TPC Sawgrass is an unrelenting course. Trying to conquer it for a third time is world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who has struggled in his first 18 holes at several tournaments this year.
Eyes will be on Scheffler and his marquee grouping. Will he be off the tee early or late? He’s said to favor getting to work as soon as he can. Let’s see where his path begins as well as when the other 122 players in the The Players Championship field are set to tee off Thursday.
Oh, and how you can see all the action live from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
How to watch 2026 Players Championship first round
Thursday, March 12, is an all-day golf lineup on Golf Channel:
- 10AM-1PM: Live From The Players
- 1-7PM: Round 1 (Golf Channel)
- 7-9PM: Live From The Players
2026 Players Championship first-round tee times
| Time | Tee | Players |
| 7:40 AM EDT | 1 | Mark Hubbard Thorbjørn Olesen Mac Meissner |
| 7:40 AM EDT | 10 | Mackenzie Hughes Eric Cole Rico Hoey |
| 7:52 AM EDT | 1 | Bud Cauley Vince Whaley Chandler Phillips |
| 7:52 AM EDT | 10 | Max Homa Daniel Berger Michael Thorbjornsen |
| 8:04 AM EDT | 1 | Emiliano Grillo Christiaan Bezuidenhout Max Greyserman |
| 8:04 AM EDT | 10 | Rasmus Højgaard Danny Walker Kristoffer Reitan |
| 8:16 AM EDT | 1 | Kevin Yu Cam Davis Gary Woodland |
| 8:16 AM EDT | 10 | Jhonattan Vegas Taylor Pendrith Alex Noren |
| 8:28 AM EDT | 1 | Ricky Castillo Ryan Gerard Patrick Cantlay |
| 8:28 AM EDT | 10 | Akshay Bhatia Brooks Koepka Tony Finau |
| 8:40 AM EDT | 1 | Adam Schenk Garrick Higgo Matt McCarty |
| 8:40 AM EDT | 10 | Collin Morikawa Ludvig Åberg Si Woo Kim |
| 8:52 AM EDT | 1 | Brian Harman Maverick McNealy Davis Riley |
| 8:52 AM EDT | 10 | Scottie Scheffler Tommy Fleetwood Justin Thomas |
| 9:04 AM EDT | 1 | Sami Valimaki Lucas Glover Matt Fitzpatrick |
| 9:04 AM EDT | 10 | Viktor Hovland Russell Henley Robert MacIntyre |
| 9:16 AM EDT | 1 | Michael Brennan Harris English J.T. Poston |
| 9:16 AM EDT | 10 | Aldrich Potgieter Jake Knapp Sungjae Im |
| 9:28 AM EDT | 1 | Haotong Li Zecheng Dou Jordan Smith |
| 9:28 AM EDT | 10 | Patton Kizzire Seamus Power Johnny Keefer |
| 12:30 PM EDT | 1 | Lee Hodges Andrew Putnam Sam Stevens |
| 12:30 PM EDT | 10 | Tom Hoge Denny McCarthy Nicolai Højgaard |
| 12:42 PM EDT | 1 | Erik van Rooyen Keith Mitchell Michael Kim |
| 12:42 PM EDT | 10 | Patrick Rodgers Kevin Roy Marco Penge |
| 12:54 PM EDT | 1 | Taylor Moore Joel Dahmen Ryo Hisatsune |
| 12:54 PM EDT | 10 | Chad Ramey Alex Smalley Pierceson Coody |
| 1:06 PM EDT | 1 | Jacob Bridgeman Ben Griffin Adam Scott |
| 1:06 PM EDT | 10 | Kurt Kitayama Harry Hall Stephan Jaeger |
| 1:18 PM EDT | 1 | J.J. Spaun Sepp Straka Shane Lowry |
| 1:18 PM EDT | 10 | Keegan Bradley Ryan Fox Chris Kirk |
| 1:30 PM EDT | 1 | Sahith Theegala Rickie Fowler Jordan Spieth |
| 1:30 PM EDT | 10 | Andrew Novak Nick Taylor Wyndham Clark |
| 1:42 PM EDT | 1 | Xander Schauffele Rory McIlroy Hideki Matsuyama |
| 1:42 PM EDT | 10 | Steven Fisk William Mouw Joe Highsmith |
| 1:54 PM EDT | 1 | Chris Gotterup Justin Rose Min Woo Lee |
| 1:54 PM EDT | 10 | Cameron Young Davis Thompson Sam Burns |
| 2:06 PM EDT | 1 | Brian Campbell Karl Vilips Aaron Rai |
| 2:06 PM EDT | 10 | Nico Echavarria Jason Day Corey Conners |
| 2:18 PM EDT | 1 | Matti Schmid Max McGreevy Takumi Kanaya |
| 2:18 PM EDT | 10 | Matthieu Pavon S.H. Kim Austin Smotherman |
| 2:30 PM EDT | 1 | Zach Bauchou Sudarshan Yellamaraju A.J. Ewart |