The 2026 Valspar Championship Thursday tee times and groupings for the first round have been released, with threesomes featuring the best golfers in the world competing at Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida.
The 2026 Valspar Championship format features a field of 133 players competing in the Tampa event. For the first two rounds, the players will compete in threesomes off the 1st and 10th tees.
After the first two rounds, there will be a cut to the top 65 and ties for the final two rounds.
The 2026 Valspar Championship first round is set to start at 7:35 a.m. local time -- or 7:35 a.m. Eastern time -- with the first tee times of the day going off the 1st tee. Tee times run through 2:26 p.m. local time -- or 2:26 p.m. Eastern time -- with the final group of the day.
2026 Valspar Championship tee times: Round 2
2026 Valspar Championship Thursday: How to watch, TV times, streaming schedule
You can watch the 2026 Valspar Championship first round on TV starting at 2 p.m. Eastern on Golf Channel.
Viewers can watch the 2026 Valspar Championship live stream through PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ starting at 7:30 a.m. Eastern.
2026 Valspar Championship tee times for Round 1
All times local and Eastern
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| TIME | TEE | PLAYER 1 | PLAYER 2 | PLAYER 3 |
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| 7:35 a.m. | 1 | Alex Smalley | Justin Lower | Max McGreevy |
| 7:46 a.m. | 1 | Brandt Snedeker | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | Takumi Kanaya |
| 7:57 a.m. | 1 | Thorbjørn Olesen | Chandler Phillips | Hank Lebioda |
| 8:08 a.m. | 1 | Steven Fisk | Nick Taylor | Aaron Rai |
| 8:19 a.m. | 1 | Brian Campbell | Cam Davis | Patrick Rodgers |
| 8:30 a.m. | 1 | Matt McCarty | Davis Thompson | Matt Kuchar |
| 8:41 a.m. | 1 | Joe Highsmith | Davis Riley | Pierceson Coody |
| 8:52 a.m. | 1 | Matthieu Pavon | Eric Cole | Kevin Roy |
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| 9:03 a.m. | 1 | Chad Ramey | Andrew Putnam | Luke Guthrie |
| 9:14 a.m. | 1 | Jeremy Paul | A.J. Ewart | Gordon Sargent |
| 9:25 a.m. | 1 | John Parry | John VanDerLaan | Marcelo Rozo |
| 12:30 p.m. | 1 | Patton Kizzire | Gary Woodland | Adam Hadwin |
| 12:41 p.m. | 1 | Taylor Moore | Beau Hossler | Joel Dahmen |
| 12:52 p.m. | 1 | Peter Malnati | Nicolai Højgaard | Marco Penge |
| 1:03 p.m. | 1 | Sam Ryder | Justin Thomas | Matt Fitzpatrick |
| 1:14 p.m. | 1 | Jacob Bridgeman | Wyndham Clark | Jordan Spieth |
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| 1:25 p.m. | 1 | Ben Griffin | Sahith Theegala | Tony Finau |
| 1:36 p.m. | 1 | Max Homa | Kevin Streelman | Danny Walker |
| 1:47 p.m. | 1 | Vince Whaley | Kristoffer Reitan | Johnny Keefer |
| 1:58 p.m. | 1 | David Skinns | Dan Brown | Davis Chatfield |
| 2:09 p.m. | 1 | Jordan Smith | David Ford | Greg Koch |
| 2:20 p.m. | 1 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | Jimmy Stanger | Tyler Wilkes |
| 7:40 a.m. | 10 | Emiliano Grillo | Charley Hoffman | Danny Willett |
| 7:51 a.m. | 10 | Matt Wallace | Matti Schmid | S.H. Kim |
| 8:02 a.m. | 10 | Mackenzie Hughes | Denny McCarthy | Austin Smotherman |
| 8:13 a.m. | 10 | Viktor Hovland | Brooks Koepka | Corey Conners |
| 8:24 a.m. | 10 | Xander Schauffele | Keegan Bradley | Patrick Cantlay |
| 8:35 a.m. | 10 | Ricky Castillo | J.J. Spaun | Billy Horschel |
| 8:46 a.m. | 10 | Andrew Novak | Karl Vilips | Sungjae Im |
| 8:57 a.m. | 10 | Lee Hodges | Mark Hubbard | Henrik Norlander |
| 9:08 a.m. | 10 | Erik van Rooyen | Tom Kim | Zac Blair |
| 9:19 a.m. | 10 | Jesper Svensson | Zach Bauchou | Jeffrey Kang |
| 9:30 a.m. | 10 | Kris Ventura | Kensei Hirata | Adrien Saddier |
| 12:25 p.m. | 10 | Austin Eckroat | Doug Ghim | David Lipsky |
| 12:36 p.m. | 10 | Rafael Campos | Seamus Power | Rasmus Højgaard |
| 12:47 p.m. | 10 | Adam Svensson | Michael Kim | Bud Cauley |
| 12:58 p.m. | 10 | Michael Brennan | Stephan Jaeger | Lucas Glover |
| 1:09 p.m. | 10 | Adam Schenk | Kevin Yu | Webb Simpson |
| 1:20 p.m. | 10 | Garrick Higgo | Taylor Pendrith | Ryo Hisatsune |
| 1:31 p.m. | 10 | Brice Garnett | Dylan Wu | Mac Meissner |
| 1:42 p.m. | 10 | Nick Dunlap | Rico Hoey | Chandler Blanchet |
| 1:53 p.m. | 10 | Zecheng Dou | Jackson Suber | Neal Shipley |
| 2:04 p.m. | 10 | Paul Peterson | Paul Waring | Blades Brown |
| 2:15 p.m. | 10 | Patrick Fishburn | Isaiah Salinda | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen |
| 2:26 p.m. | 10 | Alejandro Tosti | Luke Clanton | Pontus Nyholm |
