The 2026 PGA Championship gets underway this week at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, with Scottie Scheffler back to defend the title he won last year by five strokes. Min woo lee is part of a loaded championship week that also brings Rory McIlroy, fresh off his Masters victory, and Jordan Spieth, who can complete the career Grand Slam with a win.
The tournament opens with tee times listed for May 12 and May 13, then shifts into full coverage on May 14 when Round 1 airs on and ESPN2 from 12-3 p.m. ET and 6:45 a.m.-12 p.m. ET. Round 2 is scheduled for May 15 on from 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. ET, with the third round set for May 16 and the final round for May 17.
The television window reflects how stacked the field is at the season’s second major. + featured groups will follow McIlroy, Spieth and Jon Rahm, along with Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose, giving viewers several of the game’s biggest names from the opening rounds through the weekend.
Scheffler remains the player everyone else is trying to catch. He hoisted the Wanamaker Trophy last year after winning by five strokes, and the setup at Aronimink gives him a chance to remind the field why he has become the measuring stick at this championship.
McIlroy arrives with the Masters behind him and with another major chance in front of him. Spieth’s bid is different but just as compelling: one win would give him the career Grand Slam, a marker that would put him in rare company and sharpen every shot he takes this week.
The schedule is already set, and the intrigue is already clear. Scheffler is the champion, McIlroy is the newest major winner, Spieth is chasing history, and Aronimink is ready to sort out the rest over four days that will run from May 14 through May 17.
Mark Schlabach is also set to appear on The Pat McAfee Show to assess Scheffler before the championship begins, a reminder that the conversation around this week’s PGA Championship is centered on the player who beat the field by five strokes a year ago and the challengers trying to stop him from doing it again.
