PGA Championship 2026 Tee Times: Round Three Pairings And Start Times

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Maverick McNealy and Alex Smalley take a slender one-stroke lead into the weekend at the 2026 PGA Championship, with every player who made the cut within eight strokes ahead of the final two rounds.

The American pair at the top sit at four-under-par, with 29 players all within four of their lead at Aronimink.

McNealy and Smalley go out at 2.40pm in the final group, following the penultimate pairing of Hideki Matsuyama and Chris Gotterup.

Earlier in the day there are some huge groupings, with Jordan Spieth paired with Dustin Johnson at 10.50am, Brooks Koepka playing with Rory McIlroy at 11am, and Rickie Fowler with Xander Schauffele at 11.10am.

Take a look at all of the pairings and starting times below:

PGA Championship tee times: Round three Saturday pairings and times

Maverick McNealy and Alex Smalley hold their finish on shots — Maverick McNealy and Alex Smalley play in the final group at 2.40pm

All times local EDT

7.45am: Jhonattan Vegas, Alex Noren
7.54am: Nicolai Hojgaard, Michael Brennan
8.03am: Taylor Pendrith, John Keefer
8.12am: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, William Mouw
8.21am: Shane Lowry, Brian Campbell
8.30am: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Daniel Berger
8.39am: Luke Donald, Elvis Smylie
8.48am: Michael Kim, John Parry
8.57am: Kristoffer Reitan, Padraig Harrington
9.06am: Daniel Brown, Chris Kirk
9.15am: Justin Rose, Brian Harman
9.24am: Rasmus Hojgaard, Sami Valimaki
9.33am: Kazuki Higa, Mikael Lindberg
9.42am: Keith Mitchell, Sam Burns
9.51am: Tom Hoge, Joaquin Niemann
10am: Alex Fitzpatrick, Denny McCarthy
10.20am: Sam Stevens, Chandler Blanchet
10.30am: Martin Kaymer, Matt Fitzpatrick
10.40am: Casey Jarvis, Matt Wallace
10.50am: Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson
11am: Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy
11.10am: Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele
11.20am: Sahith Theegala, Bud Cauley
11.30am: Ben Griffin, Ryan Gerard
11.40am: Collin Morikawa, Matti Schmid
11.50am: Nick Taylor, Corey Conners
12.10pm: Daniel Hillier, Ben Kern
12.20pm: Ryan Fox, Ryo Hisatsune
12.30pm: Rico Hoey, Cameron Smith
12.40pm: Haotong Li, Patrick Reed
12.50pm: Jon Rahm, Andrew Putnam
1pm: Jason Day, Patrick Cantlay
1.10pm: Kurt Kitayama, Aaron Rai
1.20pm: Ludvig Aberg, Andrew Novak
1.30pm: Harris English, Si Woo Kim
1.40pm: Scottie Scheffler, David Puig
2pm: Cameron Young, Justin Thomas
2.10pm: Min Woo Lee, Max Greyserman
2.20pm: Aldrich Potgieter, Stephan Jaeger
2.30pm: Hideki Matsuyama, Chris Gotterup
2.40pm: Alex Smalley, Maverick McNealy

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He covered the 2022 and 2025 Masters from Augusta National and was there by the 18th green to watch Rory McIlroy complete the career grand slam. He has also covered five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews.