Subscribers in the UK can watch every shot on Sky Sports Golf, which is live from 6.30am on Thursday and Friday.
There will also be a daily highlights show on BBC Two.
At the weekend the live broadcast starts at 9am on Saturday, on Sunday it starts at 8am and continues until long after the Claret Jug has been handed over to the winner.
Much of the action will also be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event.
Round 1: 6.30am – Sky Sports Golf
Round 2: 6.30am – Sky Sports Golf
Round 3: 9am – Sky Sports Golf
Round 4: 8am – Sky Sports Golf
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Prize money
The R&A has not yet announced the prize money for the 2026 Open, but the prize money for 2025 is as follows.
First Place: $3,100,000
Second place: $1,759,000
Third place: $1,128,000
Fourth place: $876,000
Fifth place: $705,000
Sixth place: $611,000
Seventh place: $525,000
Eighth place: $442,500
Ninth place: $388,000
Tenth place: $350,600
Start times
Round 1:
6:35am Matt Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas
7:08 am Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean
9:36 a.m. Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland
9:47 a.m Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day
9:58 a.m Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau
10:09 am Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm
10:20 a.m Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor
10:31 am Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig
10:42 am Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard
10:53 am Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt
11:04 am MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald
11:15 a.m Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera
11:41 a.m John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen
11:52 a.m Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman
12:03 p.m Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter
12:14 p.m Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan
12:25 p.m. Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama
12:36 p.m Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber
12:47 p.m Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger,
12:58 p.m. Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis
1:09 p.m Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li
1:20 p.m Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick
1:31 p.m Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell
1:42 p.m Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima
1:53 p.m Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan
2:09 p.m Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert
2:20 p.m Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, JT Poston
2:31 p.m Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott
2:42 p.m Collin Morikawa, JJ Spaun, Nicolai Hojgaard
2:53 p.m. Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka
3:04 p.m Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Aberg
3:15 p.m Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick
3:26 p.m Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer
3:37 p.m Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria
3:48 p.m Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta
3:59 p.m Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow
4:10 p.m Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen
4:21 p.m. Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter
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