The Valspar Championship is right around the corner, as the tournament is all set to start on March 19. The event will be held at Copperhead Golf Course, and 132 golfers are scheduled to compete in the event. This tournament has a lot of fan interest because of the absence of big players like Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler, which makes the event quite unpredictable.

Xander Schauffele has topped the odds and bets for this year’s Valspar Championship, with Viktor Hovland, the defending winner, coming in second. Interestingly, in addition to them, a large number of other golfers have the ability to make a huge breakthrough in the tournament, which will be worth a total of $9.1 million. The winner of the event will receive $1.638 million in addition to 500 FedEx points.

The biggest twist of the Valspar Championship occurs at the Snake Pit (Holes 16, 17, and 18) on the Copperhead Golf Course. The Snake Pit is regarded as one of the most difficult three-hole combinations on the PGA Tour. Speaking of this year’s Valspar Championship, the tournament’s tee times and tee groups have been released, and here they are.

Valspar Championship Round 1 tee times and tee groups explored

Talking in detail about the Valspar Championship Round 1 tee times and tee groups, here’s a look at them:

Round 1 – (Morning) 1st Tee

• 7:35 AM – Alex Smalley, Justin Lower, Max McGreevy
• 7:46 AM – Brandt Snedeker, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Takumi Kanaya
• 7:57 AM – Thorbjørn Olesen, Chandler Phillips, Hank Lebioda
• 8:08 AM – Steven Fisk, Nick Taylor, Aaron Rai
• 8:19 AM – Brian Campbell, Cam Davis, Patrick Rodgers
• 8:30 AM – Matt McCarty, Davis Thompson, Matt Kuchar
• 8:41 AM – Joe Highsmith, Davis Riley, Pierceson Coody
• 8:52 AM – Matthieu Pavon, Eric Cole, Kevin Roy
• 9:03 AM – Adam Hadwin, Andrew Putnam, Luke List
• 9:14 AM – Jeremy Paul, A. J. Ewart, Gordon Sargent
• 9:25 AM – John Parry, John VanDerLaan, Marcelo Rozo

Round 1 – Morning (10th Tee)

• 7:40 AM – Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman, Danny Willett
• 7:51 AM – Matt Wallace, Matti Schmid, S. H. Kim
• 8:02 AM – Mackenzie Hughes, Denny McCarthy, Austin Eckroat
• 8:13 AM – Viktor Hovland, Brooks Koepka, Corey Conners
• 8:24 AM – Xander Schauffele, Keegan Bradley, Patrick Cantlay
• 8:35 AM – Ricky Castillo, J. J. Spaun, Billy Horschel
• 8:46 AM – Andrew Novak, Karl Vilips, Sungjae Im
• 8:57 AM – Lee Hodges, Mark Hubbard, Henrik Norlander
• 9:08 AM – Erik van Rooyen, Tom Kim, Zac Blair
• 9:19 AM – Jesper Svensson, Zach Bauchou, Jeffrey Kang
• 9:30 AM – Kris Ventura, Kensei Hirata, Adrien Saddier

Round 1 – Afternoon (1st Tee)

• 12:30 PM – Patton Kizzire, Gary Woodland, Adam Hadwin
• 12:41 PM – Taylor Moore, Beau Hossler, Max Greyserman
• 12:52 PM – Peter Malnati, Nicolai Højgaard, Marco Penge
• 1:03 PM – Akshay Bhatia, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 1:14 PM – Jacob Bridgeman, Wyndham Clark, Jordan Spieth
• 1:25 PM – Ben Griffin, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau
• 1:36 PM – Max Homa, Kevin Streelman, Danny Walker
• 1:47 PM – Vince Whaley, Kristoffer Reitan, John Pak
• 1:58 PM – David Skinns, Dan Brown, Davis Chatfield
• 2:09 PM – Jordan Smith, David Ford, Greg Koch
• 2:20 PM – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Jimmy Stanger, Tyler Wilkes

Round 1 – Afternoon (10th Tee)

• 12:25 PM – Austin Eckroat, Doug Ghim, David Lipsky
• 12:36 PM – Rafael Campos, Seamus Power, Rasmus Højgaard
• 12:47 PM – Adam Svensson, Michael Kim, Bud Cauley
• 12:58 PM – Michael Brennan, Stephan Jaeger, Lucas Glover
• 1:09 PM – Adam Schenk, Kevin Yu, Webb Simpson
• 1:20 PM – Garrick Higgo, Taylor Pendrith, Ryo Hisatsune
• 1:31 PM – Brice Garnett, Hayden Wood, Mac Meissner
• 1:42 PM – Nick Dunlap, Rico Hoey, Chandler Blanchet
• 1:53 PM – Zecheng Dou, Jackson Suber, Neal Shipley
• 2:04 PM – Paul Peterson, Paul Waring, Blades Brown
• 2:15 PM – Patrick Fishburn, Isaiah Salinda, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
• 2:26 PM – Alejandro Tosti, Luke Clanton, Pontus Nyholm