2026 Open Championship Update: Tee Times, Pairings, and Analysis for Round 2 on Friday at Royal Birkdale

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The 2026 Open Championship rolls on into the second round on Friday with a surprising name atop the leaderboard. Jackson Suber grabbed a share of the lead at 5 under with a first-round 65 in his only career round at The Open.

Suber won't have a long night to sleep on the lead, which might be for the best for his nerves. He will be one of the first out on Friday morning with a 2:30 a.m. ET (7:30 a.m. local) tee time, offering an opportunity to extend his advantage if he can stay hot. 

The most notable chaser out early will be Cameron Young (-3), as he'll tee off at 4:58 a.m. alongside Wyndham Clark (+3) and Ludvig Åberg (+1), who each have work to do to ensure a weekend tee time. In the group behind them, pre-tournament favorites Rory McIlroy (+2), Matt Fitzpatrick (+2) and Xander Schauffele (+1) will all be grinding to make the cut in the 5:09 a.m. starting time.

Follow complete coverage of Round 2 at The Open with our live updates, leaderboard changes and highlights from Friday at Royal Birkdale.

In the later wave, Bryson DeChambeau (-3), Scottie Scheffler (-2) and Tyrrell Hatton (-1) will see how they handle the likely tougher afternoon conditions at Royal Birkdale at 10:04 a.m., after all three put themselves in contention with rounds in red figures on Thursday morning. Tommy Fleetwood (-1), Jon Rahm (-1) and Jordan Spieth (+3) will be off in the next group at 10:15 with Fleetwood hoping to ride the hometown fan support up the leaderboard heading into the weekend. 

Friday got off to a rousing start when Australia's Lucas Herbert went out and fired a record-tying 62 to grab the clubhouse lead after his round. Herbert shot a 28 on his outward nine, which matched the lowest front nine score in major championship history. It should be noted that the front nine at Royal Birkdale is par 34 as it features no par 5s. Herbert then followed it up with three more birdies on the back nine to put himself in position to break the record for lowest round in a major all time. Herbert had a par putt on the 18th from roughly five feet out that pulled left and left him to settle for a 62.

Not to be outdone, Sam Burns managed to match Herbert just 30 minutes later. Burns nailed birdies on his final three holes of the day, including a hole out from the greenside bunker on 18 to sign for his 62. Burns moved up an improbable 100 spots on the leaderboard when he walked off the 18th green after shooting a 73 in Round 1.

Below is the complete schedule of tee times and groupings for Friday's second round at Royal Birkdale as the 156-man field battles for the winner's share of The Open's enhanced $17.5 million purse for this year's outing. Don't miss a second of the action Friday by checking out CBS Sports' complete 2026 Open TV schedule and coverage guide for viewing information across the final 54 holes.

1:35 a.m. -- John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen1:46 a.m. -- Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman1:57 a.m. -- Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter2:08 a.m. -- Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)2:19 a.m. -- Sepp Straka Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama2:30 a.m. -- Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber2:41 a.m. -- Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger2:52 a.m. -- Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis3:03 a.m. -- Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li3:14 a.m. -- Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick3:25 a.m. -- Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)3:36 a.m. -- Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima3:47 a.m. -- Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan (a)4:03 a.m. -- Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert4:14 a.m. -- Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, J.T. Poston4:25 a.m. -- Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott4:36 a.m. -- Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Højgaard4:47 a.m. -- Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka4:58 a.m. -- Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludivg Åberg5:09 a.m. -- Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick5:20 a.m. -- Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)5:31 a.m. -- Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria5:42 a.m. -- Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco LaPorta5:53 a.m. -- Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Sam Bairstow6:04 a.m. -- Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Skogen6:15 a.m. -- Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)6:41 a.m. -- Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas6:52 a.m. -- Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan7:03 a.m. -- Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan7:14 a.m. -- Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean7:25 a.m. -- Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick7:36 a.m. -- David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate7:47 a.m. -- Sungjae Im, Daniel Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)7:58 a.m. -- Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith8:09 a.m. -- Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)8:20 a.m. -- Hennie Du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester, Dan Bradbury8:31 a.m. -- Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)8:42 a.m. -- Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren8:53 a.m. -- Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth9:09 a.m. -- Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune9:20 a.m. -- Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Højgaard9:31 a.m. -- Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee9:42 a.m. -- Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland9:53 a.m. -- Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day10:04 a.m. -- Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau10:15 a.m. -- Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm10:26 a.m. -- Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor10:37 a.m. -- Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig10:48 a.m. -- Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)10:59 a.m. -- Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonexawa, Caleb Surratt11:10 a.m. -- M.J. Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald11:21 a.m. -- Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a)

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