The second round of the 2026 Players Championship begins on Friday, March 13 at TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. You can find the complete Players Championship schedules for Friday’s second round at the bottom of this article.
Separate training time for the 2nd round
Two-time PGA Champion Justin Thomas is showing some signs of life at the Players Championship.
Thomas missed the first part of the 2026 PGA Tour season while recovering from back surgery. His first start at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational didn’t go well. it shot a backhand 79 to miss the cut by a wide margin.
You’d think the treacherous TPC Sawgrass would present an even bigger problem for Thomas as he works to regain his form. But based on his early game, you’d be wrong.
Thomas shot out of the gate on Thursday morning, making birdies on his first three holes to quickly switch to three sub. This placed him before playing partner Scottie Scheffler in the beginning. The hot start should set him up well for Friday’s second round as well.
JT started in the 10th group for the first round, so on Friday he will move to a first group start and an afternoon group time. Thomas will tee off for Round 2 on Friday at 1:42 PM ET along with Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood.
You can watch Friday’s second round at the 2026 Players Championship from 1-7pm ET on Golf Channel. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive early broadcast coverage beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET on Friday, in addition to coverage of featured sets and holes.
See the full second round matches and groupings for the Players Championship.
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The Players Championship 2026 match times for Friday: Round 2 (ET)
Tea no. 1
7:40 – Tom Hoge, Denny McCarthy, Nicolai Højgaard
07:52 – Patrick Rodgers, Kevin Roy, Marco Penge
08:04 – Chad Ramey, Alex Smalley, Pierceson Coody
08:16 – Kurt Kitayama, Harry Hall, Stephan Jaeger
08:28 – Keegan Bradley, David Ford, Chris Kirk
08:40 – Andrew Novak, Nick Taylor, Wyndham Clark
08:52 – Steven Fisk, William Mouw, Joe Highsmith
09:04 – Cameron Young, Davis Thompson, Sam Burns
9:16 – Nico Echavarria, Jason Day, Corey Conners
9:28 – Matthieu Pavon, SH Kim, Austin Smotherman
12:30pm – Mackenzie Hughes, Eric Cole, Rico Hoey
12:42pm – Max Homa, Daniel Berger, Michael Thorbjornsen
12:54pm – Rasmus Højgaard, Danny Walker, Kristoffer Reitan
1:06 pm – Jonathan Vegas, Taylor Pendrith, Alex Noren
1:18 pm – Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau
13:30 – Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Åberg, Si Woo Kim
1:42pm – Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas
1:54pm – Victor Hovland, Russell Henley, Robert MacIntyre
2:06 pm – Aldrich Potgieter, Jake Knapp, Sungjae Im
2:18pm – Patton Kizzire, Seamus Power, Johnny Keefer
