2026 Valero Texas Open Thursday TV coverage: Round 1

The 2026 Valero Texas Open begins Thursday morning with the first round at TPC San Antonio. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including complete Valero Texas Open TV coverage, broadcast details and first round times.

How to watch the Valero Texas Open on Thursday

Last chance for players enter the 2026 Masters begins Thursday morning at TPC San Antonio. Those PGA Tour professionals in the field who have not qualified for next week’s major at Augusta National have a way of getting there. The winner of this week’s Valero Texas Open automatically earns a spot in the Masers field.

This is especially important for Masters star veterans in the field like Rickie Fowler. Although he’s had a strong start to the season (39th in the FedEx Cup standings), he’s not in the OWGR top 50, and he hasn’t won a Tour event since 2023.

Fowler must change that this week if he wants to play in the first major of the year. And his campaign kicks off Thursday morning at 9:06 a.m. ET.

You can watch the first round of the Valero Texas Open on TV via Golf Channel starting Thursday at 4:00 PM ET. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive broadcast coverage beginning at 8:15 a.m. ET on Thursday, 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 Valero Texas Open.

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How to watch Thursday on TV

Golf Channel will provide televised coverage of the first round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open on Thursday from 4-7pm ET.

How to stream online on Thursday

You can stream the first round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open via PGA Tour live on ESPN+which will offer broadcast coverage beginning Thursday at 8:15 a.m. ET in addition to coverage of featured sets and holes.

2026 Valero Texas Open Round 1 time (ET)

Tea no. 1

08:30 – Lanto Griffin, Kevin Streelman, Max McGreevy
08:42 – Nick Hardy, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Austin Smotherman
08:54 – Taylor Moore, Sam Ryder, Bronson Burgoon
9:06 – William Mouw, JT Poston, Lucas Glover
09:18 – Sami Valimaki, Webb Simpson, Charley Hoffman
9:30 – Adam Schenk, Matt Kuchar, Alex Noren
9:42 – Joe Highsmith, Davis Thompson, Ryo Hisatsune
09:54 – Rafael Campos, Emiliano Grillo, Rico Hoey
10:06 – Austin Eckroat, Peter Malnati, Doug Ghim
10:18 – David Ford, Neal Shipley, Davis Chatfield
10:30 a.m. – Frankie Capan III, Luke Clanton, Austin Wylie
1.30pm – Tom Kim, Lee Hodges, Alex Smalley
1:42pm – Matt Wallace, Tom Hoge, Carson Young
1:54pm – Erik van Rooyen, KH Lee, Eric Cole
2:06 pm – Ludvig Åberg, Robert MacIntyre, Jordan Spieth
14:18 – Sepp Straka, Brian Harman, Billy Horschel
2:30pm – JJ Spaun, Russell Henley, Stephan Jaeger
2:42pm – Mark Hubbard, Kevin Roy, Danny Walker
2:54pm – Matthieu Pavon, Denny McCarthy, Johnny Keefer
3:06pm – Kensei Hirata, Adrien Saddier, Paul Waring
3:18 pm – Pontus Nyholm, Marcelo Rozo, Charlie Crockett
3:30pm – Jimmy Stanger, AJ Ewart, John VanDerLaan

Tee no. 10

8:30 a.m. – Ryan Palmer, Dylan Wu, Mac Meissner
08:42 – Joel Dahmen, Bud Cauley, Chandler Phillips
08:54 – Will Zalatoris, Patrick Rodgers, SH Kim
9:06 – Tommy Fleetwood, Hideki Matsuyama, Rickie Fowler
9:18 – Maverick McNealy, Tony Finau, Max Homa
9:30 – Si Woo Kim, Michael Thorbjornsen, Marco Penge
9:42 – Andrew Novak, Garrick Higgo, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
9:54 – Brice Garnett, Adam Svensson, Thorbjørn Olesen
10:06 – Seamus Power, Michael Kim, Vince Whaley
10:18 – Chris Ventura, Chandler Blanchet, Zach Bauchou
10:30 – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Dan Brown, Christo Lamprecht
1:30pm – Brendon Todd, Jimmy Walker, Hank Lebioda
13:42 – Camilo Villegas, Takumi Kanaya, Kristoffer Reitan
1:54pm – Nick Dunlap, Andrew Putnam, Justin Lower
2:06 pm – Ricky Castillo, Jonathan Vegas, Brandt Snedeker
2:18pm – Nick Taylor, Matt McCarty, Kevin Yu
2:30 pm – Steven Fisk, Karl Vilips, Chris Kirk
2:42pm – Mackenzie Hughes, Chad Ramey, Beau Hossler
2:54pm – Patton Kizzire, Keith Mitchell, Jordan Smith
3:06 pm – Zecheng Dou, Jackson Suber, Gordon Sargent
3:18 pm – Patrick Fishburn, Alejandro Tosti, Jesper Svensson
3:30pm – Haotong Li, John Parry, Jeffrey Kang