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NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — The 2026 PGA Championship feels like anyone’s tournament heading into Sunday’s final round. Alex Smalley sits atop the leaderboard as he has each of the last two days, but this time, he’s in the solo lead after a gritty 68 on Saturday that pushed him to 6 under, two shots clear of the field. Even with that small cushion, Smalley’s lead feels extremely tenuous, particularly with so many stars close behind him in pursuit.
Smalley will tee off in the final pairing again alongside Matti Schmid at 2:35 p.m. ET as both look for a surprising PGA victory for their first major title. Leading the chase behind them will be Jon Rahm, who is paired with Nick Taylor in the penultimate group at 2:25 p.m. Ludvig Åberg will be off in the group before them at 2:15 p.m. alongside Aaron Rai.
The marquee pairing of the chase pack will be the 2:05 p.m. starting time of Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele, who will get a 30-minute head start to try and give the leaders something to think about.
There are also a number of interesting pairings going out earlier in the day that will try to apply some pressure by the time the leaders are set to tee off. Hideki Matsuyama and Chris Gotterup will play together again on Sunday, as will Sam Burns and Brooks Koepka in what should be a comfortable pairing.
Scottie Scheffler will tee off 2.5 hours before the final pairing, as the defending champion sets his sights on posting a number for everyone else to stare at as they make their way around Aronimink Golf Club.
Below is the complete schedule of tee times and pairings for Sunday’s final round, when a new PGA champion will be crowned.
2026 PGA Championship tee times, Sunday pairings
All times Eastern
7:40 a.m. — Casey Jarvis, Brian Campbell7:49 a.m. — Luke Donald, Ben Kern7:58 a.m. — Collin Morikawa, Elvis Smylie8:07 a.m. — Kurt Kityama, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen8:16 a.m. — Ryan Gerard, Jason Day8:25 a.m. — Alex Fitzpatrick, Matt Wallace8:34 a.m. — Rasmus Højgaard, Sami Valimaki8:43 a.m. — Shane Lowry, John Parry8:52 a.m. — Christiaan Bezuidenhout, William Mouw9:01 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren9:10 a.m. — Corey Conners, Ryo Hisatsune9:19 a.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, Sahith Theegala9:28 a.m. — Keith Mitchell, Sam Stevens9:37 a.m. — Daniel Berger, Daniel Brown9:46 a.m. — Michael Brennan, John Keefer9:55 a.m. — Ryan Fox, Jhonattan Vegas10:15 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Chandler Blanchet10:25 a.m. — Haotong Li, Kazuki Higa10:35 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Rico Hoey10:45 a.m. — Stephan Jaeger, Taylor Pendrith10:55 a.m. — Justin Thomas, Aldrich Potgieter11:05 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Cameron Young11:15 a.m. — Andrew Putnam, Andrew Novak11:25 a.m — Dustin Johnson, Daniel Hillier11:35 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Tom Hoge11:45 a.m. — Nicolai Højgaard, Michael Kim12:05 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, David Puig12:15 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, Harris English12:25 p.m. — Sam Burns, Brooks Koepka12:35 p.m. — Brian Harman, Mikael Lindberg12:45 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Chris Gotterup12:55 p.m. — Min Woo Lee, Max Greyserman1:05 p.m. — Ben Griffin, Cameron Smith1:15 p.m. — Martin Kaymer, Bud Cauley1:25 p.m. — Justin Rose, Joaquin Niemann1:35 p.m. — Kristoffer Reitan, Chris Kirk1:55 p.m. — Patrick Reed, Maverick McNealy2:05 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele2:15 p.m. — Aaron Rai, Ludvig Åberg2:25 p.m. — Nick Taylor, Jon Rahm2:35 p.m. — Alex Smalley, Matti Schmid