When do Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm begin title bid at 2022 Players Championship golf? Thursday and Friday tee times, odds

Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm will play in two of the key marquee groups when the 49th Players Championship begins at TPC Sawgrass in Florida on Thursday. McIlroy claimed the trophy by one stroke ahead of Jim Furyk in 2019 and will become only the seventh multiple winner in the history of the sport's unofficial fifth major if he is again triumphant on Sunday evening.

Ad/> The Northern Irishman plays alongside Open champion Collin Morikawa and defending champion Justin Thomas in the first two rounds. The trio start out at 5:56pm GMT on Thursday evening before resuming their respective title quests from the 10th tee at 12:51pm on Friday.

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1 and US Open champion Rahm joins European Ryder Cup colleague Viktor Hovland – who finished a stroke behind winner Scottie Scheffler alongside Billy Horschel and Tyrrell Hatton at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational – and FedEx Cup winner Patrick Cantlay for the opening two rounds. /> They tee it up at 12:51pm from the 10th tee on Thursday before heading out for the second round from the first tee at 5:56pm on Friday night as 46 of the world's top 50 make up a 144-man field dripping in quality.