The Open is a good major for Tiger Woods. Here’s how to watch him on Thursday.

Tiger Woods tees off at 10:21 a.m. ET on Thursday at The Open Championship at Carnoustie. It marks Tiger’s 20th start at the most historic tournament in golf, which he’s won three times. It’s his first appearance at the tournament since 2015, when he missed the cut.

You can watch or stream Woods’ round live on Golf Channel. His playing partners are Hideki Matsuyama and Russell Knox. Woods enters ranked No. 71 in the world. Matsuyama is 16th and Knox 49th. Woods and Matsuyama have played together a handful of times.

A burning question at every major now is whether Tiger has a chance or not. Things could always go terribly, but at The Open, he has a real chance to contend for two reasons. First, he’s striking the ball well right now and looks more fit than he has in years. Second, The Open sets up in a more Tiger-friendly way than any of the other three majors.

Golf Digest’s Alex Meyers lays out the comprehensive case here for a possible Tiger breakthrough at Carnoustie. A notable point in the 42-year-old’s favor is that older players do better at The Open than the other majors, with a few factors at play in that. Terrible weather often visits Open courses, making the entire tournament volatile. It takes a savvy golf brain to succeed on an Open rota track, and Tiger’s golf mind is as sharp as anyone’s:

Woods’ results at Carnoustie in 1999 and 2007 likely don’t tell us much about his upside there in 2018. But for what it’s worth to you, he tied for seventh in ‘99 and tied for 12th in 2007. He’s done a nice job managing one of the hardest courses in the world.

Beyond that, Tiger’s most obvious problem when things have been bad this year has been his putting. Open Championship greens are a little bit softer and more forgiving than what Woods dealt with when he missed the cut at the U.S. Open in June.

Tiger will still need to play his best golf in more than a decade to have any serious shot at victory. This is a major championship field, with all of the world’s best players and a few who might be even more uniquely suited to success at Carnoustie than Tiger. (Consider world No. 10 Tommy Fleetwood, who shot a course-record 63 at these links in 2017.)

But at this point, Tiger’s not going into any tournament as the outright favorite to win. If he captures a 15th major, he’ll do it by catching lightning in a bottle one weekend. An Open Championship at Carnoustie offers conditions as good for that as any major.

1:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Golf Channel

1:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Golf Channel broadcast simulcast stream

1:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. — “Spotlight” coverage

4 a.m. to 3 p.m. — 3-hole stream focusing on Nos. 8 to 10

Marquee groups stream

2 a.m. to 3 p.m. -- Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio (Ch. 92/208)