Scottie Scheffler will tee off at 2:01 p.m. ET on Saturday with Brian Harman for the third round of the 2026 U.S. Open, placing him well into the day’s late wave but not in the final group. Saturday’s tee sheet was released Friday night after play ended, and it locked in the order for June 20 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
The pairing gives Scheffler a clear target time for a round that matters because the weekend starts with the leaders and ends with everyone else sorted by position on the board. Wyndham Clark and Matt Fitzpatrick were set to go off last at 3:45 p.m. ET, while Dylan Wu and Jacob Bridgeman were scheduled to open the day at 9:00 a.m. ET. That spread is no accident. Once Friday’s second round is finished, the tee times are built from leaderboard position, with the strongest players sent out late and those lower on the cut line starting first.
That is why Scheffler’s spot is the one that draws attention. He is in one of the later pairings, which keeps him in the heart of the championship schedule even if he is not chasing from the final tee time. The weekend window was expected to run from 8:30 a.m. ET to 4:00 p.m. ET, and all players were set to start from the 1st tee, so the full rhythm of Saturday already had shape before the first shot was struck.
There is still a gap the tee sheet does not fill in: it does not say what scores put Scheffler and Harman together at 2:01 p.m. ET. It only shows the result. That is enough to tell readers where Scheffler begins the day, and enough to explain why Saturday’s release mattered the moment Friday night play was complete.
Broadcast plans were already in place as well, with Saturday’s third round set for 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET on USA and 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET on NBC, while featured group coverage was due to begin at 8:45 a.m. ET on Peacock, USOpen.com and the USGA App. Peacock was also scheduled to stream NBC’s Saturday coverage, giving Scheffler’s pairing a spot in a day built for viewers as much as competitors.
By Saturday, the only question that mattered was how much ground Scheffler could make from a 2:01 p.m. ET start. The tee time is set, the pairing is fixed, and the third round begins with the board already telling the story of who is in front and who has work to do.
