Tour Championship 2026 Schedule: Date and time for every round at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta
Tom Kim, Viktor Hovland and Justin Rose are among the players preparing for the PGA Tour finale
The PGA Tour season reaches its decisive stage this week, with East Lake Golf Club once again providing the setting for four days that will determine how the 2026 campaign ends.
The Tour Championship runs from Thursday, August 27 through Sunday, August 30 in Atlanta, bringing the FedEx Cup Playoffs to a close at the par-70, 7,440-yard East Lake layout.
The tournament carries a $40 million purse, adding another layer of significance to an already high-pressure finale.
Opening-round play begins Thursday morning, with Tom Kim and Ryan Fox scheduled to lead off from the first tee at 11:00 a.m. EDT.
They will be followed by Justin Rose and Adam Scott at 11:12 a.m., before Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland go at 11:24 a.m.
Alex Smalley and Alex Fitzpatrick are listed for 11:36 a.m., with Min Woo Lee and J.J. Spaun following at 11:48 a.m.
Tour Championship 2026 dates and round schedule
The championship is played across four consecutive days, Thursday, August 27; Friday, August 28; Saturday, August 29; and Sunday, August 30.
The PGA Tour’s international programming schedule currently lists live world-feed windows beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday, with Saturday’s feed also beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Those broadcast windows are separate from the players’ actual tee times, which begin earlier.
Here are the Round 1 tee times, all in EDT on Thursday, August 27.
11:00 a.m. Tom Kim, Ryan Fox
11:12 a.m. Justin Rose, Adam Scott
11:24 a.m. Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland
11:36 a.m. Alex Smalley, Alex Fitzpatrick
11:48 a.m. Min Woo Lee, J.J. Spaun
12:06 p.m. Patrick Cantlay, Kristoffer Reitan
12:18 p.m. Ryan Gerard, Gary Woodland
12:30 p.m. Akshay Bhatia, Hideki Matsuyama
12:42 p.m. Jacob Bridgeman, Russell Henley
12:54 p.m. Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
1:12 p.m. Tommy Fleetwood, Ludvig Aberg
1:24 p.m. Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns
1:36 p.m. Si Woo Kim, Chris Gotterup
1:48 p.m. Wyndham Clark, Cameron Young
2:00 p.m. Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick
East Lake prepares to decide 2026 season
East Lake has become synonymous with the PGA Tour ’s season finale, and this year’s championship follows the BMW Championship and FedEx St. Jude Championship as the final stop of the FedEx Cup Playoffs .
The Atlanta course will test players across four rounds without a cut, putting an emphasis on consistency from Thursday through Sunday.
Last year’s championship was won by Tommy Fleetwood , who finished at 18-under with a four-round total of 262.
That means there is little time for anyone to ease into this year’s tournament.
A poor opening round can immediately leave a player chasing, while a strong Thursday can establish the position needed to attack the weekend.
By Sunday evening, four days at East Lake will have produced the final major statement of the 2026 PGA Tour season.
