The first round of The Players Championship 2026 has arrived. The best players on the PGA Tour are in TPC Sawgrass to take on the Stadium Course in Thursday’s first round. This includes world no Scottie Scheffler and, barring a last-minute withdrawalNumber 2 in the world Rory McIlroy. Below, we’ll provide live updates of the Players Championship throughout the day Thursday, including from our on-site writers at Sawgrass, as well as player leaderboard updates and more.
Here are some things to know as you watch Thursday:
How to watch round 1
Coverage of the first round begins at 7:30 a.m. ET on PGA Tour live on ESPN+. Golf Channel TV coverage begins at 1:00 PM ET. You can view full information on The Players Championship 2026 TV coverage and broadcast details for Round 1 here.
Visible round 1 tee times
08:28 – Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau
08:40 – Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Åberg, Si Woo Kim
08:52 – Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas
1:30pm – Sahith Theegala, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth
1:42pm – Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama
1:54pm – Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose, Min Woo Lee
