Early Open starts for Woods, Harrington and McIlroy

Tiger Woods will not have to wait too long to make his competitive return to Hoylake in the 143rd Open Championship, which gets under way on Thursday.

Woods, who claimed his third Claret Jug the last time the Open was staged at Hoylake in 2006, will start his first round at 9:04am alongside Argentina’s Angel Cabrera and Sweden’s Henrik Stenson.