Johnson goes off at 7:58 a.m. Thursday

Dustin Johnson is teeing off at 7:58 a.m. (Eastern) in the first round of the British Open and is playing with Toru Taniguchi and Robert Karlsson. The time at St. Andrews is five hours ahead of ET, so Johnson is teeing off at 12:58 local time in Scotland.

Other featured pairings include: the 3:42 a.m. (ET) time featuring Ian Poulter, Ernie Els and defending champion Stewart Cink; the 4:09 a.m. time featuring Tiger Woods, Justin Rose and Camilo Villegas; and the 4:20 a.m. time featuring Padraig Harrington, Ryo Ishikawa and Tom Watson; the 9:20 a.m. time featuring Colin Montgomerie, Phil Mickelson, Retief Goosen; and the 1: 52 a.m. time featuring Robert Rock, John Senden and Bill Haas, who has Galivants Ferry native Michael Maness on his bag. The always noteworthy John Daly tees off at 2:25 a.m.