Golf: Kiwis off in morning on famous fairways

Ryan Fox of New Zealand. Photo / Jason Oxenham

Kiwis Ryan Fox and Danny Lee tee off within 40 minutes of each other in the opening round of the British Open.

Fox has an 11.12am local time tee-off tomorrow with Jonathan Moore (USA) and Australian Scott Hend.

Lee tees off soon after with Dane Soren Kjeldsen and American Morgan Hoffmann.

Jason Day will play with the past two Open champions at St Andrews over the first two rounds after being drawn with 14-time major winner Tiger Woods and South African Louis Oosthuizen.

The pair are responsible for the past three victories at the Old Course as Woods won at St Andrews in 2000 and 2005 before Oosthuizen was victorious in 2010, the most recent time the Open was played at the historic birthplace of golf.

Woods also won the 2006 British Open at Royal Liverpool.

World No 9 Day is making his first appearance since the US Open last month where he battled hard in the final group on Sunday and finished tied ninth despite suffering from vertigo.

Now on medication to control a viral infection in his right ear, the cause of the vertigo, Day is confident there won't be a repeat of his physical collapse from Chambers Bay's second round.

The trio will head out at 9.55am local time in the 20th game of the 144th Open.

Former world No 1 Adam Scott will be on the other side of the draw, heading out at 2.12pm local time in game 41 with German two-time major winner Martin Kaymer and American Jimmy Walker.

World No 2 Jordan Spieth, fresh off his fourth win of the year at the John Deere Classic, looks to keep the grand slam alive when he goes off at 9.33am.

The Masters and US Open champion Spieth has been grouped with the man he conquered at Chambers Bay last month in Dustin Johnson and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama.

Australian Rod Pampling will be part of the opening game in the tournament, grouped with Dane Thomas Bjorn and England's Greg Owen at 6.32am.

- AAP