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2026 Genesis Invitational Thursday tee times: Round 1 groupings
The 2026 Genesis Invitational begins Thursday, February 19, with the opening round at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif. You can find full Genesis Invitational tee times for Thursday’s first round at the bottom of this post.
Featured tee time for Round 1
The last time Scottie Scheffler played the Gensis Invitational at Riviera, he had only one major win to his name. A lot has changed since then, for Scheffler and the tournament.
One year after wildfires in Los Angeles forced organizers to move the 2025 event to Torrey Pines, the event returns to its longtime home in L.A., with its host Tiger Woods in tow.
Scheffler finished T10 at the 2024 Genesis at Riviera and since then has captured three more major victories and a boatload of PGA Tour wins, cementing his place at the top of the Official World Golf Ranking.
He’s yet to finish outside the top-4 this season, and at Riviera the World No. 1 will be vying for his second victory of 2026, along with its $4 million winner’s prize thanks to its status as a Signature Event.
Scheffler tees off for the opening round of the Genesis on Thursday at 2:37 p.m. ET alongside Xander Schauffele and Si Woo Kim.
You can watch Thursday’s first round of the 2026 Genesis Invitational from 4-8 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early streaming coverage starting on Thursday at 10:15 a.m. ET, in addition to featured group and featured hole coverage.
Check out the complete Round 1 tee times and groupings for the Genesis Invitational below.
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2026 Genesis Invitational tee times for Thursday: Round 1 (ET)
Tee No. 1
10:15 a.m. – Sami Valimaki, J.T. Poston, Rico Hoey
10:27 a.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Nico Echavarria, Jake Knapp
10:39 a.m. – Matt McCarty, Jhonattan Vegas, Taylor Pendrith
10:51 a.m. – Tom Hoge, Bud Cauley, Matti Schmid
11:03 a.m. – Sahith Theegala, Michael Kim, Pierceson Coody
11:15 a.m. – Ben Griffin, Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns
11:27 a.m. – Maverick McNealy, Akshay Bhatia, Jacob Bridgeman
11:39 a.m. – Cameron Young, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry
11:56 a.m. – J.J. Spaun, Ludvig Åberg, Hideki Matsuyama
12:08 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy
12:20 p.m. – Ryan Gerard, Adam Scott, Patrick Rodgers
12:32 p.m. – Kevin Yu, Max Homa, Denny McCarthy
12:44 p.m. – Aldrich Potgieter, Ryan Fox, Sam Stevens
12:56 p.m. – Tom Kim, Rickie Fowler, Max Greyserman
1:08 p.m. – Lucas Glover, Tony Finau, Max McGreevy
1:20 p.m. – Garrick Higgo, Aaron Rai, Matt Fitzpatrick
1:37 p.m. – Jason Day, Alex Noren, Ryo Hisatsune
1:49 p.m. – Andrew Novak, Brian Harman, Nick Taylor
2:01 p.m. – Russell Henley, Harris English, Corey Conners
2:13 p.m. – Sepp Straka, Harry Hall, Patrick Cantlay
2:25 p.m. – Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose, Robert MacIntyre
2:37 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Si Woo Kim
2:49 p.m. – Min Woo Lee, Jordan Spieth, Daniel Berger
3:01 p.m. – Brian Campbell, Wyndham Clark, Marco Penge