In fact, because of the winds, tournament officials are pondering moving a few tees up because some fairways and the par-3 11th green would be unreachable for most players. Peter Dawson, chief executive of the Royal and Ancient, says No. 7, a par 5, 564-yard hole, and No. 11, a 243-yard par 3, are among the holes that could be shortened.

"We do have some wind issues out there which may, dependent on direction, make some of the very back tees difficult to reach fairways from," Dawson said. "We have told the players we may move some tees up."

Here are the tee times for the first two rounds (Thursday-Friday; first hole-10th hole):

1:30 a.m.-6:31 a.m. — Jerry Kelly, United States; Nathan Green, Australia; Danny Willett, England.
1:41 a.m.-6:42 a.m. — Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand; Mark Calcavecchia, United States; Graeme Storm, England.
1:52 a.m.-6:53 a.m. — Gregory Havret, France; Charley Hoffman, United States; Markus Brier, Austria.
2:03 a.m.-7:04 a.m. — Todd Hamilton, United States; Simon Khan, England; Prayad Marksaeng, Thailand.
2:14 a.m.-7:15 a.m. — Rhys Davies, Wales; Fredrik Jacobson, Sweden; Mark O’Meara, United States.
2:25 a.m.-7:26 a.m. — Vijay Singh, Fiji; Simon Dyson, England; Gary Woodland, United States.
2:36 a.m.-7:37 a.m. — K.T. Kim, South Korea; Ryan Moore, United States; Alvaro Quiros, Spain.
2:47 a.m.-7:48 a.m. — Bo Van Pelt, United States; K.J. Choi, South Korea; Martin Laird, Scotland.
2:58 a.m.-7:59 a.m. — Stephen Gallacher, Scotland; Bill Haas, United States; Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan.
3:09 a.m.-8:10 a.m. — Geoff Ogilvy, Australia; a-Peter Uihlein, United States; Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain.
3:20 a.m.-8:21 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Italy; Tetsuji Hiratsuka, Japan; Stewart Cink, United States.
3:31 a.m.-8:32 a.m. — Nick Watney, United States; Matteo Manassero, Italy; Angel Cabrera, Argentina.
3:42 a.m.-8:43 a.m. — Yuta Ikeda, Japan; Ian Poulter, England; Dustin Johnson, United States.
3:58 a.m.-8:59 a.m. — Ben Curtis, United States; Paul Casey, England; Aaron Baddeley, Australia.
4:09 a.m.-9:10 a.m. — Ernie Els, South Africa; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Rickie Fowler, United States.
4:20 a.m.-9:21 a.m. — Luke Donald, England; Ryo Ishikawa, Japan; Sergio Garcia, Spain.
4:31 a.m.-9:32 a.m. — Retief Goosen, South Africa; Hunter Mahan, United States; Anders Hansen, Denmark.
4:42 a.m.-9:43 a.m. — Brian Davis, England; Camilo Villegas, Colombia; David Duval, United States.
4:53 a.m.-9:54 a.m. — John Daly, United States; Ross Fisher, England; Peter Hanson, Sweden.
5:04 a.m.-10:05 a.m. — Gregory Bourdy, France; Jason Duffner, United States; a-Craig Hinton, England.
5:15 a.m.-10:16 a.m. — Alexander Noren, Sweden; Paul Lawrie, Scotland; Kevin Na, United States.
5:26 a.m.-10:27 a.m. — Sean O’Hair, United States; Seung-Yul Noh, South Korea; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark.
5:37 a.m.-10:38 a.m. — Simon Edwards, Wales; Bob Estes, United States; Richard McEvoy, England.
5:48 a.m.-10:49 a.m. — Francis McGuirk, England; Matthew Millar, Australia; Kevin Streelman, United States.
5:59 a.m.-11 a.m. — Mark Laskey, Wales; Thomas Shadbolt, England; Rick Kulacz, Australia.
6:10 a.m.-11:11 a.m. — Simon Lilly, England; Chris Tidland, United States; Neil Schietekat, South Africa.
6:31 a.m.-1:30 a.m. — Peter Whiteford, Scotland; Spencer Levin, United States; Thomas Aiken, South Africa.
6:42 a.m.-1:41 a.m. — Prom Meesawat, Thailand; Martin Maritz, South Africa; Harrison Frazar, United States.
6:53 a.m.-1:52 a.m. — Chad Campbell, United States; Kenneth Ferrie, England; Scott Jamieson, Scotland.
7:04 a.m.-2:03 a.m. — Raphael Jacquelin, France; Mark Wilson, United States; Kyle Stanley, United States.
7:15 a.m.-2:14 a.m. — Steve Marino, United States; Richard Green, Australia; Pablo Larrazabal, Spain.
7:26 a.m.-2:25 a.m. — Rory Sabbatini, South Africa; Sandy Lyle, Scotland; Anthony Kim, United States.
7:37 a.m.-2:36 a.m. — Edoardo Molinari, Italy; Charles Howell III, United States; Joost Luiten, Netherlands.
7:48 a.m.-2:47 a.m. — Brandt Snedeker, United States; a-Lucas Bjerregaard, Denmark; Trevor Immelman, South Africa.
7:59 a.m.-2:58 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Jonathan Byrd, United States; Y.E. Yang, South Korea.
8:10 a.m.-3:09 a.m. — Lucas Glover, United States; Hiroo Kawai, Japan; Robert Karlsson, Sweden.
8:21 a.m.-3:20 a.m. — a-Bryden Macpherson, Australia; Matt Kuchar, United States; Padraig Harrington, Ireland.
8:32 a.m.-3:31 a.m. — Zach Johnson, United States; Adam Scott, Australia; Justin Rose, England.
8:43 a.m.-3:42 a.m. — Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland; Jason Day, Australia; Bubba Watson, United States.
8:59 a.m.-3:58 a.m. — Jim Furyk, United States; Bernhard Langer, Germany; Tadahiro Takayama, Japan.
9:10 a.m.-4:09 a.m. — Lee Westwood, England; Steve Stricker, United States; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa.
9:21 a.m.-4:20 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa; Martin Kaymer, Germany; Phil Mickelson, United States.
9:32 a.m.-4:31 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Sweden; a-Tom Lewis, England; Tom Watson, United States.
9:43 a.m.-4:42 a.m. — Robert Allenby, Australia; Davis Love III, United States; Fredrik Andersson Hed, Sweden.
9:54 a.m.-4:53 a.m. — Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium; J.B. Holmes, United States; S.M. Bae, South Korea.
10:05 a.m.-5:04 a.m. — Webb Simpson, United States; Robert Rock, England; Alejandro Canizares, Spain.
10:16 a.m.-5:15 a.m. — Kurt Barnes, Australia; Justin Leonard, United States; Jeff Overton, United States.
10:27 a.m.-5:26 a.m. — Lee Corfield, England; Ben Crane, United States; Floris De Vries, Netherlands.
10:38 a.m.-5:37 a.m. — Ryan Palmer, United States; Tom Lehman, United States; Adam Wootton, England.
10:49 a.m.-5:48 a.m. — Jung-Gon Hwang, South Korea; Gary Boyd, England, Robert Garrigus, United States.
11 a.m.-5:59 a.m. — George Coetzee, South Africa; Andy Smith, England; Brad Kennedy, Australia.
11:11 a.m.-6:10 a.m. — Jason Knutzon, United States; Andrew Johnston, England; Chih-Bing Lam, Singapore.

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