Austin Championship Tee Times for Thursday: Koivun Goes Off at 12:13 P.M. Central, Brown at 7:33 A.M.
The PGA Tour's Austin stop opens Thursday at Barton Creek's Fazio Canyons Course. Jackson Koivun chases a second win of the season, and last week's history-making winner Blades Brown is in the morning wave off the 10th tee.
AUSTIN — The Austin Championship gets underway Thursday with the opening round at Omni Barton Creek's Fazio Canyons Course, and the first round's featured storyline is a rookie race. Jackson Koivun, who won the 3M Open earlier this season, tees off at 12:13 p.m. Central off the first tee alongside Austin Smotherman and Tommy Morrison, according to the tee sheet published by Golf.com.
Koivun is trying to take back the title of top rookie from Blades Brown, who shocked the golf world last week with his maiden PGA Tour victory — making him the youngest Tour winner in modern history, Golf.com reported. Brown plays in the morning wave off the 10th tee at 7:33 a.m. Central with Andrew Novak and Max Homa. The day's first groups go off both tees at 7:00 a.m. Central: Nick Hardy, Mac Meissner and Takumi Kanaya off No. 1, and Erik van Rooyen, C.T. Pan and Chandler Phillips off No. 10.
Other groupings Austin fans will track include Billy Horschel, Daniel Berger and Doug Ghim at 7:44 a.m. Central off the 10th tee, and Brian Harman, Chris Kirk and Pierceson Coody at 12:24 p.m. Central off the first tee. The afternoon wave off No. 1 closes with Isaiah Salinda, Paul Peterson and Casey Russell at 1:19 p.m. Central.
Television coverage of Thursday's first round runs from 1 to 4 p.m. Central on Golf Channel, with simulcasts on Golfchannel.com and the Golf Channel app, according to Golf.com. The tournament is the PGA Tour's return to Austin this week, with play running through the weekend at Barton Creek.
