Presidents Cup 2026: Thursday's fourball matchups, starting times, analysis

The 16th Presidents Cup gets underway on Thursday at Medinah Country Club's No. 3 Course outside of Chicago.

The first session features five fourball matches, the first of which tees off at 12:35 p.m. ET. The par-4 first hole for the competition is usually the fifth hole for members, with the 18th hole of the alternate routing being the regular fourth hole.

Thursday's session will be followed by a five-match foursomes session on Friday, two four-match sessions of each team format on Saturday, and a 12-match singles session on Sunday.

The opening ceremony will run noon-12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Here are the complete Thursday fourball matchups and starting times, along with a breakdown of each match (ET):

Match 1, 12:35PM – Sungjae Im/Min Woo Lee (Int.) vs. Sam Burns/Scottie Scheffler (U.S.)

Match 2, 12:53PM – Ryo Hisatsune/Hideki Matsuyama (Int.) vs. Xander Schauffele/Cameron Young (U.S.)

Match 3, 1:11PM – Corey Conners/Nico Echavarria (Int.) vs. Jackson Koivun/Justin Thomas (U.S.)

Match 4, 1:29PM – Ryan Fox/Adam Scott (Int.) vs. Wyndham Clark/Collin Morikawa (U.S.)

Match 5, 1:47PM – Si Woo Kim/Tom Kim (Int.) vs. Patrick Cantlay/Chris Gotterup (U.S.)

Day 1 of the 2026 Presidents Cup gets underway as the world's top players battle for the first points of the competition.