Golf Mar 11, 2026

The Players 2026 tee times: Full groupings and UK start times for first round of PGA Tour event at TPC Sawgrass

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The Players 2026 tee times: Full groupings and UK start times for first round of PGA Tour event at TPC Sawgrass

Groupings and tee times for the opening round of The Players, the PGA Tour's flagship event held at TPC Sawgrass in Florida, have been released.

The Featured Groups were announced on Sunday, with Rory McIlroy hoping to overcome a back issue to partner Xander Schauffele and Hideki Matsuyama in the late-early half of the draw.

That threeball is due to begin at 1.42pm local time (5.42pm UK time) on Thursday, with world No 1 Scottie Scheffler on the opposite side of the draw and beginning at 8.52am (12.52pm UK time) alongside FedExCup champion Tommy Fleetwood and 2021 winner Justin Thomas.

Other notable pairings include Ludvig Ă…berg partnering FedExCup leader Collin Morikawa and Si Woo Kim (12.40pm UK time), while Viktor Hovland goes out alongside Russell Henley and Ryder Cup team-mate Bob MacIntyre (1.04pm UK time).

Last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational winner Akshay Bhatia is in a threeball with Tony Finau and Brooks Koepka, returning to the event for the first time since 2022 (12.28pm UK time), while Justin Rose is in the afternoon wave alongside Chris Gotterup and Min Woo Lee (5.54pm UK time).

All UK time; USA unless stated

Starting from Hole One

1140 Mark Hubbard, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Mac Meissner

1152 Bud Cauley, Vince Whaley, Chandler Phillips

1204 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Max Greyserman

1216 Kevin Yu, Cam Davis (Aus), Gary Woodland

1228 Ricky Castillo, Ryan Gerard, Patrick Cantlay

1240 Adam Schenk, Garrick Higgo (Rsa), Matt McCarty

1252 Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Davis Riley

1304 Sami Valimaki (Fin), Lucas Glover, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

1316 Michael Brennan, Harris English, JT Poston

1328 Haotong Li (Chn), Zecheng Dou (Chn), Jordan Smith (Eng)

1630 Lee Hodges, Andrew Putnam, Sam Stevens

1642 Erik van Rooyen (Rsa), Keith Mitchell, Michael Kim

1654 Taylor Moore, Joel Dahmen, Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)

1706 Jacob Bridgeman, Ben Griffin, Adam Scott (Aus)

1718 JJ Spaun, Sepp Straka (Aut), Shane Lowry (Irl)

1730 Sahith Theegala, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth

1742 Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

1754 Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose (Eng), Min Woo Lee (Aus)

1806 Brian Campbell, Karl Vilios (Aus), Aaron Rai (Eng)

1818 Matti Schmid (Ger), Max McGreevy, Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)

1830 Zach Bauchou, Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Can), A.J Ewart (Can)

Starting from Hole 10

1140 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Eric Cole, Rico Hoey (Phi)

1152 Max Homa, Daniel Berger, Michael Thorbjornsen

1204 Rasmus Hojgaard (Den), Danny Walker, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)

1216 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Taylor Pendrith (Can), Alex Noren (Swe)

1228 Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau

1240 Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Ă…berg (Swe), Si Woo Kim (Kor)

1252 Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Justin Thomas

1304 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Russell Henley, Bob MacIntyre (Sco)

1316 Aldrich Potgeiter (Rsa), Jake Knapp, Sungjae Im (Kor)

1328 Patton Kizzire, Seamus Power (Ire), Johnny Keefer

1630 Tom Hoge, Denny McCarthy, Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)

1642 Patrick Rodgers, Kevin Roy, Marco Penge (Eng)

1654 Chad Ramey, Alex Smalley, Pierceson Coody

1706 Kurt Kitayama, Harry Hall (Eng), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)

1718 Keegan Bradley, Ryan Fox (Nzl), Chris Kirk

1730 Andrew Novak, Nick Taylor (Can), Wyndham Clark

1742 Steven Fisk, William Mouw, Joe Highsmith

1754 Cameron Young, Davis Thompson, Sam Burns

1806 Nico Echavarria (Col), Jason Day (Aus), Corey Conners (Can)

1818 Matthieu Pavon (Fra), SH Kim (Kor), Austin Smotherman

Your Site Golf will once again be the home of The Players, with over 40 hours of live golf across the four days and a host of extra live programming available during tournament week.

'Live from The Players' brings you the latest news from TPC Sawgrass from 1pm on Tuesday and 11.30am on Wednesday, ahead of live tournament coverage starting on Thursday.

Featured Groups will be available on Your Site+ throughout the week, along with Featured Holes, with bonus feeds to enjoy on top of the feeds available each week during PGA Tour coverage.

Coverage begins at 11.30am on Thursday and Friday before starting at 1pm over the weekend, with highlights and additional shows on Your Site Golf. or .

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