
The tee times for The Players Championship 2026 have been announced this week. The PGA Tour event features a stellar field, and the super groups have been unveiled.
Akshay Bhatia, who won last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, will start his game in a group with Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau. Other top groups include Collin Morikawa, starting his game in a group with Ludvig Åberg and Si Woo Kim. Scottie Scheffler is also playing at The Players Championship, and he will tee off in a group with Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas.
Nuclr Golf has shared the super group for The Players Championship on its X (formerly Twitter) account with a caption:
“#STAR STUDDED — Super groups have been unveiled for this week’s PLAYERS Championship ⬇️ BHATIA / KOEPKA / FINAU, MORIKAWA / ABERG / S.W. KIM, SCHEFFLER / FLEETWOOD / JT, HOVLAND / HENLEY / MACINTYRE, SPAUN / STRAKA / LOWRY, THEEGALA / FOWLER / SPIETH, XANDER / RORY / MATSUYAMA, GOTTERUP / ROSE / M.W. LEE”
The Players Championship 2026 will start with its opening round on Thursday, March 12, and will have its finale on Sunday, March 15, at TPC Sawgrass. This week’s field features a full-size field and has some top-ranked golfers.
The Players Championship 2026 Round 1 tee times
The Players Championship 2026 will start with its opening round on Thursday, March 12. Players will tee off in groups of three on the first and tenth tee holes. Mark Hubbard will take the first shot of the day on Thursday on the first tee hole in a group with Thorbjørn Olesen and Mac Meissner.
Below are the tee times of The Players Championship 2026 Round 1 (all times in ET):
Round 1: No. 1 tee
- 7:40 a.m.: Mark Hubbard, Thorbjørn Olesen, Mac Meissner
- 7:52 a.m: Bud Cauley, Vince Whaley, Chandler Phillips
- 8:04 a.m: Emiliano Grillo, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Max Greyserman
- 8:16 a.m.: Kevin Yu, Cam Davis, Gary Woodland
- 8:28 a.m.: Ricky Castillo, Ryan Gerard, Patrick Cantlay
- 8:40 a.m.: Adam Schenk, Garrick Higgo, Matt McCarty
- 8:52 a.m.: Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Davis Riley
- 9:04 a.m.: Sami Valimaki, Lucas Glover, Matt Fitzpatrick
- 9:16 a.m.: Michael Brennan, Harris English, J.T. Poston
- 9:28 a.m: Haotong Li, Zecheng Dou, Jordan Smith
- 12:30 p.m: Lee Hodges, Andrew Putnam, Sam Stevens
- 12:42 p.m: Erik van Rooyen, Keith Mitchell, Michael Kim
- 12:54 p.m: Taylor Moore, Joel Dahmen, Ryo Hisatsune
- 1:06 p.m.: Jacob Bridgeman, Ben Griffin, Adam Scott
- 1:18 p.m., 8:28 a.m.: J.J. Spaun, Sepp Straka, Shane Lowry
- 1:30 p.m.: Sahith Theegala, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth
- 1:42 p.m: Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama
- 1:54 p.m: Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose, Min Woo Lee
- 2:06 p.m: Brian Campbell, Karl Vilips, Aaron Rai
- 2:18 p.m.: Matti Schmid, Max McGreevy, Takumi Kanaya
- 2:30 p.m: Zach Bauchou, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, A.J. Ewart
Round 1: No. 10 tee
- 7:40 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Eric Cole, Rico Hoey
- 7:52 a.m.: Max Homa, Daniel Berger, Michael Thorbjornsen
- 8:04 a.m.: Rasmus Højgaard, Danny Walker, Kristoffer Reitan
- 8:16 a.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Taylor Pendrith, Alex Noren
- 8:28 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau
- 8:40 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Åberg, Si Woo Kim
- 8:52 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas
- 9:04 a.m.: Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley, Robert MacIntyre
- 9:16 a.m.: Aldrich Potgieter, Jake Knapp, Sungjae Im
- 9:28 a.m: Patton Kizzire, Seamus Power, Johnny Keefer
- 12:30 p.m: Tom Hoge, Denny McCarthy, Nicolai Højgaard
- 12:42 p.m: Patrick Rodgers, Kevin Roy, Marco Penge
- 12:54 p.m: Chad Ramey, Alex Smalley, Pierceson Coody
- 1:06 p.m: Kurt Kitayama, Harry Hall, Stephan Jaeger
- 1:18 p.m: Keegan Bradley, Ryan Fox, Chris Kirk
- 1:30 p.m: Andrew Novak, Nick Taylor, Wyndham Clark
- 1:42 p.m: Steven Fisk, William Mouw, Joe Highsmith
- 1:54 p.m.: Cameron Young, Davis Thompson, Sam Burns
- 2:06 p.m: Nico Echavarria, Jason Day, Corey Conners
- 2:18 p.m: Matthieu Pavon, S.H. Kim, Austin Smotherma