Tee Times for the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill have been posted.
As an “invitational,” the Arnold Palmer has a smaller, more exclusive field of 120 players, but with a traditional 36-hole cut. For the first two rounds, groups of threesomes will go off on the 1st and 10th holes in two time blocks – morning and afternoon.
The morning block of tee times start at 7:35 AM (ET), while the afternoon groups start going off at 12:20 PM.
One of the morning marquee groups is the threesome of Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Rose, and Henrik Stenson. This trio tees off at 8:11 AM on hole 10.
The other morning attraction will be the group which includes defending champ Jason Day, Martin Kaymer and Bubba Watson. They go off right after the Matsuyama pairing, at 8:23 AM on hole 10.
In the afternoon, the two premium groups are anchored by Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy, respectively. Fowler goes off first from hole 1, at 12:56 PM, with newly-minted Valspar champ Adam Hadwin, and former U.S. Open winner Graeme McDowell.
Rory’s group includes Arnold Palmer’s grandson, Sam Saunders, and Brandt Snedeker. They follow the Fowler trio at 1:08 PM.
At-a-Glance
Event: Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented By Mastercard
Course: Bay Hill Golf Club
Locale: Orlando, Florida
Date: Thursday, March 16, 2017
Round 1 TV: GOLF Channel, 2-6:00 PM ET
Money/Points: $1,566,000/500
Tee Times
| GROUPS | TIME | HOLE |
|---|---|---|
| Anirban Lahiri Francesco Molinari Geoff Ogilvy | 7:35 AM | 1 |
| John Daly Seung-yul Noh Ian Poulter | 7:35 AM | 10 |
| Tommy Fleetwood Kyle Stanley Daniel Summerhays | 7:47 AM | 1 |
| Scott Brown Kevin Chappell Patton Kizzire | 7:47 AM | 10 |
| Harris English C.T. Pan Kevin Streelman | 7:59 AM | 1 |
| Tim Herron Patrick Rodgers Jeung-hun Wang | 7:59 AM | 10 |
| Ben Martin Charl Schwartzel Danny Willett | 8:11 AM | 1 |
| Hideki Matsuyama Justin Rose Henrik Stenson | 8:11 AM | 10 |
| Emiliano Grillo Ryan Moore Hudson Swafford | 8:23 AM | 1 |
| Jason Day Martin Kaymer Bubba Watson | 8:23 AM | 10 |
| Tyrrell Hatton Smylie Kaufman Vijay Singh | 8:35 AM | 1 |
| Stewart Cink Tony Finau Fabian Gomez | 8:35 AM | 10 |
| Steven Bowditch Brooks Koepka Danny Lee | 8:47 AM | 1 |
| Billy Horschel Kevin Kisner Vaughn Taylor | 8:47 AM | 10 |
| Zach Johnson Troy Merritt Webb Simpson | 8:59 AM | 1 |
| Mackenzie Hughes Si Woo Kim Sean O'Hair | 8:59 AM | 10 |
| Roberto Castro Michael Kim Steve Wheatcroft | 9:11 AM | 1 |
| Chad Campbell Graham DeLaet Marc Leishman | 9:11 AM | 10 |
| Robert Gamez David Hronek Matthias Schwab | 9:23 AM | 1 |
| Brandon Hagy Thorbjorn Olesen Robby Shelton | 9:23 AM | 10 |
| Lucas Glover David Hearn Ollie Schniederjans | 12:20 PM | 1 |
| Jason Kokrak Kevin Na Chez Reavie | 12:20 PM | 10 |
| Byeong-Hun An Louis Oosthuizen Greg Owen | 12:32 PM | 1 |
| Brian Harman John Huh Martin Laird | 12:32 PM | 10 |
| Wesley Bryan Russell Henley Kyle Reifers | 12:44 PM | 1 |
| Morgan Hoffmann Trevor Immelman Cameron Smith | 12:44 PM | 10 |
| Rickie Fowler Adam Hadwin Graeme McDowell | 12:56 PM | 1 |
| Keegan Bradley Cody Gribble Charles Howell III | 12:56 PM | 10 |
| Rory McIlroy Sam Saunders Brandt Snedeker | 1:08 PM | 1 |
| Ernie Els Jim Herman Billy Hurley III | 1:08 PM | 10 |
| Paul Casey Chris Kirk Brian Stuard | 1:20 PM | 1 |
| Greg Chalmers Matt Every Charley Hoffman | 1:20 PM | 10 |
| Aaron Baddeley Retief Goosen Alex Noren | 1:32 PM | 1 |
| David Lingmerth Rod Pampling Pat Perez | 1:32 PM | 10 |
| Branden Grace James Hahn William McGirt | 1:44 PM | 1 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick Harold Varner III Camilo Villegas | 1:44 PM | 10 |
| Derek Fathauer Thomas Pieters Boo Weekley | 1:56 PM | 1 |
| Bud Cauley Luke List Jamie Lovemark | 1:56 PM | 10 |
| Curtis Luck Grayson Murray J.J. Spaun | 2:08 PM | 1 |
| Kelly Kraft Rob Oppenheim Ryan Ruffels | 2:08 PM | 10 |
