PGA Championship 2018 tee times: Thursday, Round 1

Here are the tee times for Round 1 of the 2018 edition of the PGA Championship from Bellerive Country Club.

2018 marks the final time that the PGA Championship will close out golf’s major championship season –it moves to its new spot in May next year at Bethpage — and there are certainly plenty of storylines heading into the 100th edition of this tournament, which will be played this year at Bellerive Country Club in suburban St. Louis. The 2018 PGA Championship will be the third major at this venue. Gary Player won the U.S. Open here back in 1965 and Nick Price won the first of his two PGA titles at Bellerive in 1992.

Fresh off his win this past Sunday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, a victory that moved him back to number two in the world rankings, defending champion Justin Thomas attempts to become just the second player to go back-to-back at this tournament since the format moved to stroke play back in 1958. Only Tiger Woods has done that (and of course he’s done it twice) and as luck would have it, Woods and Thomas will be playing together for the first two days. If that’s not enough for one group, they’ll be joined by two-time champ Rory McIlroy, who won at Kiawah Island in 2012 and followed it up two years later with a victory at Valhalla, his last win at a major.

The usual group featuring the three previous major champions of the year will also be fun to watch as Masters champ Patrick Reed will tee it up alongside U.S. Open winner Brooks Koepka and arguably the hottest golfer in the world right now, Francesco Molinari, who became the first Italian-born major champion with his win at The Open Championship last month.

World number one Dustin Johnson, who recently won at the RBC Canadian Open and followed it up with a tie for third in Akron this past week with a fantastic final round, will be joined by fellow major champions Bubba Scott and Adam Scott on Thursday and Friday. Past PGA Championship winners Phil Mickelson, Jason Day and Keegan Bradley are featured in another marquee group.

Here are the groupings and tee times for the first round of the 100th PGA Championship. (All times Eastern. *-PGA Club Professional)

PGA Championship 2018 Round 1 tee times

Morning Groups

7:50 a.m. 

1st tee: Michael Block*, Eddie Pepperell, Ryan Fox

7:55 a.m. 

10th tee: Jamie Lovemark, Rich Berberian, Jr.*, Shugo Imahira

8:01 a.m. 

1st tee: Austin Cook, Craig Hocknull*, Alexander Bjork

8:06 a.m. 

10th tee: Brandt Snedeker, Sean McCarty*, Haotong Li

8:12 a.m.

1st tee: Yusaku Miyazato, Bob Sowards*, Scott Brown

8:17 a.m.

10th tee: Jim Furyk, Tony Finau, Xander Schauffele

8:23 a.m.

1st tee: Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Kevin Streelman, James Hahn

8:28 a.m.

10th tee: Davis Love III, Martin Kaymer, Rich Beem

8:34 a.m.

1st tee: Billy Horschel, Byeong Hun An, Shane Lowry

8:39 a.m.

10th tee: Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama, Ian Poulter

8:45 a.m.

1st tee: Brian Harman, Yuta Ikeda, Adam Hadwin

8:50 a.m.

10th tee: Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett, Pat Perez

8:56 a.m.

1st tee: Padraig Harrington, Jimmy Walker, Vijay Singh

9:01 a.m.

10th tee: Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley

9:07 a.m.

1st tee: Bryson DeChambeau, Andy Sullivan, Kiradech Aphibarnrat

9:12 a.m.

10th tee: Shubhankar Sharma, Jordan Smith, Scott Piercy

9:18 a.m.

1st tee: Ryan Armour, Cameron Smith, Peter Uihlein

9:23 a.m.

10th tee: Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

9:29 a.m.

1st tee: Paul Dunne, J.B. Holmes, Dylan Frittelli

9:34 a.m.

10th tee: Matthew Fitzpatrick, Webb Simpson, Jhonattan Vegas

9:40 a.m.

1st tee: Charles Howell III, Jason Schmuhl*, Brian Gay

9:45 a.m.

10th tee: Stewart Cink, Branden Grace, Ryan Moore

9:51 a.m.

1st tee: David Muttitt*, Ollie Schniederjans, Troy Merritt

9:56 a.m.

10th tee: Ross Fisher, Alexander Levy, Patton Kizzire

10:02 a.m.

1st tee: Shawn Warren*, Mikko Korhonen, J.J. Spaun

10:07 a.m.

10th tee: Julian Suri, Sungjae Im, Craig Bowden*

Afternoon Groups

1:15 p.m.

10th tee: Danny Balin*, Chesson Hadley, Russell Henley

1:20 p.m.

1st tee: Johan Kok*, Brandon Stone, Whee Kim

1:26 p.m.

10th tee: Marty Jertson*, Luke List, Kevin Chappell

1:31 p.m.

1st tee: Matt Wallace, Matt Dobyns*, Beau Hossler

1:37 p.m.

10th tee: Jaysen Hansen*, Nick Watney, Kyle Stanley

1:42 p.m.

1st tee: Chris Wood, Alex Noren, Matt Kuchar

1:48 p.m.

10th tee: Ted Potter, Jr., Emiliano Grillo, Jorge Campillo

1:53 p.m.

1st tee: Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Adam Scott

1:59 p.m.

10th tee: Ryan Vermeer*, Paul Broadhurst, John Daly

2:04 p.m.

1st tee: Tommy Fleetwood, Satoshi Kodaira, Marc Leishman

2:10 p.m.

10th tee: Si Woo Kim, Brice Garnett, Tyrrell Hatton

2:15 p.m.

1st tee: Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, Francesco Molinari

2:21 p.m.

10th tee: Y.E. Yang, Jason Dufner, Shaun Micheel

2:26 p.m.

1st tee: Gary Woodland, Sergio Garcia, Kevin Kisner

2:32 p.m.

10th tee: Thorbjorn Olesen, Charl Schwartzel, Patrick Cantlay

2:37 p.m.

1st tee: Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose

2:43 p.m.

10th tee: Brendan Steele, Adrian Otaegui, Kevin Na

2:48 p.m.

1st tee: Aaron Wise, Paul Casey, Zach Johnson

2:54 p.m.

10th tee: Chez Reavie, Charley Hoffman, Russell Knox

2:59 p.m.

1st tee: Louis Oosthuizen, Thomas Pieters, Bill Haas

3:05 p.m.

10th tee: Zach J. Johnson*, Michael Kim, Seung-Su Han

3:10 p.m.

1st tee: Jason Kokrak, Joaquin Niemann, Daniel Berger

3:16 p.m.

10th tee: Brian Smock*, Anirban Lahiri, Mike Lorenzo-Vera

3:21 p.m.

1st tee: Omar Uresti*, Justin Harding, Andrew Landry

3:27 p.m.

10th tee: Ben Kern*, Chris Kirk, Ryuko Tokimatsu

3:32 p.m.

1st tee: Matt Borchert*, Chris Stroud, Andrew Putnam

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