2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational Thursday tee times: Round 1 pairings

Rory McIlroy in pink shirt hits drive at 2024 Cognizant Classic

Rory McIlroy is back on the PGA Tour for the second week in a row.

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The 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational begins Thursday, March 7, with the first round at Bay Hill in Orlando. You can find full Arnold Palmer Invitational tee times for the opening round at the bottom of this post.

For the second consecutive week, World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is playing on the PGA Tour, but this time he has some competition for top billing.

Nine of the top-10 players in the OWGR are in the field at Bay Hill, including World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele, to name just a few.

On Thursday, McIlroy will tee off in the third-to-last pairing at 1:20 p.m. ET alongside Collin Morikawa.

You can watch Thursday’s first round of the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational on ESPN+ with exclusive early coverage and featured group coverage beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET, and then on Golf Channel starting at 2 p.m. ET. Peacock will offer a simulcast of Golf Channel’s coverage.

You can check out the complete Round 1 tee times for the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational below.

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2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational tee times for Thursday: Round 1 (ET)

Tee No. 1

7:45 a.m. – Nick Dunlap
7:55 a.m. – C.T. Pan, Stephan Jaeger
8:05 a.m. – Luke List, Justin Lower
8:15 a.m. – Will Zalatoris, Min Woo Lee
8:25 a.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Adam Schenk
8:35 a.m. – Nick Taylor, Sepp Straka
8:45 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Justin Rose
8:55 a.m. – Jason Day, Tom Hoge
9:05 a.m. – Taylor Moore, Patrick Rodgers
9:20 a.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Russell Henley
9:30 a.m. – Brendon Todd, Andrew Putnam
9:40 a.m. – Chris Kirk, Lee Hodges
9:50 a.m. – Brian Harman, J.T. Poston
10:00 a.m. – Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim
10:10 a.m. – Sam Burns, Scottie Scheffler
10:20 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Rickie Fowler
10:30 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Matthieu Pavon
10:40 a.m. – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Nicolai Højgaard
10:55 a.m. – David Ford (a), Webb Simpson
11:05 a.m. – Grayson Murray, Erik van Rooyen
11:15 a.m. – Jake Knapp, Justin Thomas
11:25 a.m. – Corey Conners, Eric Cole
11:35 a.m. – Cam Davis, Denny McCarthy
11:45 a.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick
11:55 a.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Byeong Hun An
12:05 p.m. – Sahith Theegala, Sungjae Im
12:15 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Adam Hadwin
12:30 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Harris English
12:40 p.m. – Seamus Power, Tommy Fleetwood
12:50 p.m. – Cameron Young, Lucas Glover
1:00 p.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Max Homa
1:10 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth
1:20 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy
1:30 p.m. – Ludvig Åberg, Shane Lowry
1:40 p.m. – Sami Valimaki, Adam Scott

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