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The second major championship of the season is upon us, as the world’s best are set to battle it out at Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia for the Wanamaker Trophy at the 2026 PGA Championship. The tee times and groupings for the first round have now been released with some significant trios set to play together through the first two rounds.
The biggest group of the morning wave on Thursday features Rory McIlroy, who will begin his bid to open 2026 with two major wins — and collect his third Wanamaker Trophy — at 8:40 a.m. ET playing with Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth, the latter of whom is trying to similarly complete the career grand slam. They will tee off on the 10th hole.
Ahead of the McIlroy group is two former PGA winners, Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka, playing alongside Tyrrell Hatton at 8:29 a.m., as well as a group featuring Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Åberg and Rickie Fowler teeing off at 8:18 a.m.
On the opposite end of the tee sheet, reigning champion Scottie Scheffler will play alongside Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose at 2:05 p.m. The hottest player on the PGA Tour, Cameron Young, will go off in the group ahead of Scheffler at 1:54 p.m. with Keegan Bradley and Justin Thomas. Other notable afternoon groups include Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry at 1:32 p.m. and Chris Gotterup, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood at 1:43 p.m.
Below are the complete tee times and groupings for Thursday’s first round at Aronimink Golf Club.
All times Eastern
2026 PGA Championship tee times, Thursday pairings No. 1 tee6:45 a.m. — Braden Shattuck, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ben Griffin6:56 a.m. — Francisco Bide, Harry Hall, Ryan Gerard7:07 a.m. — John Keefer, Rico Hoey, Nicolai Højgaard7:18 a.m. — Shaun Micheel, Michael Brennan, Garrick Higgo7:29 a.m. — Y.E. Yang, Jhonattan Vegas, Matt McCarty7:40 a.m. — Lucas Glover, Tom McKibbin, Stephan Jaeger7:51 a.m. — Daniel Brown, Adrien Saddier, Harris English8:02 a.m. — Jacob Bridgeman, Bud Cauley, Alex Noren8:13 a.m. — Chris Kirk, Max Greyserman, Kristoffer Reitan8:24 a.m. — Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry, Padraig Harrington8:35 a.m. — Ryan Lenahan, Ryan Fox, Kazuki Higa8:46 a.m. — Jared Jones, Michael Kim, Ryo Hisatsune8:57 a.m. — Tyler Collet, Kota Kaneko, Brandt Snedeker12:15 p.m. — Andrew Novak, John Parry, Jordan Gumberg12:26 p.m. — Ben Polland, Kurt Kitayama, Nico Echavarria12:37 p.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Ricky Castillo, Michael Thorbjornsen12:48 p.m. — Luke Donald, Jesse Droemer, Stewart Cink12:59 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, J.J. Spaun, Max Homa1:10 p.m. — Ben Kern, J.T. Poston, Russell Henley1:21 p.m. — Adam Scott, Corey Conners, Daniel Berger1:32 p.m. — Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry1:43 p.m. — Chris Gotterup, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood1:54 p.m. — Cameron Young, Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas2:05 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose2:16 p.m. — Zach Haynes, Alex Smalley, Chandler Blanchet2:27 p.m. — Bernd Wiesberger, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Andy SullivanNo. 10 tee6:50 a.m. — Aldrich Potgieter, David Puig, Denny McCarthy7:01 a.m. — William Mouw, Chris Gabriele, Taylor Pendrith7:12 a.m. — Tom Hoge, Bryce Fisher, Joaquin Niemann7:23 a.m. — Keith Mitchell, Billy Horschel, Ian Holt7:34 a.m. — Gary Woodland, Jason Day, Sam Burns7:45 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman7:56 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Sahith Theegala8:07 a.m. — Si Woo Kim, Derek Berg, Joe Highsmith8:18 a.m. — Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Åberg, Rickie Fowler8:29 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton8:40 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm8:51 a.m. — Daniel Hillier, Ryan Vermeer, Max McGreevy9:02 a.m. — Paul McClure, Mikael Lindberg, Angel Ayora12:10 p.m. — Michael Block, Rasmus Højgaard, Dustin Johnson12:21 p.m. — Mark Geddes, Steven Fisk, David Lipsky12:32 p.m. — Sungjae Im, Austin Hurt, Casey Jarvis12:43 p.m. — Andrew Putnam, Michael Kartrude, Matt Wallace12:54 p.m. — Martin Kaymer, Elvis Smylie, Davis Riley1:05 p.m. — Jason Dufner, Haotong Li, Jimmy Walker1:16 p.m. — Nick Taylor, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Jordan Smith1:27 p.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Patrick Reed, Pierceson Coody1:38 p.m. — Brian Campbell, Adam Schenk, Christiaan Bezuidenhout1:49 p.m. — Marco Penge, Sepp Straka, Patrick Rodgers2 p.m. — Aaron Rai, Travis Smyth, Sami Valimaki2:11 p.m. — Sam Stevens, Jayden Schaper, Garrett Sapp2:22 p.m. — Timothy Wiseman, Matti Schmid, Austin Smotherman