The 2026 Tour Championship commences on Thursday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Complete first-round tee times for Thursday’s opening action are provided below.
Key Storylines for Tour Championship Round 1
Wyndham Clark secured his third PGA Tour victory of the season at last week’s BMW Championship. Despite this accomplishment, he was unable to surpass Scottie Scheffler on the season-long points list. However, at the Tour Championship, the points standings from the regular season become irrelevant.
The player who claims the top position at East Lake will clinch the 2026 FedEx Cup championship. For Clark, a victory would mark his first FedEx Cup title and earn him a $10 million prize.
Additionally, a fourth win of the season combined with the Cup title could potentially elevate Clark above Scheffler in the Player of the Year rankings.
Clark is scheduled to begin his opening round on Thursday at 1:48 p.m. ET, paired alongside Cameron Young.
Thursday’s first round of the 2026 Tour Championship will be broadcast from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET on ESPN, followed by coverage from 1 to 6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.
The complete Round 1 tee times and pairings for the Tour Championship are listed below.
2026 Tour Championship tee times for Thursday: Round 1 (ET)
Tee No. 1
11:00 a.m. – Tom Kim, Ryan Fox
11:12 a.m. – Justin Rose, Adam Scott
11:24 a.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland
11:36 a.m. – Alex Smalley, Alex Fitzpatrick
11:48 a.m. – Min Woo Lee, J.J. Spaun
12:06 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Kristoffer Reitan
12:18 p.m. – Ryan Gerard, Gary Woodland
12:30 p.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Hideki Matsuyama
12:42 p.m. – Jacob Bridgeman, Russell Henley
12:54 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
1:12 p.m. – Tommy Fleetwood, Ludvig Åberg
1:24 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns
1:36 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Chris Gotterup
1:48 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Cameron Young
2:00 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick
