The Players 2026 tee times: Full R3 pairings and UK start times for third round of PGA Tour event at TPC Sawgrass

Groupings and tee times for the third round of The Players, the PGA Tour's flagship event, held at TPC Sawgrass in Florida.

Ludvig Åberg heads into the weekend two strokes clear of Xander Schauffele after a stunning second-round 63, where he equalled the front-nine tournament record by reaching the turn in 29.

Cam Young and Justin Thomas are also in contention, with 2021 champion Thomas chasing his second victory at the event, while Corey Conners and Sepp Straka also late starters on Saturday as they look to close on Åberg.

73 players made it through to the weekend on two over or better, with Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy stuttering their way through after finishing their second rounds with birdies.

Both players were looking to win this event for a third time but are a long way out of contention, sat 13 strokes off the halfway lead after Scheffler's second-round 73 and McIlroy's 71.

1215 Seamus Power (Irl)

1220 Patrick Cantlay, Michael Brennan

1230 Danny Walker, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)

1240 Rico Hoey (Phi), Daniel Berger

1250 Zach Bauchou, Eric Cole

1300 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Steven Fisk

1310 JT Poston, Kevin Roy

1325 Si Woo Kim (Kor), Scottie Scheffler

1335 Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Can), Ricky Castillo

1345 Nico Echavarria (Col), Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)

1355 Joe Highsmith, Rory McIlroy (NIrl)

1405 Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Chris Kirk

1415 Tony Finau, Robert MacIntyre (Sco)

1425 Max McGreevy, Bud Cauley

1440 Sam Burns, Chris Gotterup

1450 Adam Scott (Aus), Nick Taylor (Can)

1500 Taylor Pendrith (Can), Sam Stevens

1510 Matti Schmid (Ger), Max Homa

1520 JJ Spaun, Wyndham Clark

1530 Taylor Moore, Keegan Bradley

1545 Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka

1555 Min Woo Lee (Aus), Alex Noren (Swe)

1605 Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

1615 Ryan Gerard, Andrew Putnam

1625 Jordan Spieth, William Mouw

1635 Chad Ramey, Sahith Theegala

1650 Justin Rose (Eng), Jason Day (Aus)

1700 Alex Smalley, Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)

1710 Patrick Rodgers, Keith Mitchell

1720 Russell Henley, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

1730 Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland (Nor)

1740 Michael Thorbjornson, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)

1755 Maverick McNealy, Austin Smotherman

1805 Lee Hodges, Jacob Bridgeman

1815 Sepp Straka (Aut), Justin Thomas

1825 Cameron Young, Corey Conners (Can)

1835 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Xander Schauffele

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