[Photo: Tom Pennington]
Curious golf fans will be tuning into the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club not just because several of the game’s top talents – Cameron Young, Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick and defending champion Scottie Scheffler, to name a few – are coming into the major playing at a high level. They also want to see a stately venue familiar to golf cognoscenti but less so to everyday aficionados.
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The Donald Ross design has the chance to steal the spotlight after a 2017 remodel from the popular team of Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. The par-70 layout has been stretched more than 7,300 yards (6,675 metres), with bunkers and greens brought back to Ross’ original vision.
The question then is: what will this new old gem yield for today’s best players? Last time it hosted a PGA Tour event was the 2018 BMW Championship, where Keegan Bradley won a playoff over Justin Rose after the pair shot 20-under 260s for the week. Suffice it to say, Aronimink is likely to put up a bigger fight this time around, but Kerry Haigh, the PGA of America’s chief championship officer, isn’t going to be turning the place into Philadelphia’s version of Oakmont, either.
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So whose game does Aronimink most suit? It’s hard not to think McIlroy, coming off a second straight Masters victory and seemingly more at peace with his place in the golf universe, has to be thinking good thoughts. Meanwhile, Young and Fitzpatrick are arguably playing at a higher level than McIlroy at this point, with multiple wins each in the past two months.
And while Scheffler has only one win to date in 2026, three straight second-place finishes suggests his game isn’t far away from keeping his grip on the Wanamaker Trophy for a second straight year.
Before handing out any hardware, however, we’ve got to work our way into the championship on Thursday and Friday. Tee-times for the first and second rounds were announced this morning, Australian time. Here are the pairings:
Donald Ross’ creative bunkering seen at Aronimink’s 11th hole. [Photo: Russell Kirk]
TEE-TIMES (all times local; add 14 hours for AEST; Australians marked in bold)
FIRST ROUND
First hole
6:45am – Braden Shattuck, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ben Griffin
6:56am – Francisco Bide, Harry Hall, Ryan Gerard
7:07am – John Keefer, Rico Hoey, Nicolai Hojgaard
7:18am – Shaun Micheel, Michael Brennan, Garrick Higgo
7:29am – Y.E. Yang, Jhonattan Vegas, Matt McCarty
7:40am – Lucas Glover, Tom McKibbin, Stephan Jaeger
7:51am – Daniel Brown, Adrien Saddier, Harris English
8:02am – Jacob Bridgeman, Bud Cauley, Alex Noren
8:13am – Chris Kirk, Max Greyserman, Kristoffer Reitan
8:24am – Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry, Padraig Harrington
8:35am – Ryan Lenehan, Ryan Fox, Kazuki Higa
8:46am – Jared Jones, Michael Kim, Ryo Hisatsune
8:57am – Tyler Collet, Kota Kaneko, Brandt Snedeker
12:15pm – Andrew Novak, John Parry, Jordan Gumberg
12:26pm – Ben Polland, Kurt Kitayama, Nico Echavarria
12:37pm – Akshay Bhatia, Ricky Castillo, Michael Thorbjornsen
12:48pm – Luke Donald, Jesse Drowemer, Stewart Cink
12:59pm – Hideki Matsuyama, J.J. Spaun, Max Homa
1:10pm – Ben Kern, J.T. Poston, Russell Henley
1:21pm – Adam Scott, Corey Conners, Daniel Berger
1:32pm – Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry
1:43pm – Chris Gotterup, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood
1:54pm – Cameron Young, Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas
2:05pm – Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose
2:16pm – Zach Haynes, Alex Smalley, Chadler Blanchet
2:27pm – Bernd Wiesberger, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Andy Sullivan
10th tee
6:50am – Aldrich Potgieter, David Puig, Denny McCarthy
7:01am – William Mouw, Chris Gabriele, Taylor Pendrith
7:12am – Tom Hoge, Bryce Fisher, Joaquin Niemann
7:23am – Keith Mitchell, Billy Horschel, Ian Holt
7:34am – Gary Woodland, Jason Day, Sam Burns
7:45am – Wyndham Clark, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman
7:56am – Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Sahith Theegala
8:07am – Si Woo Kim, Derek Berg, Joe Highsmith
8:18am – Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Aberg, Rickie Fowler
8:29am – Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton
8:40am – Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm
8:51am – Daniel Hiller, Ryan Vermeer, Max McGreevy
9:02am – Paul McClure, Mikael Lindberg, Angel Ayora
12:10pm – Michael Block, Rasmus Hojgaard, Dustin Johnson
12:21pm – Mark Geddes, Steven Fisk, David Lipsky
12:32pm – Sungjae Im, Austin Hurt, Casey Jarvis
12:43pm – Andrew Putnam, Michael Kertrude, Matt Wallace
12:54pm – Martin Kaymer, Elvis Smylie, Davis Riley
1:05pm – Jason Dufner, Haotong Li, Jimmy Walker
1:16pm – Nick Taylor, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Jordan Smith
1:27pm – Emiliano Grillo, Patrick Reed, Pierceson Coody
1:38pm – Brian Campbell, Adam Schenk, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
1:49pm – Marco Penge, Sepp Straka, Patrick Rodgers
2pm – Aaron Rai, Travis Smyth, Sami Valimaki
2:11pm – Sam Stevens, Jayden Schaper, Garrett Sapp
2:22pm – Timothy Wiseman, Matti Schmid, Austin Smotherman
SECOND ROUND
First tee
6:45am – Michael Block, Rasmus Hojgaard, Dustin Johnson
6:56am – Mark Geddes, Steven Fisk, David Lipsky
7:07am – Sungjae Im, Austin Hurt, Casey Jarvis
7:18am – Andrew Putnam, Michael Kertrude, Matt Wallace
7:29am – Martin Kaymer, Elvis Smylie, Davis Riley
7:40am – Jason Dufner, Haotong Li, Jimmy Walker
7:51am – Nick Taylor, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Jordan Smith
8:02am – Emiliano Grillo, Patrick Reed, Pierceson Coody
8:13am – Brian Campbell, Adam Schenk, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
8:24am – Marco Penge, Sepp Straka, Patrick Rodgers
8:35am – Aaron Rai, Travis Smyth, Sami Valimaki
8:46am – Sam Stevens, Jayden Schaper, Garrett Sapp
8:57am – Timothy Wiseman, Matti Schmid, Austin Smotherman
12:15pm – Aldrich Potgieter, David Puig, Denny McCarthy
12:26pm – William Mouw, Chris Gabriele, Taylor Pendrith
12:37pm – Tom Hoge, Bryce Fisher, Joaquin Niemann
12:48pm – Keith Mitchell, Billy Horschel, Ian Holt
12:59pm – Gary Woodland, Jason Day, Sam Burns
1:10pm – Wyndham Clark, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman
1:21pm – Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Sahith Theegala
1:32pm – Si Woo Kim, Derek Berg, Joe Highsmith
1:43pm – Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Aberg, Rickie Fowler
1:54pm – Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton
2:05pm – Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm
2:16pm – Daniel Hiller, Ryan Vermeer, Max McGreevy
2:27pm – Paul McClure, Mikael Lindberg, Angel Ayora
10th hole
6:50am – Andrew Novak, John Parry, Jordan Gumberg
7:01am – Ben Polland, Kurt Kitayama, Nico Echavarria
7:12am – Akshay Bhatia, Ricky Castillo, Michael Thorbjornsen
7:23am – Luke Donald, Jesse Drowemer, Stewart Cink
7:34am – Hideki Matsuyama, J.J. Spaun, Max Homa
7:45am – Ben Kern, J.T. Poston, Russell Henley
7:56am – Adam Scott, Corey Conners, Daniel Berger
8:07am – Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry
8:18am – Chris Gotterup, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood
8:29am – Cameron Young, Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas
8:40am – Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose
8:51am – Zach Haynes, Alex Smalley, Chadler Blanchet
9:02am – Bernd Wiesberger, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Andy Sullivan
12:10pm – Braden Shattuck, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ben Griffin
12:21pm – Francisco Bide, Harry Hall, Ryan Gerard
12:32pm – John Keefer, Rico Hoey, Nicolai Hojgaard
12:43pm – Shaun Micheel, Michael Brennan, Garrick Higgo
12:54pm – Y.E. Yang, Jhonattan Vegas, Matt McCarty
1:05pm – Lucas Glover, Tom McKibbin, Stephan Jaeger
1:16pm – Daniel Brown, Adrien Saddier, Harris English
1:27pm – Jacob Bridgeman, Bud Cauley, Alex Noren
1:38pm – Chris Kirk, Max Greyserman, Kristoffer Reitan
1:49pm – Maverick McNealy, Thomas Detry, Padraig Harrington
2pm – Ryan Lenehan, Ryan Fox, Kazuki Higa
2:11pm – Jared Jones, Michael Kim, Ryo Hisatsune
2:22pm – Tyler Collet, Kota Kaneko, Brandt Snedeker
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