The Players Championship Tee Times: Round Two

Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele go out in the afternoon wave on Friday after their 65s on day one, with Wyndham Clark and Scottie Scheffler playing in the morning

Rory McIlroy plays his tee shot on the 17th at TPC Sawgrass
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Mike Hall
By Mike Hall, Elliott Heath
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Rory McIlroy carded ten birdies on Thursday at The Players Championship in his 65, with the World No.2 out in the afternoon wave on Friday at TPC Sawgrass.

Xander Schauffele matched McIlroy's 65, with the American also out in the afternoon in the second round.

McIlroy plays with Viktor Hovland and Jordan Spieth at 1.40pm ET (5.40pm GMT) on day two.

Schauffele plays in the group ahead at 1.29pm ET (5.29pm GMT) alongside Sam Burns and Tommy Fleetwood.

Defending champion and World No.1 Scottie Scheffler headlines the morning wave, playing at 8.35am ET (12.35pm GMT) with Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas.

Wyndham Clark, who is the third co-leader at seven-under, is also in the morning and follows Scheffler's group some 11 minutes later alongside Collin Morikawa and Brian Harman.

Take a look at the big groups on Friday as well as all of the Players Championship tee times in full:

The Players Championship Tee Times - Notable Friday Groups

ET (GMT)

Big morning groups (10th tee):

  • 8.24am (12.24pm): Hideki Matsuyama, Matt Fitzpatrick, Max Homa
  • 8.35am (12.35pm): Scottie Scheffler, Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas
  • 8.46am (12.46pm): Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Brian Harman

Big afternoon groups (1st tee):

  • 1.29pm (5.29pm): Sam Burns, Xander Schauffele, Tommy Fleetwood
  • 1.40pm (5.40pm): Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth
  • 1.51pm (5.51pm): Ludvig Åberg, Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott

The Players Championship Tee Times - All Groups

ET (GMT) 10th tee/1st tee

  • 7.40am (11.40am): Doug Ghim, Hayden Buckley, Kevin Yu/Byeong Hun An, Patrick Rodgers, Matti Schmid
  • 7.51am (11.51am): Peter Malnati, Beau Hossler, Alex Smalley/Denny McCarthy, Matt NeSmith, Nicolai Højgaard
  • 8.02am (12.02pm): Cam Davis, Sam Ryder, Stephan Jaeger/Keith Mitchell, Mark Hubbard, Dylan Wu, Francesco Molinari
  • 8.13am (12.13pm): Jake Knapp, Matthieu Pavon, Nick Dunlap/Grayson Murray, Seamus Power, Francesco Molinari
  • 8.24am (12.24pm): Hideki Matsuyama, Matt Fitzpatrick, Max Homa/Nick Hardy, Matt Wallace, Adam Svensson
  • 8.35am (12.35pm): Scottie Scheffler, Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas/Nico Echavarria, J.T. Poston, Harris English
  • 8.46am (12.46pm): Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Brian Harman/Davis Riley, Corey Conners, J.J. Spaun
  • 8.57am (12.57pm): Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris, Shane Lowry/Luke List, Gary Woodland, Cameron Young
  • 9.08am (1.08pm): Austin Eckroat, Sahith Theegala, Akshay Bhatia/Chris Kirk, Mackenzie Hughes, Andrew Putnam
  • 9.19am (1.19pm): Garrick Higgo, S.H. Kim, Andrew Novak/Aaron Baddeley, Ben Griffin, Davis Thompson
  • 9.30am (1.30pm): Ben Martin, Eric Cole, Harry Hall/Tyler Duncan, Maverick McNealy, Callum Tarren
  • 9.41pm (1.41pm): Charley Hoffman, Sam Stevens, Sami Valimaki/Chan Kim, David Skinns, Jimmy Stanger
  • 12.45pm (4.45pm): Ryan Moore, Chesson Hadley, Zac Blair/Troy Merritt, Taylor Pendrith, Taylor Montgomery
  • 12.56pm (4.56pm): Brandon Wu, Ben Taylor, Carson Young/Michael Kim, Aaron Rai, Carl Yuan
  • 1.07pm (5.07pm): Alex Noren, Thomas Detry, Joseph Bramlett/Joel Dahmen, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Min Woo Lee
  • 1.18pm (5.18pm): Camilo Villegas, Lee Hodges, Tom Hoge/Jason Day, Si Woo Kim, Matt Kuchar
  • 1.29pm (5.29pm): Kurt Kitayama, Chad Ramey, Adam Schenk/Sam Burns, Xander Schauffele, Tommy Fleetwood
  • 1.40pm (5.40pm): Vincent Norrman, Sepp Straka, Chez Reavie/Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth
  • 1.51pm (5.51pm): Brice Garnett, Russell Henley, Steve Stricker/Ludvig Åberg, Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott
  • 2.02pm (6.02pm): Emiliano Grillo, Taylor Moore, Scott Stallings/Nick Taylor, Tom Kim, Justin Rose
  • 2.13pm (6.13pm): Billy Horschel, Sungjae Im, Webb Simpson/Erik van Rooyen, Lucas Glover, Brendon Todd
  • 2.24pm (6.24pm): Keegan Bradley, K.H. Lee, Adam Hadwin/C.T. Pan, Kevin Streelman, Ryan Fox
  • 2.35pm (6.35pm): David Lipsky, Justin Lower, Tyson Alexander/Martin Laird, Justin Suh, Greyson Sigg
  • 2.46pm (6.46pm): Robert MacIntyre, Ben Silverman, Ryo Hisatsune/Nate Lashley, Robby Shelton, Ben Kohles

Rory McIlroy's Tee Time

Rory McIlroy goes out at 1.40pm local time (5.40pm GMT) on Friday at TPC Sawgrass with Viktor Hovland and Jordan Spieth.

How To Watch The Players Championship In The US

All times ET

Friday 15 March: 1.00pm-7.00pm (Golf Channel/Peacock)

Saturday 16 March: 2.00pm-7.00pm (NBC/Peacock)

Sunday 17 March: 1.00pm-6.00pm (NBC/Peacock)

How To Watch The Players Championship In The UK

All times GMT

Friday 15 March: 11.30am-11.00pm (Sky Sports Golf), 11.30am-7.00pm (Sky Sports Main Event)

Saturday 16 March: 2.00pm-11.00pm (Sky Sports Golf), 2.30pm-5.00pm and 8.00pm-11.00pm (Sky Sports Main Event)

Sunday 17 March: 2.00pm-10.00pm (Sky Sports Golf), 5.30pm-10.00pm (Sky Sports Main Event)

Mike Hall
Mike Hall
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Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories. 


He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game. 


Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course. 


Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.

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