The 2026 Valero Texas Open gets underway Thursday morning with the first round at TPC San Antonio. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full Valero Texas Open TV coverage, streaming details and Round 1 tee times.
How to watch Valero Texas Open on Thursday
The last chance for players to get into the 2026 Masters gets started Thursday morning at TPC San Antonio. Those PGA Tour pros in the field who are not qualified for next week’s major at Augusta National have one way to get there. The winner of this week’s Valero Texas Open automatically earns a spot in the Masers field.
That’s especially important for star Masters veterans in the field like Rickie Fowler. Though he’s had a strong start to the season (39th in the FedEx Cup standings), he’s not in the top 50 of the OWGR, and he hasn’t won a Tour event since 2023.
Fowler needs to change that this week if he wants to play the first major of the year. And his campaign gets started on Thursday morning at 9:06 a.m. ET.
You can watch the first round of the Valero Texas Open on TV via Golf Channel beginning on Thursday at 4 p.m. ET. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive streaming coverage starting at 8:15 a.m. ET on Thursday, as well as featured group and featured hole coverage all day long.
Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open.
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How to watch on TV Thursday
Golf Channel will provide first-round TV coverage of the 2026 Valero Texas Open on Thursday from 4-7 p.m. ET.
How to stream online Thursday
You can stream the first round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will offer streaming coverage starting on Thursday at 8:15 a.m. ET in addition to featured group and hole coverage.
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2026 Valero Texas Open Round 1 tee times (ET)
Tee No. 1
8:30 a.m. – Lanto Griffin, Kevin Streelman, Max McGreevy
8:42 a.m. – Nick Hardy, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Austin Smotherman
8:54 a.m. – Taylor Moore, Sam Ryder, Bronson Burgoon
9:06 a.m. – William Mouw, J.T. Poston, Lucas Glover
9:18 a.m. – Sami Valimaki, Webb Simpson, Charley Hoffman
9:30 a.m. – Adam Schenk, Matt Kuchar, Alex Noren
9:42 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Davis Thompson, Ryo Hisatsune
9:54 a.m. – Rafael Campos, Emiliano Grillo, Rico Hoey
10:06 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Peter Malnati, Doug Ghim
10:18 a.m. – David Ford, Neal Shipley, Davis Chatfield
10:30 a.m. – Frankie Capan III, Luke Clanton, Austin Wylie
1:30 p.m. – Tom Kim, Lee Hodges, Alex Smalley
1:42 p.m. – Matt Wallace, Tom Hoge, Carson Young
1:54 p.m. – Erik van Rooyen, K.H. Lee, Eric Cole
2:06 p.m. – Ludvig Åberg, Robert MacIntyre, Jordan Spieth
2:18 p.m. – Sepp Straka, Brian Harman, Billy Horschel
2:30 p.m. – J.J. Spaun, Russell Henley, Stephan Jaeger
2:42 p.m. – Mark Hubbard, Kevin Roy, Danny Walker
2:54 p.m. – Matthieu Pavon, Denny McCarthy, Johnny Keefer
3:06 p.m. – Kensei Hirata, Adrien Saddier, Paul Waring
3:18 p.m. – Pontus Nyholm, Marcelo Rozo, Charlie Crockett
3:30 p.m. – Jimmy Stanger, A.J. Ewart, John VanDerLaan
Tee No. 10
8:30 a.m. – Ryan Palmer, Dylan Wu, Mac Meissner
8:42 a.m. – Joel Dahmen, Bud Cauley, Chandler Phillips
8:54 a.m. – Will Zalatoris, Patrick Rodgers, S.H. Kim
9:06 a.m. – Tommy Fleetwood, Hideki Matsuyama, Rickie Fowler
9:18 a.m. – Maverick McNealy, Tony Finau, Max Homa
9:30 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Michael Thorbjornsen, Marco Penge
9:42 a.m. – Andrew Novak, Garrick Higgo, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
9:54 a.m. – Brice Garnett, Adam Svensson, Thorbjørn Olesen
10:06 a.m. – Seamus Power, Michael Kim, Vince Whaley
10:18 a.m. – Kris Ventura, Chandler Blanchet, Zach Bauchou
10:30 a.m. – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Dan Brown, Christo Lamprecht
1:30 p.m. – Brendon Todd, Jimmy Walker, Hank Lebioda
1:42 p.m. – Camilo Villegas, Takumi Kanaya, Kristoffer Reitan
1:54 p.m. – Nick Dunlap, Andrew Putnam, Justin Lower
2:06 p.m. – Ricky Castillo, Jhonattan Vegas, Brandt Snedeker
2:18 p.m. – Nick Taylor, Matt McCarty, Kevin Yu
2:30 p.m. – Steven Fisk, Karl Vilips, Chris Kirk
2:42 p.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Chad Ramey, Beau Hossler
2:54 p.m. – Patton Kizzire, Keith Mitchell, Jordan Smith
3:06 p.m. – Zecheng Dou, Jackson Suber, Gordon Sargent
3:18 p.m. – Patrick Fishburn, Alejandro Tosti, Jesper Svensson
3:30 p.m. – Haotong Li, John Parry, Jeffrey Kang
