The first round of the PGA Championship is always an exciting day in golf. It is the start of another major championship and a chance to see a new star born in the sport.
In 2024, Xander Schauffele finally dispelled any myths that he couldn’t close big tournaments and became a major champion. He overcame Viktor Hovland and Bryson DeChambeau in a memorable edition of the tournament at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky.
It is the second major championship of the year. It is now played in May when it used to be in August and carry the name of ‘Glory’s Last Shot’. It also contains a very large field of stars from the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour, the LIV Golf League and also the very best PGA Professionals in the United States.
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The first round of a major tournament is absolutely crucial. If you don’t get off to a good start, you are immediately on the back foot and have too much ground to make up. It isn’t impossible to come from behind to win this event, as we saw with Justin Thomas defying a seven-shot gap in the final round in 2022, but day one is crucial.
In the first round in 2025, Rory McIlroy has been drawn to play with Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele at 8.22 am local time, which is 1.22 pm UK time.
2023 PGA Champion Brooks Koepka was drawn to play with former Open champion Shane Lowry and fan favourite Rickie Fowler. Grand slam chaser Jordan Spieth has been drawn with Ludvig Aberg and Patrick Reed.
PGA Championship Tee Times Round 1
UK times. Minus five hours for US times.
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Hole 1
12 pm: Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer
12.11 pm: John Somers, Taylor Moore, David Puig
12.22 pm: Kurt Kitayama, Nic Ishee, Alex Noren
12.33 pm: J.T Poston, Ryo Hisatsune, Tom Johnson
12.44 pm: Davis Thompson, Bud Cauley, Nico Echavarria
12.55 pm: Harris English, Michael Kim, Thomas Detry
1.06 pm: Stephan Jaeger, Chris Kirk, Robert MacIntyre
1.17 pm: Thorbjorn Olesen, Karl Vilips, Laurie Canter
1.28 pm: Si Woo Kim, Sam Stevens, Rico Hoey
1.39 pm: Bobby Gates, Lee Hodges, Ben Griffin
1.50 pm: Thriston Lawrence, Nick Dunlap, Harry Hall
2.01 pm: Greg Koch, Marco Penge, Ryan Gerard
2.12 pm: Dylan Newman, Daniel van Tonder, Victor Perez
5.30 pm: Michael Kartrude, Sami Valimaki, Jake Knapp
5.41 pm: Erik van Rooyen, Michael Block, Mackenzie Hughes
5.52 pm: Lucas Glover, Max Homa, Joaquin Niemann
6.03 pm: Tyrrell Hatton, Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott
6.14 pm: Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa
6.25 pm: Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Ludvig Aberg
6.36 pm: Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim
6.47 pm: Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Gary Woodland
6.58 pm: Sergio Garcia, Daniel Berger, Russell Henley
7.09 pm: Justin Rose, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman
7.20 pm: Brandon Bingaman, Davis Riley, Sungjae Im
7.31 pm: Takumi Kanaya, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom McKibbin
7.42 pm: Keita Nakajima, Timothy Wiseman, Beau Hossler
Hole 10
12.05 pm: John Parry, Justin Hicks, Ryan Fox
12.16 pm: Andre Chi, Patrick Fishburn, Seamus Power
12.27 pm: Max McGreevey, Sahith Theegala, Sepp Straka
12.38 pm: Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry
12.49 pm: Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, Jason Day
1 pm: Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick
1.11 pm: Corey Conners, Min Woo Lee, Rasmus Hojgaard
1.22 pm: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
1.33 pm: Tony Finau, Nicolai Hojgaard, Max Greyserman
1.44 pm: Andrew Novak, Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy
1.55 pm: Akshay Bhatia, Denny McCarthy, Sam Burns
2.06 pm: John Catlin, Garrick Higgo, Jesse Droemer
2.17 pm: Eugenio Chacarra, Ruper Taylor, Justin Lower
5.25 pm: Keith Mitchell, Bob Sowards, Adam Hadwin
5.36 pm: Eric Cole, Eric Steger, Cam Davis
5.47 pm: Austin Eckroat, Brian Bergstol, Jacob Bridgeman
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5.58 pm: Niklas Norgaard, Ben An, J.J. Spaun
6.09 pm: Patrick Rodgers, Nick Taylor, Dean Burmester
6.20 pm: Joe Highsmith, Cameron Young, Aaron Rai
6.31 pm: Tom Hoge, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith
6.42 pm: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Patton Kizzire, Matt McCarty
6.53 pm: Tyler Collet, Jimmy Walker, Richard Bland
7.04 pm: Jason Dufner, Michael Thorbjornsen, Shaun Micheel
7.15 pm: Rafael Campos, Ryan Lenahan, Matt Wallace
7.26 pm: Jhonattan Vegas, Elvis Smylie, Brian Campbell
7.37 pm: Kevin Yu, Larkin, Gross, John Keefer
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