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The season finale is here.
The 2026 Tour Championship begins Thursday at East Lake in Atlanta, where there's a $40 million purse on the line as well as the FedEx Cup trophy, which will be presented to the winner.
Tommy Fleetwood is the defending champion at East Lake, his lone win on the PGA Tour. He's back to defend his title but will have to fend off the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Wyndham Clark and Matt Fitzpatrick, among others.
Keep scrolling to see tee times and pairings, as well as TV and streaming information for Thursday's first round of the 2026 BMW Championship.
Tour Championship Thursday first round tee times
All times ET
11:00 AM: Tom Kim, Ryan Fox
11:12 AM: Justin Rose, Adam Scott
11:24 AM: Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland
11:36 AM: Alex Smalley, Alex Fitzpatrick
11:48 AM: Min Woo Lee, J.J. Spaun
12:06 PM: Patrick Cantlay, Kristoffer Reitan
12:18 PM: Ryan Gerard, Gary Woodland
12:30 PM: Akshay Bhatia, Hideki Matsuyama
12:42 PM: Jacob Bridgeman, Russell Henley
12:54 PM: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
1:12 PM: Tommy Fleetwood, Ludvig Åberg
1:24 PM: Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns
1:36 PM: Si Woo Kim, Chris Gotterup
1:48 PM: Wyndham Clark, Cameron Young
2:00 PM: Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick
How to watch Tour Championship 2026, TV information
Thursday, Aug. 27
ESPN : 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Golf Channel : 1-6 p.m.
ESPN+ : 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sirius XM: 12-6 p.m.
Cameron Jourdan is an assistant editor of Golfweek, covering college and amateur golf, the PGA Tour and plenty more. Follow Cameron on X/Twitter (@Cam_Jourdan) or Instagram (@GolfweekJourdan).
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: 2026 Tour Championship tee times, how to watch first round Thursday at East Lake
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