Rickie Fowler is set for a 12:50 p.m. ET tee time on the truist championship leaderboard Friday at Quail Hollow, drawing Viktor Hovland and Alex Fitzpatrick in the second-round group. The schedule release puts him in the middle of a busy afternoon wave on May 8, 2026, with live coverage beginning early and the round carried into prime afternoon TV.
Fowler, Hovland, Fitzpatrick
Fowler’s grouping is one of the cleanest markers on the second-round board. He goes off at 12:50 p.m. ET with Hovland and Fitzpatrick, while Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Justin Rose are listed for 12:39 p.m. ET. Nick Taylor, Maverick McNealy, and Harry Hall share the other 12:50 p.m. slot.
The 12:50 p.m. start also places Fowler in the same late-morning-to-midday band as several other marquee groups. Xander Schauffele, Cameron Young, and Justin Thomas are set for 11:33 a.m. ET, Sepp Straka, Hideki Matsuyama, and Jordan Spieth for 11:22 a.m. ET, and Tony Finau, Daniel Berger, and Austin Smotherman for 11:11 a.m. ET.
Quail Hollow Friday coverage
Quail Hollow in North Carolina hosts the second round Friday, and the broadcast window gives readers two ways to follow it. PGA Tour Live on + starts exclusive early streaming coverage at 7:30 a.m. ET, then Golf Channel takes over from 2-6 p.m. ET.
Tom Hoge, Patrick Rodgers, and Sam Stevens are first among the named groups listed at 11:00 a.m. ET, with Jason Day, Michael Kim, and David Lipsky also at 11:00 a.m. ET. The start sheet is spread tightly through the day, with more groups set for 11:44 a.m., 11:55 a.m., 12:06 p.m., 12:17 p.m., 12:28 p.m., and 1:01 p.m. ET.
Fowler’s FedEx Cup spot
The tee-time release lands with Fowler at 30th in the FedEx Cup standings, the cutoff line for the season-ending Tour Championship. He has also posted top-10 finishes in his last two starts at the RBC Heritage and Cadillac Championship, which makes his Friday slot more than a routine schedule entry.
His major absence ends next week at the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink, so the Truist Championship now sits directly in the middle of a short run that will shape the next stretch of his season. For fans tracking Fowler, the useful detail is simple: Friday’s second round starts at 12:50 p.m. ET, and the featured threesome around him gives that group one of the day’s more watchable windows.
