The 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational kicks off Thursday, March 5, with the opening spherical at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla. You can discover full Arnold Palmer Invitational tee instances for Thursday’s first spherical on the backside of this put up.
Featured tee time for Round 1
Heading into Thursday’s opening spherical of the Arnold Palmer, World No. 2 Rory McIlroy has solely performed two PGA Tour occasions up to now this 12 months. But in that temporary time, the five-time main champion has confirmed he nonetheless has his greatest sport.
In his first begin at Pebble Beach, McIlroy shook off the rust with a T14-finish one year after lifting the trophy. Then he took one other step in the appropriate course in his most up-to-date begin on the Genesis Invitational, where he finished T2 to take home $1.8 million.
McIlroy has performed the Arnold Palmer Invitational 11 instances in his profession. He received in 2018, however he’s had loads of success outdoors of that 12 months, together with a runner-up in 2023 and 6 high 10s in all.
McIlroy will tee off for the opening spherical on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. ET with taking part in accomplice Viktor Hovland.
You can watch Thursday’s first spherical of the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational from 2-6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will present unique early streaming protection beginning on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. ET, along with featured group and featured gap protection.
Check out the entire Round 1 tee instances and pairings for the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational tee instances for Thursday: Round 1 (ET)
Tee No. 1
7:40 a.m. – Joel Dahmen, Daniel Bennett
7:50 a.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Tom Hoge
8:00 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Billy Horschel
8:10 a.m. – Brian Campbell, Patrick Rodgers
8:20 a.m. – Matt McCarty, Max Greyserman
8:30 a.m. – Taylor Moore, Andrew Putnam
8:40 a.m. – Daniel Berger, Alex Noren
8:50 a.m. – Min Woo Lee, Michael Thorbjornsen
9:05 a.m. – Harry Hall, Corey Conners
9:15 a.m. – Cameron Young, Sepp Straka
9:25 a.m. – Harris English, Patrick Cantlay
9:35 a.m. – Andrew Novak, Robert MacIntyre
9:45 a.m. – Brian Harman, Akshay Bhatia
9:55 a.m. – Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose
10:05 a.m. – Xander Schauffele, Shane Lowry
10:20 a.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Russell Henley
10:30 a.m. – Aldrich Potgieter, Adam Scott
10:40 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Keith Mitchell
10:50 a.m. – Nicolai Højgaard, Austin Smotherman
11:00 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Bud Cauley
11:10 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Ryo Hisatsune
11:20 a.m. – Ryan Gerard, Jason Day
11:35 a.m. – Taylor Pendrith, Denny McCarthy
11:45 a.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Pierceson Coody
11:55 a.m. – Jordan Spieth, Sam Stevens
12:05 p.m. – Jake Knapp, Matt Fitzpatrick
12:15 p.m. – Sam Burns, Sungjae Im
12:25 p.m. – J.J. Spaun, Nick Taylor
12:35 p.m. – Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy
12:50 p.m. – Ben Griffin, Tommy Fleetwood
1:00 p.m. – Nico Echavarria, Ludvig Åberg
1:10 p.m. – Jacob Bridgeman, Chris Gotterup
1:20 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama
1:30 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland
1:40 p.m. – Rickie Fowler, Michael Kim
1:50 p.m. – Chris Kirk, Sahith Theegala
