If he shoots a 68 or 69, he probably still wins it. The trophy is there for his taking, and everyone else in the field is at his mercy. His worst outing so far was a 69 on Friday, and two 65s have sandwiched it. That’s a roundabout way of saying it’s really hard not to like Spieth on Sunday.

Should Spieth and Kuchar (or anyone else) finish 72 holes tied, the championship would hinge on a four-hole aggregate playoff, which becomes sudden-death after that. The winner gets $1.845 million in prize money from a total tournament purse of $10.25 million.

Golf Channel will broadcast the early-morning action from 4 a.m.-7 a.m. ET. The coverage shifts to NBC after that, and it stays there until the Jug’s been awarded. You can stream the entire final round on Golf Channel.

With Spieth and Kuchar going off at 9:30 a.m. ET (or 2:30 p.m. local in Southport), expect a finish right around 1:45 p.m. back in the States. These Sundays at The Open usually finish up before 2 p.m., giving you the rest of the day and evening to enjoy a nice summer Sunday. Unless the weather really turns to slow things down, these rounds move in twosomes in about four hours.

Here’s the full tee sheet. Times are Eastern: