2018 BMW PGA Championship tee times and pairings: Round 1
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2018 BMW PGA Championship tee times and pairings: Round 1

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The 2018 BMW PGA Championship Thursday first round and Friday second round tee times have been released for the event, and the groupings are juicy at Wentworth Club in England.

Lee Westwood, Alex Noren and Rory McIlroy play together for the first two rounds, going off at 12:30 p.m. local time (7:30 a.m. Eastern time) in Round 1 on Thursday.

Martin Kaymer, Paul Casey and Tyrrell Hatton are grouped together, with their Thursday tee time at 12:40 p.m. local time.

The 2018 BMW PGA Championship Thursday TV coverage is on Golf Channel from 5 a.m. - 1 p.m. Eastern.

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2018 BMW PGA Championship tee times for Round 1

All times are GMT (-5 hours for US Eastern)

  • 7 a.m. -- Ashley Chesters, Steven Brown, Marcus Kinhult
  • 7:10 a.m. -- Zander Lombard, Pedro Oriol, Jason Scrivener
  • 7:20 a.m. -- Richard Bland, David Horsey, Paul Waring
  • 7:30 a.m. -- Søren Kjeldsen, Jamie Donaldson, Peter Hanson
  • 7:40 a.m. -- Scott Jamieson, Matteo Manassero, Jordan Smith
  • 7:50 a.m. -- Eddie Pepperell, Andrew Johnston, Haotong Li
  • 8 a.m. -- Ian Poulter, Matt Wallace, Tommy Fleetwood
  • 8:15 a.m. -- Ross Fisher, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Padraig Harrington
  • 8:25 a.m. -- Ernie Els, Paul Dunne, Matthew Fitzpatrick
  • 8:35 a.m. -- Thomas Pieters, Francesco Molinari, Alexander Levy
  • 8:45 a.m. -- Robert Karlsson, Chris Paisley, Joost Luiten
  • 8:55 a.m. -- Haydn Porteous, Dean Burmester, George Coetzee
  • 9:05 a.m. -- Andres Romero, Alvaro Quiros, Jorge Campillo
  • 9:15 a.m. -- Harold Varner Iii, Darren Fichardt, Romain Wattel
  • 9:30 a.m. -- Fabrizio Zanotti, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Adrian Otaegui
  • 9:40 a.m. -- Soomin Lee, Sam Brazel, Ryan Fox
  • 9:50 a.m. -- Jason Norris, Renato Paratore, Jeunghun Wang
  • 10 a.m. -- Raphaël Jacquelin, Trevor Immelman, Brett Rumford
  • 10:10 a.m. -- Marcel Siem, James Morrison, Grégory Havret
  • 10:20 a.m. -- Carlos Pigem, Lasse Jensen, Robert Coles
  • 10:30 a.m. -- Tapio Pulkkanen, Ashun Wu, Paul O'Hara
  • 10:45 a.m. -- Bradley Neil, Daniel Im, Chris Hanson
  • 10:55 a.m. -- Jinho Choi, Julien Guerrier, Andrea Pavan
  • 11:05 a.m. -- Adrien Saddier, James Heath, Ryan Evans
  • 11:15 a.m. -- Rak Hyun Cho, Sébastien Gros, Mikko Korhonen
  • 11:25 a.m. -- Lee Slattery, Thomas Aiken, Callum Shinkwin
  • 11:35 a.m. -- Matthieu Pavon, Thomas Detry, Benjamin Hebert
  • 11:45 a.m. -- Grégory Bourdy, Andrew Dodt, Robert Rock
  • 12 p.m. -- Richie Ramsay, Richard Sterne, David Lipsky
  • 12:10 p.m. -- Gonzalo Fernandez - Castaño, Matthew Southgate, Marc Warren
  • 12:20 p.m. -- Danny Willett, Byeong Hun An, Chris Wood
  • 12:30 p.m. -- Lee Westwood, Alex Noren, Rory Mcilroy
  • 12:40 p.m. -- Martin Kaymer, Paul Casey, Tyrrell Hatton
  • 12:50 p.m. -- Branden Grace, Dylan Frittelli, Kiradech Aphibarnrat
  • 13 p.m. -- Thomas Bjørn, Graeme Mcdowell, Shane Lowry
  • 1:15 p.m. -- Hideto Tanihara, Julian Suri, Andy Sullivan
  • 1:25 p.m. -- Darren Clarke, Thongchai Jaidee, David Howell
  • 1:35 p.m. -- Lucas Bjerregaard, Joakim Lagergren, Alexander Björk
  • 1:45 p.m. -- Stephen Gallacher, Yusaku Miyazato, Pablo Larrazábal
  • 1:55 p.m. -- Bradley Dredge, S.S.P. Chawrasia, Brandon Stone
  • 2:05 p.m. -- Nicolas Colsaerts, Thorbjørn Olesen, Edoardo Molinari
  • 2:15 p.m. -- Scott Hend, Marcus Fraser, Wade Ormsby
  • 2:30 p.m. -- David Drysdale, Sam Horsfield, Oliver Fisher
  • 2:40 p.m. -- Maximilian Kieffer, Nacho Elvira, Richard Wallis
  • 2:50 p.m. -- Phachara Khongwatmai, Nino Bertasio, Gavin Hay
  • 15 p.m. -- Daniel Brooks, Austin Connelly, Mikko Ilonen
  • 3:10 p.m. -- Chase Koepka, Oliver Farr, Erik Van Rooyen
  • 3:20 p.m. -- Clément Sordet, Jeff Winther, Gavin Green
  • 3:30 p.m. -- Scott Fernandez, Ricardo Gouveia, Aaron Rai
  • 3:40 p.m. -- Jens Dantorp, Adam Bland, Jacques Kruyswijk

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