The 51st edition of The PLAYERS Championship is set to commence on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The tournament boasts a $25 million purse, with the winner receiving $4.5 million.
A highlight of the opening rounds is the grouping of the world’s top three golfers: World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, World No. 2 Rory McIlroy, and World No. 3 Xander Schauffele. They are scheduled to tee off at 1:29 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Thursday from the 1st tee.
Here are the full tee times and groupings for the first round (all times ET):
Morning Wave (Starting at Tee 1):
7:40 a.m.
Chad Ramey
C.T. Pan
Vince Whaley
7:51 a.m.
Joel Dahmen
Patrick Rodgers
Chan Kim
8:02 a.m.
Beau Hossler
Mark Hubbard
Ben Silverman
8:13 a.m.
Rafael Campos
Davis Riley
Gary Woodland
8:24 a.m.
Joe Highsmith
Brian Campbell
Matt McCarty
8:35 a.m.
Patton Kizzire
Lucas Glover
Corey Conners
8:46 a.m.
Sahith Theegala
Matt Fitzpatrick
Will Zalatoris
8:57 a.m.
Davis Thompson
Stephan Jaeger
Tom Hoge
9:08 a.m.
Aaron Rai
Cam Davis
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
9:19 a.m.
Robert MacIntyre
Max Homa
Sungjae Im
9:30 a.m.
Nate Lashley
Will Gordon
Rico Hoey
9:41 a.m.
Alejandro Tosti
Isaiah Salinda
Aldrich Potgieter
Morning Wave (Starting at Tee 10):
7:40 a.m.
Lanto Griffin
Andrew Novak
David Lipsky
7:51 a.m.
Keith Mitchell
Justin Lower
Nicolai Højgaard
8:02 a.m.
Michael Kim
Alex Smalley
Sam Stevens
8:13 a.m.
Maverick McNealy
Brian Harman
Tony Finau
8:24 a.m.
Ludvig Åberg
Hideki Matsuyama
Justin Thomas
8:35 a.m.
Russell Henley
Shane Lowry
Viktor Hovland
8:46 a.m.
Wyndham Clark
Jason Day
Jordan Spieth
8:57 a.m.
Thomas Detry
Sepp Straka