Rain delays Charlotte PGA Tour event at Quail Hollow. What’s the updated schedule?
The Truist Championship experienced a pretty significant rain delay Thursday morning.
And it adjusted tournament tee times greatly.
The PGA Tour event this week, taking place at the normally idyllic Quail Hollow in Charlotte, was postponed several hours after heavy rain Wednesday night that continued on into Thursday morning. The first tee time on Thursday was postponed multiple times before play finally began at 12:30 p.m.
Preferred lies are in effect for the first round because of the conditions of the wet course, the PGA Tour announced just past 11:30 a.m.
There is also a chance of more rain coming as soon as 4 p.m. So while all groups have made it onto the course, it’s questionable whether everyone will finish or if the Friday times will need adjustment to catch up.
That first group to start on Hole 1 was Taylor Pendrith, Mackenzie Hughes and Alex Smalley at 12:30 p.m.. The first group to start on the back nine — Hole 10 — was Lucas Glover, Sudarshan Yellamaraju and Kristoffer Reitan.
Rory McIlroy, four-time winner of this event who’s fresh off a second consecutive Masters Tournament win, teed off from the 10th tee at 1:03 p.m. The last group of the day is set to go out at 2:31 p.m. The hope is that all golfers will complete their first round Thursday, as long as weather doesn’t intervene again.
Each group has three golfers now as opposed to the originally planned pairs. Before weather interrupted plans, the first tee time on Thursday was scheduled for 7:45 a.m.
Check the PGA Tour website for the latest tee time information.
Rain in south Charlotte slackened early this morning and fully stopped around 11 a.m. According to the Truist Championship official weather forecast, “there will likely be a lull in the precipitation through mid-afternoon before showers and a few thunderstorms redevelop as the cold front moves through the area between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.”
The rain probability at 5 p.m. is 50%, according to the official forecast, with lightning probability at 30%. Skies will gradually clear this evening, the forecast says.
The sun will set at 8:15 p.m. Thursday. Pro golf rounds generally take 4.5-5 hours to complete.
The rest of the weekend generally has a good weather forecast. On Friday, golfers will again be in threesomes and again be teeing off at both No. 1 and No. 10 simultaneously. The first tee times are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Friday, unless they need to move earlier due to catching up with any holes missed Thursday.
Because of the smaller field, the Truist this year is a no-cut tournament, so all golfers will advance to the weekend after the first two rounds.
This story will be updated. Scott Fowler contributed to this report.
This story was originally published May 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM.
