PGA Championship tee times: Round 1 groupings on Thursday

Thursday sees the first round of the 2025 PGA Championship get underway and the big guns are out to battle. Held at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, this second major of the year has a number of narratives running through it, most notably, a chance for the Masters-unburdened Rory McIlroy to double up.

What time does McIlroy tee off at the PGA Day 1?

McIlroy will tee off at 8:22 a.m. ET from the 10th tee (more on that in a moment), in arguably the most anticipated trio of the day: McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. Tasty or what?

McIlroy, fresh off completing the career grand slam at Augusta, has already won at Quail Hollow four times, which gives him more than a leg up on Scheffler, who’s only played the course once – at the 2022 Presidents Cup. Still, you don’t get to be world No. 1 by being course-shy.

‘What about Bryson DeChambeau?,’ I hear you ask. He’s playing later, at 1:47 p.m. ET from the first tee, alongside Viktor Hovland and Gary Woodland. DeChambeau has top-10 finishes in four of the last five majors, and he lifted the trophy at the 2024 U.S. Open – the last time a major was played in North Carolina. He’s no sideshow.

More eye-catching PGA groupings for Round 1

If that morning trio wasn’t enough, the afternoon shift is practically a mini-major of its own. Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa and Dustin Johnson are out at 1:14 p.m. ET, just ahead of Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Åberg and Patrick Reed at 1:25 p.m.

Thomas, by the way, won the last PGA Championship held at Quail Hollow in 2017. Spieth is eyeing the same rare feat McIlroy just pulled off: the career slam.

• Hunter Mahan compares Quail Hollow to the Kardashians

How the tee times work at the PGA Championship

You’re likely already familiar with the tee situation alluded to above but if not, let me explain. We have split tees for the first two rounds, meaning that threesomes go off from both the first and tenth tees, starting as early as 7 a.m. and stretching through the early afternoon. And while the morning could still be a little damp, Thursday’s forecast looks clear, meaning conditions could play faster as the day goes on.

Where’s your money going?

PGA Championship 2025: full list of Round 1 tee-times

No. 1 tee

Morning

• 7:00 a.m. | Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer
• 7:11 a.m. | John Somers, Taylor Moore, David Puig
• 7:22 a.m. | Kurt Kitayama, Nic Ishee, Alex Noren
• 7:33 a.m. | J.T. Poston, Ryo Hisatsune, Tom Johnson
• 7:44 a.m. | Davis Thompson, Bud Cauley, Nico Echavarria
• 7:55 a.m. | Harris English, Michael Kim, Thomas Detry
• 8:06 a.m. | Stephan Jaeger, Chris Kirk, Robert MacIntyre
• 8:17 a.m. | Thorbjørn Olesen, Karl Vilips, Laurie Canter
• 8:28 a.m. | Si Woo Kim, Sam Stevens, Rico Hoey
• 8:39 a.m. | Bobby Gates, Lee Hodges, Ben Griffin
• 8:50 a.m. | Thriston Lawrence, Nick Dunlap, Harry Hall
• 9:01 a.m. | Greg Koch, Marco Penge, Ryan Gerard
• 9:12 a.m. | Dylan Newman, Daniel van Tonder, Victor Perez

Afternoon

• 12:20 p.m. | Michael Kartrude, Sami Valimaki, Jake Knapp
• 12:41 p.m. | Erik van Rooyen, Michael Block, Mackenzie Hughes
• 12:52 p.m. | Lucas Glover, Max Homa, Joaquin Niemann
• 1:03 p.m. | Tyrrell Hatton, Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott
• 1:14 p.m. | Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa
• 1:25 p.m. | Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Ludvig Åberg
• 1:36 p.m. | Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim
• 1:47 p.m. | Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Gary Woodland
• 1:58 p.m. | Sergio Garcia, Daniel Berger, Russell Henley
• 2:09 p.m. | Justin Rose, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman
• 2:20 p.m. | Brandon Bingaman, Davis Riley, Sungjae Im
• 2:31 p.m. | Takumi Kanaya, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom McKibbin
• 2:42 p.m. | Keita Nakajima, Timothy Wiseman, Beau Hossler

No. 10 tee

Morning

• 7:05 a.m. | John Parry, Justin Hicks, Ryan Fox
• 7:16 a.m. | Andre Chi, Patrick Fishburn, Seamus Power
• 7:27 a.m. | Max McGreevy, Sahith Theegala, Sepp Straka
• 7:38 a.m. | Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry
• 7:49 a.m. | Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, Jason Day
• 8:00 a.m. | Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 8:11 a.m. | Corey Conners, Min Woo Lee, Rasmus Højgaard
• 8:22 a.m. | Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
• 8:33 a.m. | Tony Finau, Nicolai Højgaard, Max Greyserman
• 8:44 a.m. | Andrew Novak, Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy
• 8:55 a.m. | Akshay Bhatia, Denny McCarthy, Sam Burns
• 9:06 a.m. | John Catlin, Garrick Higgo, Jesse Droemer
• 9:17 a.m. | Eugenio Chacarra, Rupe Taylor, Justin Lower

Afternoon

• 12:25 p.m. | Keith Mitchell, Bob Sowards, Adam Hadwin
• 12:36 p.m. | Eric Cole, Eric Steger, Cam Davis
• 12:47 p.m. | Austin Eckroat, Brian Bergstol, Jacob Bridgeman
• 12:58 p.m. | Niklas Norgaard, Byeong Hun An, J.J. Spaun
• 1:09 p.m. | Patrick Rodgers, Nick Taylor, Dean Burmester
• 1:20 p.m. | Joe Highsmith, Cameron Young, Aaron Rai
• 1:31 p.m. | Tom Hoge, Mattieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith
• 1:42 p.m. | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Patton Kizzire, Matt McCarty
• 1:53 p.m. | Tyler Collet, Jimmy Walker, Richard Bland
• 2:04 p.m. | Jason Dufner, Michael Thorbjornsen, Shaun Micheel
• 2:15 p.m. | Rafael Campos, Ryan Lenahan, Matt Wallace
• 2:26 p.m. | Jhonattan Vegas, Elvis Smylie, Brian Campbell
• 2:37 p.m. | Kevin Yu, Larkin Gross, John Keefer

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