2026 US Open tee times and pairings: Thursday's Round 1
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2026 US Open tee times and pairings: Thursday’s Round 1

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 07: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland looks on while at the driving range during the first round of the Truist Championship 2026 at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 07, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)


The 2026 US Open Thursday tee times and groupings for the first round have been released, with threesomes featuring the best golfers in the world competing at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.

The 2026 US Open format features a field of 156 players competing in the third major of the year. 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 60 and ties for the final two rounds.

The 2026 US Open first round is set to start at 6:35 a.m. local time -- or 6:35 a.m. Eastern time -- with the first tee times of the day going off the 1st and 10th tees. Tee times run through 2:42 p.m. local time -- or 2:42 p.m. Eastern time -- with the final groups of the day.

2026 US Open tee times: Round 2

2026 US Open Thursday: How to watch, TV times, streaming schedule

You can watch the 2026 US Open first round on TV starting at 6:30 a.m. Eastern on USA Network.

Viewers can watch the 2026 US Open live stream through US Open.com and the US Open apps starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.

2026 US Open tee times for Round 1

All times local and Eastern

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TIME HOLE PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 PLAYER 3
6:35 a.m. 1 James Nicholas Taylor Montgomery Caleb Surratt
6:46 a.m. 1 Ethan Fang Jayden Schaper Jackson Suber
6:57 a.m. 1 Chase Kyes Matthew Jordan Alejandro Tosti
7:08 a.m. 1 Carl Yuan Brandon Wu Jimmy Stanger
7:19 a.m. 1 Padraig Harrington Miles Russell Cameron Smith
7:30 a.m. 1 Brooks Koepka Cameron Young Chris Gotterup
7:41 a.m. 1 Daniel Berger Keegan Bradley Rickie Fowler
7:52 a.m. 1 Patrick Reed Andrew Novak Kurt Kitayama
8:03 a.m. 1 Harris English Adam Scott Nick Taylor
8:14 a.m. 1 Mason Howell Scottie Scheffler J.J. Spaun
8:25 a.m. 1 Sahith Theegala Jackson Koivun Michael Kim
8:36 a.m. 1 J.B. Holmes Filippo Celli Jackson Ormond
8:47 a.m. 1 Jake Peacock Vaughn Harber Kaito Onishi
12:30 p.m. 1 Niklas Nørgaard Rocco Repetto Taylor Sudarshan Yellamaraju
12:41 p.m. 1 Laurie Canter John Parry Bryan Lee
12:52 p.m. 1 Chris Kirk Max McGreevy Jake Knapp
1:03 p.m. 1 Harry Hall Michael Brennan Andrew Putnam
1:14 p.m. 1 Davis Thompson Preston Stout David Puig
1:25 p.m. 1 Ryo Hisatsune Corey Conners Ryan Fox
1:36 p.m. 1 Ryan Gerard Russell Henley Ben Griffin
1:47 p.m. 1 Justin Thomas Hideki Matsuyama Xander Schauffele
1:58 p.m. 1 Nicolai Højgaard Nico Echavarria Robert MacIntyre
2:09 p.m. 1 J.T. Poston Patrick Cantlay Billy Horschel
2:20 p.m. 1 Arni Sveinsson Taihei Sato Marcelo Rozo
2:31 p.m. 1 Nick Hardy Cole Hammer Jack Schoenberger
2:42 p.m. 1 Marek Fleming T.K. Kim Giuseppe Puebla
6:35 a.m. 10 Chandler Phillips Harry Higgs Hamilton Coleman
6:46 a.m. 10 Nathan Kimsey Jackson Herrington Cooper Dossey
6:57 a.m. 10 Peter Uihlein Eric Lee Sam Stevens
7:08 a.m. 10 Adrien Dumont de Chassart Ben Silverman Emiliano Grillo
7:19 a.m. 10 Patrick Rodgers Keith Mitchell Graeme McDowell
7:30 a.m. 10 Sungjae Im Lucas Herbert Kristoffer Reitan
7:41 a.m. 10 Sam Burns Tyrrell Hatton Si Woo Kim
7:52 a.m. 10 Rory McIlroy Ludvig Ã…berg Tommy Fleetwood
8:03 a.m. 10 Alex Noren Maverick McNealy Sepp Straka
8:14 a.m. 10 Max Greyserman Brian Harman Jacob Bridgeman
8:25 a.m. 10 Alex Fitzpatrick Tom Kim Ben James
8:36 a.m. 10 Brandon Holtz Ryuichi Oiwa Dylan Wu
8:47 a.m. 10 Greyson Leach Logan Reilly Robbie Higgins
12:30 p.m. 10 William Mouw Ryder Cowan Hennie du Plessis
12:41 p.m. 10 Adrien Saddier Jackson Van Paris Ugo Coussaud
12:52 p.m. 10 Neal Shipley Matti Schmid Bud Cauley
1:03 p.m. 10 Pierceson Coody Zac Blair Kevin Roy
1:14 p.m. 10 Aaron Rai Collin Morikawa Jason Day
1:25 p.m. 10 Bryson DeChambeau Viktor Hovland Matt Fitzpatrick
1:36 p.m. 10 Dustin Johnson Wyndham Clark Gary Woodland
1:47 p.m. 10 Joaquin Niemann Alex Smalley Shane Lowry
1:58 p.m. 10 Akshay Bhatia Carlos Ortiz Min Woo Lee
2:09 p.m. 10 Justin Rose Jordan Spieth Jon Rahm
2:20 p.m. 10 Ben Kohles Johnny Keefer Matt McCarty
2:31 p.m. 10 Angel Hidalgo Mateo Pulcini Spencer Tibbits
2:42 p.m. 10 Matthew Robles Jake Sollon Manav Shah

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