The second round of the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational begins Friday morning, March 6, at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla. You can find the full Arnold Palmer Invitational schedules for Friday’s second round at the bottom of this post.
Separate training time for the 2nd round
Scottie Scheffler was asked about his slow starts in the tournament this season in his pre-tournament press conference at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He quickly reminded reporters that in four starts, he really only had three bad rounds.
That tracks when you look at Scheffler’s record going into Bay Hill. In addition to his American Express win, the World No. 1 has two other top-4 finishes. His worst result is a T12. Not bad.
And Scheffler looked strong to start his opening round on Thursday as he bids for his third career Arnold Palmer victory. The four-time major champion made two birdies over his first four holes in Round 1.
Scheffler will begin his second round on Friday at 1:30 PM ET together Russell Henley.
You can watch Friday’s second round of the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational from 2-6pm ET on Golf Channel. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive broadcast coverage beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET on Friday, as well as coverage with featured sets and slots throughout the day.
Check out the previews and complete second-round pairings for the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational Group Times for Friday: Round 2 (ET)
Tea no. 1
7:40 – Nicolai Højgaard, Austin Smotherman
7:50am – Si Woo Kim, Bud Cauley
08:00 – Lucas Glover, Ryo Hisatsune
08:10 – Ryan Gerard, Jason Day
08:20 – Taylor Pendrith, Denny McCarthy
08:30 – Kurt Kitayama, Pierceson Coody
08:40 – Jordan Spieth, Sam Stevens
08:50 – Jake Knapp, Matt Fitzpatrick
9:05 – Sam Burns, Sungjae Im
9:15 – JJ Spaun, Nick Taylor
9:25 – Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy
9:35 – Ben Griffin, Tommy Fleetwood
9:45 – Nico Echavarria, Ludvig Åberg
9:55 – Jacob Bridgeman, Chris Gotterup
10:05 – Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama
10:20 – Rory McIlroy, Victor Hovland
10:30 – Rickie Fowler, Michael Kim
10:40 – Chris Kirk, Sahith Theegala
10:50 – Joel Dahmen, Daniel Bennett
11:00 – Jonathan Vegas, Tom Hoge
11:10 – Ryan Fox, Billy Horschel
11:20 – Brian Campbell, Patrick Rodgers
11:35 – Matt McCarty, Max Greyserman
11:45 – Taylor Moore, Andrew Putnam
11:55 – Daniel Berger, Alex Noren
12:05pm – Min Woo Lee, Michael Thorbjornsen
12:15pm – Harry Hall, Corey Conners
12:25 p.m. – Cameron Young, Sepp Straka
12:35pm – Harris English, Patrick Cantlay
12:50pm – Andrew Novak, Robert MacIntyre
1pm – Brian Harman, Akshay Bhatia
1:10pm – Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose
1:20pm – Xander Schauffele, Shane Lowry
1:30 pm – Scottie Scheffler, Russell Henley
1:40pm – Aldrich Potgieter, Adam Scott
1:50pm – JT Poston, Keith Mitchell
