The PGA Tour kicks off its third signature event of the season Thursday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Seventy-two players will compete in the $20 million event, with the winner earning $4 million. There is a 36-hole cut in which the top 50 players and ties (and anyone within 10 strokes of the lead) qualify for the weekend.
Golf Channel coverage (ET)
- 1-2PM: Golf Central Pregame
- 2-6PM: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Round 1
- 6-7PM: Golf Central Postgame
Round 1 tee times and pairings
| Time | Tee | Players |
| 7:40 AM EST | 1 | Joel Dahmen Daniel Bennett |
| 7:50 AM EST | 1 | Jhonattan Vegas Tom Hoge |
| 8:00 AM EST | 1 | Ryan Fox Billy Horschel |
| 8:10 AM EST | 1 | Brian Campbell Patrick Rodgers |
| 8:20 AM EST | 1 | Matt McCarty Max Greyserman |
| 8:30 AM EST | 1 | Taylor Moore Andrew Putnam |
| 8:40 AM EST | 1 | Daniel Berger Alex Noren |
| 8:50 AM EST | 1 | Min Woo Lee Michael Thorbjornsen |
| 9:05 AM EST | 1 | Harry Hall Corey Conners |
| 9:15 AM EST | 1 | Cameron Young Sepp Straka |
| 9:25 AM EST | 1 | Harris English Patrick Cantlay |
| 9:35 AM EST | 1 | Andrew Novak Robert MacIntyre |
| 9:45 AM EST | 1 | Brian Harman Akshay Bhatia |
| 9:55 AM EST | 1 | Collin Morikawa Justin Rose |
| 10:05 AM EST | 1 | Xander Schauffele Shane Lowry |
| 10:20 AM EST | 1 | Scottie Scheffler Russell Henley |
| 10:30 AM EST | 1 | Aldrich Potgieter Adam Scott |
| 10:40 AM EST | 1 | J.T. Poston Keith Mitchell |
| 10:50 AM EST | 1 | Nicolai Højgaard Austin Smotherman |
| 11:00 AM EST | 1 | Si Woo Kim Bud Cauley |
| 11:10 AM EST | 1 | Lucas Glover Ryo Hisatsune |
| 11:20 AM EST | 1 | Ryan Gerard Jason Day |
| 11:35 AM EST | 1 | Taylor Pendrith Denny McCarthy |
| 11:45 AM EST | 1 | Kurt Kitayama Pierceson Coody |
| 11:55 AM EST | 1 | Jordan Spieth Sam Stevens |
| 12:05 PM EST | 1 | Jake Knapp Matt Fitzpatrick |
| 12:15 PM EST | 1 | Sam Burns Sungjae Im |
| 12:25 PM EST | 1 | J.J. Spaun Nick Taylor |
| 12:35 PM EST | 1 | Keegan Bradley Maverick McNealy |
| 12:50 PM EST | 1 | Ben Griffin Tommy Fleetwood |
| 1:00 PM EST | 1 | Nico Echavarria Ludvig Åberg |
| 1:10 PM EST | 1 | Jacob Bridgeman Chris Gotterup |
| 1:20 PM EST | 1 | Justin Thomas Hideki Matsuyama |
| 1:30 PM EST | 1 | Rory McIlroy Viktor Hovland |
| 1:40 PM EST | 1 | Rickie Fowler Michael Kim |
| 1:50 PM EST | 1 | Chris Kirk Sahith Theegala |