Following the first two rounds of the 2013 Open Championship at Muirfield, the remaining weekend field is has been reshuffled and paired together based on their score.
The scoring has produced some outstanding, intriguing and downright funny pairings for Saturday in Scotland.
In the second group off of the day, Swedes Carl Pettersson and Jonas Blixt go off together. At 5:05 a.m. Eastern, a couple of good ole' boys in Jason Dufner and Bud Cauley go off together in a matchup of Auburn and Alabama.
The fireworks show begins at 5:55 a.m. as good buddies (sarcasm) Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia start their third round together.
A pair of old guys and former Open champions, Tom Lehman (1996) and Mark O'Meara (1998) are together at 8:15 a.m.
Then the contenders begin to make their run to the Claret Jug, beginning with Phil Mickelson and Justin Leonard at 8:45 a.m. Ryder Cup rivals and rebel rousers, Ian Poulter and Bubba Watson, go off in the following group 10 minutes later.
At 9:20 a.m., Adam Scott continues down the path to redemption alongside Charl Schwartzel, who shot 68 with a full set of 14 clubs.
The final three groups are fascinating, with TaylorMade staffers Dustin Johnson and Martin Laird, followed by world No. 1 Tiger Woods and erstwhile No. 1 Lee Westwood. The day culminates with contrasting on-course personas in 49-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez and the "Iceman" Henrik Stenson at 10:20 a.m.
2013 Open Championship: Third round pairings and tee times
All times are Eastern.
3:10 a.m.: Shingo Katayama, Richard Sterne
3:20 a.m.: Carl Pettersson, Jonas Blixt
3:30 a.m.: K.J. Choi, Chris Wood
3:40 a.m.: Mikko Ilonen, Todd Hamilton
3:50 a.m.: Peter Senior, Mark Brown
4:00 a.m.: Geoff Ogilvy, Paul Lawrie
4:10 a.m.: Richie Ramsay, Thongchai Jaidee
4:20 a.m.: Boo Weekley, Gareth Wright
4:30 a.m.: K.T. Kim, a-Jimmy Mullen
4:45 a.m.: Josh Teater, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
4:55 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Fred Couples
5:05 a.m.: Jason Dufner, Bud Cauley
5:15 a.m.: Bo Van Pelt, a-Matthew Fitzpatrick
5:25 a.m.: Russell Henley, Tim Clark
5:35 a.m.: Ernie Els, Graham Delaet
5:45 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Oliver Fisher
5:55 a.m.: Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington
6:05 a.m.: Sandy Lyle, Y.E. Yang
6:20 a.m.: Steven Tiley, Ken Duke
6:30 a.m.: George Coetzee, Thomas Bjorn
6:40 a.m.: Brandt Snedeker, Stewart Cink
6:50 a.m.: Matt Kuchar, Freddie Jacobson
7:00 a.m.: Marcus Fraser, Danny Willett
7:10 a.m.: Martin Kaymer, Eduardo De La Riva
7:20 a.m.: Gregory Bourdy, Graeme McDowell
7:30 a.m.: Stephen Gallacher, Kevin Streelman
7:45 a.m.: Ben Curtis, Bernd Wiesberger
7:55 a.m.: Shiv Kapur, Jamie Donaldson
8:05 a.m.: Branden Grace, Harris English
8:15 a.m.: Tom Lehman, Mark O’Meara
8:25 a.m.: Johnson Wagner, Hideki Matsuyama
8:35 a.m.: Jason Day, Hunter Mahan
8:45 a.m.: Justin Leonard, Phil Mickelson
8:55 a.m.: Ian Poulter, Bubba Watson
9:10 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Webb Simpson
9:20 a.m.: Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel
9:30 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Jordan Spieth
9:40 a.m.: Ryan Moore, Angel Cabrera
9:50 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Rafael Cabrera-Bello
10:00 a.m.: Martin Laird, Dustin Johnson
10:10 a.m.: Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood
10:20 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Miguel Angel Jimenez
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