2026 Truist Championship Thursday TV Coverage: Watch Round 1

The 2026 Truist Championship kicks off Thursday with the first round at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, NC. Here’s everything you need to know to watch Thursday’s tournament, including full Truist Championship TV coverage, broadcast information and finishing Round 1 times.

How to watch the Truist Championship on Thursday

The second major of the year, the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink, is just one week away. But first, many of the PGA Tour’s top players will battle for a $3.6 million winner’s share in the second consecutive Signature Event.

The Truist Championship officially returns to Quail Hollow on Thursday morning, when World No. 2 where Rory McIlroy will begin his quest for PGA Tour victory No. 31. McIlroy will once again prepare his game for a run at his second consecutive major win next week.

McIlroy will face a small but strong field from Thursday at Truist, with hot Cameron Young and equally hot Matt Fitzpatrick showing no signs of fear in recent weeks.

Other famous Tour pros like Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele are also in the field this week.

McIlroy will enter Thursday’s opening round at 11:33 a.m. ET along with Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose.

You can watch the first round of the Truist Championship on TV with the Golf Channel starting at 2pm ET on Thursday. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive early coverage beginning Thursday at 7:30 a.m. ET, along with featured team and hole features throughout the day. The GOLF App will host a live broadcast of the Golf Channel TV.

Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 Truist Championship.

How to watch on TV on Thursday

The Golf Channel will provide TV coverage of the first round of the 2026 Truist Championship on Thursday from 2-6 pm ET.

How to stream online on Thursday

You can stream the first round of the 2026 Truist Championship with PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will offer live coverage beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET Thursday in addition to group coverage and featured holes. You can also stream Golf Channel TV live streaming on the GOLF App.

2026 Truist Championship Round 1 tee times (ET)

It is No. 1

11:00 am – Taylor Pendrith, Mackenzie Hughes, Alex Smalley
11:11 am – Min Woo Lee, Matt Wallace, Denny McCarthy
11:22 am – Ricky Castillo, Andrew Novak, Corey Conners
11:33 am – Nico Echavarria, Keegan Bradley, Harris English
11:44 am – Nick Taylor, Maverick McNealy, Harry Hall
11:55 am – Brian Campbell, JT Poston, Nicolai Højgaard
12:06 pm – Jason Day, Michael Kim, David Lipsky
12:17 pm – Kurt Kitayama, Ryan Gerard, Alex Noren
12:28 pm – Sepp Straka, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth
12:39 pm – Cameron Young, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas
12:50 pm – Chris Gotterup, Ryan Fox, Si Woo Kim
1:01 pm – Aldrich Potgieter, Sahith Theegala, Max Homa

Number 10

11:00 am – Lucas Glover, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Kristoffer Reitan
11:11 am – Adam Scott, Ryo Hisatsune, Pierceson Coody
11:22 am – Tommy Fleetwood, Brian Harman, Ludvig Åberg
11:33 am – Matt Fitzpatrick, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose
11:44 am – Alex Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Rickie Fowler
11:55 am – Matt McCarty, Bud Cauley, Chandler Blanchet
12:06 pm – Tom Hoge, Patrick Rodgers, Sam Stevens
12:17 pm – Tony Finau, Daniel Berger, Austin Smotherman
12:28 pm – Gary Woodland, Akshay Bhatia, Ben Griffin
12:39 pm – Jacob Bridgeman, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay
12:50 pm – JJ Spaun, Robert MacIntyre, Sungjae Im
1:01 pm – Jonathan Vegas, Webb Simpson, Andrew Putnam