2026 PGA Championship Thursday TV coverage: How to watch Round 1

The 2026 PGA Championship officially begins Thursday morning with the opening round at Aronimink Golf Club. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full PGA Championship TV coverage, streaming info and Round 1 tee times.

How to watch PGA Championship on Thursday

After a month of waiting, the best players in the world have gathered for the second major championship of 2026, the PGA Championship at Aronimink.

Rory McIlroy rides in still on a high from his second Masters victory in April. While McIlroy is confident in his game, he is dealing with a minor toe blister issue that limited his practice rounds this week. Still, McIlroy is one of the favorites to take home his third PGA and seventh major title this week.

But he’s not the favorite. That honor belongs to Scottie Scheffler. Still the World No. 1, Scheffler heads into the PGA with three consecutive runner-up finishes, including a solo second behind McIlroy at the Masters. Scheffler is also the defending champion this week, having captured his first PGA title last year at Quail Hollow.

But a host of other stars — such as Cameron Young, Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick and Jon Rahm — are hoping to make some major history of their own this week. And all the action gets started on Thursday.

You can watch the first round of the PGA Championship on TV via ESPN, which will air coverage beginning at 12 p.m. ET on Thursday. ESPN+ will provide exclusive early coverage and featured group streaming coverage starting at 6:30 a.m. ET. You can also watch featured hole coverage on ESPN+.

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Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 PGA Championship.

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How to watch on TV Thursday

ESPN will provide first-round TV coverage of the 2026 PGA Championship from 12-8 p.m. ET on Thursday.

How to stream online Thursday

You can stream the first round of the 2026 PGA Championship via ESPN+, which will offer early general coverage, featured group and featured hole coverage beginning on Thursday at 6:30 a.m. ET.

Here’s the full PGA Championship streaming schedule for Thursday:

Round 1 ESPN+: 6:30 a.m.-12 p.m. (ESPN+)
Round 1 ESPN Telecast: 12-8 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN+)
Featured Groups: 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. (ESPN+)
Featured Holes (15, 16, 17): 8 a.m.-8 p.m. (ESPN+)

2026 PGA Championship Round 1 tee times (ET)

Tee No. 1

6:45 a.m. – Braden Shattuck, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ben Griffin
6:56 a.m. – Francisco Bide, Harry Hall, Ryan Gerard
7:07 a.m. – Johnny Keefer, Rico Hoey, Nicolai Højgaard
7:18 a.m. – Shaun Micheel, Michael Brennan, Garrick Higgo
7:29 a.m. – Y.E. Yang, Jhonattan Vegas, Matt McCarty
7:40 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Tom McKibbin, Stephan Jaeger
7:51 a.m. – Daniel Brown, Adrien Saddier, Harris English
8:02 a.m. – Jacob Bridgeman, Bud Cauley, Alex Noren
8:13 a.m. – Chris Kirk, Max Greyserman, Kristoffer Reitan
8:24 a.m. – Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry, Padraig Harrington
8:35 a.m. – Ryan Lenahan, Ryan Fox, Kazuki Higa
8:46 a.m. – Jared Jones, Michael Kim, Ryo Hisatsune
8:57 a.m. – Tyler Collet, Kota Kaneko, Brandt Snedeker
12:15 p.m. – Andrew Novak, John Parry, Jordan Gumberg
12:26 p.m. – Ben Polland, Kurt Kitayama, Nico Echavarria
12:37 p.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Ricky Castillo, Michael Thorbjornsen
12:48 p.m. – Luke Donald, Jesse Droemer, Stewart Cink
12:59 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, J.J. Spaun, Max Homa
1:10 p.m. – Ben Kern, J.T. Poston, Russell Henley
1:21 p.m. – Adam Scott, Corey Conners, Daniel Berger
1:32 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry
1:43 p.m. – Chris Gotterup, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood
1:54 p.m. – Cameron Young, Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas
2:05 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose
2:16 p.m. – Zach Haynes, Alex Smalley, Chandler Blanchet
2:27 p.m. – Bernd Wiesberger, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Andy Sullivan

Tee No. 10

6:50 a.m. – Aldrich Potgieter, David Puig, Denny McCarthy
7:01 a.m. – William Mouw, Chris Gabriele, Taylor Pendrith
7:12 a.m. – Tom Hoge, Bryce Fisher, Joaquin Niemann
7:23 a.m. – Keith Mitchell, Billy Horschel, Ian Holt
7:34 a.m. – Gary Woodland, Jason Day, Sam Burns
7:45 a.m. – Wyndham Clark, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman
7:56 a.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Sahith Theegala
8:07 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Derek Berg, Joe Highsmith
8:18 a.m. – Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Aberg, Rickie Fowler
8:29 a.m. – Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton
8:40 a.m. – Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm
8:51 a.m. – Daniel Hillier, Ryan Vermeer, Max McGreevy
9:02 a.m. – Paul McClure, Mikael Lindberg, Angel Ayora
12:10 p.m. – Michael Block, Rasmus Højgaard, Dustin Johnson
12:21 p.m. – Mark Geddes, Steven Fisk, David Lipsky
12:32 p.m. – Sungjae Im, Austin Hurt, Casey Jarvis
12:43 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Michael Kartrude, Matt Wallace
12:54 p.m. – Martin Kaymer, Elvis Smylie, Davis Riley
1:05 p.m. – Jason Dufner, Haotong Li, Jimmy Walker
1:16 p.m. – Nick Taylor, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Jordan Smith
1:27 p.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Patrick Reed, Pierceson Coody
1:38 p.m. – Brian Campbell, Adam Schenk, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
1:49 p.m. – Marco Penge, Sepp Straka, Patrick Rodgers
2:00 p.m. – Aaron Rai, Travis Smyth, Sami Valimaki
2:11 p.m. – Sam Stevens, Jayden Schaper, Garrett Sapp
2:22 p.m. – Timothy Wiseman, Matti Schmid, Austin Smotherman