Australia's Craig Parry will lead out the 137th edition of The Open Championship after being drawn in the first group for the tournament starting later this week at Royal Birkdale.
He is grouped with Lucas Glover of the United States and Englishman Simon Dyson for the first two rounds, teeing off at 6.30am local time on Thursday (1530 AEST).
"What I did I do wrong?" Parry said jokingly.
"That's a great time and it's a real distinction to be teeing off first in a British Open," added the 42-year-old making his 18th Open appearance and third at Royal Birkdale.
"I won't be last out in the afternoon, so I'm thrilled."
Parry is among 18 Australians taking part in this year's event, making them the third-largest contingent behind the United States (42) and England (27).
Compatriot Aaron Baddeley is also an early starter, teeing off just over an hour after Parry.
He joins England's Justin Rose, who caused a stir the last time the event was played at Royal Birkdale in 1998 by finishing fourth as a 17-year-old amateur.
Five-time winner Tom Watson of the United States, who won the last of his titles at Royal Birkdale in 1983, completes their group.
Adam Scott joins 2007 US Masters champion Zack Johnson and recent French Open winner Pablo Larrazabal of Spain.
Geoff Ogilvy will tee up with Englishman Oliver Wilson and former US PGA champion Davis Love III.
Two-time Open champion Greg Norman lines up for his first major since 2005 just a fortnight after his wedding to former tennis star Chris Evert.
Norman is grouped with Sweden's Robert Karlsson and American Woody Austin.
Australian amateur Rohan Blizard, who last week qualified for The Open at The Hillside, next to Royal Birkdale, will tee off with Englishmen Jamie Elson and Jon Bevan.
Parry, who was eighth when countryman Ian Baker-Finch won at Royal Birkdale in 1991, played with Blizard on Saturday and was impressed.
"He's a great young player," Parry said.
"He doesn't need my help as he qualified for The Open and that's just fantastic."
Padraig Harrington begins the defence of his Open title alongside South Africa's Retief Goosen and Justin Leonard of the United States.
Sergio Garcia, who lost a play-off to Harrington for last year's title, will play alongside Ryuji Imada of Japan and American Sean O'Hair.
Players from 27 countries make up the 156-strong starting line-up, which is without the injured Tiger Woods, equalling the record for the number of nations represented set at St Andrews in 2005.
The draw for Thursday's opening round of the 137th British Open at Royal Birkdale: (Times are GMT + 1)
06:30- Craig Parry (AUS), Lucas Glover (USA), Simon Dyson (ENG)
06:41- Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (FRA), Pat Perez (USA), Peter Fowler (AUS)
06:52- Soren Kjeldsen (DEN), Brendan Jones (AUS), Matt Kuchar (USA)
07:03- Darren Fichardt (RSA), Jerry Kelly (USA), Damian McGrane (IRL)
07:14- Graeme Storm (ENG), Scott Strange (AUS), Sandy Lyle (SCO)
07:25- Mark Calcavecchia (USA), Richard Green (AUS), Anders Hansen (DEN)
07:36- Justin Rose (ENG), Tom Watson (USA), Aaron Baddley (ENG)
07:47- Geoff Ogilvy (AUS), Oliver Wilson (ENG), Davis Love III (USA)
07:58- Padraig Harrington (IRL), Retief Goosen (RSA), Justin Leonard (USA)
08:09- Richard Sterne (RSA), Henrik Stenson (SWE), Jeff Quinney (USA)
08:20- Hunter Mahan (USA), Vijay Singh (FIJ), Reinier Saxton (NED -a)
08:31- Martin Kaymer (GER), Scott Verplank (USA), Ernie Els (RSA)
08:42- JB Holmes (USA), David Howell (ENG), Andres Romero (ARG)
08:58- KJ Choi (KOR), Lee Westwood (ENG), Ben Curtis (USA)
09:09- Nick O'Hern (AUS), Ian Poulter (ENG), Paul Goydos (USA)
09:20- Phil Mickelson (USA), Hideto Tanihara (JPN), Paul Casey (ENG)
09:31- Colin Montgomerie (SCO), Boo Weekley (USA), Mike Weir (CAN)
09:42- Toru Taniguchi (JPN), Richard Finch (ENG), John Daly (USA)
09:53- Simon Khan (ENG), David Duval (USA), David Frost (RSA)
10:04- Pelle Edberg (SWE), Rich Beem (USA), Thomas Sherreard (ENG -a)
10:15- Michio Matsumura (JPN), Tom Gillis (USA), Barry Hume (SCO)
10:26- Tim Petrovic (USA), Shintaro Kai (JPN), David Horsey (ENG)
10:37- Ariel Canete (ARG), Craig Barlow (USA), Phillip Archer (ENG)
10:48- Jamie Elson (ENG), Rohan Blizard (AUS -a), Jon Bevan (ENG)
10:59- Adam Blyth (AUS), Jamie Howarth (ENG), Joshua Cunliffe (RSA)
11:10- Gary Boyd (ENG), Thomas Aiken (RSA), Bradley Lamb (AUS)
11:41- Steve Webster (ENG), Jean Van de Velde (FRA), Andrew Tampion (AUS)
11:52- Philip Walton (IRL), David Smail (NZL), Michael Letzig (USA)
12:03- Paul Waring (ENG), Hennie Otto (RSA), Kevin Stadler (USA)
12:14- Rocco Mediate (USA), Paul Lawrie (SCO), Angel Cabrera (ARG)
12:25- Niclas Fasth (SWE), Mark O'Meara (USA), Michael Campbell (NZL)
12:36- Rory Sabbatini (RSA), Graeme McDowell (NIR), Todd Hamilton (USA)
12:47- Nick Dougherty (ENG), Jim Furyk (USA), Camilo Villegas (COL)
12:58- Robert Karlsson (SWE), Greg Norman (AUS), Woody Austin (USA)
13:09- Steve Stricker (USA), Robert Allenby (AUS), Benjamin Hebert (FRA -a)
13:20- Adam Scott (AUS), Zach Johnson (USA), Pablo Larrazabal (ESP)
13:31- Gregory Havret (FRA), Tim Clark (RSA), Stewart Cink (USA)
13:42- Liang Wen-Chong (CHN), Fredrik Jacobsen (SWE), Jeff Overton (USA)
13:53- Soren Hansen (DEN), Trevor Immelman (RSA), Anthony Kim (USA)
14:09- Stephen Ames (CAN), Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), Charles Howell (USA)
14:20- Peter Hanson (SWE), Bart Bryant (USA), Rod Pampling (AUS)
14:31- Sergio Garcia (ESP), Ryuji Imada (JPN), Sean O'Hair (USA)
14:42- Stuart Appleby (AUS), Brandt Snedecker (USA), Ross Fisher (ENG)
14:53- Azuma Yano (JPN), Johan Edfors (SWE), Tom Lehman (USA)
15:04- Simon Wakefield (ENG), Jay Williamson (USA), James Kingston (RSA)
15:15- Gregory Bourdy (FRA), Danny Chia (MAS), John Rollins (USA)
15:26- Chris Wood (ENG -a), Prayad Marksaeng (THA), Scott McCarron (USA)
15:37- Anthony Wall (ENG), Alexander Noren (SWE), Ewan Porter (AUS)
15:48- Hiroshi Iwata (JPN), Peter Baker (ENG), Alex Cejka (GER)
15:59- Doug Labelle (USA), Lam Chih-Bing (SIN), Jose-Filipe Lima (POR)
16:10- Martin Wiegele (AUS), Angelo Que (PHI), Douglas McGuigan (SCO)
16:21- Jonathan Lomas (ENG), Yoshinobu Tsukada (JPN), Peter Appleyard (ENG)
