2026 Valspar Championship Thursday tee times: Round 1 groupings

The 2026 Valspar Championship kicks off Thursday, March 19, with the opening round at Innisbrook’s Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Fla. You can find full Valspar Championship tee times for Thursday’s first round at the bottom of this post.

Featured tee time for Round 1

Just a few years ago, Matt Fitzpatrick looked like he had the potential to be the next dominant pro on the PGA Tour. His emphatic win at the 2022 U.S. Open at the Country Club proved that.

Fitzpatrick struggled for years following that win. But it appears he’s turned the page.

His first sign of life was a victory at last fall’s DP World Tour Championship. Then came the 2026 PGA Tour season. Fitzpatrick has yet to miss a cut, and he has two top-10s in six starts.

His best Tour performance in years came just last week at the 2026 Players Championship. Though he made bogey on the final hole to lose by one shot to Cameron Young, the impressive performance should give Fitzpatrick plenty of momentum as he chases his third PGA Tour title at the Valspar Championship.

Fitzpatrick will tee off for the opening round on Thursday at 1:03 p.m. ET alongside Sam Ryder and Justin Thomas.

You can watch Thursday’s first round of the 2026 Valspar Championship from 2-6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early streaming coverage starting on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. ET, in addition to featured group and featured hole coverage.

Check out the complete Round 1 tee times and groupings for the Valspar Championship.

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2026 Valspar Championship tee times for Thursday: Round 1 (ET)

Tee No. 1

7:35 a.m. – Alex Smalley, Justin Lower, Max McGreevy
7:46 a.m. – Brandt Snedeker, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Takumi Kanaya
7:57 a.m. – Thorbjørn Olesen, Chandler Phillips, Hank Lebioda
8:08 a.m. – Steven Fisk, Nick Taylor, Aaron Rai
8:19 a.m. – Brian Campbell, Cam Davis, Patrick Rodgers
8:30 a.m. – Matt McCarty, Davis Thompson, Matt Kuchar
8:41 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Davis Riley, Pierceson Coody
8:52 a.m. – Matthieu Pavon, Eric Cole, Kevin Roy
9:03 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Andrew Putnam, Luke Guthrie
9:14 a.m. – Jeremy Paul, A.J. Ewart, Gordon Sargent
9:25 a.m. – John Parry, John VanDerLaan, Marcelo Rozo
12:30 p.m. – Patton Kizzire, Gary Woodland, Adam Hadwin
12:41 p.m. – Taylor Moore, Beau Hossler, Joel Dahmen
12:52 p.m. – Peter Malnati, Nicolai Højgaard, Marco Penge
1:03 p.m. – Sam Ryder, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick
1:14 p.m. – Jacob Bridgeman, Wyndham Clark, Jordan Spieth
1:25 p.m. – Ben Griffin, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau
1:36 p.m. – Max Homa, Kevin Streelman, Danny Walker
1:47 p.m. – Vince Whaley, Kristoffer Reitan, Johnny Keefer
1:58 p.m. – David Skinns, Dan Brown, Davis Chatfield
2:09 p.m. – Jordan Smith, David Ford, Greg Koch
2:20 p.m. – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Jimmy Stanger, Tyler Wilkes

Tee No. 10

7:40 a.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman, Danny Willett
7:51 a.m. – Matt Wallace, Matti Schmid, S.H. Kim
8:02 a.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Denny McCarthy, Austin Smotherman
8:13 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Brooks Koepka, Corey Conners
8:24 a.m. – Xander Schauffele, Keegan Bradley, Patrick Cantlay
8:35 a.m. – Ricky Castillo, J.J. Spaun, Billy Horschel
8:46 a.m. – Andrew Novak, Karl Vilips, Sungjae Im
8:57 a.m. – Lee Hodges, Mark Hubbard, Henrik Norlander
9:08 a.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Tom Kim, Zac Blair
9:19 a.m. – Jesper Svensson, Zach Bauchou, Jeffrey Kang
9:30 a.m. – Kris Ventura, Kensei Hirata, Adrien Saddier
12:25 p.m. – Austin Eckroat, Doug Ghim, David Lipsky
12:36 p.m. – Rafael Campos, Seamus Power, Rasmus Højgaard
12:47 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Michael Kim, Bud Cauley
12:58 p.m. – Michael Brennan, Stephan Jaeger, Lucas Glover
1:09 p.m. – Adam Schenk, Kevin Yu, Webb Simpson
1:20 p.m. – Garrick Higgo, Taylor Pendrith, Ryo Hisatsune
1:31 p.m. – Brice Garnett, Dylan Wu, Mac Meissner
1:42 p.m. – Nick Dunlap, Rico Hoey, Chandler Blanchet
1:53 p.m. – Zecheng Dou, Jackson Suber, Neal Shipley
2:04 p.m. – Paul Peterson, Paul Waring, Blades Brown
2:15 p.m. – Patrick Fishburn, Isaiah Salinda, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
2:26 p.m. – Alejandro Tosti, Luke Clanton, Pontus Nyholm