Jackson Suber should get to Europe more often.
The 26-year-old, who had never been to the continent before this week, surged ahead of the field to take the early lead at the British Open on Thursday. He posted a 5-under 65 in what was easily the round of the day, thanks to a closing stretch in which he went 4-under in five holes.
That gave Suber, who has yet to win on the PGA Tour, a one-shot lead overnight at Royal Birkdale.
While he’s in control early, there are a lot of people right behind him. Sungjae Im and Daniel Brown will enter Friday just a shot back, and Bryson DeChambeau is leading the large group at 3-under. DeChambeau, who has yet to make a cut at a major this season, posted a 3-under 67 on Thursday. It was his only major round under par, too.
Suber will go off early at 2:30 a.m. ET on Friday. DeChambeau will be in the late wave alongside Scottie Scheffler, who is at 2-under after his opening round. Rory McIlroy, who posted a WHAT-over WHAT on Thursday, will tee off just after 5 a.m. ET.
Check out the full list of tee times for Friday at the British Open:
Notable Friday British Open tee times
All times ET
2:30 a.m.: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber
4:58 a.m.: Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg
5:09 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick
9:53 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day
10:04 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau
10:15 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm
10:26 a.m.: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor
Friday British Open tee times
All times ET
1:35 a.m.: John Parry, Eric Cole, Tiger Christensen
1:46 a.m.: Eugenio Chacarra, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman
1:57 a.m.: Michael Brennan, Sahith Theegala, Laurie Canter
2:08 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Keith Mitchell, Stuart Grehan (a)
2:19 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Kurt Kitayama
2:30 a.m.: Sami Valimaki, Shaun Norris, Jackson Suber
2:41 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Adrien Saddier, Bernd Wiesberger
2:52 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Corey Conners, Casey Jarvis
3:03 a.m.: Matt McCarty, Harry Hall, Haotong Li
3:14 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Marco Penge, Michael Hollick
3:25 a.m.: Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Mason Howell (a)
3:36 a.m.: Johnny Keefer, Pierceson Coody, Keita Nakajima
3:47 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Jesper Svensson, Jack Buchanan (a)
4:03 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Jayden Schaper, Lucas Herbert
4:14 a.m.: Kristoffer Reitan, Patrick Reed, JT Poston
4:25 a.m.: Chris Gotterup, Sam Burns, Adam Scott
4:36 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, J.J. Spaun, Nicolai Højgaard
4:47 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka
4:58 a.m.: Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg
5:09 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick
5:20 a.m.: Jacob Bridgeman, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Tim Wiedemeyer (a)
5:31 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Daniel Berger, Nicolas Echavarria
5:42 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Alistair Docherty, Francesco Laporta
5:53 a.m.: Cameron John, Austen Truslow, Samuel Bairstow
6:04 a.m.: Naoyuki Kataoka, Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen
6:15 a.m.: Kazuki Higa, Jiho Yang, Nevill Ruiter (a)
6:41 a.m.: Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Detry, James Nicholas
6:52 a.m.: Michael Kim, Daniel Hillier, Andy Sullivan
7:03 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Matthew Jordan
7:14 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Max Homa, Joe Dean
7:25 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler, Alex Fitzpatrick
7:36 a.m.: David Duval, Martin Couvra, Matthew Southgate
7:47 a.m.: Sungjae Im, Dan Brown, Fifa Laopakdee (a)
7:58 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Jake Knapp, Jordan Smith
8:09 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Tom McKibbin, Lev Grinberg (a)
8:20 a.m.: Hennie du Plessis, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Dan Bradbury
8:31 a.m.: Angel Ayora, Victor Perez, Mateo Pulcini (a)
8:42 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Scott Vincent, Joakim Lagergren
8:53 a.m.: Michael Thorbjornsen, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth
9:09 a.m.: Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune
9:20 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Rasmus Højgaard
9:31 a.m.: Ben Griffin, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee
9:42 a.m.: Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland
9:53 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Alex Noren, Jason Day
10:04 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau
10:15 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm
10:26 a.m.: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor
10:37 a.m.: Ryan Gerard, Maverick McNealy, David Puig
10:48 a.m.: Kazuma Kobori, Tom Sloman, David Howard (a)
10:59 a.m.: Antoine Rozner, Ren Yonezawa, Caleb Surratt
11:10 a.m.: MJ Daffue, Frederic Lacroix, Jack McDonald
11:21 a.m.: Jeongwoo Ham, Ryutaro Nagano, Alejandro de Castro Piera (a)
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