Matthew Jordan von Wirral prepares for the open discount

The 29-year-old starts at 8:36 a.m. together with the Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen and the Czech Amateurfilip Jakubcik.

Xander Schauffele begins his defense of the Claret jug in the 9.58 clock group with Jon Rahm and the US Open Champion JJ Spaun.

The two-time open champion Padraig Harrington will hit the first discount at 6.35 a.m. next to the Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin and Nicolai Hojgaard in Denmark.

Jordan enjoyed a fairy tale in his home course from Royal Liverpool two years ago when he had the 72nd hole for completing joint 10.

This placement brought him a place in Troon last year, where he repeated the feat with four rounds of 71.

In addition to Rahm, Jordan is the only golfer that has ended up in the last two top 10 in the top 10, and his combined total number of four under par places it on the list of players with the best total number of points since 2023.