The best of the best on the PGA Tour have gathered this week for the 2024 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. With the feel but not the label of a major, The Players Championship is underway for the 50th time while welcoming past champions like Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler. It will also have a massive $25 million purse on the line with a huge $4.5 million share going to the event's champion.
McIlroy headlines a featured group with Jordan Spieth and Viktor Hovland that teed off early in Round 1. Going off the 10th tee, each player has question marks swirling around his game. That group was followed immediately by another quality threesome in Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott and Ludvig Åberg, the latter of which made his tournament debut. Here is how you can follow Players Championship leaderboard updates throughout Round 1 with them already on the course.
The afternoon wave will showcase a number of stars including the defending champion. Scheffler has plenty going against him before even beginning his quest to defend his Players Championship title. Not only has no one ever defended their crown at TPC Sawgrass, but 14 of the last 16 winners have teed off in the morning (not the afternoon) in Round 1. The only two that broke through: Tiger Woods and Martin Kaymer.
The world No. 1 will similarly aim to buck this trend when he takes the course alongside Fowler and Thomas at 1:40 p.m. A couple of Scheffler's counterparts from the Arnold Palmer Invitational will kick off their Players Championships soon after with Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa and Brian Harman beginning at 1:51 p.m., then Will Zalatoris, Shane Lowry and Tony Finau teeing off at 2:02 p.m.
Here's a look at the complete set of Round 1 tee times at TPC Sawgrass. Check out a complete Players Championship TV schedule and coverage guide so you can watch live throughout all four rounds this week.
2024 Players Championship -- Rounds 1 tee times, pairings
All times Eastern
No. 1
- 7:40 a.m. — Ryan Moore, Chesson Hadley, Zac Blair
- 7:51 a.m. — Brandon Wu, Ben Taylor, Carson Young
- 8:02 a.m. — Alex Noren, Thomas Detry, Joseph Bramlett
- 8:13 a.m. — Camilo Villegas, Lee Hodges, Tom Hoge
- 8:24 a.m. — Kurt Kitayama, Chad Ramey, Adam Schenk
- 8:35 a.m. — Vincent Norrman, Sepp Straka, Chez Reavie
- 8:46 a.m. — Brice Garnett, Russell Henley, Steve Stricker
- 8:57 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Taylor Moore, Scott Stallings
- 9:08 a.m. — Billy Horschel, Sungjae Im, Webb Simpson
- 9:19 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, K.H. Lee, Adam Hadwin
- 9:30 a.m. — David Lipsky, Justin Lower, Tyson Alexander
- 9:41 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Ben Silverman, Ryo Hisatsune
- 12:45 p.m. — Doug Ghim, Hayden Buckley, Kevin Yu
- 12:56 p.m. — Peter Malnati, Beau Hossler, Alex Smalley
- 1:07 p.m. — Cam Davis, Sam Ryder, Stephan Jaeger
- 1:18 p.m. — Jake Knapp, Matthieu Pavon, Nick Dunlap
- 1:29 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Matt Fitzpatrick, Max Homa
- 1:40 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas
- 1:51 p.m. — Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Brian Harman
- 2:02 p.m. — Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris, Shane Lowry
- 2:13 p.m. — Austin Eckroat, Sahith Theegala, Akshay Bhatia
- 2:24 p.m. — Garrick Higgo, S.H. Kim, Andrew Novak
- 2:35 p.m. — Ben Martin, Eric Cole, Harry Hall
- 2:46 p.m. — Charley Hoffman, Sam Stevens, Sami Valimaki
No. 10
- 7:40 a.m. — Troy Merritt, Taylor Pendrith, Taylor Montgomery
- 7:51 a.m. — Michael Kim, Aaron Rai, Carl Yuan
- 8:02 a.m. — Joel Dahmen, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Min Woo Lee
- 8:13 a.m. — Jason Day, Si Woo Kim, Matt Kuchar
- 8:24 a.m. — Sam Burns, Xander Schauffele, Tommy Fleetwood
- 8:35 a.m. — Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth
- 8:46 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott
- 8:57 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Tom Kim, Justin Rose
- 9:08 a.m. — Erik van Rooyen, Lucas Glover, Brendon Todd
- 9:19 a.m. — C.T. Pan, Kevin Streelman, Ryan Fox
- 9:30 a.m. — Martin Laird, Justin Suh, Greyson Sigg
- 9:41 a.m. — Nate Lashley, Robby Shelton, Ben Kohles
- 12:45 p.m. — Byeong Hun An, Patrick Rodgers, Matti Schmid
- 12:56 p.m. — Denny McCarthy, Matt NeSmith, Nicolai Hojgaard
- 1:07 p.m. — Keith Mitchell, Mark Hubbard, Dylan Wu
- 1:18 p.m. — Grayson Murray, Seamus Power, Francesco Molinari
- 1:29 p.m. — Nick Hardy, Matt Wallace, Adam Svensson
- 1:40 p.m. — Nico Echavarria, J.T. Poston, Harris English
- 1:51 p.m. — Davis Riley, Corey Conners, J.J. Spaun
- 2:02 p.m. — Luke List, Gary Woodland, Cameron Young
- 2:13 p.m. — Chris Kirk, Mackenzie Hughes, Andrew Putnam
- 2:24 p.m. — Aaron Baddeley, Ben Griffin, Davis Thompson
- 2:35 p.m. — Tyler Duncan, Maverick McNealy, Callum Tarren
- 2:46 p.m. — Chan Kim, David Skinns, Jimmy Stanger
