2026 The Players Championship tee times and pairings: Friday's Round 2
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2026 The Players Championship tee times and pairings: Friday’s Round 2

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The 2026 The Players Championship Friday tee times and groupings for the second round have been released, with threesomes featuring the best golfers in the world competing at TPC Sawgrass' Players Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

The 2026 The Players Championship format features a field of 123 players competing in the Jacksonville event. For the second two rounds, the players will compete in threesomes off the 1st and 10th tees.

After the second two rounds, there will be a cut to the top 65 and ties for the final two rounds.

The 2026 The Players Championship second round is set to start at 7:40 a.m. local time -- or 7:40 a.m. Eastern time -- with the second tee times of the day going off the 1st and 10th tees. Tee times run through 2:30 p.m. local time -- or 2:30 p.m. Eastern time -- with the final group of the day.

2026 The Players Championship tee times: Round 1

2026 The Players Championship Friday: How to watch, TV times, streaming schedule

You can watch the 2026 The Players Championship second round on TV starting at 1 p.m. Eastern on Golf Channel.

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Viewers can watch the 2026 The Players Championship live stream through PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ starting at 7:30 a.m. Eastern.

2026 The Players Championship tee times for Round 2

All times local and Eastern

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TIME TEE PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 PLAYER 3
7:40 a.m. 1 Tom Hoge Denny McCarthy Nicolai Højgaard
7:52 a.m. 1 Patrick Rodgers Kevin Roy Marco Penge
8:04 a.m. 1 Chad Ramey Alex Smalley Pierceson Coody
8:16 a.m. 1 Kurt Kitayama Harry Hall Stephan Jaeger
8:28 a.m. 1 Keegan Bradley Ryan Fox Chris Kirk
8:40 a.m. 1 Andrew Novak Nick Taylor Wyndham Clark
8:52 a.m. 1 Steven Fisk William Mouw Joe Highsmith
9:04 a.m. 1 Cameron Young Davis Thompson Sam Burns
9:16 a.m. 1 Nico Echavarria Jason Day Corey Conners
9:28 a.m. 1 Matthieu Pavon S.H. Kim Austin Smotherman
12:30 p.m. 1 Mackenzie Hughes Eric Cole Rico Hoey
12:42 p.m. 1 Max Homa Daniel Berger Michael Thorbjornsen
12:54 p.m. 1 Rasmus Højgaard Danny Walker Kristoffer Reitan
1:06 p.m. 1 Jhonattan Vegas Taylor Pendrith Alex Noren
1:18 p.m. 1 Akshay Bhatia Brooks Koepka Tony Finau
1:30 p.m. 1 Collin Morikawa Ludvig Ã…berg Si Woo Kim
1:42 p.m. 1 Scottie Scheffler Tommy Fleetwood Justin Thomas
1:54 p.m. 1 Viktor Hovland Russell Henley Robert MacIntyre
2:06 p.m. 1 Aldrich Potgieter Jake Knapp Sungjae Im
2:18 p.m. 1 Patton Kizzire Seamus Power Johnny Keefer
7:40 a.m. 10 Lee Hodges Andrew Putnam Sam Stevens
7:52 a.m. 10 Erik van Rooyen Keith Mitchell Michael Kim
8:04 a.m. 10 Taylor Moore Joel Dahmen Ryo Hisatsune
8:16 a.m. 10 Jacob Bridgeman Ben Griffin Adam Scott
8:28 a.m. 10 J.J. Spaun Sepp Straka Shane Lowry
8:40 a.m. 10 Sahith Theegala Rickie Fowler Jordan Spieth
8:52 a.m. 10 Xander Schauffele Rory McIlroy Hideki Matsuyama
9:04 a.m. 10 Chris Gotterup Justin Rose Min Woo Lee
9:16 a.m. 10 Brian Campbell Karl Vilips Aaron Rai
9:28 a.m. 10 Matti Schmid Max McGreevy Takumi Kanaya
9:40 a.m. 10 Zach Bauchou Sudarshan Yellamaraju A.J. Ewart
12:30 p.m. 10 Mark Hubbard Thorbjørn Olesen Mac Meissner
12:42 p.m. 10 Bud Cauley Vince Whaley Chandler Phillips
12:54 p.m. 10 Emiliano Grillo Christiaan Bezuidenhout Max Greyserman
1:06 p.m. 10 Kevin Yu Cam Davis Gary Woodland
1:18 p.m. 10 Ricky Castillo Ryan Gerard Patrick Cantlay
1:30 p.m. 10 Adam Schenk Garrick Higgo Matt McCarty
1:42 p.m. 10 Brian Harman Maverick McNealy Cam Davis
1:54 p.m. 10 Sami Valimaki Lucas Glover Matt Fitzpatrick
2:06 p.m. 10 Michael Brennan Harris English J.T. Poston
2:18 p.m. 10 Haotong Li Zecheng Dou Jordan Smith

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