The opening round of the John Deere Classic begins Thursday, kickstarting four days of golf in America’s Heartland that coincides with the country’s 250th birthday.
Two-time winner Jordan Spieth is one of the headlining names this week along with top-ranked players and tournament favorites Ben Griffin and Chris Gotterup.
Golf Channel’s live first round coverage will run from 4 to 7 p.m. ET on Thursday. Here’s who Spieth and the rest of the field will be grouped with during the first round at TPC Deere Run.
| Time | Tee | Players |
| 7:40 AM EDT | 1 | Luke List Tyler Duncan Pierceson Coody |
| 7:40 AM EDT | 10 | Rafael Campos Ryan Brehm Beau Hossler |
| 7:51 AM EDT | 1 | Matthieu Pavon Lee Hodges Troy Merritt |
| 7:51 AM EDT | 10 | Brendon Todd Fabián Gómez Mark Hubbard |
| 8:02 AM EDT | 1 | S.Y. Noh David Lipsky Austin Smotherman |
| 8:02 AM EDT | 10 | Nick Dunlap Robert Streb Andrew Putnam |
| 8:13 AM EDT | 1 | William Mouw Davis Riley Daniel Berger |
| 8:13 AM EDT | 10 | J.T. Poston Jacob Bridgeman Eric Cole |
| 8:24 AM EDT | 1 | Taylor Pendrith Lucas Glover Webb Simpson |
| 8:24 AM EDT | 10 | Brian Campbell Davis Thompson Max Homa |
| 8:35 AM EDT | 1 | Michael Brennan Stephan Jaeger Aaron Wise |
| 8:35 AM EDT | 10 | Ben Griffin Jordan Spieth Jackson Koivun |
| 8:46 AM EDT | 1 | Seamus Power Mackenzie Hughes Kevin Roy |
| 8:46 AM EDT | 10 | Matt Wallace Zac Blair Ryo Hisatsune |
| 8:57 AM EDT | 1 | Camilo Villegas Joel Dahmen Rico Hoey |
| 8:57 AM EDT | 10 | Erik van Rooyen Doug Ghim Vince Whaley |
| 9:08 AM EDT | 1 | Kevin Streelman Max McGreevy Johnny Keefer |
| 9:08 AM EDT | 10 | Nick Hardy Tom Hoge Ben Kohles |
| 9:19 AM EDT | 1 | Patrick Fishburn Chan Kim A.J. Ewart |
| 9:19 AM EDT | 10 | Christo Lamprecht Blades Brown Preston Stout |
| 9:30 AM EDT | 1 | Haotong Li Kris Ventura Marcelo Rozo |
| 9:30 AM EDT | 10 | Hayden Springer Neal Shipley Michael Feagles |
| 9:41 AM EDT | 1 | Trace Crowe Chandler Blanchet Luke Gutschewski |
| 9:41 AM EDT | 10 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart Jeffrey Kang Darin Fisher |
| 12:50 PM EDT | 1 | Adam Svensson Denny McCarthy Ben Silverman |
| 12:50 PM EDT | 10 | Patrick Rodgers Dylan Wu Takumi Kanaya |
| 1:01 PM EDT | 1 | Austin Eckroat Patton Kizzire Michael Kim |
| 1:01 PM EDT | 10 | Brice Garnett Lanto Griffin Max Greyserman |
| 1:12 PM EDT | 1 | Taylor Moore Harry Higgs Carson Young |
| 1:12 PM EDT | 10 | Jonathan Byrd Hank Lebioda Sudarshan Yellamaraju |
| 1:23 PM EDT | 1 | Andrew Novak Tony Finau Sungjae Im |
| 1:23 PM EDT | 10 | Steven Fisk Aldrich Potgieter Garrick Higgo |
| 1:34 PM EDT | 1 | Rickie Fowler Keith Mitchell Zach Johnson |
| 1:34 PM EDT | 10 | Adam Schenk Joe Highsmith Kevin Yu |
| 1:45 PM EDT | 1 | Chris Gotterup Keegan Bradley Tom Kim |
| 1:45 PM EDT | 10 | Karl Vilips Jhonattan Vegas Matt Kuchar |
| 1:56 PM EDT | 1 | Emiliano Grillo Ben Martin Michael Thorbjornsen |
| 1:56 PM EDT | 10 | Chad Ramey Christiaan Bezuidenhout Thorbjørn Olesen |
| 2:07 PM EDT | 1 | Justin Lower Chandler Phillips Danny Walker |
| 2:07 PM EDT | 10 | Peter Malnati Adam Hadwin Mac Meissner |
| 2:18 PM EDT | 1 | Cameron Champ Martin Laird Dylan Frittelli |
| 2:18 PM EDT | 10 | Kensei Hirata Pontus Nyholm John VanDerLaan |
| 2:29 PM EDT | 1 | Jackson Suber Luke Clanton Mason Howell |
| 2:29 PM EDT | 10 | David Skinns Paul Peterson Jeremy Paul |
| 2:40 PM EDT | 1 | Zecheng Dou Jimmy Stanger Patrick Adler |
| 2:40 PM EDT | 10 | Nicholas Lindheim Zach Bauchou Noah Goodwin |
| 2:51 PM EDT | 1 | Alejandro Tosti Davis Chatfield Augusto Núñez |
| 2:51 PM EDT | 10 | Keita Nakajima Gordon Sargent Ryan Voois |
