The PGA Tour is headed to Palm Harbor, Florida this week for the 2021 Valspar Championship. The tournament tees off Thursday morning at the Copperhead course of the Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club, where the Valspar Championship is hosted annually.
A year ago, the Valspar Classic was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to that, Paul Casey won back to back tournaments in 2018 and 2019, each by one stroke over his opponents. This year, Justin Thomas (+1000) enters as the favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook and he’s followed by Dustin Johnson (+1000), Corey Conneres (+1800), and Patrick Reed (+1800). Casey is installed at +2200.
The tournament gets underway on Thursday with tee times starting at 6:55 a.m. ET. The Golf Channel will air first round coverage on Thursday from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. ET. PGA Tour Live covering featured groups from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET.
The featured groups on Thursday are the following trios:
Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Joaquin Niemann
Max Homa, Viktor Hovland, Sungjae Im
Patrick Reed, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Phil Mickelson
Paul Casey, Gary Woodland, Jason Kokrak
Below is a full list of tee times for Round 1 of the Valspar Championship on Thursday.
2021 Valspar Championship, Round 1 tee times
| Time (ET) | Tee | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (ET) | Tee | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
| 6:55 AM | Tee #1 | Byeong Hun An | Abraham Ancer | Jamie Lovemark |
| 6:55 AM | Tee #10 | Jhonattan Vegas | K.J. Choi | Kelly Kraft |
| 7:06 AM | Tee #1 | James Hahn | Emiliano Grillo | John Huh |
| 7:06 AM | Tee #10 | David Hearn | Xinjun Zhang | Matthew NeSmith |
| 7:17 AM | Tee #1 | Ryan Moore | Chris Kirk | Bo Van Pelt |
| 7:17 AM | Tee #10 | Aaron Baddeley | Hunter Mahan | Patrick Rodgers |
| 7:28 AM | Tee #1 | Jim Herman | Andrew Putnam | Kevin Streelman |
| 7:28 AM | Tee #10 | Tyler Duncan | Grayson Murray | Kevin Stadler |
| 7:39 AM | Tee #1 | Martin Laird | Kevin Tway | Ryan Armour |
| 7:39 AM | Tee #10 | Corey Conners | J.B. Holmes | Bubba Watson |
| 7:50 AM | Tee #1 | Keith Mitchell | Keegan Bradley | Wesley Bryan |
| 7:50 AM | Tee #10 | Jason Kokrak | Gary Woodland | Paul Casey |
| 8:01 AM | Tee #1 | Martin Trainer | Henrik Stenson | William McGirt |
| 8:01 AM | Tee #10 | Patrick Reed | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | Phil Mickelson |
| 8:12 AM | Tee #1 | Nick Taylor | Pat Perez | Mackenzie Hughes |
| 8:12 AM | Tee #10 | Hudson Swafford | Chez Reavie | Kevin Kisner |
| 8:23 AM | Tee #1 | Lanto Griffin | Austin Cook | Jason Dufner |
| 8:23 AM | Tee #10 | Kevin Na | Sung Kang | Scott Piercy |
| 8:34 AM | Tee #1 | Sean O'Hair | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | Robby Shelton |
| 8:34 AM | Tee #10 | Brian Stuard | Tim Wilkinson | Sam Burns |
| 8:45 AM | Tee #1 | Jonas Blixt | Charley Hoffman | Daniel Chopra |
| 8:45 AM | Tee #10 | Russell Henley | Nick Watney | Beau Hossler |
| 8:56 AM | Tee #1 | Adam Hadwin | Sam Ryder | Doug Ghim |
| 8:56 AM | Tee #10 | Rob Oppenheim | Vincent Whaley | John Augenstein |
| 9:07 AM | Tee #1 | Hank Lebioda | Brad Adamonis | Michael Visacki |
| 9:07 AM | Tee #10 | Brandon Hagy | Kris Ventura | Sam Horsfield |
| 12:05 PM | Tee #1 | Vaughn Taylor | Cameron Tringale | Bronson Burgoon |
| 12:05 PM | Tee #10 | Camilo Villegas | Alex Noren | Cameron Davis |
| 12:16 PM | Tee #1 | Chesson Hadley | Lucas Glover | D.J. Trahan |
| 12:16 PM | Tee #10 | Charl Schwartzel | Talor Gooch | Cameron Percy |
| 12:27 PM | Tee #1 | Scott Stallings | Scott Brown | Louis Oosthuizen |
| 12:27 PM | Tee #10 | Kyle Stanley | Adam Schenk | Chase Seiffert |
| 12:38 PM | Tee #1 | Branden Grace | Graeme McDowell | Charles Howell III |
| 12:38 PM | Tee #10 | Andrew Landry | Troy Merritt | Kevin Chappell |
| 12:49 PM | Tee #1 | J.T. Poston | Brandt Snedeker | Russell Knox |
| 12:49 PM | Tee #10 | Justin Rose | Jimmy Walker | Danny Willett |
| 1:00 PM | Tee #1 | Max Homa | Viktor Hovland | Sungjae Im |
| 1:00 PM | Tee #10 | Brian Gay | Ian Poulter | Ted Potter, Jr. |
| 1:11 PM | Tee #1 | Justin Thomas | Dustin Johnson | Joaquin Niemann |
| 1:11 PM | Tee #10 | Ryan Palmer | D.A. Points | Zach Johnson |
| 1:22 PM | Tee #1 | Richy Werenski | Adam Long | Luke Donald |
| 1:22 PM | Tee #10 | Michael Kim | Satoshi Kodaira | Patton Kizzire |
| 1:33 PM | Tee #1 | Scottie Scheffler | Mark Hubbard | Bo Hoag |
| 1:33 PM | Tee #10 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | Denny McCarthy | Erik van Rooyen |
| 1:44 PM | Tee #1 | Tom Hoge | Doc Redman | Tom Lewis |
| 1:44 PM | Tee #10 | J.J. Spaun | Wyndham Clark | Scott Harrington |
| 1:55 PM | Tee #1 | Peter Malnati | Peter Uihlein | Henrik Norlander |
| 1:55 PM | Tee #10 | Danny Lee | Rory Sabbatini | Luke List |
| 2:06 PM | Tee #1 | Rafael Campos | Michael Gligic | Chase Koepka |
| 2:06 PM | Tee #10 | Joseph Bramlett | Sebastian Cappelen | Rod Perry |
| 2:17 PM | Tee #1 | Kramer Hickok | Ryan Brehm | Jordan Hahn |
| 2:17 PM | Tee #10 | Roger Sloan | Nelson Ledesma | Rasmus Hojgaard |