Thursday and Friday pairings

US Amateur Champion Richie Ramsay will make his Open debut alongside Irishman Padraig Harrington and American David Toms. Ramsay?s fellow Scotsman Colin Montgomerie is grouped with Stewart Cink and Toshi Izawa.

Golf Monthly?s playing editor David Howell will be amongst the early starters on Thursday. He tees off at 7.36 alongside in-form K.J Choi and South African Richard Sterne. GM blogger Bradley Dredge will play his opening two rounds with crowd favourite John Daly and Australian Robert Allenby.

Benn Barham will give Golf Monthly an exclusive insight into what it is like to play in the Open via his Open blog . The Englishman will be the last man to tee off on Thursday alongside Jose-Filipe Lima and Terry Pilkadaris.

See below for a full list of groupings and start times.

GB & Ire unless stated

06:30 & 11:41 Joe Durant- USA, Oliver Wilson, Ben Bunny- Aus

06:41 & 11:52 Kevin Stadler- USA, Graeme Storm, David Higgins

06:52 & 12:03 Adilson Da Silva- Brz, Gregory Bourdy- Fra, Matt Kuchar- USA

07:03 & 12:14 Vaughn Taylor- USA, Peter Fowler- Aus, (A) David Coupland

07:14 & 12:25 Ross Bain, Duffy Waldorf- USA, John Bickerton

07:25 & 12:36 Scott Drummond, Rod Pampling- Aus, Steve Stricker- USA

07:36 & 12:47 KJ Choi- Kor, Richard Sterne- SA, David Howell

07:47 & 12:58 Stuart Appleby- Aus, John Rollins- USA, Raphael Jacquelin- Fra

07:58 & 13:09 Michael Campbell- NZ, Darren Clarke, Chris DiMarco USA

08:09 & 13:20 Retief Goosen- SA, Thomas Bjorn- Den, Justin Leonard- USA

08:20 & 13:31 Geoff Ogilvy- Aus, Anthony Wall, Todd Hamilton- USA

08:31 & 13:42 (A) Drew Weaver, Paul Casey, Stephen Ames- Can

08:42 & 13:53 Nick Faldo, Trevor Immelman- SA, Carl Pettersson- Swe

08:58 & 14:09 Adam Scott- Aus, Davis Love- USA, Hideto Tanihara- Jpn

09:09 & 14:20 Tiger Woods- USA, Paul Lawrie, Justin Rose

09:20 & 14:31 Ian Poulter, Scott Verplank- USA, Mike Weir- Can

09:31 & 14:42 Colin Montgomerie, Toshi Izawa- Jpn, Stewart Cink- USA

09:42 & 14:53 Tom Lehman- USA, Jeev Milkha Singh- Ind, Nick O'Hern- Aus

09:53 & 15:04 Michael Putnam- USA, David Shacklady, Tomohiro Kondo- Jpn

10:04 & 15:15 Paul McGinley, JJ Henry- USA, John Senden- Aus?

10:15 & 15:26 Markus Brier- Aut, Gregory Havret- Fra, Rich Beem- USA

10:26 & 15:37 Ryan Moore- USA, Pelle Edberg- Swe, Dong-Hwan Lee- Kor

10:37 & 15:48 Adam Groom- Aus, Fredrik Andersson Hed- Swe, Hunter Mahan- USA

10:48 & 15:59 Peter Baker, Mark Foster, Spencer Levin- USA

10:59 & 16:10 Mattias Eliasson- Swe, Justin Kehoe, David Gleeson- Aus

11:10 & 16:21 Won Joon Lee- Aus, Doug McGuigan, Toshinori Muto- Jpn

11:41 & 06:30 Jerry Kelly- USA, Paul Broadhurst, Mark Hensby- Aus

11:52 & 06:41 Sandy Lyle, Shaun Micheel- USA, Andres Romero- Arg

12:03 & 06:52 Charl Schwartzel- SA, Mark Calcavecchia- USA, Ross Fisher

12:14 & 07:03 Peter Hanson- Swe, Brett Wetterich- USA, Matthew Zions- Aus

12:25 & 07:14 Anders Hansen- Den, David Frost- SA, Richard Green- Aus

12:36 & 07:25 Robert Karlsson- Swe, Ernie Els- SA, Lucas Glover- USA

12:47 & 07:36 John Daly- USA, Bradley Dredge, Robert Allenby -Aus

12:58 & 07:47 Luke Donald, Charles Howell- USA, (A) Llewellyn Matthews

13:09 & 07:58 Angel Cabrera- Arg, Rory Sabbatini- USA, Sean O'Hair- USA

13:20 & 08:09 Padraig Harrington, (A) Richie Ramsay, David Toms- USA

13:31 & 08:20 Jim Furyk- US, Niclas Fasth- Swe, Nick Dougherty

13:42 & 08:31 (A) Rory McIlroy, Miguel Angel Jimenez- Spa, Henrik Stenson- Swe

13:53 & 08:42 Vijay Singh- Fij, Arron Oberholser USA, Brian Davis

14:09 & 08:58 Aaron Baddeley- Aus, Ben Curtis- USA, (A) Paul Waring

14:20 & 09:09 Phil Mickelson- USA, Toru Taniguchi- Jpn, Lee Westwood

14:31 & 09:20 Graeme McDowell, Zach Johnson- USA, Jose Maria Olazaba- Spa

14:42 & 09:31 Sergio Garcia- Spa, Chad Campbell- USA, Johan Edfors- Swe

14:53 & 09:42 Achi Sato- Jpn, Brett Quigley- USA, Francesco Molinari- Ita

15:04 & 09:53 Mark O'Meara- USA, Loren Roberts- USA, Tony Jacklin

15:15 & 10:04 Boo Weekley- USA, Jon Bevan, Paul Sheehan- Aus

15:26 & 10:15 Pat Perez- USA Yong-Eun Yang- Kor, Kevin Harper

15:37 & 10:26 Ewan Porter- Aus, Jonathan Byrd- USA, Alastair Forsyth

15:48 & 10:37 Steve Alker- NZ, Nick Watney- USA, Desvonde Botes- SA

15:59 & 10:48 Charley Hoffman- USA, Chih Bing Lam- Sin, Steve Parry

16:10 & 10:59 Scott Laycock- Aus, Anders Hultman- Swe, Seung-Ho Lee- Kor

16:21 & 11:10 Jose-Filipe Lima- Por, Terry Pilkadaris- Aus, Benn Barham