The 2026 PGA Championship gets underway this week at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, with Scottie Scheffler back to defend the title and Maverick Mcnealy among the players in a field built around star pairings and tightly packed television windows. The first and second rounds are scheduled for May 12 and May 13, setting up a crowded opening stretch for one of golf’s biggest weeks.
Scheffler won last year by five strokes, a margin that gives him the role of clear benchmark as the championship starts again. Rory McIlroy arrives after winning the Masters, the year’s first major, while Jordan Spieth can complete the career Grand Slam with a victory. Those storylines sit beside the practical details that frame the week: Tuesday and Wednesday coverage is set for 12-3 p.m. ET on the App, Friday’s second-round coverage runs 12-8 p.m. ET on, and the third and final rounds are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
The broadcast schedule stretches from the start of play to the final putts. Saturday and Sunday main feed coverage is set for 8-10 a.m. ET on the App, followed by 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET on and 1-7 p.m. ET on CBS. For viewers tracking the competition closely, the championship also has a slate of featured groups built to keep the week’s biggest names in view. Gary Woodland is grouped with Jason Day and Sam Burns, Bryson DeChambeau with Ludvig Aberg and Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele with Brooks Koepka and Tyrrell Hatton, and McIlroy with Spieth and Jon Rahm.
Other featured pairings include Viktor Hovland with Collin Morikawa and Shane Lowry, Chris Gotterup with Robert MacIntyre and Tommy Fleetwood, Cameron Young with Keegan Bradley and Justin Thomas, and Scheffler with Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose. That final group is scheduled to tee off at 2:05 p.m. ET on Thursday and 8:40 a.m. ET on Friday, two times that will put the defending champion back in the spotlight as the championship settles into its first two rounds.
The setup is straightforward: a major with a defending champion, a Masters winner, a Grand Slam chance and a deep broadcast plan that leaves little of the action out of reach. McNealy is part of the cast, but the week belongs to the players at the top of the board once the opening shots are struck at Aronimink.
From May 12 through May 17, the PGA Championship’s schedule gives fans a clear path through every stage of the tournament, and the early pairings suggest the first two days will tell a lot about whether Scheffler can repeat, McIlroy can add another major and Spieth can keep his Grand Slam pursuit alive.
