2021 PGA Championship tee times: First round groupings for Thursday

The 2021 PGA Championship kicks off on Thursday, May 20, at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course. You can find full first round PGA Championship tee times at the bottom of this post.

Notable groupings for PGA Championship Round 1

Heading into the second major of the year, it’s hard not to bet on Rory McIlroy to take home his fifth major title this week. The former World No. 1 won his first of two PGA titles when the tournament came to the Ocean Course back in 2012, and just two weeks ago he ended a lengthy winless streak at the Wells Fargo Championship.

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Unsurprisingly, Rory is the betting favorite on the eve of the tournament. Make that co-favorite. He shares those honors, at 12/1, with 2017 PGA Champion and reigning Players Champion Justin Thomas. Gamblers will have an easy time tracking both players on Thursday, as they are paired together for the first round, along with two-time PGA winner Brooks Koepka. The star-studded trio tees off Thursday at 8:33 a.m. ET on the 10th tee at the Ocean Course.

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Other notable groupings for the opening round include Jordan Spieth, Webb Simpson and Will Zalatoris (1:58 p.m. ET); defending champion Collin Morikawa, Bryson DeChambeau and Hideki Matsuyama (8:44 a.m. ET); Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry and Sergio Garcia (2:09 p.m. ET); Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood and Patrick Reed (1:25 p.m. ET); and Phil Mickelson, Jason Day and Padraig Harrington (1:14 p.m. ET);

Check out the full first round tee times for the 2021 PGA Championship below.

2021 PGA Championship Round 1 tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

7:00 a.m. – Patrick Rada, Adam Long, Cameron Tringale
7:11 a.m. – Dylan Frittelli, Larkin Gross, Matt Jones
7:22 a.m. – Byeong Hun An, Derek Holmes, George Coetzee
7:33 a.m. – Bernd Wiesberger, Tom Hoge, Joel Dahmen
7:44 a.m. – John Daly, Jimmy Walker, Jason Dufner
7:55 a.m. – Kevin Kisner, Martin Laird, Hudson Swafford
8:06 a.m. – Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett, Bubba Watson
8:17 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Charl Schwartzel
8:28 a.m. – Harris English, Stewart Cink, Alex Noren
8:39 a.m. – Kevin Na, Tom Lewis, Jason Kokrak
8:50 a.m. – Jason Scrivener, Stuart Smith, Emiliano Grillo
9:01 a.m. – Brad Marek, Peter Malnati, Lanto Griffin
9:12 a.m. – Mark Geddes, Denny McCarthy, Rikuya Hoshino
12:30 p.m. – Frank Bensel, Jr., Robert Streb, Kurt Kitayama
12:41 p.m. – Alex Beach, Daniel van Tonder, Wyndham Clark
12:52 p.m. – Abraham Ancer, Max Homa, Sam Burns
1:03 p.m. – Tony Finau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Corey Conners
1:14 p.m. – Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Padraig Harrington
1:25 p.m. – Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed
1:36 p.m. – Gary Woodland, Justin Rose, Cameron Smith
1:47 p.m. – Steve Stricker, Billy Horschel, Daniel Berger
1:58 p.m. – Webb Simpson, Will Zalatoris, Jordan Spieth
2:09 p.m. – Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Sergio Garcia
2:20 p.m. – Thomas Pieters, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Kuchar
2:31 p.m. – Chris Kirk, Pete Ballo, Cam Davis
2:42 p.m. – Dean Burmester, Greg Koch, K.H. Lee

Tee No. 10

7:05 a.m. – Ben Polland, Talor Gooch, Harry Higgs
7:16 a.m. – Rob Labritz, Brendan Steele, Harold Varner III
7:27 a.m. – Paul Casey, Garrick Higgo, Marc Leishman
7:38 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott, Tyrrell Hatton
7:49 a.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Cameron Champ, John Catlin
8:00 a.m. – Zach Johnson, Francesco Molinari, Scottie Scheffler
8:11 a.m. – Louis Oosthuizen, Ryan Palmer, Thomas Detry
8:22 a.m. – Lee Westwood, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele
8:33 a.m. – Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka
8:44 a.m. – Collin Morikawa, Bryson DeChambeau, Hideki Matsuyama
8:55 a.m. – Charley Hoffman, Matt Wallace, Erik van Rooyen
9:06 a.m. – Chan Kim, Brett Walker, Brian Gay
9:17 a.m. – Aaron Wise, Sonny Skinner, Kalle Samooja
12:25 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Danny Balin, Jim Herman
12:36 p.m. – Sami Valimaki, Joe Summerhays, Richy Werenski
12:47 p.m. – Sebastian Munoz, Tim Pearce, Sam Horsfield
12:58 p.m. – Y.E. Yang, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem
1:09 p.m. – Joaquin Niemann, J.T. Poston, Aaron Rai
1:20 p.m. – Branden Grace, Adam Hadwin, Rasmus Hojgaard
1:31 p.m. – Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Carlos Ortiz
1:42 p.m. – Andy Sullivan, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Kevin Streelman
1:53 p.m. – Ian Poulter, Brian Harman, Sungjae Im
2:04 p.m. – Antoine Rozner, Chez Reavie, Brandon Stone
2:15 p.m. – Victor Perez, Omar Uresti, Maverick McNealy
2:26 p.m. – Tyler Collet, Brendon Todd, Lucas Herbert
2:37 p.m. – Ben Cook, Mackenzie Hughes, Takumi Kanaya

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