2026 The Genesis Invitational tee times and pairings: Thursday's Round 1
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2026 The Genesis Invitational tee times and pairings: Thursday’s Round 1

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The 2026 The Genesis Invitational Thursday tee times and groupings for the first round have been released, with several threesomes featuring the best golfers in the world competing at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.

The 2026 The Genesis Invitational format features a field of 72 players competing in the Los Angeles area Signature event. For the first two rounds, the players will compete in threesomes off the 1st tee.

After the first two rounds, there will be a cut to the top 50 and ties among the pros, as well as any player within 10 shots of the lead, for the final two rounds.

The 2026 The Genesis Invitational first round is set to start at 7:15 a.m. local time -- or 10:15 a.m. Eastern time -- with the first tee times of the day going off the first tee. Tee times run through 12:01 p.m. local time -- or 3:01 p.m. Eastern time -- with the final group of the day.

2026 The Genesis Invitational tee times: Round 2

2026 The Genesis Invitational Thursday: How to watch, TV times, streaming schedule

You can watch the 2026 The Genesis Invitational first round on TV starting at 3:30 p.m. Eastern on Golf Channel.

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Viewers can watch the 2026 The Genesis Invitational live stream through PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ starting at 10:15 a.m. Eastern.

2026 The Genesis Invitational tee times for Round 1

All times local and Eastern

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TIME PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 PLAYER 3
10:15 a.m. Sami Valimaki J.T. Poston Rico Hoey
10:27 a.m. Kurt Kitayama Nico Echavarria Jake Knapp
10:39 a.m. Matt McCarty Jhonattan Vegas Taylor Pendrith
10:51 a.m. Tom Hoge Bud Cauley Matti Schmid
11:03 a.m. Sahith Theegala Michael Kim Pierceson Coody
11:15 a.m. Ben Griffin Keegan Bradley Sam Burns
11:27 a.m. Maverick McNealy Akshay Bhatia Jacob Bridgeman
11:39 a.m. Cameron Young Viktor Hovland Shane Lowry
11:56 a.m. J.J. Spaun Ludvig Ã…berg Hideki Matsuyama
12:08 p.m. Collin Morikawa Tommy Fleetwood Rory McIlroy
12:20 p.m. Ryan Gerard Adam Scott Patrick Rodgers
12:32 p.m. Kevin Yu Max Homa Denny McCarthy
12:44 p.m. Aldrich Potgieter Ryan Fox Sam Stevens
12:56 p.m. Tom Kim Rickie Fowler Max Greyserman
1:08 p.m. Lucas Glover Tony Finau Max McGreevy
1:20 p.m. Garrick Higgo Aaron Rai Matt Fitzpatrick
1:37 p.m. Jason Day Alex Noren Ryo Hisatsune
1:49 p.m. Andrew Novak Brian Harman Nick Taylor
2:01 p.m. Russell Henley Harris English Corey Conners
2:13 p.m. Sepp Straka Harry Hall Patrick Cantlay
2:25 p.m. Chris Gotterup Justin Rose Robert MacIntyre
2:37 p.m. Scottie Scheffler Xander Schauffele Si Woo Kim
2:49 p.m. Min Woo Lee Jordan Spieth Daniel Berger
3:01 p.m. Brian Campbell Wyndham Clark Marco Penge

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