Ernie Els Open Championship

No fewer than 12 South Africans will take part in the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, starting on Thursday, 14 July. Follow LIVE. Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

LIVE BLOG | 150th Open Championship at St Andrews

No fewer than 12 South Africans will take part in the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, starting on Thursday, 14 July. Follow LIVE.

Ernie Els Open Championship

No fewer than 12 South Africans will take part in the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, starting on Thursday, 14 July. Follow LIVE. Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

An incredible 12 South Africans will take part in the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, starting on Thursday, 14 July.

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Among the dozen players are two-time champion Ernie Els (2002 and 2012) and 2010 winner Louis Oosthuizen.

In addition, Mzansi amateur Aldrich Potgieter will also join the 156-man field.

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The other nine South Africans looking to lift the famed Claret Jug late on Sunday are Dean Burmester, Garrick Higgo, Dylan Frittelli, Zander Lombard, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Thriston Lawrence, Shaun Norris, Erik van Rooyen and Justin Harding.

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The South African website wishes all 12 South Africans the very best of luck!

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Tee-off times for Round 1 of the 150th Open Championship (GBR & IRL unless stated; all times SA (a) denotes amateurs):

07:35 – Paul Lawrie, Webb Simpson (USA), Min Woo Lee (AUS)

07:46 – Sadom Kaewkanjana (THA), Ben Campbell (NZL), Barclay Brown (a)

07:57 – Dean Burmester (RSA), Chan Kim (USA), Brandon Wu (USA)

08:08 – Ian Poulter, Jamie Donaldson, Guido Migliozzi (ITA)

08:19 – Garrick Higgo (RSA), Kim Min-kyu (KOR), Ashley Chesters

08:30 – Phil Mickelson (USA), Lucas Herbert (AUS), Kurt Kitayama (USA)

08:41 – Patrick Reed (USA), Tom Hoge (USA), Kim Joo-hyung (KOR)

08:52 – John Daly (USA), Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Cameron Tringale (USA)

09:03 – Cameron Smith (AUS), Brooks Koepka (USA), Seamus Power

09:14 – Franceso Molinari (ITA), Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose

09:25 – Cameron Young (USA), Lee Kyoung-hoon (KOR), Robert MacIntyre

09:36 – Zach Johnson (USA), Billy Horschel (USA), Corey Conners (CAN)

09:47 – Brian Harman (USA), Pablo Larrazabal (ESP), Danny Willett

10:03 – Stephen Dodd, JT Poston (USA), Lee Westwood

10:14 – Sepp Straka (AUT), Luke List (USA), Justin De Los Santos (PHI)

10:25 – Ernie Els (RSA), Adri Arnaus (ESP), Brad Kennedy (AUS)

10:36 – Mackenzie Hughes (CAN), Scott Vincent (ZIM), Victor Perez (FRA)

10:47 – Jason Kokrak (USA), Nicolai Hojgaard (DEN), Sihwan Kim (USA)

10:58 – Collin Morikawa (USA), Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele (USA)

11:09 – Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas (USA), Viktor Hovland (NOR)

11:20 – Will Zalatoris (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Tony Finau (USA)

11:31 – Kevin Kisner (USA), Chris Kirk (USA), Takumi Kanaya (JPN)

11:42 – Dylan Frittelli (RSA), Trey Mullinax (USA), Matthew Jordan

11:53 – Anthony Quayle (AUS), Zander Lombard (RSA), John Parry

12:04 – Thomas Detry (BEL), Richard Mansell, Marco Penge

12:15 – Alexander Bjork (SWE), Oliver Farr, Matt Ford

12:36 – Mark Calcavecchia (USA), Ryan Fox (NZL), Jediah Morgan (AUS)

12:47 – Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA), Bernd Wiesberger (AUT), Sam Bairstow (a)

12:58 – Adrian Meronk (POL), Li Haotong (CHN), Marcus Armitage

13:09 – Thriston Lawrence (RSA), Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR), Alex Wrigley

13:20 – Aaron Wise (USA), Kim Si-woo (KOR), Sam Horsfield

13:31 – Talor Gooch (USA), Shaun Norris (RSA), Wyndham Clark (USA)

13:42 – Henrik Stenson (SWE), Russell Henley (USA), Aldrich Potgieter (a) (RSA)

13:53 – Stewart Cink (USA), Sergio Garcia (ESP), Aaron Jarvis (a) (CAY)

14:04 – Im Sung-jae (KOR), Paul Casey, Gary Woodland (USA)

14:15 – Dustin Johnson (USA), Adam Scott (AUS), Marc Leishman (AUS)

14:26 – Scottie Scheffler (USA), Joaquin Niemann (CHI), Tyrrell Hatton

14:37 – Darren Clarke, Richard Bland, Filippo Celli (a) (ITA)

14:48 – Kevin Na (USA), Kazuki Higa (JPN), Erik van Rooyen (RSA)

15:04 – David Duval (USA), Justin Harding (RSA), Jordan Smith

15:15 – Shugo Imahira (JPN), Jason Scrivener (AUS), David Law

15:26 – Abraham Ancer (MEX), Yuto Katsuragawa (JPN), Emiliano Grillo (ARG)

15:37 – Louis Oosthuizen (RSA), Harris English (USA), Keita Nakajima (a) (JPN)

15:48 – Harrington, Thomas Pieters (BEL), Keith Mitchell (USA)

15:59 – Tiger Woods (USA), Matthew Fitzpatrick, Max Homa (USA)

16:10 – Jordan Spieth (USA), Jon Rahm (ESP), Harold Varner III (USA)

16:21 – Patrick Cantlay (USA), Sam Burns (USA), Mito Pereira (CHI)

16:32 – Keegan Bradley (USA), Sebastian Munoz (COL), Sahith Theegala (USA)

16:43 – Laurie Canter, Dimitrios Papadatos (AUS), Matthew Griffin (AUS)

16:54 – John Catlin (USA), Jamie Rutherford, David Carey

17:05 – Cho Min-gyu (KOR), Jorge Fernandez Valdes (ARG), Robert Dinwiddie

17:16 – Lars van Meijel (NED), Jack Floydd, Ronan Mullarney

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