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The Players 2026 tee times: Full groupings and UK start times for second round of PGA Tour event at TPC Sawgrass

Friday 13 March 2026 18:31, UK

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Watch the story of Rory McIlroy's opening round at The Players, as he posted a two-over 74 at TPC Sawgrass

Groupings and tee times for the second round of The Players, the PGA Tour's flagship event held at TPC Sawgrass in Florida.

Maverick McNealy, Lee Hodges, Sepp Straka and Sahith Theegala shared the clubhouse lead after the opening day, with Austin Smotherman also on five under with one hole of his first round to complete.

Former Players champion Justin Thomas made a strong start and FedExCup champion Tommy Fleetwood is also within in the early lead, with Rory McIlroy among the early starters on Friday morning as he looks to bounce back from his opening-round 74.

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Rory McIlroy hit an incredible bunker shot from 160 yards to set up a birdie on the par-four sixth hole during the first round of The Players

McIlroy resumes at 8.52am (12.52pm UK time) alongside Hideki Matsuyama and Xander Schauffele, while Scottie Scheffler is in the afternoon wave as he looks to build on a level-par 72 and win the event for a third time in four years.

Friday's R2 tee times

All UK and Ireland time; USA unless stated

Starting from Hole One

1140 Tom Hoge, Denny McCarthy, Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)

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1152 Patrick Rodgers, Kevin Roy, Marco Penge (Eng)

1204 Chad Ramey, Alex Smalley, Pierceson Coody

1216 Kurt Kitayama, Harry Hall (Eng), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)

1228 Keegan Bradley, David Ford, Chris Kirk

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Shane Lowry ended his opening round at The Players with a quadruple bogey after twice finding the water at the 18th hole

1240 Andrew Novak, Nick Taylor (Can), Wyndham Clark

1252 Steven Fisk, William Mouw, Joe Highsmith

1304 Cameron Young, Davis Thompson, Sam Burns

1316 Nico Echavarria (Col), Jason Day (Aus), Corey Conners (Can)

1328 Matthieu Pavon (Fra), SH Kim (Kor), Austin Smotherman

1630 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Eric Cole, Rico Hoey (Phi)

1642 Max Homa, Daniel Berger, Michael Thorbjornsen

1654 Rasmus Hojgaard (Den), Danny Walker, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)

1706 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Taylor Pendrith (Can), Alex Noren (Swe)

1718 Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau

1730 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Si Woo Kim (Kor)

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Ludvig Ã…berg was inches from making an ace at the iconic 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass during the opening round of The Players

1742 Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Justin Thomas

1754 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Russell Henley, Bob MacIntyre (Sco)

1806 Aldrich Potgeiter (Rsa), Jake Knapp, Sungjae Im (Kor)

1818 Patton Kizzire, Seamus Power (Ire), Johnny Keefer

Starting from Hole 10

1140 Lee Hodges, Andrew Putnam, Sam Stevens

1152 Erik van Rooyen (Rsa), Keith Mitchell, Michael Kim

1204 Taylor Moore, Joel Dahmen, Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)

1216 Jacob Bridgeman, Ben Griffin, Adam Scott (Aus)

1228 JJ Spaun, Sepp Straka (Aut), Shane Lowry (Irl)

1240 Sahith Theegala, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth

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Sahith Theegala holed out from 99 yards for an eagle on the par-four 12th hole at TPC Sawgrass

1252 Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

1304 Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose (Eng), Min Woo Lee (Aus)

1316 Brian Campbell, Karl Vilios (Aus), Aaron Rai (Eng)

1328 Matti Schmid (Ger), Max McGreevy, Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)

1340 Zach Bauchou, Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Can), A.J Ewart (Can)

1630 Mark Hubbard, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Mac Meissner

1642 Bud Cauley, Vince Whaley, Chandler Phillips

1654 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Max Greyserman

1706 Kevin Yu, Cam Davis (Aus), Gary Woodland

1718 Ricky Castillo, Ryan Gerard, Patrick Cantlay

1730 Adam Schenk, Garrick Higgo (Rsa), Matt McCarty

1742 Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Davis Riley

1754 Sami Valimaki (Fin), Lucas Glover, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

1806 Michael Brennan, Harris English, JT Poston

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A recap of Tommy Fleetwood's round as he posted a three-under par 69 at TPC Sawgrass during the first round

1818 Haotong Li (Chn), Zecheng Dou (Chn), Jordan Smith (Eng)

When is The Players live on Sky Sports?

Sky Sports Golf will once again be the home of The Players, with over 40 hours of live golf across the four days and a host of extra live programming available during tournament week.

Featured Groups will be available on Sky Sports+ throughout the week, along with Featured Holes, with bonus feeds to enjoy on top of the feeds available each week during PGA Tour coverage.

Coverage begins at 11.30am on Friday before starting at 1pm over the weekend, with highlights and additional shows on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.

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