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Professional golf has a busy weekend coming up opposite Super Bowl 55. The PGA Tour is holding its annual Waste Management Phoenix Open, but a sizable number of Tour stars are headed to Saudi Arabia for a European Tour event.
The 2021 Saudi Invitational gets going early Thursday morning and will feature the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, and Patrick Reed are among the big names headed to the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia.
The PGA Tour is headed to Southern California this week after a two-week stop in Hawaii. The American Express — formerly known as the Desert Classic and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic among many other names — tees off Thursday morning on the two courses of PGA West in La Quinta, California.
A year ago, Graeme McDowell won the tournament by two strokes over Dustin Johnson. This year, Johnson (+550) enters as the favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook and he’s followed by Bryson DeChambeau (+800), Patrick Reed (+1200), Tyrell Hatton (+1400), and Tony Finau (+1500). McDowell is +25000.
The tournament gets underway on Thursday with tee times starting at 7:10 a.m. GMT, which is 2:10 a.m. ET. Golf Channel will be offering coverage in the US starting at 3 a.m. ET on Thursday. Here’s a full list of channels airing the tournament around the world.
Below is a full list of tee times for Round 1 of the Saudi International on Thursday.
2021 Saudi International, Round 1 tee times
| Time (GMT) | Tee | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (GMT) | Tee | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| 7:10 | Tee #1 | KAWAMURA Masahiro | WARING Paul | ORMSBY Wade | Masahiro KAWAMURA | Paul WARING | Wade ORMSBY |
| 7:20 | Tee #1 | FOX Ryan | LORENZO-VERA Mike | MCEVOY Richard | Ryan FOX | Mike LORENZO-VERA | Richard MCEVOY |
| 7:30 | Tee #1 | COETZEE George | HILL Calum | LANGASQUE Romain | George COETZEE | Calum HILL | Romain LANGASQUE |
| 7:40 | Tee #1 | BURMESTER Dean | APHIBARNRAT Kiradech | MOLINARI Edoardo | Dean BURMESTER | Kiradech APHIBARNRAT | Edoardo MOLINARI |
| 7:50 | Tee #1 | WOOD Chris | KITAYAMA Kurt | KINHULT Marcus | Chris WOOD | Kurt KITAYAMA | Marcus KINHULT |
| 8:00 | Tee #1 | BROBERG Kristoffer | HEBERT Benjamin | LEE Min Woo | Kristoffer BROBERG | Benjamin HEBERT | Min Woo LEE |
| 8:10 | Tee #1 | WU Ashun | BROWN Steven | LUITEN Joost | Ashun WU | Steven BROWN | Joost LUITEN |
| 8:20 | Tee #1 | ELVIRA Nacho | WALTERS Justin | ZANOTTI Fabrizio | Nacho ELVIRA | Justin WALTERS | Fabrizio ZANOTTI |
| 8:30 | Tee #1 | LAPORTA Francesco | HORSEY David | KIEFFER Maximilian | Francesco LAPORTA | David HORSEY | Maximilian KIEFFER |
| 8:40 | Tee #1 | HOWELL David | DETRY Thomas | McGOWAN Ross | David HOWELL | Thomas DETRY | Ross McGOWAN |
| 8:50 | Tee #1 | QUIROS Alvaro | PORTEOUS Haydn | KJELDSEN Søren | Alvaro QUIROS | Haydn PORTEOUS | Søren KJELDSEN |
| 9:00 | Tee #1 | DUNNE Paul | SODERBERG Sebastian | HALL Harry | Paul DUNNE | Sebastian SODERBERG | Harry HALL |
| 7:10 | Tee #10 | HARDING Justin | OTAEGUI Adrian | SULLIVAN Andy | Justin HARDING | Adrian OTAEGUI | Andy SULLIVAN |
| 7:20 | Tee #10 | ROZNER Antoine | LARRAZÁBAL Pablo | KANAYA Takumi | Antoine ROZNER | Pablo LARRAZÁBAL | Takumi KANAYA |
| 7:30 | Tee #10 | PIETERS Thomas | CANTER Laurie | LI Haotong | Thomas PIETERS | Laurie CANTER | Haotong LI |
| 7:40 | Tee #10 | MICKELSON Phil | FLEETWOOD Tommy | WIESBERGER Bernd | Phil MICKELSON | Tommy FLEETWOOD | Bernd WIESBERGER |
| 7:50 | Tee #10 | GARCIA Sergio | FINAU Tony | LOWRY Shane | Sergio GARCIA | Tony FINAU | Shane LOWRY |
| 8:00 | Tee #10 | DECHAMBEAU Bryson | WALLACE Matt | ROSE Justin | Bryson DECHAMBEAU | Matt WALLACE | Justin ROSE |
| 8:10 | Tee #10 | JOHNSON Dustin | WESTWOOD Lee | HATTON Tyrrell | Dustin JOHNSON | Lee WESTWOOD | Tyrrell HATTON |
| 8:20 | Tee #10 | NA Kevin | PEREZ Victor | KAYMER Martin | Kevin NA | Victor PEREZ | Martin KAYMER |
| 8:30 | Tee #10 | SHARMA Shubhankar | VEGAS Jhonattan | STONE Brandon | Shubhankar SHARMA | Jhonattan VEGAS | Brandon STONE |
| 8:40 | Tee #10 | STERNE Richard | CAMPILLO Jorge | GALLACHER Stephen | Richard STERNE | Jorge CAMPILLO | Stephen GALLACHER |
| 8:50 | Tee #10 | HANSEN Joachim B. | KORHONEN Mikko | SMITH Jordan | Joachim B. HANSEN | Mikko KORHONEN | Jordan SMITH |
| 9:00 | Tee #10 | GUERRIER Julien | AL KURDI Shergo | PAVON Matthieu | Julien GUERRIER | KURDI Shergo AL | Matthieu PAVON |
| 11:50 | Tee #1 | SOUTHGATE Matthew | WARREN Marc | SAMOOJA Kalle | Matthew SOUTHGATE | Marc WARREN | Kalle SAMOOJA |
| 12:00 | Tee #1 | ARNAUS Adri | NIENABER Wilco | VÄLIMÄKI Sami | Adri ARNAUS | Wilco NIENABER | Sami VÄLIMÄKI |
| 12:10 | Tee #1 | BELLO Rafa CABRERA | RAI Aaron | ANCER Abraham | Rafa CABRERA BELLO | Aaron RAI | Abraham ANCER |
| 12:20 | Tee #1 | STENSON Henrik | REED Patrick | HØJGAARD Rasmus | Henrik STENSON | Patrick REED | Rasmus HØJGAARD |
| 12:30 | Tee #1 | POULTER Ian | WILLETT Danny | HOVLAND Viktor | Ian POULTER | Danny WILLETT | Viktor HOVLAND |
| 12:40 | Tee #1 | MCDOWELL Graeme | CASEY Paul | MACINTYRE Robert | Graeme MCDOWELL | Paul CASEY | Robert MACINTYRE |
| 12:50 | Tee #1 | ELS Ernie | BEZUIDENHOUT Christiaan | KOKRAK Jason | Ernie ELS | Christiaan BEZUIDENHOUT | Jason KOKRAK |
| 13:00 | Tee #1 | JIMÉNEZ Miguel Ángel | BJØRN Thomas | SCHWAB Matthias | Miguel Ángel JIMÉNEZ | Thomas BJØRN | Matthias SCHWAB |
| 13:10 | Tee #1 | SCHAPER Jayden | ALMULLA Othman | FISHER Oliver | Jayden SCHAPER | Othman ALMULLA | Oliver FISHER |
| 13:20 | Tee #1 | CATLIN John | AL SHARIF Saud | BJÖRK Alexander | John CATLIN | SHARIF Saud AL | Alexander BJÖRK |
| 13:30 | Tee #1 | SHARVIN Cormac | GAGLI Lorenzo | HIGGO Garrick | Cormac SHARVIN | Lorenzo GAGLI | Garrick HIGGO |
| 11:50 | Tee #10 | LAW David | ROUSAUD Eduard | PAVAN Andrea | David LAW | Eduard ROUSAUD | Andrea PAVAN |
| 12:00 | Tee #10 | GREEN Gavin | LOMBARD Zander | PAISLEY Chris | Gavin GREEN | Zander LOMBARD | Chris PAISLEY |
| 12:10 | Tee #10 | DRYSDALE David | WILSON Oliver | JANEWATTANANOND Jazz | David DRYSDALE | Oliver WILSON | Jazz JANEWATTANANOND |
| 12:20 | Tee #10 | SURI Julian | FORREST Grant | MORRISON James | Julian SURI | Grant FORREST | James MORRISON |
| 12:30 | Tee #10 | JAMIESON Scott | CROCKER Sean | BERTASIO Nino | Scott JAMIESON | Sean CROCKER | Nino BERTASIO |
| 12:40 | Tee #10 | FISHER Ross | JOHNSTON Andrew | CHESTERS Ashley | Ross FISHER | Andrew JOHNSTON | Ashley CHESTERS |
| 12:50 | Tee #10 | LIPSKY David | HEND Scott | LEVY Alexander | David LIPSKY | Scott HEND | Alexander LEVY |
| 13:00 | Tee #10 | MIGLIOZZI Guido | SCRIVENER Jason | HERBERT Lucas | Guido MIGLIOZZI | Jason SCRIVENER | Lucas HERBERT |
| 13:10 | Tee #10 | DUBUISSON Victor | WINTHER Jeff | DONALDSON Jamie | Victor DUBUISSON | Jeff WINTHER | Jamie DONALDSON |
| 13:20 | Tee #10 | PARATORE Renato | SALHAB Faisal | RAMSAY Richie | Renato PARATORE | Faisal SALHAB | Richie RAMSAY |
| 13:30 | Tee #10 | PULKKANEN Tapio | JACQUELIN Raphaël | STALTER Joël | Tapio PULKKANEN | Raphaël JACQUELIN | Joël STALTER |