Ayrshire, Scotland (My Sportsbook) - Two-time defending champion Padraig Harrington will play the first two rounds of the 138th British Open Championship at Turnberry with a pair of U.S. Open champions.

Harrington, whose last win was at the PGA Championship last August, is paired with 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk and 2006 U.S. Open winner Geoff Ogilvy for the first two rounds. They will start at 2:20 p.m. local time or 9:20 a.m. (et) on Thursday, then 4:09 a.m. (et) on Friday.

World No. 1 and three-time British Open champion Tiger Woods has the exact opposite tee times. He will tee off Thursday at 4:09 a.m. (et), then 9:20 a.m. (et) on Friday. Woods is paired with Ryo Ishikawa and Lee Westwood.

Thursday's early wave includes the likes of David Duval, Greg Norman, Steve Stricker, Sergio Garcia and Tom Watson.

Duval, the 2001 champion, is coming off a share of second place at the U.S. Open Championship. He will be joined by Nick Dougherty and Adam Scott on the first tee Thursday at 2:25 a.m. (et).

Two-time Open champion Norman was last year's feel good story with the lead heading into the final round at Royal Birkdale, but he has collected just one top-20 finish this season and that was on the Champions Tour. Norman, the 1986 winner at Turnberry, follows Duval's group and is paired with Oliver Wilson and Kenny Perry.

Stricker, who won the John Deere Classic on Sunday, follows Norman off the first tee. Stricker is paired with Wen-chong Liang and Henrik Stenson, who shared third place behind Harrington last year.

Garcia and Watson are paired with amateur Matteo Manassero at 2:58 a.m. (et) on Thursday. Watson is a five-time British Open champion, which includes his famous "Duel in the Sun" with Jack Nicklaus at Turnberry in 1977, and a three- time Senior British Open winner.

Woods is six groups after the Garcia/Watson grouping.

Later in the draw is three-time British Open champion Nick Faldo. He will play alongside Brian Gay and Soren Kjeldsen.

Leading up to Harrington's group, there are several star-studded groupings.

Ernie Els, the 2002 Open champion and two-time U.S. Open winner, will play with Martin Kaymer, who has won the last two European Tour events, and Lucas Glover, who earned his first major championship title earlier this year at the U.S. Open. They will start Thursday at 7:58 a.m. (et).

The following group has three players looking to break through for their first major - Hunter Mahan, Justin Rose and Andres Romero. Eight-time Order of Merit champion Colin Montgomerie will play with K.J. Choi and 2007 Masters winner Zach Johnson are in the next group.

Two-time U.S. Open champ Retief Goosen will start at 8:31 a.m. (et) Thursday and will play alongside Rory McIlroy and Anthony Kim. Two groups later is Ian Poulter, last year's runner-up. He will play with J.B. Holmes and Miguel Angel Jimenez.

In the next group, which precedes Harrington's pairing, is Ryuji Imada, Paul Casey and Masters champion Angel Cabrera. The three groups after Harrington each include a former British Open champion.

Paul Lawrie, the 1999 winner, is in the group following Harrington, then comes 1995 champ John Daly and 1996 titlist Tom Lehman, who will play alongside 2001 PGA Championship winner David Toms.