The Players: Full R2 groupings and UK start times
Groupings and tee times for the second round of The Players, the PGA Tour's flagship event held at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. Maverick McNealy, Lee Hodges, Sepp Straka and Sahith Theegala shared the clubhouse lead after the opening day, with Austin Smotherman also on five under with one hole of his first round to complete.
Former Players champion Justin Thomas made a strong start and FedExCup champion Tommy Fleetwood is also within in the early lead, with Rory McIlroy among the early starters on Friday morning as he looks to bounce back from his opening-round 74.
McIlroy resumes at 8.52am (12.52pm UK time) alongside Hideki Matsuyama and Xander Schauffele, while Scottie Scheffler is in the afternoon wave as he looks to build on a level-par 72 and win the event for a third time in four years.Friday's R2 tee timesAll UK and Ireland time; USA unless stated
Starting from Hole One
0740 Tom Hoge, Denny McCarthy, Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
0752 Patrick Rodgers, Kevin Roy, Marco Penge (Eng)0804 Chad Ramey, Alex Smalley, Pierceson Coody0816 Kurt Kitayama, Harry Hall (Eng), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)0828 Keegan Bradley, David Ford, Chris Kirk
0840 Andrew Novak, Nick Taylor (Can), Wyndham Clark0852 Steven Fisk, William Mouw, Joe Highsmith0904 Cameron Young, Davis Thompson, Sam Burns0916 Nico Echavarria (Col), Jason Day (Aus), Corey Conners (Can)0928 Matthieu Pavon (Fra), SH Kim (Kor), Austin Smotherman1230 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Eric Cole, Rico Hoey (Phi)1242 Max Homa, Daniel Berger, Michael Thorbjornsen1254 Rasmus Hojgaard (Den), Danny Walker, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)1306 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Taylor Pendrith (Can), Alex Noren (Swe)1318 Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau1330 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
1342 Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Justin Thomas1354 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Russell Henley, Bob MacIntyre (Sco)1406 Aldrich Potgeiter (Rsa), Jake Knapp, Sungjae Im (Kor)1418 Patton Kizzire, Seamus Power (Ire), Johnny KeeferStarting from Hole 100740 Lee Hodges, Andrew Putnam, Sam Stevens0752 Erik van Rooyen (Rsa), Keith Mitchell, Michael Kim0804 Taylor Moore, Joel Dahmen, Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)0816 Jacob Bridgeman, Ben Griffin, Adam Scott (Aus)0828 JJ Spaun, Sepp Straka (Aut), Shane Lowry (Irl)0840 Sahith Theegala, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth
0852 Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)0904 Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose (Eng), Min Woo Lee (Aus)0916 Brian Campbell, Karl Vilios (Aus), Aaron Rai (Eng)0928 Matti Schmid (Ger), Max McGreevy, Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)0940 Zach Bauchou, Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Can), A.J Ewart (Can)1230 Mark Hubbard, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Mac Meissner1242 Bud Cauley, Vince Whaley, Chandler Phillips1254 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Max Greyserman1306 Kevin Yu, Cam Davis (Aus), Gary Woodland1318 Ricky Castillo, Ryan Gerard, Patrick Cantlay1330 Adam Schenk, Garrick Higgo (Rsa), Matt McCarty1342 Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy, Davis Riley1354 Sami Valimaki (Fin), Lucas Glover, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)1406 Michael Brennan, Harris English, JT Poston
1418 Haotong Li (Chn), Zecheng Dou (Chn), Jordan Smith (Eng)When is The Players live on Sky Sports?Sky Sports Golf will once again be the home of The Players, with over 40 hours of live golf across the four days and a host of extra live programming available during tournament week.Featured Groups will be available on Sky Sports+ throughout the week, along with Featured Holes, with bonus feeds to enjoy on top of the feeds available each week during PGA Tour coverage.Coverage begins at 11.30am on Friday before starting at 1pm over the weekend, with highlights and additional shows on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.
