Three-time major champion Padraig Harrington will hit the opening tee shot of The Open - which starts this Thursday.
He was the last player to win successive editions of the major - lifting the Claret Jug in 2007 and 2008.
Harrington will tee off at twenty-five-to-seven on Thursday morning.
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Darren Clarke is another past Open Championship winner and he lives in Portrush.
He's been explaining how the recent spells of rain have changed the conditions on the course
