CHARLOTTE, NC – AUGUST 13: Justin Thomas of the United States reacts to his putt on the 18th green with an -8 finish during the final round of the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club on August 13, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

By Christopher Powers
The PGA Tour makes its first of two stops in North Carolina this year for the Wells Fargo Championship, which returns to Quail Hollow in Charlotte. Last season, the event was held in nearby Wilmington at Eagle Point Golf Club as Quail Hollow prepared to host the PGA Championship.

This will be the 16th season of the Wells Fargo, and the 15th at Quail Hollow, which has produced a strong group of winners that includes Rory McIlroy (twice), Rickie Fowler, Anthony Kim, Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods. This year should be no different, with 14 of the top 25 players in the world set to tee it up, including McIlroy, Fowler and Justin Thomas, who won the PGA at Quail Hollow in August.

Woods will also be in the field, marking his first appearance at Quail Hollow since 2012, when he missed the cut with rounds of 71 and 73. It’s his first start since the Masters, and he’ll be playing with a new set of irons. Woods will play alongside reigning Masters champion Patrick Reed and reigning U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka on Thursday and Friday.

TV Coverage
OSN Sports 3 HD will carry live coverage in the UAE from 9pm Thursday through Sunday.

Thursday Tee Times
All times ET. NOTE: The UAE is 8 hours ahead of EST. Add 8 hours to the times listed below. 

No. 1 Tee
7.00 a.m. (3pm UAE time) — Scott Stallings, Tom Hoge, Aaron Wise
7:10 a.m. — J.J. Henry, Anirban Lahiri, Trey Mullinax
7:20 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Jason Kokrak, Derek Fathauer
7:30 a.m. — Charl Schwartzel, Peter Malnati, Matt Every
7:40 a.m. — Ted Potter, Jr., Shane Lowry, Martin Kaymer
7:50 a.m. — Adam Hadwin, Rod Pampling, Billy Hurley III
8.00 a.m. — Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Tyrrell Hatton
8:10 a.m. — Chris Stroud, Mackenzie Hughes, Brian Stuard
8:20 a.m. — Austin Cook, Adam Scott, Davis Love III
8:30 a.m. — Ben Martin, Jamie Lovemark, Ross Fisher
8:40 a.m. — Troy Merritt, Michael Thompson, Blayne Barber
8:50 a.m. — Jonathan Randolph, Corey Conners, Dru Love
9.00 a.m. — Xinjun Zhang, Tom Lovelady, T.J. Vogel
12:10 p.m. — Danny Lee, Alex Cejka, Sung Kang
12:20 p.m. — Keegan Bradley, C.T. Pan, Keith Mitchell
12:30 p.m. — Geoff Ogilvy, Sam Saunders, Brandon Harkins
12:40 p.m. — Justin Thomas, Brian Harman, Rickie Fowler
12:50 p.m. —  (8.50pm UAE time) Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, Tiger Woods
1 p.m. — Xander Schauffele, Charle Howell III, Tommy Fleetwood
1:10 p.m. — Andrew Landry, Bryson DeChambeau, Jonas Blixt
1:20 p.m. — Patton Kizzire, Hudson Swafford, Webb Simpson
1:30 p.m. — Lucas Glover, Jonathan Byrd, Ryan Blaum
1:40 p.m. — Chesson Hadley, Martin Piller, Richy Werenski
1:50 p.m. — Rob Oppenheim, Roberto Diaz, Joaquin Niemann
2 p.m. — Sam Ryder, Kyle Thompson, J.T. Griffin
2:10 p.m. — Talor Gooch, Adam Schenk, Carter Jenkins

No. 10 Tee
7 a.m.(3pm UAE time) — Retief Goosen, Whee Kim, Tyrone Van Aswegen
7:10 a.m. — Kevin Streelman, Bob Estes, Patrick Rodgers
7:20 a.m. — J.B. Holmes, Kelly Kraft, Kevin Tway
7:30 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey, James Hahn
7:40 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Daniel Berger
7:50 a.m. — Russell Henley, Aaron Baddeley, Stewart Cink
8.00 a.m. — Grayson Murray, Bill Haas, Louis Oosthuizen
8:10 a.m. — Ryan Moore, Greg Chalmers, Tony Finau
8:20 a.m. — Derek Ernst, Steve Marino, Peter Uihlein
8:30 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Bud Cauley, Byeong Hun An
8:40 a.m. — J.T. Poston, Nate Lashley, Dylan Frittelli
8:50 a.m. — Bronson Burgoon, Ben Silverman, Ryan Ruffels
9.00 a.m. — Tyler Duncan, Denny McCarthy, Charles Frost
12:10 p.m. — Johnson Wagner, Shawn Stefani, Abraham Ancer
12:20 p.m. — Robert Streb, Scott Brown, Sean O’Hair
12:30 p.m. — Luke List, Ollie Schniederjans, Harold Varner III
12:40 p.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Kyle Stanley, Fabian Gomez
12:50 p.m. — Vaughn Taylor, Smylife Kaufman, Nick Watney
1 p.m. — Brice Garnett, Hideki Matsuyama, Graeme McDowell
1:10 p.m. — Kevin Kisner, D.A. Points, Alex Noren
1:20 p.m. — Gary Woodland, Jason Dufner, Emiliano Grillo
1:30 p.m. — Rory Sabbatini, Martin Flores, Beau Hossler
1:40 p.m. — Cameron Tringale, John Peterson, Dominic Bozzelli
1:50 p.m. — Nicholas Lindheim, Lanto Griffin, Chris Paisley
2.00 p.m. — Andrew Putnam, Stephan Jaeger, Sam Burns
2:10 p.m. — Seamus Power, Joel Dahmen, Mito Pereira