Players Championship First Round Tee Times

The first round of the Players Championship is one of the most highly-anticipated non-major days of the golfing calendar.

Now that LIV Golf has attracted some of the best PGA Tour stars like Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, the Players Championship can’t really boast the best field in the game, but it isn’t far off.

The first two rounds can be somewhat of a slog at every PGA Tour event. More than 100 players jostling for position on the leaderboard is tough going, especially at a golf course like the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.

But even with perfect daylight in 2024, all players failed to get around before daylight halted play in each of the first two rounds of the Players Championship. Some players had to return in the dark the next morning before they could start their next round.

Last season, the first slot was at 7.40 am local time (11.40 am in the UK) in Ponte Vedra from the first hole and the 10th hole. A two-tee system helps to get more players on the golf course at once. Ryan Moore, Chesson Hadley and Zac Blair were first to go on hole 1, while Troy Merritt, Taylor Pendrith and Taylor Montgomery went on hole 10.

The same system was adopted in 2025, and Chad Ramey, C.T. Pan, and Vince Whaley will get play underway on the first hole in round one. Lanto Griffin, Andrew Novak, and David Lipsky will start on hole 10.

This was the same in round two, of course. What is also a regular feature of the first two rounds is a cluster of featured groups which extra coverage options on the broadcaster offer fans to watch exclusively.

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The Players Championship first round tee times appear below. All in UK times. Minus four hours for US times.

Players Championship first round tee times

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It was announced before the 2025 Players Championship started that Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele would play together in the first two rounds, the ultra-marquee group made up of the top three players in the world.

Ludvig Aberg, Justin Thomas and Hideki Matsuyama is the second marquee group drawn to play together.

Round 1: No. 1 tee

11:40 am: Chad Ramey, C.T. Pan, Vince Whaley
11:51 am: Joel Dahmen, Patrick Rodgers, Chan Kim
12:02 pm: Beau Hossler, Mark Hubbard, Ben Silverman
12:13 pm: Rafael Campos, Davis Riley, Gary Woodland
12:24 pm: Joe Highsmith, Brian Campbell, Matt McCarty
12:35 pm: Patton Kizzire, Lucas Glover, Corey Conners
12:46 pm: Sahith Theegala, Matt Fitzpatrick, Will Zalatoris
12:57 pm: Davis Thompson, Stephan Jaeger, Tom Hoge
1:08 pm: Aaron Rai, Cam Davis, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
1:19 pm: Robert MacIntyre, Max Homa, Sungjae Im
1:30 pm: Nate Lashley, Will Gordon, Rico Hoey
1:41 pm: Alejandro Tosti, Isaiah Salinda, Aldrich Potgieter

4:45 pm: Doug Ghim, Ryan Fox, Sami Valimaki
4:56 pm: Andrew Putnam, Charley Hoffman, Denny McCarthy
5:07 pm: Daniel Berger, Min Woo Lee, Rasmus Højgaard
5:18 pm: Harris English, Billy Horschel, Justin Rose
5:29 pm: Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele
5:40 pm: Collin Morikawa, Adam Scott, Tommy Fleetwood
5:51 pm: Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Patrick Cantlay
6:02 pm: Nick Dunlap, Akshay Bhatia, Tom Kim
6:13 pm: Austin Eckroat, Sahith Theegala, Akshay Bhatia
6:24 pm: Jhonattan Vegas, Matt Kuchar, Adam Hadwin
6:35 pm: Sam Ryder, Greyson Sigg, Mac Meissner
6:46 pm: Max McGreevy, Ryan Gerard, Frankie Capan III

Round 1: No. 10 tee

11:40 am: Lanto Griffin, Andrew Novak, David Lipsky
11:51 am: Keith Mitchell, Justin Lower, Nicolai Højgaard
12:02 pm: Michael Kim, Alex Smalley, Sam Stevens
12:13 pm: Maverick McNealy, Brian Harman, Tony Finau
12:24 pm: Ludvig Åberg, Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas
12:35 pm: Russell Henley, Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland
12:46 pm: Wyndham Clark, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth
12:57 pm: Thomas Detry, Sepp Straka, Nick Taylor
1:08 pm: J.T. Poston, Seamus Power, Mackenzie Hughes
1:19 pm: Chris Kirk, Luke List, Adam Svensson
1:30 pm: Bud Cauley, Matti Schmid, Davis Skinns
1:41 pm: Hayden Springer, Jesper Svensson, Will Chandler

4:45 pm: Henrik Norlander, Victor Perez, Ben Kohles
4:56 pm: Eric Cole, Ben Griffin, Max Greyserman
5:07 pm: J.J. Spaun, Jacob Bridgeman, Chandler Phillips
5:18 pm: Emiliano Grillo, Byeong Hun An, Adam Schenk
5:29 pm: Taylor Pendrith, Peter Malnati, Kurt Kitayama
5:40 pm: Brice Garnett, Matthieu Pavon, Camilo Villegas
5:51 pm: Austin Eckroat, Jake Knapp, Taylor Moore
6:02 pm: Nico Echavarria, Kevin Yu, Erik van Rooyen
6:13 pm: Karl Vilips, Sam Burns, Cameron Young
6:24 pm: K.H. Lee, Carson Young, Patrick Fishburn
6:35 pm: Trey Mullinax, Ryo Hisatsune, Laurie Canter
6:46 pm: Kris Ventura, Kevin Roy, Jackson Suber

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