Chainkeen Exchange-2024 PGA Championship tee times: Start times for each golfer for Thursday's first round

The 2024 PGA Championship,Chainkeen Exchange the second golf major of the year, gets underway Thursday morning at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

This is the fourth time the PGA Championship will be played at Valhalla, following tournaments in 1996, 2000 and 2014. Rory McIlroy took home the Wanamaker Trophy in 2014, but he hasn't won a golf major since.

McIlroy, who recently celebrated his 35th birthday, is back in the field along with four-time champion Tiger Woods and defending champ Brooks Koepka, who is attempting to become the fourth golfer to win at least four PGA Championship titles. (Walter Hagen and Jack Nicklaus 5; Woods, 4). The favorite to win the 2024 PGA Championship, however, is Scottie Scheffler, who is ranked No. 1 in the world and coming off his second victory at the Masters.

The first players will tee off to begin the first round at 7:15 a.m. ET. Woods begins on the 10th hole and will tee off at 8:04 a.m. ET, followed by McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose at 8:15 a.m.. Koepka, who also begins on the back nine, tees off at 8:37 a.m., while Scheffler will begin his round on the first tee at 2:13 p.m.

Thursday's first-round tee times

(All times Eastern)

Starting on first tee

7:15 a.m.: Michael Block, Luke Donald, Shaun Micheel

7:26 a.m.: Jeff Kellen, Alex Smalley, Ben Kohles

7:37 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Josh Speight, Matt Wallace

7:48 a.m.: Zac Oakley, Adam Svensson, Ryo Hisatsune

7:59 a.m.: Adam Hadwin, Martin Kaymer, Taylor Pendrith

8:10 a.m.: Byeong Hun An, Alexander Bjork, Eric Cole

8:21 a.m.: Adam Schenk, Corey Conners, Nick Dunlap

8:32 a.m.: John Daly, Lee Hodges, Robert MacIntyre

8:43 a.m.: Peter Malnati, Kurt Kitayama, Victor Perez

8:54 a.m.: Ben Polland, Zac Blair, Ryan Van Velzen

9:05 a.m.: Jeremy Wells, Sami Valimaki, K.H. Lee

9:16 a.m.: Jared Jones, Taylor Moore, Patrick Rodgers

9:27 a.m.: Kyle Mendoza, Andy Ogletree, Erik van Rooyen

12:45 p.m.: David Puig, Thriston Lawrence, Matt Dobyns

12:56 p.m.: Tracy Phillips, Denny McCarthy, Keita Makajima

1:07 p.m.: Talor Gooch, Cameron Davis, Harris English

1:18 p.m.: Jason Day, Shane Lowry, Nicolai Hojgaard

1:29 p.m.: Min Woo Lee, Chris Kirk, Billy Horschel

1:40 p.m.: Gary Woodland, Tom Kim, Joaquin Niemann

1:51 p.m.: Collin Morikawa, Phil Mickelson, Matt Fitzpatrick

2:02 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm, Cam Young

2:13 p.m.: Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, Scottie Scheffler

2:24 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Camilo Villegas, Will Zalatoris

2:35 p.m.: Patrick Reed, Sam Burns, Padraig Harrington

2:46 p.m.: Brad Marek, Mark Hubbard, Maverick McNealy

2:57 p.m.: Braden Shattuck, Taylor Montgomery, S.H. Kim

Starting on 10th tee

7:20 a.m.: Doug Ghim, Tyler Collet, Adrian Meronk

7:31 a.m.: Larkin Gross, Lucas Herbert, Grayson Murray

7:42 a.m.: Lucas Glover, Stephan Jaeger, Russell Henley

7:53 a.m.: Ludvig Aberg, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas

8:04 a.m.: Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley

8:15 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose

8:26 a.m.: Cam Smith, Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland

8:37 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Max Homa, Jordan Spieth

8:48 a.m.: Tony Finau, Tyrrell Hatton, Sahith Theegala

8:59 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Bryson DeChambeau, Tommy Fleetwood

9:10 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Takumi Kanaya, Nick Taylor

9:21 a.m.: Andy Svoboda, Ben Griffin, Dean Burmester

9:32 a.m.: Preston Cole, Tim Widing, Adrian Otaegui

12:40 p.m.: Rich Beem, Sebastian Soderberg, Kazuma Kobori

12:51 p.m.: Josh Bevell, Aaron Rai, Jordan Smith

1:02 p.m.: Andrew Putnam, Jesse Mueller, Charley Hoffman

1:13 p.m.: Si Woo Kim, Tom Hoge, Alex Noren

1:24 p.m.: Y.E. Yang, Matthieu Pavon, J.T. Poston

1:35 p.m.: Jake Knapp, Jason Dufner, Francesco Molinari

1:46 p.m.: Thomas Detry, Jimmy Walker, Rasmus Hojgaard

1:57 p.m.: Austin Eckroat, Luke List, Mackenzie Hughes

2:08 p.m.: Sungjae Im, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Beau Hossler

2:19 p.m.: Thorbjorn Olesen, Brendon Todd, Keith Mitchell

2:30 p.m.: John Somers, Brice Garnett, Jesper Svensson

2:41 p.m.: Emiliano Grillo, Evan Bowser, Alejandro Tosti

2:52 p.m.: Vincent Norrman, Wyatt Worthington II, Chris Gotterup

How to watch PGA Championship

All times Eastern

May 16: ESPN+ 7 a.m.-noon. ESPN Noon-8 p.m.

May 17: ESPN+ 7 a.m.-1 p.m. ESPN 1 p.m.-8 p.m.

May 18: ESPN+ 8 a.m.-10 a.m. ESPN 10 a.m.-1 p.m. CBS 1 p.m.-7 p.m.

How to stream PGA Championship

Viewers can stream the PGA Championship on ESPN app and CBS Sports Live.