The 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational begins Thursday with the first round at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Florida. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including complete Arnold Palmer Invitational TV coverage, broadcast details and Round 1 bracket times.
How to watch the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Thursday
This week golf fans will be treated to a heavyweight matchup of the best players in the game, including all of the top 15 in Official World Golf Ranking.
At the top are numbers 1 and 2 for a long time: Scottie Scheffler AND Rory McIlroy. Both stars have had solid games early in the season. Scheffler picked up his 20th PGA Tour win at American Express. McIlroy finished T2 at the Genesis Invitational.
Now the biggest stars on Tour, both winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, will go to battle at Bay Hill to try and add another trophy to their shelves.
And the action begins with Thursday’s opening round at Bay Hill.
You can watch the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on TV via the Golf Channel beginning at 2:00 PM ET on Thursday. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive broadcast coverage beginning Thursday at 7:30 a.m. ET, as well as coverage with featured sets and slots throughout the day.
Below you’ll find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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How to watch Thursday on TV
Golf Channel will provide televised coverage of the first round of the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational on Thursday from 2-6pm ET.
How to stream online on Thursday
You can stream the first round of the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational via PGA Tour live on ESPN+which will offer broadcast coverage beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, in addition to coverage of the featured sets and holes.
2026 Arnold Palmer 1 round invitation (ET)
Tea no. 1
7:40 – Joel Dahmen, Daniel Bennett
7:50 – Jonathan Vegas, Tom Hoge
08:00 – Ryan Fox, Billy Horschel
08:10 – Brian Campbell, Patrick Rodgers
08:20 – Matt McCarty, Max Greyserman
08:30 – Taylor Moore, Andrew Putnam
08:40 – Daniel Berger, Alex Noren
08:50 – Min Woo Lee, Michael Thorbjornsen
9:05 – Harry Hall, Corey Conners
09:15 – Cameron Young, Sepp Straka
9:25 – Harris English, Patrick Cantlay
9:35 – Andrew Novak, Robert MacIntyre
9:45 – Brian Harman, Akshay Bhatia
9:55 – Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose
10:05 – Xander Schauffele, Shane Lowry
10:20 – Scottie Scheffler, Russell Henley
10:30 – Aldrich Potgieter, Adam Scott
10:40 – JT Poston, Keith Mitchell
10:50 – Nicolai Højgaard, Austin Smotherman
11:00 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Bud Cauley
11:10 – Lucas Glover, Ryo Hisatsune
11:20 – Ryan Gerard, Jason Day
11:35 – Taylor Pendrith, Denny McCarthy
11:45 – Kurt Kitayama, Pierceson Coody
11:55 – Jordan Spieth, Sam Stevens
12:05pm – Jake Knapp, Matt Fitzpatrick
12:15pm – Sam Burns, Sungjae Im
12:25pm – JJ Spaun, Nick Taylor
12:35pm – Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy
12.50pm – Ben Griffin, Tommy Fleetwood
13:00 – Nico Echavarria, Ludvig Åberg
1:10pm – Jacob Bridgeman, Chris Gotterup
1:20pm – Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama
1:30pm – Rory McIlroy, Victor Hovland
1:40pm – Rickie Fowler, Michael Kim
1:50pm – Chris Kirk, Sahith Theegala
