The third round of the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational takes place on Saturday, March 7 at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla. You can find the full Arnold Palmer Invitational times for Saturday’s third round at the bottom of this post.
Round 3 times: What you need to know
So far, this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational has featured an exciting battle between a host of major champions and veteran PGA Tour winners.
This includes the main champion twice Collin Morikawasix-time tournament winner Rickie FowlerWorld number 1 Scottie Schefflerreigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy and many others.
But when the third round begins on Saturday morning, the cut will have been made and the surviving players will start jockeying for victory.
The times of the third round matches for the Arnold Palmer Invitational will not be determined until the final shot is dropped on Friday evening. Once that happens, the cut will take place and the remaining contestants will be paired up for Saturday (UPDATE: Round 3 times have been released and can be seen below).
The leaders will be out last in the afternoon at 1:50 PM ET, while the underdogs will open the action around 9:20 AM ET.
You can watch Saturday’s third round of the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational from 12:30-2:30pm ET on Golf Channel, then from 2:30-6pm ET on NBC. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive broadcast coverage beginning Saturday at 9 a.m. ET, as well as featured coverage with featured sets and slots. You can find a simulcast of the NBC broadcast online via peacock.
Check out the full 3rd round times and pairings for the Arnold Palmer Invitational below.
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2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational Pool Times for Saturday: Round 3 (ET)
Tea no. 1
9:20 – Andrew Novak, Brian Harman
9:30 – Taylor Pendrith, Nico Echavarria
9:40 – Keith Mitchell, Lucas Glover
9:50 – Matt McCarty, Taylor Moore
10am – Chris Kirk, Patrick Rodgers
10:10 – Austin Smotherman, Tommy Fleetwood
10:25 – Robert MacIntyre, Nicolai Højgaard
10:35 – Andrew Putnam, Alex Noren
10:45 – Michael Kim, Max Greyserman
10:55 – Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland
11:05 – Maverick McNealy, Jacob Bridgeman
11:20 – Matt Fitzpatrick, Nick Taylor
11:30 – Billy Horschel, Corey Conners
11:40 – Jordan Spieth, Jonathan Vegas
11:50 – Harry Hall, Kurt Kitayama
12:00pm – Ryo Hisatsune, Daniel Bennett
12:15pm – Adam Scott, Si Woo Kim
12:25 pm – Harris English, Scottie Scheffler
12:35 – Michael Thorbjornsen, Sepp Straka
12:45pm – Min Woo Lee, Cameron Young
12.55pm – Rory McIlroy, Ryan Fox
1:10 pm – Bud Cauley, Chris Gotterup
1:20pm – Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley
1:30pm – Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler
1:40 pm – Ludvig Åberg, Sahith Theegala
13:50 – Daniel Berger, Akshay Bhatia
