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PGA Championship tee times 2017: Start time and pairings for Friday's Round 2

A handful of lesser-known names will have plenty to prove on Friday at Quail Hollow.

Quail Hollow proved to be a major-caliber course in its first day hosting the PGA Championship. The question now is whether the game’s top golfers can master the newly renovated track in time for the weekend’s championship rounds.

2017 British Open champion Jordan Spieth summed up the course’s new, more challenging greens.

"That makes no sense at all,” Spieth said after a missed putt on the fifth hole — his 14th of the day — dropped him to +2. “It's these new greens. They do two different things."

Spieth, one of the top picks to hoist the Wanamaker Trophy Sunday evening, finished his opening round with a +1 72, five strokes off the lead.

Day one made it clear Quail Hollow is not the same course Rory McIlroy once dominated en route to a -21 finish at the 2015 Wells Fargo Championship. Longer holes, narrower fairways, and physics-defying greens have created the kind of challenge worthy of a major tournament. While top 10 fixtures like Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, and Hideki Matsuyama all found ways to escape to the happy side of par, other notable pros like Spieth, Henrik Stenson, and Sergio Garcia found themselves struggling to disappointing starts.

Friday will separate the wheat from the chaff in the season’s final major. With the cut line rapidly approaching, the world’s best golfers will have to find a way to tame Quail Hollow or face an early trip home from North Carolina. The second round will also give several lesser-known duffers the chance to prove they’re for real.

Some intriguing names dotted the top of the leaderboard early on day one. Jim Herman, a former self-taught assistant pro at one of President Donald Trump’s golf courses, led the field for a brief moment before falling back to the pack and finishing at -2. Thorbjorn Oleson, a Dane who has never won a PGA Tour tournament, ended his day in first place after a -4 showing. Other less recognizable golfers like Grayson Murray, Gary Woodland, and Tony Finau also earned a spot in the top 10 after the first 18 holes of play.

The odds of remaining at the top of the leaderboard, ahead of a stacked field that includes each of the world’s top 10 golfers, aren’t especially bright. They’ll have plenty to prove Friday, where another solid round would put them in prime position for a championship run this weekend.

Here’s where every player will start their second rounds. All times are Eastern.

PGA Championship tee times for Friday, Aug. 11

Round 2, 1st tee

7:20 a.m.: David Muttitt, Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet

7:30 a.m.: Rod Perry, Yuta Ikeda, Emiliano Grillo

7:40 a.m.: Joost Luiten, Paul Claxton, Russell Henley

7:50 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Thongchai Jaidee, Soren Kjeldsen

8 a.m.: Omar Uresti, Y.E. Yang, Shaun Micheel

8:10 a.m.: Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, Anirban Lahiri

8:20 a.m.: Byeong Hun An, Kevin Chappell, Mackenzie Hughes

8:30 a.m.: Jonas Blixt, Steve Stricker, Brian Harman

8:40 a.m.: D.A. Points, Tyrrell Hatton, Adam Hadwin

8:50 a.m.: Martin Laird, Bill Haas, Graeme McDowell

9 a.m.: Jeunghun Wang, Alexander Levy, Jamie Broce

9:10 a.m.: J.J. Wood, Ryan Fox, Haotong Li

9:20 a.m.: Jaysen Hansen, Chez Reavie, Cody Gribble

12:35 p.m.: Shane Lowry, Stuart Deane, Pablo Larrazabal

12:45 p.m.: Alexander Noren, Scott Herbert, Russell Knox

12:55 p.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Ernie Els, Ian Poulter

1:05 p.m.: Daniel Summerhays, Robert Streb, Chris Wood

1:15 p.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed

1:25 p.m.: Bubba Watson, Charl Schwartzel, Paul Casey

1:35 p.m.: Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth

1:45 p.m.: Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson

1:55 p.m.: Padraig Harrington, Keegan Bradley, Davis Love III

2:05 p.m.: Zach Johnson, Lee Westwood, Charley Hoffman

2:15 p.m.: David Lingmerth, Scott Brown, Nicolas Colsaerts

2:25 p.m.: Scott Hend, Kenny Pigman, Andrew Johnston (WD)

2:35 p.m.: Kelly Kraft, Brian Smock, Patrick Rodgers

Round 2, 10th tee

7:25 a.m.: Lucas Glover, Matt Dobyns, Hideto Tanihara

7:35 a.m.: Mike Small, Jason Kokrak, Satoshi Kodaira

7:45 a.m.: Thomas Bjorn, Branden Grace, Pat Perez

7:55 a.m.: Adam Scott, Luke Donald, Webb Simpson

8:05 a.m.: Billy Horschel, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Si Woo Kim

8:15 a.m.: Jimmy Walker, Phil Mickelson, Jason Dufner

8:25 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowler

8:35 a.m.: Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose, Chris Kirk

8:45 a.m.: Daniel Berger, Jim Furyk, Kevin Kisner

8:55 a.m.: Ross Fisher, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Ryan Moore

9:05 a.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Smith

9:15 a.m.: Alex Beach, Sean O'Hair, Kevin Na

9:25 a.m.: Chris Moody, Luke List, Jamie Lovemark

12:30 p.m.: Grayson Murray, Rich Berberian Jr., Peter Uihlein

12:40 p.m.: Adam Rainaud, Tony Finau, Fabrizio Zanotti

12:50 p.m.: Younghan Song, Dave McNabb, Charles Howell III

1 p.m.: Sung Kang, Wesley Bryan, Dylan Frittelli

1:10 p.m.: William McGirt, Francesco Molinari, Jim Herman

1:20 p.m.: Gary Woodland, Andy Sullivan, Kyle Stanley

1:30 p.m.: Rich Beem, Vijay Singh, John Daly

1:40 p.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Danny Willett, J.B. Holmes

1:50 p.m.: Thomas Pieters, Xander Schauffele, Rod Pampling

2 p.m.: Thorbjorn Olesen, Brendan Steele, Hudson Swafford

2:10 p.m.: Cameron Smith, Bernd Wiesberger, Brandon Stone

2:20 p.m.: K.T. Kim, Greg Gregory, James Hahn

2:30 p.m.: Richard Sterne, Ryan Vermeer, Chris Stroud

Friday's second round coverage

Television:

1 p.m. – 7 p.m. -- TNT

Online streams:

8 a.m. – end of play — PGA Championship Stream

8:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. — Feature Groups and press conferences on the PGA Championship’s official app

Radio:

Noon – 6 p.m. — Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio (Ch. 92/208)

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2017 PGA Championship TV schedule: Coverage and start time for Thursday's round

Rory McIlroy is the favorite, but Hideki Matsuyama could ride a hot streak to his first major title.

Rory McIlroy has traditionally dominated the Quail Hollow golf club, winning two Wells Fargo Championships and losing another in a playoff in his seven trips to the North Carolina course. Will he still be able to master the exclusive links after extensive changes transformed the track from a Tour stop to a PGA Championship host?

Administrators at Quail Hollow shut the course down for 12 weeks prior to 2017’s final major, making changes aimed at preventing another -21 round — the score with which McIlroy won the 2015 Championship by a whopping seven strokes — from the dynamic Northern Irelander. Four new holes have been added, including a monster 540-yard par-4 that will welcome contenders as they start their round. Fairways have been narrowed, the rough has gotten rougher, and the greens have gotten bigger and faster.

All those changes should create a welcome challenge for a field that includes each of the world’s top-10 golfers. While McIlroy is the favorite, he’ll have to fend off challenges from young powerhouses like Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, and Hideki Matsuyama to win his third PGA Championship.

Spieth will tee off Thursday in one of the tournament’s most interesting groups. The 2017 British Open champion will join the season’s two other major winners, Sergio Garcia (Masters) and Brooks Koepka (U.S. Open) in an all-star triad. Right behind them will be Johnson, the world’s No. 1 golfer, along with top-10 fixtures Henrik Stenson and Jason Day. That one-two punch will make the start of the four-day tournament appointment viewing for golf fans.

This week’s PGA Championship will be fans’ second-to-last chance to watch the event in August. Traditionally the sport’s final major of the year, the tournament will be moved up to May starting in 2019. That will give the PGA Tour a quick turnaround from the Masters to the season’s second major, ensure that no more than a month goes by between the game’s most prestigious tournaments, and push the British Open into that fourth and final slot.

That should help golfers escape the warm and muggy weather that threatens this year’s Championship. Temperatures in the mid-to-high-80s and scattered thunderstorms are in the forecast for all four days of the event, and the humid Carolina weather could prove to be a drain on the game’s top athletes. Sunday’s final round could be a test of endurance, especially on a course that now tops out at over 7,400 yards.

The first step on the road to the championship rounds begins Thursday. Here’s how you can watch all the action from Quail Hollow — and when you can find your favorite golfers on the first tee.

How to watch the 2017 PGA Championship

Thursday's first round coverage (all times ET)

Television:

1 p.m. - 7 p.m. — TNT

Online streams:

8 a.m. - end of play — PGA Championship Stream

8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. -- Feature Groups and press conferences on the PGA Championship’s official app

Radio:

12 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio (Ch. 92/208)

2017 PGA Championship tee times, pairings for Thursday

Tee No. 1

7:20 a.m. — Grayson Murray, Rich Berberian Jr., Peter Uihlein

7:30 a.m. — Adam Rainaud, Tony Finau, Fabrizio Zanotti

7:40 a.m. — Younghan Song, Dave McNabb, Charles Howell III

7:50 a.m. — Sung Kang, Wesley Bryan, Dylan Frittelli

8 a.m. — William McGirt, Francesco Molinari, Jim Herman

8:10 a.m. — Gary Woodland, Andy Sullivan, Kyle Stanley

8:20 a.m. — Rich Beem, Vijay Singh, John Daly

8:30 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Danny Willett, J.B. Holmes

8:40 a.m. — Thomas Pieters, Xander Schauffele, Rod Pampling

8:50 a.m. — Thorbjorn Olesen, Brendan Steele, Hudson Swafford

9 a.m. — Cameron Smith, Bernd Wiesberger, Brandon Stone

9:10 a.m. — K.T. Kim, Greg Gregory, James Hahn

9:20 a.m. — Richard Sterne, Ryan Vermeer, Chris Stroud

12:35 p.m. — Lucas Glover, Matt Dobyns, Hideto Tanihara

12:45 p.m. — Mike Small, Jason Kokrak, Satoshi Kodaira

12:55 p.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Branden Grace, Pat Perez

1:05 p.m. — Adam Scott, Luke Donald, Webb Simpson

1:15 p.m. — Billy Horschel, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Si Woo Kim

1:25 p.m. — Jimmy Walker, Phil Mickelson, Jason Dufner

1:35 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowler

1:45 p.m. — Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker

1:55 p.m. — Daniel Berger, Jim Furyk, Kevin Kisner

2:05 p.m. — Ross Fisher, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Ryan Moore

2:15 p.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Smith

2:25 p.m. — Alex Beach, Sean O'Hair, Kevin Na

2:35 p.m. — Chris Moody, Luke List, Jamie Lovemark

Tee No. 10

7:25 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Stuart Deane, Pablo Larrazabal

7:35 a.m. — Alex Noren, Scott Herbert, Russell Knox

7:45 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Ernie Els, Ian Poulter

7:55 a.m. — Daniel Summerhays, Robert Streb, Chris Wood

8:05 a.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed

8:15 a.m. — Bubba Watson, Charl Schwartzel, Paul Casey

8:25 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth

8:35 a.m. — Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson

8:45 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Keegan Bradley, Davis Love III

8:55 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Lee Westwood, Charley Hoffman

9:05 a.m. — David Lingmerth, Scott Brown, Nicolas Colsaerts

9:15 a.m. — Scott Hend, Kenny Pigman, Andrew Johnston

9:25 a.m. — Kelly Kraft, Brian Smock, Patrick Rodgers

12:30 p.m. — David Muttitt, Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet

12:40 p.m. — Rod Perry, Yuta Ikeda, Emiliano Grillo

12:50 p.m. — Joost Luiten, Paul Claxton, Russell Henley

1 p.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Thongchai Jaidee, Soren Kjeldsen

1:10 p.m. — Omar Uresti, Y.E. Yang, Shaun Micheel

1:20 p.m. — Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, Anirban Lahiri

1:30 p.m. — Byeong Hun An, Kevin Chappell, Mackenzie Hughes

1:40 p.m. — Jonas Blixt, Steve Stricker, Brian Harman

1:50 p.m. — D.A. Points, Tyrrell Hatton, Adam Hadwin

2 p.m. — Martin Laird, Bill Haas, Graeme McDowell

2:10 p.m. — Jeunghun Wang, Alexander Levy, Jamie Broce

2:20 p.m. — JJ Wood, Ryan Fox, Haotong Li

2:30 p.m. — Jaysen Hansen, Cody Gribble, Chez Reavie

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Wells Fargo Championship 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV schedule, and how to watch Thursday online

The Wells Fargo Championship is one of the premier stops on the PGA Tour and this year we’ll get a look at a new venue.

May can be a tough month on the PGA Tour calendar. It’s sandwiched in between a bunch of months with major championships. Granted, there’s The Players, which everyone plays if they have an exemption. But it’s also a stretch where players feel they can pick and choose a bit, especially before the summer sprint really starts in earnest. So you can get a lull between the Masters and the end of May.

One of the premier events during this stretch, and really on the entire PGA Tour schedule, is the Wells Fargo Championship. The tournament’s identity and appeal largely come from its venue, Quail Hollow in Charlotte. It’s an excellently maintained track, long, and with major championship bones. This year, however, Quail is actually hosting a major, the PGA Championship in August. So the annual May stop for the Wells Fargo was a no go, taking some appeal away for the players that have always put it on their schedule because of the course.

This year’s Wells Fargo moves across the state to the Wilmington area and Tom Fazio’s Eagle Point. From all early accounts, the place is absolutely pure. The conditioning of the course is what we’ve heard the most about so far, with Augusta-esque perfection from tee to green. While it’s not Quail Hollow, this might be a nice change on the schedule and a good opportunity to see some of the best in the world on a new track.

While the course looks like a strong replacement for Quail, the field took a bit of a hit this year. As I noted last week, some of that could be due to the boost in popularity of the Zurich Classic. The interest in that new two-man team format may have made the weeks preceding it and this week an easier pass for some of the bigger names (13 of the top 30 played last week in NOLA, which had 3 of the top 30 last year). Rory McIlroy, a staple at the Wells Fargo, also got married and is taking a break until next week’s Players. Andy at the Fried Egg ran the numbers and after 14 of the top 25 committed to last year’s Wells Fargo, only 6 showed up this year at Eagle Point.

The field may be down, but that doesn’t mean this won’t still be a good watch. The new course is worth checking out and old friend Phil Mickelson will be back in action, making his first start since the Masters. The world No. 1, Dustin Johnson, is also back, making his first start since the WGC Dell Match Play. That’s who everyone will want to see, especially with The Players coming up next week. DJ says he’s healthy and ready to go again after his fall at the Masters. We’ll get a look early on Thursday, when he’s playing in one of PGA Tour Live’s featured groups streams before 8 a.m. ET. Here’s the full media schedule for the opening round:

Thursday’s first-round coverage

Television:

2 to 6 p.m. ET — Golf Channel

7 p.m. to 11 p.m. — Golf Channel replay

Online streams:

7 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes

7 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. ET — Free PGA Tour live stream on Twitter

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

7:45 a.m. — Patrick Reed / Adam Scott / Jim Furyk

7:56 a.m. — Dustin Johnson / Davis Love III / Bill Haas

2 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage (No subscription required)

2 to 6 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

Noon to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

And here’s the full tee sheet for the opening round at Eagle Point.

Thursday’s Tee Times

Off No. 1 tee:

6:50 a.m.: Rory Sabbatini, Stuart Appleby, Kyle Reifers

7:01 a.m.: Chesson Hadley, Charlie Beljan, Ricky Barnes

7:12 a.m.: Carl Pettersson, Dominic Bozzelli, J.T. Poston

7:23 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Hunter Mahan, Retief Goosen

7:34 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Zach Johnson, Ben Martin

7:45 a.m.: D.A. Points, David Lingmerth, Brian Gay

7:56 a.m.: Pat Perez, Peter Malnati, Alex Cejka

8:07 a.m.: Bryce Molder, Willy Wilcox, Byeong Hun An

8:18 a.m.: Scott Stallings, Martin Laird, Spencer Levin

8:29 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Shawn Stefani, Patton Kizzire

8:40 a.m.: Brandon Hagy, Ryan Brehm, Curtis Luck

8:51 a.m.: Sam Saunders, Ryan Armour, Chase Koepka

9:02 a.m.: Andrew Johnston, Joel Dahmen, Justin Lower

12 p.m.: Matt Jones, Chez Reavie, Chris Stroud

12:11 p.m.: Camilo Villegas, Morgan Hoffmann, Whee Kim

12:22 p.m.: Seung-Yul Noh, Cameron Tringale, Mark Hubbard

12:33 p.m.: Kevin Kisner, Emiliano Grillo, Stewart Cink

12:44 p.m.: Billy Hurley III, Daniel Berger, Steven Bowditch

12:55 p.m.: Wesley Bryan, Jon Rahm, Paul Casey

1:06 p.m.: James Hahn, J.B. Holmes, Phil Mickelson

1:17 p.m.: Brian Harman, Jason Bohn, Chad Collins

1:28 p.m.: Kevin Streelman, Derek Ernst, Martin Flores

1:39 p.m.: Brendon de Jonge, Tag Ridings, Steve Wheatcroft

1:50 p.m.: Steven Alker, Julian Etulain, Brett Drewitt

2:01 p.m.: Mark Anderson, Bobby Wyatt, Zack Sucher

2:12 p.m.: Tyler Aldridge, Nicholas Lindheim, Blake Kennedy

Off No. 10 tee:

6:50 a.m.: Michael Thompson, Andres Gonzales, Soren Kjeldsen

7:01 a.m.: Bob Estes, Shane Bertsch, Harold Varner III

7:12 a.m.: Ryo Ishikawa, Tim Wilkinson, Patrick Rodgers

7:23 a.m.: Nick Taylor, Ernie Els, Alex Noren

7:34 a.m.: William McGirt, Smylie Kaufman, Webb Simpson

7:45 a.m.: Patrick Reed, Adam Scott, Jim Furyk

7:56 a.m.: Dustin Johnson, Davis Love III, Bill Haas

8:07 a.m.: Ken Duke, Roberto Castro, John Peterson

8:18 a.m.: Brendon Todd, Scott Brown, Zac Blair

8:29 a.m.: Angel Cabrera, Cameron Percy, C.T. Pan

8:40 a.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa, Rick Lamb

8:51 a.m.: Richy Werenski, Trey Mullinax, Robby Shelton

9:02 a.m.: Tom Hoge, Miguel Angel Carballo, Carter Jenkins

12 p.m.: Harris English, Mark Wilson, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano

12:11 p.m.: Chad Campbell, Jason Kokrak, Tyrone Van Aswegen

12:22 p.m.: Geoff Ogilvy, Boo Weekley, Greg Owen

12:33 p.m.: Fabian Gomez, Chris Kirk, Kevin Na

12:44 p.m.: Vaughn Taylor, J.J. Henry, Vijay Singh

12:55 p.m.: Hudson Swafford, Graeme McDowell, Nick Watney

1:06 p.m.: Greg Chalmers, Troy Merritt, Robert Streb

1:17 p.m.: Will MacKenzie, David Hearn, Luke List

1:28 p.m.: Johnson Wagner, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Ryan Blaum

1:39 p.m.: Lucas Glover, Derek Fathauer, Brett Stegmaier

1:50 p.m.: Brad Fritsch, Jonathan Randolph, Seamus Power

2:01 p.m.: Kevin Tway, Grayson Murray, Brian Campbell

2:12 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, Sebastian Munoz, Savio Nazareth

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