Curious golf fans will be tuning into the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club not just because several of the game\u2019s top talents\u2014Cameron Young, Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick and defending champion Scottie Scheffler to name a few\u2014are coming into the major playing at a high level. They also want to see a stately venue familiar to golf cognoscenti but less so to everyday aficionados.<\/p>\n
The Donald Ross design has the chance to steal the spotlight after a 2017 remodel from the popular team of Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. The par-70 layout has been stretched more than 7,300 yards, with bunkers and greens brought back to Ross\u2019 original vision.<\/p>\n
The question then is what will this new old gem yield for today\u2019s best players? Last time it hosted a PGA Tour event was the 2018 BMW Championship, where Keegan Bradley won a playoff over Justin Rose after the pair shot 20-under 260s for the week. Suffice it to say, Aronimink is likely to put up a bigger fight this time around, but Kerry Haigh, the PGA of America\u2019s Chief Championship Officer, isn\u2019t going to be turning the place into Philadelphia\u2019s version of Oakmont either.<\/p>\n
So whose game does Aronimink most suit? It\u2019s hard not to think McIlroy, coming off a second straight Masters victory and seemingly more at peace with his place in the golf universe, has to be thinking good thoughts. Meanwhile, Young and Fitzpatrick are arguably playing at a higher level than McIlroy at this point, with multiple wins each in the last two months.<\/p>\n
And while Scheffler has only one win to date in 2026, three straight seconds suggests his game isn\u2019t far away from keeping his grip on the Wanamaker Trophy for a second straight year.<\/p>\n
Before handing out any hardware, however, we\u2019ve got to work our way into the championship on Thursday and Friday. Tee times for the first and second rounds were annoucned on Tuesday afternoon. Here are the pairings:<\/p>\n
6:45 a.m. \u2013 Braden Shattuck, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ben Griffin<\/p>\n
6:56 a.m. \u2013 Francisco Bide, Harry Hall, Ryan Gerard<\/p>\n
7:07 a.m. \u2013 John Keefer, Rico Hoey, Nicolai Hojgaard<\/p>\n
7:18 a.m. \u2013 Shaun Micheel, Michael Brennan, Garrick Higgo<\/p>\n
7:29 a.m. \u2013 Y.E. Yang, Jhonattan Vegas, Matt McCarty<\/p>\n
7:40 a.m. \u2013 Lucas Glover, Tom McKibbin, Stephan Jaeger<\/p>\n
7:51 a.m. \u2013 Daniel Brown, Adrien Saddier, Harris English<\/p>\n
8:02 a.m. \u2013 Jacob Bridgeman, Bud Cauley, Alex Noren<\/p>\n
8:13 a.m. — Chris Kirk, Max Greyserman, Kristoffer Reitan<\/p>\n
8:24 a.m. \u2013 Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry, Padraig Harrington<\/p>\n
8:35 a.m. \u2013 Ryan Lenehan, Ryan Fox, Kazuki Higa<\/p>\n
8:46 a.m. \u2013 Jared Jones, Michael Kim, Ryo Hisatsune<\/p>\n
8:57 a.m. \u2013 Tyler Collet, Kota Kaneko, Brandt Snedeker<\/p>\n
12:15 p.m. \u2013 Andrew Novak, John Parry, Jordan Gumberg<\/p>\n
12:26 p.m. \u2013 Ben Polland, Kurt Kitayama, Nico Echavarria<\/p>\n
12:37 p.m. \u2013 Akshay Bhatia, Ricky Castillo, Michael Thorbjornsen<\/p>\n
12:48 p.m. \u2013 Luke Donald, Jesse Drowemer, Stewart Cink<\/p>\n
12:59 p.m. \u2013 Hideki Matsuyama, J.J. Spaun, Max Homa<\/p>\n
1:10 p.m. \u2013 Ben Kern, J.T. Poston, Russell Henley<\/p>\n
1:21 p.m. \u2013 Adam Scott, Corey Conners, Daniel Berger<\/p>\n
1:32 p.m. — Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry<\/p>\n
1:43 p.m. \u2013 Chris Gotterup, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood<\/p>\n
1:54 p.m. — Cameron Young, Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas<\/p>\n
2:05 p.m. \u2013 Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose<\/p>\n
2:16 p.m. \u2013 Zach Haynes, Alex Smalley, Chadler Blanchet<\/p>\n
2:27 p.m. \u2013 Bernd Wiesberger, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Andy Sullivan<\/p>\n
6:50 a.m. \u2013 Aldrich Potgieter, David Puig, Denny McCarthy<\/p>\n
7:01 a.m. \u2013 William Mouw, Chris Gabriele, Taylor Pendrith<\/p>\n
7:12 a.m. \u2013 Tom Hoge, Bryce Fisher, Joaquin Niemann<\/p>\n
7:23 a.m. — Keith Mitchell, Billy Horschel, Ian Holt<\/p>\n
7:34 a.m. \u2013 Gary Woodland, Jason Day, Sam Burns<\/p>\n
7:45 a.m. \u2013 Wyndham Clark, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman<\/p>\n
7:56 a.m. \u2013 Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Sahith Theegala<\/p>\n
8:07 a.m. \u2013 Si Woo Kim, Derek Berg, Joe Highsmith<\/p>\n
8:18 a.m. \u2013 Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Aberg, Rickie Fowler<\/p>\n
8:29 .am. \u2013 Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton<\/p>\n
8:40 a.m. \u2013 Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm<\/p>\n
8:51 a.m. \u2013 Daniel Hiller, Ryan Vermeer, Max McGreevy<\/p>\n
9:02 a.m. \u2013 Paul McClure, Mikael Lindberg, Angel Ayora<\/p>\n
12:10 p.m. \u2013 Michael Block, Rasmus Hojgaard, Dustin Johnson<\/p>\n
12:21 p.m. \u2013 Mark Geddes, Steven Fisk, David Lipsky<\/p>\n
12:32 p.m. — Sungjae Im, Austin Hurt, Casey Jarvis<\/p>\n
12:43 p.m. \u2013 Andrew Putnam, Michael Kertrude, Matt Wallace<\/p>\n
12:54 p.m. — Martin Kaymer, Elvis Smylie, Davis Riley<\/p>\n
1:05 p.m. \u2013 Jason Dufner, Haotong Li, Jimmy Walker<\/p>\n
1:16 p.m. \u2013 Nick Taylor, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Jordan Smith<\/p>\n
1:27 p.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Patrick Reed, Pierceson Coody<\/p>\n
1:38 p.m. \u2013 Brian Campbell, Adam Schenk, Christiaan Bezuidenhout<\/p>\n
1:49 p.m. \u2013 Marco Penge, Sepp Straka, Patrick Rodgers<\/p>\n
2 p.m. \u2013 Aaron Rai, Travis Smyth, Sami Valimaki<\/p>\n
2:11 p.m. \u2013 Sam Stevens, Jayden Schaper, Garrett Sapp<\/p>\n
2:22 p.m. \u2013 Timothy Wiseman, Matti Schmid, Austin Smotherman<\/p>\n
6:45 a.m. \u2013 Michael Block, Rasmus Hojgaard, Dustin Johnson<\/p>\n
6:56 a.m. \u2013 Mark Geddes, Steven Fisk, David Lipsky<\/p>\n
7:07 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Austin Hurt, Casey Jarvis<\/p>\n
7:18 a.m. \u2013 Andrew Putnam, Michael Kertrude, Matt Wallace<\/p>\n
7:29 a.m. — Martin Kaymer, Elvis Smylie, Davis Riley<\/p>\n
7:40 a.m. \u2013 Jason Dufner, Haotong Li, Jimmy Walker<\/p>\n
7:51 a.m. \u2013 Nick Taylor, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Jordan Smith<\/p>\n
8: 02 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Patrick Reed, Pierceson Coody<\/p>\n
8:13 a.m. \u2013 Brian Campbell, Adam Schenk, Christiaan Bezuidenhout<\/p>\n
8:24 a.m. \u2013 Marco Penge, Sepp Straka, Patrick Rodgers<\/p>\n
8:35 a.m. \u2013 Aaron Rai, Travis Smyth, Sami Valimaki<\/p>\n
8:46 a.m. \u2013 Sam Stevens, Jayden Schaper, Garrett Sapp<\/p>\n
8:57 a.m. \u2013 Timothy Wiseman, Matti Schmid, Austin Smotherman<\/p>\n
12:15 p.m. \u2013 Aldrich Potgieter, David Puig, Denny McCarthy<\/p>\n
12:26 p.m. \u2013 William Mouw, Chris Gabriele, Taylor Pendrith<\/p>\n
12:37 p.m. \u2013 Tom Hoge, Bryce Fisher, Joaquin Niemann<\/p>\n
12:48 p.m. — Keith Mitchell, Billy Horschel, Ian Holt<\/p>\n
12:59 p.m. \u2013 Gary Woodland, Jason Day, Sam Burns<\/p>\n
1:10 p.m. \u2013 Wyndham Clark, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman<\/p>\n
1:21 p.m. \u2013 Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Sahith Theegala<\/p>\n
1:32 p.m. \u2013 Si Woo Kim, Derek Berg, Joe Highsmith<\/p>\n
1:43 p.m. \u2013 Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Aberg, Rickie Fowler<\/p>\n
1:54 p.m. \u2013 Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton<\/p>\n
2:05 p.m. \u2013 Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm<\/p>\n
2:16 p.m. \u2013 Daniel Hiller, Ryan Vermeer, Max McGreevy<\/p>\n
2:27 p.m. \u2013 Paul McClure, Mikael Lindberg, Angel Ayora<\/p>\n
6:50 a.m. \u2013 Andrew Novak, John Parry, Jordan Gumberg<\/p>\n
7:01 a.m. \u2013 Ben Polland, Kurt Kitayama, Nico Echavarria<\/p>\n
7:12 a.m. \u2013 Akshay Bhatia, Ricky Castillo, Michael Thorbjornsen<\/p>\n
7:23 a.m. \u2013 Luke Donald, Jesse Drowemer, Stewart Cink<\/p>\n
7:34 a.m. \u2013 Hideki Matsuyama, J.J. Spaun, Max Homa<\/p>\n
7:45 a.m. \u2013 Ben Kern, J.T. Poston, Russell Henley<\/p>\n
7:56 a.m. \u2013 Adam Scott, Corey Conners, Daniel Berger<\/p>\n
8:07 a.m. — Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry<\/p>\n
8:18 a.m. \u2013 Chris Gotterup, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood<\/p>\n
8:29 a.m. — Cameron Young, Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas<\/p>\n
8:40 a.m. \u2013 Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose<\/p>\n
8:51 a.m. \u2013 Zach Haynes, Alex Smalley, Chadler Blanchet<\/p>\n
9:02 a.m. \u2013 Bernd Wiesberger, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Andy Sullivan<\/p>\n
12:10 p.m. \u2013 Braden Shattuck, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ben Griffin<\/p>\n
12:21 p.m. \u2013 Francisco Bide, Harry Hall, Ryan Gerard<\/p>\n
12:32 p.m. \u2013 John Keefer, Rico Hoey, Nicolai Hojgaard<\/p>\n
12:43 p.m. \u2013 Shaun Micheel, Michael Brennan, Garrick Higgo<\/p>\n
12:54 p.m. \u2013 Y.E. Yang, Jhonattan Vegas, Matt McCarty<\/p>\n
1:05 p.m. \u2013 Lucas Glover, Tom McKibbin, Stephan Jaeger<\/p>\n
1:16 p.m. \u2013 Daniel Brown, Adrien Saddier, Harris English<\/p>\n
1:27 p.m. \u2013 Jacob Bridgeman, Bud Cauley, Alex Noren<\/p>\n
1:38 p.m. — Chris Kirk, Max Greyserman, Kristoffer Reitan<\/p>\n
1:49 p.m. \u2013 Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry, Padraig Harrington<\/p>\n
2 p.m. \u2013 Ryan Lenehan, Ryan Fox, Kazuki Higa<\/p>\n
2:11 p.m. \u2013 Jared Jones, Michael Kim, Ryo Hisatsune<\/p>\n
2:22 p.m. \u2013 Tyler Collet, Kota Kaneko, Brandt Snedeker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Curious golf fans will be tuning into the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club not just because…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1489,960,5199,5201,44,2525,54,2523,531,5203,5196,5195,5194,5197,568,5200,82,1395,5198,5202],"class_list":["post-11809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pga-championship","tag-aronimink","tag-aronimink-golf-club","tag-first-round-tee-times","tag-friday-tee-times","tag-golf","tag-groups","tag-news","tag-pairings","tag-pga-championship","tag-pga-championship-2026-tee-times-pairings-for-the-first-and-second-round-at-aronimink","tag-pga-championship-groups","tag-pga-championship-pairings","tag-pga-championship-tee-times","tag-pga-championship-threesomes","tag-pgachampionship2026","tag-second-round-tee-times","tag-story","tag-tee-times","tag-threesomes","tag-thursday-tee-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}