2026 Valspar Championship Round 1: Thursday Tee Times and Groupings

The 2026 Valspar Championship begins Thursday, March 19, at Innisbrook’s Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida. The opening round starts early and runs through the afternoon.

Broadcast coverage is split between Golf Channel and PGA Tour Live. Golf Channel will air the first round from 2-6 p.m. ET. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ provides exclusive early streaming beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET.

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Featured group and player notes

Matt Fitzpatrick will be a featured name to watch. He won the 2022 U.S. Open and later captured the DP World Tour Championship last fall.

Fitzpatrick has shown strong form in 2026. He has not missed a cut and holds two top-10s in six starts. He narrowly missed winning the Players Championship last week, losing by one shot to Cameron Young after a bogey on the final hole. Fitzpatrick tees off at 1:03 p.m. ET with Sam Ryder and Justin Thomas. He seeks his third PGA Tour title at Innisbrook.

Below are the 2026 Valspar Championship details for Round 1, with Thursday tee times and groupings.

Tee No. 1

• 7:35 a.m. – Alex Smalley, Justin Lower, Max McGreevy
• 7:46 a.m. – Brandt Snedeker, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Takumi Kanaya
• 7:57 a.m. – Thorbjørn Olesen, Chandler Phillips, Hank Lebioda
• 8:08 a.m. – Steven Fisk, Nick Taylor, Aaron Rai
• 8:19 a.m. – Brian Campbell, Cam Davis, Patrick Rodgers
• 8:30 a.m. – Matt McCarty, Davis Thompson, Matt Kuchar
• 8:41 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Davis Riley, Pierceson Coody
• 8:52 a.m. – Matthieu Pavon, Eric Cole, Kevin Roy
• 9:03 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Andrew Putnam, Luke Guthrie
• 9:14 a.m. – Jeremy Paul, A.J. Ewart, Gordon Sargent
• 9:25 a.m. – John Parry, John VanDerLaan, Marcelo Rozo
• 12:30 p.m. – Patton Kizzire, Gary Woodland, Adam Hadwin
• 12:41 p.m. – Taylor Moore, Beau Hossler, Joel Dahmen
• 12:52 p.m. – Peter Malnati, Nicolai Højgaard, Marco Penge
• 1:03 p.m. – Sam Ryder, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 1:14 p.m. – Jacob Bridgeman, Wyndham Clark, Jordan Spieth
• 1:25 p.m. – Ben Griffin, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau
• 1:36 p.m. – Max Homa, Kevin Streelman, Danny Walker
• 1:47 p.m. – Vince Whaley, Kristoffer Reitan, Johnny Keefer
• 1:58 p.m. – David Skinns, Dan Brown, Davis Chatfield
• 2:09 p.m. – Jordan Smith, David Ford, Greg Koch
• 2:20 p.m. – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Jimmy Stanger, Tyler Wilkes

Tee No. 10

• 7:40 a.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman, Danny Willett
• 7:51 a.m. – Matt Wallace, Matti Schmid, S.H. Kim
• 8:02 a.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Denny McCarthy, Austin Smotherman
• 8:13 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Brooks Koepka, Corey Conners
• 8:24 a.m. – Xander Schauffele, Keegan Bradley, Patrick Cantlay
• 8:35 a.m. – Ricky Castillo, J.J. Spaun, Billy Horschel
• 8:46 a.m. – Andrew Novak, Karl Vilips, Sungjae Im
• 8:57 a.m. – Lee Hodges, Mark Hubbard, Henrik Norlander
• 9:08 a.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Tom Kim, Zac Blair
• 9:19 a.m. – Jesper Svensson, Zach Bauchou, Jeffrey Kang
• 9:30 a.m. – Kris Ventura, Kensei Hirata, Adrien Saddier
• 12:25 p.m. – Austin Eckroat, Doug Ghim, David Lipsky
• 12:36 p.m. – Rafael Campos, Seamus Power, Rasmus Højgaard
• 12:47 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Michael Kim, Bud Cauley
• 12:58 p.m. – Michael Brennan, Stephan Jaeger, Lucas Glover
• 1:09 p.m. – Adam Schenk, Kevin Yu, Webb Simpson
• 1:20 p.m. – Garrick Higgo, Taylor Pendrith, Ryo Hisatsune
• 1:31 p.m. – Brice Garnett, Dylan Wu, Mac Meissner
• 1:42 p.m. – Nick Dunlap, Rico Hoey, Chandler Blanchet
• 1:53 p.m. – Zecheng Dou, Jackson Suber, Neal Shipley
• 2:04 p.m. – Paul Peterson, Paul Waring, Blades Brown
• 2:15 p.m. – Patrick Fishburn, Isaiah Salinda, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
• 2:26 p.m. – Alejandro Tosti, Luke Clanton, Pontus Nyholm

For full coverage and updates, visit Filmogaz.com. Follow the schedule and groupings closely on Thursday.