2021 Tour Championship live coverage: How to watch Thursday’s first round

The 2021 Tour Championship — the finale of the FedEx Cup Playoffs — begins on Thursday at East Lake, where the top pros will begin their quest for Sunday’s $15 million prize. Here’s what you need to know to watch the first-round action on TV or online.

Previewing Tour Championship Round 1

With apologies to the other 28 competitors vying for the FedEx Cup title this week, most attention is directed toward two players: Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau. Cantlay is No. 1 in the rankings, and will start the tournament at 10 under par, thanks to his win last week at the BMW Championship in an epic playoff over DeChambeau. Cantlay, who sounded off on a range of topics in his pre-tournament press conference, could be ready for this career breakthrough.

DeChambeau, who has been the center of attention much of the year on the PGA Tour, begins the tournament at No. 3 with a score of seven under. He’s coming off a near-miss at the BMW and rides a wave of controversy around hecklers who have haunted him with chants of “Brooksy,” something the PGA Tour hopes to crack down on this week.

Cantlay starts Thursday’s opening round in the final pairing with Tony Finau at 2:00 p.m. ET. DeChambeau tees off in the penultimate group at 1:50 p.m. ET alongside U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm.

Below you will find everything you need to watch the first round of the 2021 Tour Championship on Thursday.

How to watch Tour Championship Round 1 on TV

Golf Channel will carry the first round of the 2021 Tour Championship with five hours of coverage from 1-6 p.m. ET on Thursday.

How to stream Tour Championship Round 1 online

You can stream the first round Golf Channel TV coverage of the BMW Championship on golfchannel.com. Fans can also view Featured Group coverage of the opening round all day Thursday via PGA Tour Live with a subscription.

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2021 Tour Championship Round 1 tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

11:40 a.m. – Billy Horschel, Patrick Reed
11:50 a.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Sergio Garcia
12:00 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Daniel Berger
12:10 p.m. – Stewart Cink, Joaquin Niemann
12:20 p.m. – Corey Conners, Hideki Matsuyama
12:30 p.m. – Kevin Na, Brooks Koepka
12:40 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Jason Kokrak
12:50 p.m. – Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy
1:00 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, Louis Oosthuizen
1:10 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Sungjae Im
1:20 p.m. – Jordan Spieth, Sam Burns
1:30 p.m. – Harris English, Abraham Ancer
1:40 p.m. – Cameron Smith, Justin Thomas
1:50 p.m. – Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm
2:00 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau

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