The 2026 Tour Championship kicks off Thursday morning with the first round at East Lake Golf Club. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full Tour Championship TV coverage, streaming details and complete Round 1 tee times.
How to watch Tour Championship on Thursday
Over the past five seasons, Scottie Scheffler has dominated pro golf like few others before him. He’s amassed four major titles and 21 PGA Tour victories. Two of those Tour wins came this season, just part of a stellar campaign that earned him the $23 million top FedEx Cup bonus last Sunday.
But despite his stranglehold on the No. 1 ranking, Scheffler has only officially won the FedEx Cup once. That came in 2024, the year he won his second Masters title.
This week, Scheffler has a chance to earn his second FedEx Cup title and the $10 million check that goes along with it. But he won’t have any advantages in the format. The World No. 1 will start Thursday’s opening round at even par, as will all 29 other players in the field.
Whoever scores the lowest four-round total will be crowned champion.
You can watch the first round of the Tour Championship on TV via Golf Channel and ESPN, with ESPN opening the coverage at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday, followed by Golf Channel at 1 p.m. ET. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early streaming coverage starting at 11 a.m. ET, as well as featured group and featured hole coverage. In addition, ESPN+ will offer a “Marquee Group: Quiet Please” stream featuring no announcers. Golfchannel.com and the Golf Channel app will carry a simulcast of Golf Channel’s Thursday TV coverage.
Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 Tour Championship.
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How to watch on TV Thursday
ESPN and Golf Channel will provide first-round TV coverage of the 2026 Tour Championship. ESPN’s telecast is from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. ET on Thursday. Golf Channel’s coverage runs from 1-6 p.m. ET.
How to stream online Thursday
You can stream the first round of the 2026 Tour Championship via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will offer streaming coverage starting at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday in addition to featured group and hole coverage and a live simulcast of ESPN’s Thursday TV coverage. You can also watch the “Marquee Group: Quiet Please” live stream free of announcers on ESPN+. A live simulcast of Golf Channel’s TV coverage will be available on Golfchannel.com and the Golf Channel app.
2026 Tour Championship Round 1 tee times (ET)
Tee No. 1
11:00 a.m. – Tom Kim, Ryan Fox
11:12 a.m. – Justin Rose, Adam Scott
11:24 a.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland
11:36 a.m. – Alex Smalley, Alex Fitzpatrick
11:48 a.m. – Min Woo Lee, J.J. Spaun
12:06 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Kristoffer Reitan
12:18 p.m. – Ryan Gerard, Gary Woodland
12:30 p.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Hideki Matsuyama
12:42 p.m. – Jacob Bridgeman, Russell Henley
12:54 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
1:12 p.m. – Tommy Fleetwood, Ludvig Åberg
1:24 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns
1:36 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Chris Gotterup
1:48 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Cameron Young
2:00 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick
