GRAB your clubs golf fans as The Open is fast approaching – and some of the world’s biggest stars will be batting on the Royal Troon course.

Brian Harman claimed the Claret Jug with a stunning performance at Hoylake last year.

The American’s dominant display saw him finish six shots ahead of second-place Jon Rahm.

But his American compatriot Tiger Woods will be determined to secure his fourth tournament triumph at Royal Troon by snatching the crown off Harman.

And Rory McIlroy has his eye on the prize too, having not won a major tournament since 2014.

Find out all you need to know about The Open 2024.

When is The Open 2024?

• The Open 2024 will get underway THIS Thursday, July 18 and concludes on Sunday, July 21.
• Play is scheduled to start at 6:35am BST / 1:35am ET on the first two days and then from 9am BST / 4am ET over the weekend.
• Royal Troon will host this year’s iconic tournament.

What TV channel is it on and can it be live streamed?

• The Open 2024 will be broadcast LIVE on Sky Sports Golf in the UK.
• Fans in the US can head to ESPN for all the live action.
• The British Open can also be streamed on NOW TV via any compatible device.
• Alternatively, SunSport will have a rolling blog to cover the entire tournament.

What are the tee times?

Here are the tee times for the opening round of The Open:

0635 Justin Leonard, Todd Hamilton, Jack McDonald (Sco)

0646 Tom McKibbin (NIrl), Alex Noren (Swe), Calum Scott (Sco) (x)

0657 Jesper Svensson (Swe), Vincent Norrman (Swe), Michael Hendry (Nzl)

0708 Younghan Song (Kor), Daniel Hillier (Nzl), Ryosuke Kinoshita (Jpn)

0719 Min Woo Lee (Aus), Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Abraham Ancer (Mex)

0730 Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Adam Scott (Aus), Keita Nakajima (Jpn)

0741 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Justin Rose (Eng), Jasper Stubbs (Aus) (x)

0752 Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im (Kor), Matthew Southgate (Eng)

0803 Nick Taylor (Can), Matt Wallace (Eng), Laurie Canter (Eng)

0814 Sebastian Soderberg (Swe), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Shubhankar Sharma (Ind)

0825 Zach Johnson, Austin Eckroat, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)

0836 John Daly, Santiago de la Fuente (Mex) (x), Aaron Rai (Eng)

0847 Stewart Cink, Chris Kirk, Dominic Clemons (Eng) (x)

0903 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Adam Schenk, Joaquin Niemann (Chl)

0914 Adam Hadwin (Can), Lucas Glover, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa)

0925 Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

0936 Jon Rahm (Esp), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)

0947 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Bryson DeChambeau, Tom Kim

0958 Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland (Nor), Sahith Theegala

1009 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

1020 Keegan Bradley, Will Zalatoris, Gordon Sargent (x)

1031 Harris English, Maverick McNealy, Alexander Bjork (Swe)

1042 Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Sean Crocker, Tommy Morrison (x)

1053 David Puig (Esp), John Catlin, Guntaek Koh (Kor)

1104 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Daniel Bradbury (Eng), Elvis Smylie (Aus)

1115 Nacho Elvira (Esp), Minkyu Kim (Kor), Darren Fichardt (Rsa)

1126 Mason Andersen, Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn), Sam Hutsby (Eng)

1147 Ewen Ferguson (Sco), Marcel Siem (Ger)

1158 CT Pan (Tpe), Romain Langasque (Fra), Yuto Katsuragawa (Jpn)

1209 Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Angel Hidalgo (Esp), Richard Mansell (Eng)

1220 Corey Conners (Can), Ryan Fox (Nzl), Jorge Campillo (Esp)

1231 Ernie Els (Rsa), Gary Woodland, Altin van der Merwe (Rsa) (x)

1242 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den) (x)

1253 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Billy Horschel, Victor Perez (Fra)

1304 Sepp Straka (Aut), Brendon Todd, Jordan Smith (Eng)

1315 Denny McCarthy, Taylor Moore, Adrian Meronk (Pol)

1326 Jason Day (Aus), Byeong Hun An (Kor), Rickie Fowler

1337 Alex Cejka (Ger), Eric Cole, Kurt Kitayama

1348 Darren Clarke (NIrl), JT Poston, Dean Burmester (Rsa)

1404 Phil Mickelson, Joost Luiten (Ned), Dustin Johnson

1415 Padraig Harrington (Irl), Davis Thompson, Matthew Jordan (Eng)

1426 Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Brooks Koepka

1437 Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay

1448 Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim (Kor)

1459 Shane Lowry (Irl), Cameron Smith (Aus), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

1510 Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young

1521 Akshay Bhatia, Tom Hoge, Sami Valimaki (Fin)

1532 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes (Can)

1543 Yannik Paul (Ger), Joe Dean (Eng), Andy Ogletree

1554 Ryan van Velzen (Rsa), Charlie Lindh (Swe), Luis Masaveu (Esp) (x)

1605 Kazuma Kobori (Nzl), Jaime Montojo Fernandez (Esp) (x), Liam Nolan (Irl) (x)

1616 Daniel Brown (Eng), Denwit David Boriboonsub (Tha), Matthew Dodd-Berry (Eng) (x)

1627 Jeunghun Wang (Kor), Aguri Iwasaki (Jpn), Sam Horsfield (Eng)

What has been said?

Tiger Woods has revealed that this will be his FINAL tournament this season.

The American idol said: “I’ve only got one more tournament this season.

“Even if I win the British Open, I don’t think I’ll be in the [FedEx Cup] playoffs. Just one more event and then I’ll come back whenever I come back.”

Who are the favourites?

Here are The Open 2024 favourites:

• Scottie Scheffler 4/1
• Rory Mcllroy 13/2
• Ludvig Aberg 9/1
• Xander Schauffele 10/1
• Bryson DeChambeau 11/1
• Collin Morikawa 12/1

*Odds courtesy of Paddy Power are correct at time of publication