2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational Thursday first round tee times, how to watch

The Florida Swing marches on to Orlando.

The PGA Tour is at Arnie’s Place, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, for the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion and has won twice in the last three years at the API. Nine of the top-10 players in the world will tee it up in the signature event, including past champ Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, who is returning from a rib injury, and Ludvig Aberg, who won the last signature event at the Genesis Invitational.

The purse at the API is $20 million, with $4 million going to the winner along with 700 FedEx Cup points.

Here’s everything you need to know for the first round of the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational, including tee times and TV information. All times ET.

Arnold Palmer Invitational 2025 first-round tee times

1st tee

• 7:40 a.m.: Brian Campbell, Jacob Bridgeman

• 7:50 a.m.: Tom Kim, Min Woo Lee

• 8:00 a.m.: J.J. Spaun, Aldrich Potgieter

• 8:10 a.m.: Aaron Rai, Sungjae Im

• 8:20 a.m.: Max Homa, Adam Hadwin

• 8:30 a.m.: Taylor Pendrith, Sahith Theegala

• 8:40 a.m.: Billy Horschel, Jason Day

• 8:50 a.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, Cameron Young

• 9:05 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Matthieu Pavon

• 9:15 a.m.: Davis Thompson, Eric Cole

• 9:25 a.m.: Austin Eckroat, Byeong Hun An

• 9:35 a.m.: Cam Davis, Si Woo Kim

• 9:45 a.m.: Ludvig Aberg, Scottie Scheffler

• 9:55 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland

• 10:05 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Collin Morikawa

• 10:20 a.m.: Andrew Novak, Max McGreevy

• 10:30 a.m.: Daniel Berger, Ben Griffin

• 10:40 a.m.: Lucas Glover, Michael Kim

• 10:50 a.m.: Isaiah Salinda, Jackson Koivun

• 11:00 a.m.: Maverick McNealy, Mackenzie Hughes

• 11:10 a.m.: Nick Taylor, Sam Stevens

• 11:20 a.m.: J.T. Poston, Brian Harman

• 11:35 a.m.: Thomas Detry, Adam Scott

• 11:45 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Matt Fitzpatrick

• 11:55 a.m.: Denny McCarthy, Max Greyserman

• 12:05 p.m.: Stephan Jaeger, Corey Conners

• 12:15 p.m.: Nick Dunlap, Will Zalatoris

• 12:25 p.m.: Chris Kirk, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

• 12:35 p.m.: Sepp Straka, Tony Finau

• 12:50 p.m.: Russell Henley, Tom Hoge

• 1:00 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry

• 1:10 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas

• 1:20 p.m.: Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns

• 1:30 p.m.: Joe Highsmith, Patrick Cantlay

• 1:40 p.m.: Justin Rose, Patrick Rodgers

• 1:50 p.m.: Harris English, Rafael Campos

How to watch the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational

The 10th event on the PGA Tour’s 2025 schedule will be carried live on TV by Golf Channel (which you can watch for free on Fubo) all four days.

NBC will pick up live coverage of the third and final rounds.

There is streaming on ESPN+ as well as the NBC sports app.

Thursday, March 6

First round

• 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. ET, ESPN+

• 12-6 p.m. ET, SiriusXM PGA Tour radio

• 2-6 p.m. ET, Golf Channel

• 2-6 p.m. ET, NBC Sports app

Friday, March 7

Second round

• 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. ET, ESPN+

• 12-6 p.m. ET, SiriusXM PGA Tour radio

• 2-6 p.m. ET, Golf Channel

• 2-6 p.m. ET, NBC Sports app

Saturday, March 8

Third round

• 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET, ESPN+

• 12:30-2:30 p.m. ET, Golf Channel

• 12:30-6 p.m. ET, NBC Sports app

• 1-6 p.m. ET, SiriusXM PGA Tour radio

• 2:30-6 p.m. ET, NBC

Sunday, March 9

Final round

• 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET, ESPN+

• 12:30-2:30 p.m. ET, Golf Channel

• 12:30-6 p.m. ET, NBC Sports app

• 1-6 p.m. ET, SiriusXM PGA Tour radio

• 2:30-6 p.m. ET, NBC

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