The Players Championship 2023: Tee times and groups for TPC Sawgrass

The Players Championship trophy.

Tee times and groups for The Players Championship – ‘the fifth Major’ – as Rahm, McIlroy, and Scheffler are grouped together at TPC Sawgrass.

Jon Rahm will go head-to-head with his World No.1 rivals at the Players Championship after being grouped with Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler for the opening two rounds of the PGA Tour’s flagship event at TPC Sawgrass.

All three Major winners could end the week as World No.1 after McIlroy narrowly missed out on the chance to return to the top spot at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, finishing a shot behind eventual champion Kurt Kitayama.

McIlroy is looking to become the first two-time winner of the PGA Tour’s flagship event since Tiger Woods, while Scheffler is hunting a second victory of the season after successfully defending the Phoenix Open last month.

Rahm remains the man in form with five wins from his last 10 starts, though he did show signs of fallibility at Bay Hill after letting a first-round lead slip with back-to-back rounds of 76. He eventually fell back into a tie for 39th – his worst finish worldwide since the 2022 Scottish Open.

The other featured group will see 2021 winner Justin Thomas teeing it up alongside Jordan Spieth and Ryder Cup hopeful Max Homa for the first two days at TPC Sawgrass.

Defending champion Cameron Smith, who is suspended from the PGA Tour, and Tiger Woods, who is playing a limited schedule in 2023, are the notable absentees from the 144-player line-up, which still includes 43 of the world’s top 50.

The star-studded field will be competing for $25 million, the richest prize on the PGA Tour. The winner will pocket $4.5 million, up $900,000 on last year and more than Charles Howell III won at the first LIV Invitational event of the season.

The Players Championship Tee Times: Round 1 – Hole 1 

11.50am
Robby Shelton, Austin Smotherman, Min Woo Lee 

12.01pm 
Kevin Streelman, Denny McCarthy, Matthew NeSmith 

12.12pm 
Byeong Hun An, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Doug Ghim 

12.23pm
Michael Thompson, Brendon Todd, Keith Mitchell 

12.34pm
Kevin Kisner, Nick Taylor, Corey Conners 

12.45pm
Trey Mullinax, Cam Davis, Tyler Duncan 

12.56pm
Adam Svensson, Joel Dahmen, Robert Streb 

1.07pm
JJ Spaun, Chad Ramey, Luke List 

1.18pm
Russell Henley, MacKenzie Hughes, Brian Harman 

1.29pm
Emiliano Grillo, Mark Hubbard, Matt Wallace  

1.40pm
Nate Lashley, Troy Merritt, Kelly Kraft 

1.51pm
Aaron Baddeley, David Lingmerth, Ben Martin 

4.50pm
Kevin Tway, Russell Knox, Chesson Hadley 

5.01pm
Andrew Putnam, Maverick McNealy, Doc Redman 

5.12pm
Beau Hossler, Adam Schenk, Stephan Jaeger 

5.23pm
Lucas Herbert, Aaron Wise, Jason Day 

5.34pm
Matt Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry 

5.45pm
Kurt Kitayama, Will Zalatoris, Xander Schauffele 

5.56pm
Max Homa, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth 

6.07pm
Sam Burns, Cameron Young, Sahith Theegala 

6.18pm
Chris Kirk, Seamus Power, Keegan Bradley 

6.29pm
Sam Ryder, Davis Riley, Taylor Moore 

6.40pm
Alex Noren, Thomas Detry, Max McGreevy 

6.51pm
Joseph Bramlett, Justin Suh, Andrew Novak

The Players Championship Tee Times: Round 1 – Hole 10 

11.50am
Danny Willett, Brandon Wu, Davis Thompson 

12.01pm
Adam Long, Hayden Buckley, Taylor Montgomery 

12.12pm
Tommy Fleetwood, Taylor Pendrith, Callum Tarren 

12.23pm
Si Woo Kim, Webb Simpson, Tyrrell Hatton 

12.34pm
Tony Finau, Tom Kim, Patrick Cantlay 

12.45pm
Collin Morikawa, Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler 

12.56pm
Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy 

1.07pm
Justin Rose, Billy Horschel, Hideki Matsuyama  

1.18pm
Nico Elchavarria, Sungjae Im, Harris English 

1.29pm
Jhonattan Vegas, Peter Malnati, Ryan Fox 

1.40pm
Adam Hadwin, Patrick Rodgers, Greyson Sigg 

1.51pm
Nick Hardy, Eric Cole, Harrison Endycott 

4.50pm
David Lipsky, SH Kim, Tyson Alexander 

5.01pm
Kramer Hickok, Lee Hodges, Will Gordon 

5.12pm
Ben Griffin, Mattias Schwab, Justin Lower 

5.23pm
Sepp Straka, Garrick Higgo, Stewart Cink 

5.34pm
Chez Reavie, Tom Hoge, Francesco Molinari 

5.45pm
JT Poston, Lucas Glover, Matt Kuchar 

5.56pm
KH Lee, Martin Laird, Gary Woodland 

6.07pm
Ryan Brehm, Lanto Griffin, Scott Stallings 

6.18pm
Ryan Palmer, Patton Kizzire, Alex Smalley 

6.29pm
Dylan Frittelli, Jerry Kelly, Wyndham Clark 

6.40pm
Scott Piercy, James Hahn, Nick Watney 

6.51pm
Aaron Rai, Dylan Wu, Erik Barnes

The Players Championship 2023: Full Field for TPC Sawgrass

Alexander, Tyson
An, Byeong Hun
Armour, Ryan
Baddeley, Aaron
Barnes, Erik
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Bradley, Keegan
Bramlett, Joseph
Brehm, Ryan
Buckley, Hayden
Burns, Sam
Cantlay, Patrick
Cink, Stewart
Clark, Wyndham
Cole, Eric
Conners, Corey
Dahmen, Joel
Davis, Cam
Day, Jason
Detry, Thomas
Duncan, Tyler
Echavarria, Nico
Endycott, Harrison
English, Harris
Finau, Tony
Fitzpatrick, Matt
Fleetwood, Tommy
Fowler, Rickie
Fox, Ryan
Frittelli, Dylan
Ghim, Doug
Glover, Lucas
Gordon, Will
Griffin, Ben
Griffin, Lanto
Grillo, Emiliano
Hadley, Chesson
Hadwin, Adam
Hahn, James
Hardy, Nick
Harman, Brian
Hatton, Tyrrell
Henley, Russell
Herbert, Lucas
Hickok, Kramer
Higgo, Garrick
Hodges, Lee
Hoge, Tom
Homa, Max
Horschel, Billy
Hossler, Beau
Hovland, Viktor
Hubbard, Mark
Hughes, Mackenzie
Im, Sungjae
Jaeger, Stephan
Kelly, Jerry
Kim, S.H.
Kim, Si Woo
Kim, Tom
Kirk, Chris
Kisner, Kevin
Kitayama, Kurt
Kizzire, Patton
Knox, Russell
Kraft, Kelly
Kuchar, Matt
Laird, Martin
Lashley, Nate
Lee, K.H.
Lee, Min Woo
Lingmerth, David
Lipsky, David
List, Luke
Long, Adam
Lower, Justin
Lowry, Shane
Malnati, Peter
Martin, Ben
Matsuyama, Hideki
McCarthy, Denny
McGreevy, Max
McIlroy, Rory
McNealy, Maverick
Merritt, Troy
Mitchell, Keith
Molinari, Francesco
Montgomery, Taylor
Moore, Taylor
Morikawa, Collin
Mullinax, Trey
NeSmith, Matthew
Noren, Alex
Novak, Andrew
Palmer, Ryan
Pendrith, Taylor
Piercy, Scott
Poston, J.T.
Power, Seamus
Putnam, Andrew
Rahm, Jon
Rai, Aaron
Ramey, Chad
Reavie, Chez
Redman, Doc
Riley, Davis
Rodgers, Patrick
Rose, Justin
Ryder, Sam
Schauffele, Xander
Scheffler, Scottie
Schenk, Adam
Schwab, Matthias
Scott, Adam
Shelton, Robby
Sigg, Greyson
Simpson, Webb
Smalley, Alex
Smotherman, Austin
Spaun, J.J.
Spieth, Jordan
Stallings, Scott
Straka, Sepp
Streb, Robert
Streelman, Kevin
Suh, Justin
Svensson, Adam
Tarren, Callum
Taylor, Nick
Theegala, Sahith
Thomas, Justin
Thompson, Davis
Thompson, Michael
Todd, Brendon
Tway, Kevin
Vegas, Jhonattan
Wallace, Matt
Watney, Nick
Willett, Danny
Wise, Aaron
Woodland, Gary
Wu, Brandon
Wu, Dylan
Young, Cameron
Zalatoris, Will

How to watch The Players Championship in the UK

Nearly 60 hours of live coverage on Sky Sports Golf begins on Thursday and Friday at 11.30am and continues until the close of play. Bonus coverage will be available on the red button with featured groups, bonus marquee groups and a special featured holes feed.

The featured holes will also be available for free on the Sky Sports Golf YouTube channel, where you will be able to follow the action on the iconic par-3 17th, as well as the 3rd, 12th, and 16th.

The weekend coverage starts at 12.45pm on Saturday and 11.45am on Sunday, with the action beginning on the red button before switching to Sky Sports Golf following the conclusion of the Kenya Open on the DP World Tour.

TV times (Live on Sky Sports Golf)

Thursday

11.30am-11.30pm

Friday 

11.30am-11.30pm

Saturday

2pm-11pm

Sunday 

2pm-10pm

How to watch The Players Championship in the US

Golf Channel and NBC will once again air The Players, with television coverage also on Peacock.

If you want to stream the tournament you’ll be able to use ESPN+, which will carry PGA Tour Live’s streaming coverage using multiple feeds to provide more than 160 hours of golf.

The PGA Tour will also be offering its Every Shot Live stream, allowing you to watch every shot from the entire tournament! Coverage is expected to run from 6.30am-8pm ET on Thursday and Friday, and 7.30am-6pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Thursday

Golf Channel: 12pm-6pm ET

PGA Tour LIVE/ESPN+: 6.45am-6pm

Stream 1: Main feed 6.45am-12pm; Featured group 12pm-6pm

Stream 2: Marquee group 7.45am-12pm; Featured group 12pm-6pm

Stream 3: Featured groups, 7.30am-12pm; Featured hole 12pm-6pm

Stream 4: Featured holes, 7.15am-12pm; Featured hole, 12pm-6pm

Friday

Golf Channel: 12pm-6pm ET

PGA Tour LIVE/ESPN+: 6.45am-6pm

Stream 1: Main feed 6.45am-12pm; Featured group 12pm-6pm

Stream 2: Marquee group 7.45am-12pm; Featured group: 12pm-6pm

Stream 3: Featured groups 7.30am-12pm; Featured hole, 12pm-6pm

Stream 4: Featured holes 7.15am-12pm; Featured hole 12pm-6pm

Saturday

NBC: 1pm-6pm ET

PGA Tour LIVE/ESPN+: 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m.

Stream 1: Main feed 7.45am-1pm; Featured group 1pm-6pm

Stream 2: Marquee group 8.45am-1pm; Featured group 1pm-6pm

Stream 3: Featured groups 8.30am-1pm; Featured hole 1pm-6pm

Stream 4: Featured holes 8.15am-1pm; Featured hole 1-6pm

Sunday

NBC: 1pm-6pm ET

PGA Tour LIVE/ESPN+, 7.45am-6pm

Stream 1: Main feed 7.45am-1pm; Featured group 1pm-6pm

Stream 2: Marquee group 8.45am-1pm; Featured group 1pm-6pm

Stream 3: Featured groups 8.30am-1pm; Featured hole 1pm-6pm

Stream 4: Featured holes 8.15am-1pm; Featured hole 1pm-6pm

Main Feed: Primary tournament-coverage featuring the best action from across the course
Marquee Group: Showcasing every shot from each player in the group
Featured Groups: Traditional PGA Tour Live coverage of two concurrent featured groups
Featured Holes: A combination of coverage from holes No. 3, 12, 16 and 17

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