The PGA Tour golfers are gearing up to begin their campaign for the 2026 Players Championship. The event begins this week, and 120 golfers are preparing to play on TPC Sawgrass, one of the world’s most demanding golf courses. This year’s Players Championship is hyped a lot among fans as the field features many prominent players, including Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy.

Recently, the PGA Tour has announced the tee times and groupings for the first two rounds of the 2026 Players Championship. Talking firstly about the World No. 1, Scottie Scheffler will play the first round of this year’s Players with the World Number Three, Tommy Fleetwood, and Justin Thomas, who recently returned from back surgery. This tee group will begin their round at 8:52 AM ET at Hole 1.

On the other hand, World No. 2 Rory McIlroy will begin his opening round of the 2026 Players Championship at Hole 1, and he, too, has some big names in his tee group. McIlroy will be playing alongside Xander Schauffele and Hideki Matsuyama, who will begin their round at 1:42 PM ET. Despite being featured in the tee group, McIlroy’s availability is uncertain due to a back spasm.

What are the full tee times and tee groups for Round 1 of the 2026 Players Championship?

Talking more about the tee times and tee groups for the 2026 Players Championship’s opening round, here’s a full look at it (in ET):

Hole 1

• 7:40 AM: Mark Hubbard, Thorbjørn Olesen, Mac Meissner
• 7:52 AM: Bud Cauley, Vince Whaley, Chandler Phillips
• 8:04 AM: Emiliano Grillo, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Max Greyserman
• 8:16 AM: Kevin Yu, Cam Davis, Gary Woodland
• 8:28 AM: Ricky Castillo, Ryan Gerard, Patrick Cantlay
• 8:40 AM: Adam Schenk, Garrick Higgo, Matt McCarty
• 8:52 AM: Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Davis Riley
• 9:04 AM: Sami Valimaki, Lucas Glover, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 9:16 AM: Michael Brennan, Harris English, J.T. Poston
• 9:28 AM: Haotong Li, Zecheng Dou, Jordan Smith
• 12:30 PM: Lee Hodges, Andrew Putnam, Sam Stevens
• 12:42 PM: Erik van Rooyen, Keith Mitchell, Michael Kim
• 12:54 PM: Taylor Moore, Joel Dahmen, Ryo Hisatsune
• 1:06 PM: Jacob Bridgeman, Ben Griffin, Adam Scott
• 1:18 PM: J.J. Spaun, Sepp Straka, Shane Lowry
• 1:30 PM: Sahith Theegala, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth
• 1:42 PM: Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama
• 1:54 PM: Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose, Min Woo Lee
• 2:06 PM: Brian Campbell, Karl Vilips, Aaron Rai
• 2:18 PM: Matti Schmid, Max McGreevy, Takumi Kanaya
• 2:30 PM: Zach Bauchou, Sudarshan Yellamara, AJ Ewart

Hole 10

• 7:40 AM: Mackenzie Hughes, Eric Cole, Rico Hoey
• 7:52 AM: Max Homa, Daniel Berger, Michael Thorbjornsen
• 8:04 AM: Rasmus Højgaard, Danny Walker, Kristoffer Reitan
• 8:16 AM: Jhonattan Vegas, Taylor Pendrith, Alex Noren
• 8:28 AM: Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau
• 8:40 AM: Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Åberg, Si Woo Kim
• 8:52 AM: Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas
• 9:04 AM: Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley, Robert MacIntyre
• 9:16 AM: Aldrich Potgieter, Jake Knapp, Sungjae Im
• 9:28 AM: Patton Kizzire, Seamus Power, Johnny Keefer
• 12:30 PM: Tom Hoge, Denny McCarthy, Nicolai Højgaard
• 12:42 PM: Patrick Rodgers, Kevin Roy, Marco Penge
• 12:54 PM: Chad Ramey, Alex Smalley, Pierceson Coody
• 1:06 PM: Kurt Kitayama, Harry Hall, Stephan Jaeger
• 1:18 PM: Keegan Bradley, Ryan Fox, Chris Kirk
• 1:30 PM: Andrew Novak, Nick Taylor, Wyndham Clark
• 1:42 PM: Steven Fisk, William Mouw, Joe Highsmith
• 1:54 PM: Cameron Young, Davis Thompson, Sam Burns
• 2:06 PM: Nico Echavarria, Jason Day, Corey Conners
• 2:18 PM: Matthieu Pavon, S.H. Kim, Austin Smotherman

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