The Players Championship 2026 will begin on Thursday at TPC Sawgrass, with several notable groupings scheduled for the opening round of the PGA Tour’s flagship event. The Players Championship will be played from March 12–15 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
A total of 123 golfers will compete in The Players Championship this year, which is smaller than the 144-player field seen in previous editions of The Players Championship.
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Defending champion Rory McIlroy and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler headline the field at The Players Championship 2026. The tournament field also includes several past winners of The Players Championship along with multiple major champions and FedEx Cup winners.
One of the notable early groups features Brooks Koepka, who is returning to TPC Sawgrass in his first season back on the PGA Tour. He will play alongside Arnold Palmer Invitational winner Akshay Bhatia and Tony Finau. The trio will start their opening round at 8:28 a.m. ET from the 10th tee.
Another strong grouping features Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Åberg and Si Woo Kim who tee off at 8:40 a.m. ET. Shortly after, Scottie Scheffler will begin his campaign at 8:52 a.m. alongside Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas.
In the afternoon wave, Sahith Theegala, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler will tee off at 1:30 p.m. ET. Defending champion Rory McIlroy will follow at 1:42 p.m., playing alongside Xander Schauffele and Hideki Matsuyama.
Here are the complete Round 1 tee times and pairings for the 2026 Players Championship.
The Players Championship 2026: Round 1 tee times and pairings (All times Eastern)
Hole 1
- 7:40 a.m. — Mark Hubbard, Thorbjorn 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, J.T. Poston, Harris English
- 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. — 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 Villips, Aaron Rai
- 2:18 p.m. — Matti Schmid, Takumi Kanaya, Max McGreevy
- 2:30 p.m. — Zach Bauchou, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, A.J. Ewart
Hole 10
- 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 Hojgaard, 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 Hojgaard
- 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 Smotherman
Edited by Sonali Verma
