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Viewer’s guide: Tee times, purse and how to watch the 2018 Honda Classic

February 20, 2018

Can Rickie Fowler defend his title? Can Rory McIlroy get in contention? And, the question still on the forefront of most viewer’s minds: What will Tiger Woods do?

After five weeks out West, the PGA Tour returns to the eastern time zone and the Honda Classic at the Champions Course at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The event will be a home game for many of the area’s pros (including Justin Thomas, McIlroy, Fowler, and Woods) who live nearby.

Woods will be off No. 10 at 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, while Fowler is off No. 1 at 12:25 p.m. Here’s everything else you need to know for this week’s action on Tour:

What: Honda Classic

Where: Champions Course, PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 7140 yards, par 70

When: Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 22-25

Defending champion: Rickie Fowler (12 under total)

TV schedule (ET)

Thursday: 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)

Friday: 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)

Saturday: 1-2:45 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. (CBS)

Sunday: 1-2:45 p.m. (Golf Channel; 3-6 p.m. (CBS)

Purse: $6.6 mil ($1.18 mil to the winner)

​THURSDAY (FRIDAY)

Tee No. 1 (No. 10 on Friday)

6:45 a.m. (11:35 a.m.) β€” Tom Hoge, John Peterson, Martin Piller

6:55 a.m. (11:45 a.m.)β€” J.J. Henry, Troy Merritt, Sung Kang

7:05 a.m. (11:55 a.m.) β€” Matt Every, Ryan Blaum, Dominic Bozzelli

7:15 a.m. (12:05 p.m.) β€” Brian Harman, Wesley Bryan, Chris Kirk

7:25 a.m. (12:15 p.m.) β€” Ted Potter, Jr., Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton

7:35 a.m. (12:25 p.m.) β€” Jason Dufner, Brian Stuard, Shane Lowry

7:45 a.m. (12:35 p.m.) β€” Fabian Gomez, Nick Watney, Rafa Cabrera Bello

7:55 a.m. (12:45 p.m.) β€” Hudson Swafford, Jimmy Walker, Smylie Kaufman

8:05 a.m. (12:55 p.m.) β€” Robert Streb, Jamie Lovemark, Talor Gooch

8:15 a.m. (1:05 p.m.) β€” Martin Flores, Ollie Schniederjans, Aaron Wise

8:25 a.m. (1:15 p.m.) β€” Jonathan Randolph, Xinjun Zhang, Denny McCarthy

8:35 a.m. (1:25 p.m.) β€” Brice Garnett, Lanto Griffin, Nate Lashley

11:35 a.m. (6:45 a.m.) β€” Danny Lee, Luke List, Thomas Pieters

11:45 a.m. (6:55 a.m.) β€” Scott Piercy, John Huh, Anirban Lahiri

11:55 a.m. (7:05 a.m.) β€” Harris English, Robert Garrigus, Byeong Hun An

12:05 p.m. (7:15 a.m.) β€” Ryan Armour, Billy Horschel, Webb Simpson

12:15 p.m. (7:25 a.m.) β€” Greg Chalmers, William McGirt, Luke Donald

12:25 p.m. (7:35 a.m.) β€” Kevin Kisner, Rickie Fowler, Patrick Reed

12:35 p.m. (7:45 a.m.) β€” Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Padraig Harrington

12:45 p.m. (7:55 a.m.) β€” Alex Cejka, Tyrone Van Aswegen, Kelly Kraft

12:55 p.m. (8:05 a.m.) β€” Shawn Stefani, Derek Fathauer, Michael Kim

1:05 p.m. (8:15 a.m.) β€” Ben Martin, Bob Estes, Jon Curran

1:15 p.m. (8:25 a.m.) β€” Abraham Ancer, Keith Mitchell, Andrew Novak

1:25 p.m. (8:35 a.m.) β€” Stephan Jaeger, Corey Conners, Jhared Hack

Tee No. 10 (No. 1)

6:45 a.m. ​(11:35 a.m.) β€” Camilo Villegas, Morgan Hoffmann, Peter Uihlein

6:55 a.m. (11:45 a.m.) β€” Michael Thompson, Ian Poulter, Cameron Tringale

7:05 a.m. (11:55 a.m.) β€” Lucas Glover, Andrew Landry, Dylan Frittelli

7:15 a.m. (12:05 p.m.) β€” Jim Furyk, Martin Kaymer, Stewart Cink

7:25 a.m. (12:15 p.m.) β€” Vaughn Taylor, Graeme McDowell, Peter Malnati

7:35 a.m. (12:25 p.m.) β€” Justin Thomas, Daniel Berger, Sergio Garcia

7:45 a.m. (12:35 p.m.) β€” Patton Kizzire, Brandt Snedeker, Tiger Woods

7:55 a.m. (12:45 p.m.) β€” Gary Woodland, Alex Noren, Tommy Fleetwood

8:05 a.m. (12:55 p.m.) β€” Scott Stallings, Chad Campbell, Blayne Barber

8:15 a.m. (1:05 p.m.) β€” Sean O’Hair, Retief Goosen, Kevin Tway

8:25 a.m. (1:15 p.m.) β€” Ben Silverman, Tyler Duncan, Tom Lovelady

8:35 a.m. (1:25 p.m.) β€” Nicholas Lindheim, Joel Dahmen, Sam Burns

11:35 a.m. (6:45 a.m.) β€” Chesson Hadley, Ryan Palmer, Bud Cauley

11:45 a.m. ​(6:55 a.m.) β€” J.J. Spaun, Richy Werenski, Kiradech Aphibarnrat

11:55 a.m. ​(7:05 a.m.) β€” J.B. Holmes, Scott Brown, Patrick Rodgers

12:05 p.m. ​(7:15 a.m.) β€” Mackenzie Hughes, Cody Gribble, Billy Hurley III

12:15 p.m. (7:25 a.m.) β€” Russell Knox, Brian Gay, Charles Howell III

12:25 p.m. ​(7:35 a.m.) β€” Jhonattan Vegas, Russell Henley, Ryan Moore

12:35 p.m. ​(7:45 a.m.) β€” Chris Stroud, Grayson Murray, Louis Oosthuizen

12:45 p.m. ​(7:55 a.m.) β€” David Lingmerth, Rory Sabbatini, Harold Varner III

12:55 p.m. (8:05 a.m.) β€” Ben Crane, Keegan Bradley, C.T. Pan

1:05 p.m. (8:15 a.m.) β€” Sam Saunders, Bronson Burgoon, Bernd Wiesberger

1:15 p.m. (8:25 a.m.) β€” Rob Oppenheim, Andrew Putnam, Andrew Filbert

1:25 p.m. (8:35 a.m.) β€” Seamus Power, Adam Schenk, T.J. Vogel

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