The 2026 Valspar Championship begins Thursday morning with the first round at Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including complete TV coverage of the Valspar Championship, broadcast details and times of Round 1 matches.
How to watch the Valspar Championship on Thursday
Xander Schauffele hopes 2026 will be a big year. Although Schauffele won the Baycurrent Classic in Octoberhe failed to win one PGA Tour event in the regular season. As a result, he did not even qualify for the tournament championship.
Off to this week’s Valspar Championship, Schauffele it looks much sharper. The two-time major champion has finished in the top 10 in two of his last three starts, and they were significant. First, he earned a T7 at the Genesis Invitational, a signature event. Then, last week, he fought back and finished a solitary third at the 2026 Players Championship.
Now Schauffele has a chance to get back into the winner’s circle (and continue to prepare for Masters 2026) on the Copperhead Course.
Schauffele’s campaign for victory no. 11 of the PGA Tour begins with Thursday’s opening round.
You can watch the first round of the Valspar Championship on TV via 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 on Thursday.
Below you’ll find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 Valspar Championship.
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How to watch Thursday on TV
Golf Channel will provide televised coverage of the first round of the 2026 Valspar Championship on Thursday from 2-6pm ET.
How to stream online on Thursday
You can stream the first round of the 2026 Valspar Championship 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 Valspar Championship, first team round (ET)
Tea no. 1
7:35 – Alex Smalley, Justin Lower, Max McGreevy
7:46 – Brandt Snedeker, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Takumi Kanaya
7:57 – Thorbjørn Olesen, Chandler Phillips, Hank Lebioda
08:08 – Steven Fisk, Nick Taylor, Aaron Rai
08:19 – Brian Campbell, Cam Davis, Patrick Rodgers
08:30 – Matt McCarty, Davis Thompson, Matt Kuchar
08:41 – Joe Highsmith, Davis Riley, Pierceson Coody
08:52 – Matthieu Pavon, Eric Cole, Kevin Roy
9:03 – Chad Ramey, Andrew Putnam, Luke Guthrie
9:14 – Jeremy Paul, AJ Ewart, Gordon Sargent
09:25 – John Parry, John VanDerLaan, Marcelo Rozo
12:30pm – Patton Kizzire, Gary Woodland, Adam Hadwin
12:41pm – Taylor Moore, Beau Hossler, Joel Dahmen
12:52 pm – Peter Malnati, Nicolai Højgaard, Marco Penge
1:03pm – Sam Ryder, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick
1:14pm – Jacob Bridgeman, Wyndham Clark, Jordan Spieth
1:25pm – Ben Griffin, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau
13:36 – Max Homa, Kevin Streelman, Danny Walker
1:47pm – Vince Whaley, Kristoffer Reitan, Johnny Keefer
1:58pm – David Skinns, Dan Brown, Davis Chatfield
2:09 pm – Jordan Smith, David Ford, Greg Koch
2:20pm – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Jimmy Stanger, Tyler Wilkes
