2026 Zurich Classic Thursday times: Round 1 groups

The 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans will begin on Thursday, April 23, with the opening round at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La. You can find the full Zurich Classic tee times for Thursday’s first round at the bottom of this post.

Included tee times for round 1

This week’s Zurich Classic will be an exciting one, with many star-studded teams. Five-time winner Brooks Koepka is in the field as he continues his PGA Tour comeback. He is partnered with Shane Lowry, who won the 2024 Zurich Classic alongside Rory McIlroy.

They will be a tough team to beat, but they will also have their hands full with the team coming into the week as betting favourites. That would be Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick. Matt has won twice this season, while Alex earned his first DP World Tour victory earlier this year.

Both of those top teams have something to play for, too. A win for Fitzpatricks would see Alex earn his PGA Tour card for the first time. Koepka’s victory will grant him access to the rest of the Signature Events this season.

Koepka and Lowry will play the opening round of the Zurich Classic alongside the Fitzpatricks, with the foursome starting Thursday at 1:29 pm ET.

You can watch Thursday’s first round of the 2026 Zurich Classic from 3-6 pm ET on Golf Channel. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive early coverage beginning Thursday at 8 a.m. ET, in addition to featured group and featured hole coverage.

Check out the full 1st round times and teams for the Zurich Classic below.

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2026 Thursday’s Zurich Classic Times: Round 1 (ET)

It is No. 1

8:00 a.m. –

Austin Cook/Jason Dufner
Sam Stevens/Zach Bauchou

8:13 a.m

Mark Hubbard/Ryan Brehm
Ben Martin/Trace Crowe

8:26 a.m. –

This is Griffin/Ben Kohles
Chad Ramey/Justin Lower

8:39 a.m. –

Kevin Yu/Tom Kim
Taylor Pendrith/Mackenzie Hughes

8:52 a.m. –

Davis Thompson/Austin Eckroat
Chris Kirk/Patton Kizzire

9:05 am –

Rafael Campos/Alejandro Tosti
Max McGreevy/Kevin Roy

9:18 a.m

Jonathan Byrd/Chez Reavie
Alex Smalley/Hayden Springer

9:31 a.m. –

James Hahn/Kyle Stanley
Zac Blair / Patrick Fishburn

9:44 a.m

Frankie Capan III/Noah Goodwin
Pontus Nyholm/Jesper Svensson

12:50 p.m. –

Luke List/Henrik Norlander
Chandler Phillips/Carson Young

1:03 pm –

Joel Dahmen/Kevin Streelman
Andrew Putnam/Austin Smotherman

Hank Lebioda

1:16pm –

Ryan Gerard/Sudarshan Yellamaraju
Matt Wallace/Marco Penge

1:29 p.m. –

Matt Fitzpatrick / Alex Fitzpatrick
Brooks Koepka/Shane Lowry

1:42 p.m. –

Aaron Rai/Sahith Theegala
Luke Clanton/Blades Brown

1:55 p.m. –

Cam Davis/Geoff Ogilvy
Keith Mitchell/Brandt Snedeker

2:08pm –

Matthieu Pavon/Martin Couvra
Ryan Palmer/Chan Kim

2:21 p.m. –

Nick Dunlap/Gordon Sargent
Kristoffer Reitan/Kris Ventura

2:34 p.m. –

Haotong Li/Jordan Smith
Adrien Dumont de Chassart/Davis Chatfield

Number 10

8:00 a.m. –

Peter Malnati/Russell Knox
Ben Silverman/Cameron Champ

8:13 a.m

Charley Hoffman / Nick Watney
Beau Hossler/Sam Ryder

8:26 a.m. –

David Lipsky/Rico Hoey
Danny Walker/Jimmy Stanger

8:39 a.m. –

Michael Brennan/Johnny Keefer
Karl Vilips/Michael Thorbjornsen

8:52 a.m. –

Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak
Wyndham Clark/Taylor Moore

9:05 am –

Billy Horschel/Tom Hoge
Tony Finau/Max Greyserman

9:18 a.m

Davis Riley/Nick Hardy
Matti Schmid/Seamus Power

9:31 a.m. –

Camilo Villegas/Marcelo Rozo
Is Gordon/Paul Peterson

9:44 a.m

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen/Jacob Skov Olesen
Christo Lamprecht/Neal Shipley

12:50 p.m. –

Troy Merritt/Robert Streb
Harry Higgs / Jeremy Paul

1:03 pm –

Brice Garnett/Lee Hodges
Eric Cole/Hank Lebioda

1:16pm –

Adam Svensson/Adam Hadwin
Vince Whaley/Greyson Sigg

1:29pm –

Garrick Higgo/Matt Kuchar
Erik van Rooyen/Christiaan Bezuidenhout

1:42 p.m. –

William Mouw/Takumi Kanaya
Matt McCarty/Mac Meissner

1:55 p.m. –

Adam Schenk/Tyler Duncan
Stephan Jaeger/Jackson Suber

2:08pm –

Trey Mullinax/David Skinns
Scott Piercy/Taylor Montgomery

2:21 p.m. –

Doug Ghim/Jeffrey Kang
Dylan Wu/Zecheng Dou

2:34 p.m. –

John Parry/Dan Brown
AJ Ewart/Casey Jarvis

2:47 p.m. –

Chandler Blanchet/John VanDerLaan
Keita Nakajima/Kensei Hirata