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2024 Byron Nelson Round 1 Thursday tee times and pairings
Kevin Chappell, Taylor Pendrith and Kevin Yu will get us underway at at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas on Thursday morning.
The 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson gets underway at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas on Thursday. Jason Day will be attempting to retain the title he won for the first time in 2023 - his last PGA win on the professional circuit.
Speith, the favorite
With Rory McIlroy and world No.1 Scottie Scheffler both absent from the field, Jordan Spieth starts out as the favorite to lift the trophy in Texas. The 30-year-old, who won the Valero Texas Open in 2021 and RBC Heritage the following year, has been given odds of +1400 ahead of Si Woo Kim at +1600 while Day is just behind at +2000.
Getting things underway will be Kevin Chappell, Taylor Pendrith and Kevin Yu. Day will tee off an hour later at 8:45 a.m. ET alongside Jordan Spieth and Sungjae Im.
Let’s take a look at the tee times for the first rounds on Thursday.
Tee 1
- 7:50 am: Kevin Chappell, Taylor Pendrith, Kevin Yu
- 8:01 am: Cody Gribble, Sean O’Hair, Ben Griffin
- 8:12 am: Wesley Bryan, Nick Watney, Josh Teater
- 8:23 am: Matt Wallace, Kevin Kisner, Cameron Champ
- 8:34 am: Vincent Norrman, Stewart Cink, Matt Kuchar
- 8:45 am: Nico Echavarria, Chez Reavie, Keith Mitchell
- 8:56 am: Nate Lashley, Aaron Baddeley, Matti Schmid
- 9:07 am: Kevin Streelman, Brandon Wu, Robby Shelton
- 9:18 am: Ben Martin, Chesson Hadley, Callum Tarren
- 9:29 am: Zecheng Dou, Chris Gotterup, Raul Pereda
- 9:40 am: Jimmy Stagner, Mac Meissner, Ryan McCormack
- 9:51 am: Ryo Hisatsune, Rico Hoey, Jarred Jeter
- 10:02 am: Austin Smotherman, Sami Valimaki, Brad Hopfinger
- 1:00 pm: Jimmy Walker, Alex Smalley, Scott Gutschewski
- 1:11 pm: Jhonattan Vegas, Beau Hossler, Dylan Wu
- 1:22 pm: Hayden Buckley, Justin Suh, Harry Hall
- 1:33 pm: Jake Knapp, Luke List, Adam Schenk
- 1:44 pm: Stephan Jaeger, Nick Dunlap, Byeong Hun An
- 1:55 pm: Si Woo Kim, K.H. Lee, Adam Scott
- 2:06 pm: Kevin Tway, Thomas Detry, Min Woo Lee
- 2:17 pm: Troy Merritt, Vince Whaley, Andrew Novak
- 2:28 pm: S.H. Kim, Carl Yuan, Tyson Alexander
- 2:39 pm: Ryan Fox, Hayden Springer, Adrien Dumont de Chassart
- 2:50 pm: Rafael Campos, Alejandro Tosti, Pierceson Coody
- 3:01 pm: Erik Barnes, Jorge Campillo, Taiga Semikawa
- 3:12 pm: David Skinns, Parker Coody, Quade Cummins
Tee 10
- 7:50 am: Michael Kim, Alex Noren, Justin Lower
- 8:01 am: C.T. Pan, Martin Trainer, Greyson Sigg
- 8:12 am: Ryan Palmer, Patton Kizzire, Ben Taylor
- 8:23 am: Brice Garnett, Tom Hoge, Daniel Berger
- 8:34 am: Camilo Villegas, Tom Kim, Mackenzie Hughes
- 8:45 am: Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Sungjae Im
- 8:56 am: Mark Hubbard, Matt NeSmith, Doug Ghim
- 9:07 am: James Hahn, Zac Blair, Taylor Montgomery
- 9:18 am: Maverick McNealy, Joseph Bramlett, Ben Kohles
- 9:29 am: Robert MacIntyre, Trace Crowe, Patrick Fishburn
- 9:40 am: Jacob Bridgeman, Blaine Hale, Jr., Max McGreevy
- 9:51 am: Thorbjorn Oleson, WIlson Furr, Peter Kuest
- 10:02 am: Max Greyserman, Norman Xiong, Kris Kim
- 1:00 pm: Richy Werenski, Roger Sloan, Carson Young
- 1:11 pm: Garrick Higgo, Lanto Griffin, Davis Thompson
- 1:22 pm: Sung Kang, David Lipsky, Sam Stevens
- 1:33 pm: Seamus Power, Ryan Brehm, Joel Dahmen
- 1:44 pm: Nick Hardy, J.J. Spaun, Brandt Snedeker
- 1:55 pm: Davis Riley, Chad Ramey, Zach Johnson
- 2:06 pm: Bud Cauley, Kelly Kraft, Bronson Burgoon
- 2:17 pm: Martin Laird, Austin Cook, Ryan Moore
- 2:28 pm: Sam Ryder, Henrik Norlander, Aaron Rai
- 2:39 pm: Chan Kim, Harrison Endycott, Joe Highsmith
- 2:50 pm: Nicholas Lindheim, Chandler Phillips, Alexander Bjork
- 3:01 pm: Ben SIlverman, Kevin Dougherty, David Nyfjall
- 3:12 pm: Paul Barjon, Tom Whitney, KK Limbhasu
The 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson gets underway Thursday 2 May with coverage starting at 7:45 a.m. and runs to Sunday 5 May at TPC Craig Ranch, a 7,414-yard par-71 track featuring Bentgrass greens in McKinney, Texas. The top 65 and ties through 36 holes will make the cut.
The total purse for this stop-off on the PGA Tour is $9.5 million, with the winner to take home $1.71 million plus 500 FedEx Cup points, second place to receive $1,035,500 and third, $655,500.
Viewers in the United States can watch the event live on the streaming service ESPN+. The Golf Channel/Peacock will also be airing three hours of the competition from 4-7 p.m. ET.