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The FedEx Cup Playoffs continue for the 2026 PGA Tour season, with Round 1 of the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missour, on Thursday, August 20. Everyone is chasing World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who is the reigning tournament champion, after his stellar start to the playoffs at the FedEx St. Jude Championship last weekend. The 50-player field remaining in the FedEx Cup Playoffs is hopeful to stay alive as the group cuts to 30 this weekend. MORE: Scottie Scheffler about to pass Tiger Woods on valuable PGA list Scheffler is set to tee off at 2:33 p.m. ET, alongside Matt Fitzpatrick. Thursday’s first-round action will stream live from 10:15 a.m. ET to 7:00 p.m. ET on PGA Tour Live on ESPN+. PGA Tour Live will include featured group and featured hole coverage, while television coverage will be available on the Golf Channel from 3:00 p.m. ET until the end of the round. When will your favorite golfer be hitting the course? A full look at the tee times and groupings for Round 1 on Thursday, August 20, can be seen below (all times Eastern). MORE: LIV Golf has experienced multiple setbacks since it announced new funding 2026 BMW Championship Round 1 Tee Times & Pairings Tee No. 1 10:03 a.m. – Justin Thomas, Sahith Theegala 10:14 a.m. – Sepp Straka, Sungjae Im 10:25 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Ben Griffin 10:36 a.m. – Gary Woodland, Adam Scott 10:47 a.m. – Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Åberg 11:05 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Tom Kim 11:16 a.m. – Justin Rose, Alex Smalley 11:27 a.m. – Kristoffer Reitan, Alex Fitzpatrick 11:38 a.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Hideki Matsuyama 11:49 a.m. – Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns 12:07 p.m. – Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim 12:18 p.m. – Michael Brennan, Eric Cole 12:29 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Ryo Hisatsune 12:40 p.m. – Michael Thorbjornsen, Nico Echavarria 12:51 p.m. – Jake Knapp, Alex Noren 1:09 p.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler 1:20 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele 1:31 p.m. – Bud Cauley, Nicolai Højgaard 1:42 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, J.J. Spaun 1:53 p.m. – J.T. Poston, Kurt Kitayama 2:11 p.m. – Ryan Gerard, Min Woo Lee 2:22 p.m. – Chris Gotterup, Tommy Fleetwood 2:33 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick 2:44 p.m. – Russell Henley, Jacob Bridgeman 2:55 p.m. – Maverick McNealy, Matt McCarty — Enjoy free coverage of the top news & trending stories with The Big Lead Newsletter —