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Sony Open in Hawaii 2018: Schedule, tee times, TV/live stream info, and scores for Jan. 11-14

The Sony Open is one of the good low-key early-season events on the PGA Tour. Here are your nuts and bolts for the 2018 edition and some reasons why you should absolutely watch.

The PGA Tour hops from Maui to Oahu this week for the first full-field event of the year, the Sony Open. The annual stop at Waialae may tumble to the farthest recesses of your mind by the end of the season, but it has become a highlight of the early-season schedule for the hardcore golf fans. There are stops on the upcoming West Coast swing that will get much more love, but the Sony is a great combination of rookies and vets grinding for solidified PGA Tour card status on a course with a ton of history.

It’s also an opportunity for more primetime golf following up last week’s little 34-man party that was the Tournament of Champions. I thought the ToC fizzled a bit on the weekend, despite the fireworks from the eventual winner and world No. 1 Dustin Johnson. It was great to watch PGA Tour golf again and Kapalua was as beautiful as ever, but it ran out of juice in my very subjective opinion.

With a full field and a course that can yield some crazy low numbers, maybe we get a better show this week. Here are some reasons to watch as well as the nuts and bolts for the Sony. We’ll update this as a hub of sorts as the tournament progresses.

Why Watch

1) It’s pretty. This is simple. I won’t try to expound much beyond telling you that this Waialae Country Club layout is easy to look at. The media center is basically on the beach — not that I know from experience — one day, perhaps. The course runs right up and almost onto the beach -- so close that a couple certain pros going out for a kayak ride in the ocean were easily caught from the golf course cameras and documented in a suffocating barrage of content last year. And you mayyyy see a shot or two of the infamous “W” shaped palms lording over the 18th green.

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

2) Raynor. I will never pretend to be a golf course architecture expert, although I appreciate those who are and love following the topic. It’s a topic that’s taken on increased interest and debate, thanks to a handful of intelligent voices in social and digital media shining new light.

Waialae is one of a too-small handful of PGA Tour courses with Golden Age roots as it was one of Seth Raynor’s last projects in the 1920s. Raynor has been a poster boy for the increased discussion and appreciation from the aforementioned group on social media. He’s a cult hero for many. Now, the Waialae of 2018 is very different from Raynor’s original intent but there are still elements that make this worth watching, especially with Tom Doak, a modern day architecture cult hero, slowly putting some restorative efforts into the historic course. The redan 17th hole should be the most noticeable change and throwback this year.

I think this is a fascinating topic worth diving into and for more, go to the actual experts. Andy Johnson at The Fried Egg, one of those ascendant golf architecture experts I mentioned, hosted Doak on his podcast this week. They went through some of the original Raynor intent, the restoration efforts, and how the course plays for the best pros in the world on a week like this.

3) #58Watch. Breaking 60 has become somewhat passé but it’s still an accomplishment that gets you to change the channel to golf once murmurs of a pro going super deep start rumbling on Twitter and elsewhere. Waialae is one of the better opportunities for a pro to break 60, and maybe even match Jim Furyk’s ridiculous 58 from the Travelers a few years ago.

It’s a par 70 and the present day big hitters are taking some ridiculous lines off the tees — nothing that Raynor could have imagined back when it was originally designed. We saw this from Justin Thomas last year, when he torched the place for a 59 en route to his second win in the first two weeks of the 2017 season. It’s likely we’re back on #59Watch or maybe even #58Watch again this week.

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4) Rookies. With this being our first full-field event of the new year, it’s also a great opportunity to get a good look at this year’s rookie class. Of course, those rookies get some much-needed starts during the wraparound schedule in the fall, but some of these early year events are major chances to make hay and solidify their status for the rest of the year, or at least before the priority rankings reshuffle. The Sony Open is one of their best chances to accrue some FedExCup points, with some of the upcoming West Coast swing events having smaller fields that don’t provide starts for rookies with lower priority.

We’ve seen a rookie win this event recently, with Russell Henley going low in 2013 to win the Sony in his PGA Tour debut. There’s a boatload of rookies playing this week -- they’re all worth watching but some of the bigger names that may get some love are Peter Uihlein, Tom Lovelady, Aaron Wise, Stephan Jaeger, and Austin Cook, who already won during the wraparound schedule.

You’re going to get plenty of chances to watch the top players in the world rankings in the coming months. This is a good chance to see some of the best young up-and-comers, the players who aren’t household names but are worth rooting for and could become one soon.

How to Watch

This is really the last opportunity to watch primetime PGA Tour golf until the fall, when the Asian swing returns during the wraparound portion of the schedule. The upcoming West Coast swing does allow for some golf to go past dinner time in the east coast, but not by much given the limited daylight hours this time of year.

The only real options for primetime golf would be a west coast venue at either U.S. Open or the PGA Championship. The USGA is fond of getting the national championship on the west coast often during the longest days of the year, allowing for finishes as late as 11 p.m. ET. But this year, we’re about as far away from the West Coast as possible with the 2018 U.S. Open being played at Shinnecock Hills. So this is it really, take it in because from here on out, your weekend finishes on the PGA Tour will all slot in during daylight hours.

Like last week on Maui, Golf Channel will have exclusive coverage of the entire tournament over the next four days. It’s that time of year when CBS is still occupied with football on the weekends, and these events aren’t necessarily big enough to get the bump up to NBC. And Golf Channel is plenty capable of just running with the coverage throughout, as we see during the fall series too.

They will, however, be down a man at times this week. Jim “Bones” Mackay (Phil Mickelson’s former longtime caddie, if you’re completely golf ignorant) has become one of the best parts of the Golf Channel/NBC coverage. But this week, he’s picking up the bag again and looping for Justin Thomas, whose regular caddie has to take a few weeks off due to plantar fasciitis. Bones is going to do double duty, putting on the headset and working as a walking reporter when Thomas is not playing. But given that the defending champ tore this course up last year and will likely play well again, Bones should be on the course as a caddie during the late weekend broadcast times.

Here’s your full media schedule for the week:

Thursday’s first-round coverage

Television:

7 to 10:30 p.m. — Golf Channel

Online streams:

7 to 10:30 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

5 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Friday’s second-round coverage

Television:

7 to 10:30 p.m. — Golf Channel

Online streams:

7 to 10:30 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

5 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Saturday’s third round coverage

Television:

7 to 10:30 p.m. — Golf Channel

Online streams:

7 to 10:30 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

5 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Sunday’s final round coverage

Television:

6 to 10 p.m. — Golf Channel

Online streams:

6 to 10 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

5 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images

Jordan Spieth is back for the second straight year at the Sony.

Tee Times

This is the first full field event of the year. That little party on Maui last week featured just 34 players and was obviously easy to schedule over four days with a ton of flexibility. Now we’re back to the grind of sending two waves off split tees for the first 36 holes.

They will start at 7 a.m. local time on Oahu and the last group will go at 1:30 p.m. local, which is five hours behind ET. So this is a full day from sun-up to sun-down with 144 players in the field. Here are your round 1 tee times.

Thursday’s tee sheet (all times ET!)

Morning wave off No. 1:

12 p.m. -- Danny Lee, Ryan Palmer, Colt Knost

12:10 p.m. -- Ted Potter, Jr., Michael Kim, Richy Werenski

12:20 p.m. -- Robert Streb, John Huh, Morgan Hoffmann

12:30 p.m. -- Jonas Blixt, D.A. Points, Vijay Singh

12:40 p.m. -- Wesley Bryan, Chris Kirk, K.J. Choi

12:50 p.m. -- Austin Cook, Cameron Smith, Luke Donald

1 p.m. -- Russell Henley, Fabian Gomez, Peter Malnati

1:10 p.m. -- Chad Campbell, Jason Kokrak, Tyrone Van Aswegen

1:20 p.m. -- Troy Merritt, Ben Martin, Cameron Tringale

1:30 p.m. -- Talor Gooch, Lanto Griffin, Daisuke Kataoka

1:40 p.m. -- Tyler Duncan, Andrew Yun, John Oda

1:50 p.m. -- Andrew Putnam, Stephan Jaeger, Sam Ryder

Morning wave off No. 10:

12 p.m. -- Bill Haas, Steve Wheatcroft, Blayne Barber

12:10 p.m. -- Mark Wilson, Harold Varner III, Ollie Schniederjans

12:20 p.m. -- Jonathan Byrd, J.J. Spaun, Kevin Tway

12:30 p.m. -- Vaughn Taylor, Emiliano Grillo, Charles Howell III

12:40 p.m. -- Kyle Stanley, Russell Knox, James Hahn

12:50 p.m. -- Marc Leishman, Si Woo Kim, Webb Simpson

1 p.m. -- Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth, Daniel Berger

1:10 p.m. -- Matt Jones, Ryan Blaum, Pete Uihlein

1:20 p.m. -- Omar Uresti, Bronson Burgoon, Brandon Harkins

1:30 p.m. -- Brett Stegmaier, Matt Akins, Tatsuya Kodai

1:40 p.m. -- Ben Silverman, Roberto Diaz, Eric Dugas

1:50 p.m. -- Nicholas Lindheim, Adam Schenk, Shugo Imahira

Afternoon wave off No. 1:

4:40 p.m. -- Scott Brown, Keegan Bradley, Sean O’Hair

4:50 p.m. -- Scott Piercy, Ricky Barnes, Steve Allan

5 p.m. -- Harris English, Jamie Lovemark, Patrick Rodgers

5:10 p.m. -- Brian Harman, Billy Hurley III, Smylie Kaufman

5:20 p.m. -- Mac Hughes, Greg Chalmers, Tony Finau

5:30 p.m. -- Patton Kizzire, Jimmy Walker, Zach Johnson

5:40 p.m. -- Justin Thomas, Jason Dufner, Kevin Kisner

5:50 p.m. -- J.J. Henry, Rory Sabbatini, Jerry Kelly

6 p.m. -- Joel Dahmen, Tom Lovelady, Zecheng Dou

6:10 p.m. -- Sam Saunders, Tom Hoge, Nate Lashley

6:20 p.m. -- Kyle Thompson, Xinjun Zhang, Ethan Tracy

6:30 p.m. -- Martin Piller, Aaron Wise, Abraham Ancer

Afternoon wave off No. 10:

4:40 p.m. -- Chez Reavie, Jon Curran, Dominic Bozzelli

4:50 p.m. -- Kevin Na, Whee Kim, Luke List

5 p.m. -- Michael Thompson, Kelly Kraft, Yusaku Miyazato

5:10 p.m. -- Aaron Baddeley, Gary Woodland, Brian Gay

5:20 p.m. -- Brian Stuard, Sangmoon Bae, Stewart Cink

5:30 p.m. -- Ryan Armour, Hudson Swafford, Jim Herman

5:40 p.m. -- Chris Stroud, Cody Gribble, William McGirt

5:50 p.m. -- Matt Every, John Peterson, Andrew Landry

6 p.m. -- Jonathan Randolph, Beau Hossler, Hyung-Sung Kim

6:10 p.m. -- Rob Oppenheim, Conrad Shindler, Satoshi Kodaira

6:20 p.m. -- Seamus Power, Corey Conners, Gunn Yang

6:30 p.m. -- Brice Garnett, Keith Mitchell, Tyler Ota

Scores

We’ll update scores here throughout the week and post final results come Sunday night.

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Okay, so I was tagged by @artemisocs to take this uquiz a long-ass time ago and I finally got around to it, so enjoy the answers I got for my Stranger Things OCs!!

JANDRO TORRES:

Garlic - everyone's favorite who lightens up almost every situation they touch. While they might not be the most "interesting" character, as to say, the story wouldn't be the same without them. They are what it means to be baby and don't deserve a single bad thing that comes their way. Of course, that makes them the perfect target for angst. Go figure.

MARIAH WU:

Cheese - they fancy themselves somewhat of a comic and try way too hard sometimes to lighten the mood and/or are cripplingly depressed and are just trying to make fun to get by. Sometimes this kind of character can land well, sometimes not, but you just gotta try it to find out. In general, though, they're appreciated by both friends and readers alike. Just try not to get too wild out there.

BETTY HOLLAND:

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CARRIE WHEELER:

Hot Sauce - they're the kind of person who can be kinda appetizing as a sort of add-on to other meals, but is generally too much for their own good. Whether it comes down to some kind of overconfidence, self-pity, their lone-wolf nature, or their want for attention, it's always something that makes them seem not too bad at first but can become grating as time goes on without proper development. Can also be the kind of "problematic fav" where they're a character who you know is an issue but you love them for their strengths anyway. Also could be the type who you use to contrast against someone who actually gets that aforementioned character development.

LYLE WHEELER:

Grapefruit - probably they are crucial and healthy for the plot, but lets face it; you'll never find an angstier SOB anywhere else. World weary, spiteful, and perhaps even sadistic, their main goal is to make sure that everyone will taste the sourness that pervades every aspect of their own pathetic lives.

General Taglist: @hiddenqveendom, @auxiliarydetective, @foxesandmagic, @artemisocs, @reyofluke-ocs, @guardiansofheroes.

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Northern Trust Open 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV schedule, and how to watch Sunday online

Jordan Spieth holds a Sunday lead again on the PGA Tour and he's set up to take the first leg of the FedExCup Playoffs.

The major championship season has come and gone in golf but that doesn't mean our Sundays are now empty. The FedExCup Playoffs certainly do not carry the weight of a major, but they've slotted in nicely during the late season to provide some meaningful golf that constantly draws the biggest names in the game.

The Northern Trust is the first leg of the four-stop postseason and Sunday's final round is an instant example of how the playoffs deliver some of the top stars playing compelling golf late in the year. Jordan Spieth holds a three-shot lead with 18 holes to play, but the crowd chasing him includes world No. 1 Dustin Johnson. A Spieth-DJ final pairing, playing for big money and playoff points, is exactly what the PGA Tour had in mind when it started this postseason experiment a decade ago.

Spieth would bump Hideki Matsuyama from the top spot of the FedExCup standings here in week one of the postseason. It would also put him in a prime position to win his second FEC title in three years, adding yet another massive $10 million bonus payout to his already outrageously lucrative and young career. The points reset and sometimes fickle machinations of the postseason wouldn't exactly put him in a commanding position, but he'd go to the season finale in Atlanta "controlling his own destiny" — meaning a win there would automatically mean he wins the entire Playoffs.

For the CBS haters, and there's a strong vocal group of them on Twitter at least, this could be considered a day of rejoicing. It's the network's final broadcast for about five months, as they fold up shop to focus on football. They usually return a stop or two into the West Coast swing in late January or early February, either at the Phoenix Open or Torrey Pines. While CBS has the highest-rated event in the game, August, as a whole, is probably their strongest month. It includes a prestigious WGC event, the season's final major, and a Playoffs event in the four-week stretch.

That final pairing of Spieth and DJ tee off just before 2 p.m. local at Glen Oaks. The pace all week has been steady and brisk. Expect a sub four-hour round unless there's some sort of mess to disrupt things. So Jim Nantz and friends should sign off with their final call of the year just before 6 p.m. ET. Here's your media schedule for the final round at the Northern Trust:

Sunday's final round coverage

Television:

Noon to 1:30 p.m. — Golf Channel

2 to 6 p.m. — CBS

Online streams:

8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured groups stream

Noon to 1:30 p.m. — Golf Channel LiveExtra simulcast stream

1:30 to 6 p.m. — PGATour.com/CBS simulcast stream

Radio:

1 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208 and streamed here)

TEE TIMES

Here's your full tee sheet for Sunday's final round on Long Island:

8:15 a.m.: Sean O’Hair, Kelly Kraft

8:25 a.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Rod Pampling

8:35 a.m.: William McGirt, Ian Poulter

8:45 a.m.: Charles Howell III, Luke List

8:55 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Luke Donald

9:05 a.m.: Richy Werenski, Kyle Stanley

9:15 a.m.: Hudson Swafford, Ryan Moore

9:25 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, D.A. Points

9:35 a.m.: Charley Hoffman, Lucas Glover

9:45 a.m.: J.J. Spaun, Emiliano Grillo

9:55 a.m.: Ryan Blaum, Grayson Murray

10:05 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Charl Schwartzel

10:15 a.m.: Si Woo Kim, Kevin Tway

10:25 a.m.: Scott Stallings, Chad Campbell

10:35 a.m.: Kevin Na, Kevin Kisner

10:45 a.m.: Wesley Bryan, Geoff Ogilvy

10:55 a.m.: Chris Kirk, Webb Simpson

11:05 a.m.: Jason Kokrak, Morgan Hoffmann

11:15 a.m.: Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy

11:25 a.m.: Camilo Villegas, Daniel Berger

11:35 a.m.: Martin Flores, Pat Perez

11:45 a.m.: Rickie Fowler, Tony Finau

11:55 a.m.: Whee Kim, Harold Varner III

12:05 p.m.: Jason Day, C.T. Pan

12:15 p.m.: Martin Laird, Henrik Stenson

12:25 p.m.: David Lingmerth, Louis Oosthuizen

12:35 p.m.: Robert Streb, Scott Brown

12:45 p.m.: Bubba Watson, Jhonattan Vegas

12:55 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley

1:05 p.m.: Justin Thomas, Chez Reavie

1:15 p.m.: Justin Rose, Jason Dufner

1:25 p.m.: Keegan Bradley, Kevin Chappell

1:35 p.m.: Jon Rahm, Matt Kuchar

1:45 p.m.: Paul Casey, Patrick Reed

1:55 p.m.: Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson

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Travelers Championship live stream: Tee times, TV coverage, and how to watch Sunday's Round 4 online

Jordan Spieth can join Tiger Woods as the only players of the modern era to get 10 wins before their 24th birthday.

The Travelers Championship is set up for one its best Sundays ever with Jordan Spieth taking the 54-hole lead into the final round. Spieth has led the Travelers since the front nine of his first round on Thursday, which featured five birdies in his first eight holes. He’s lost the lead at points within his subsequent two rounds, but at the end of each, the name on top remained the same.

Spieth was one of the big pre-tourney announcements that gave this event a massive boost. The Travelers carries a rep as a tournament that is aggressive in promoting itself and trying to get better, and as one that the players love. But it’s also the week after the U.S. Open, a time when many of the top players, who do not want for money, prefer to take a week break. This year, however, the Travelers landed Spieth along with Rory McIlroy for the first time. They were just a couple of the big headliners in a field that became one of the strongest of the PGA Tour regular season.

Now their hard work in hustling to build a strong field has paid off on the weekend. For the second straight day, they will get one of their prize catches playing in the final group and in the lead. This has looked like Spieth’s tournament from the get-go and while there have been a few hiccup stretches, he keeps figuring out a way to get around this TPC River Highlands course in the red and in solo first.

Jordan Spieth leads by 2. With win this week, he would join Tiger Woods as only players in modern era with 10 #PGATour wins before age 24.

— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) June 24, 2017

This is not just a nice boost for the Travelers, but it also brings some juice to the PGA Tour schedule. Anytime we can get one of its marquee stars on the lead on a Sunday, the interest is going to spike. It does not matter that it’s the week after a major when some might want to take a breather from golf. Spieth playing alongside Boo Weekley, another higher profile personality, is a nice win for the Tour and the Travelers.

The tee sheet is back to normal for the final round, with twosomes rolling off No. 1 throughout the day. Saturday’s third round featured a condensed two-hour window of groups of three off split tees. Spieth and Boo will go right at 2 p.m. ET, setting up a finish on CBS at 6 p.m. Here are your media options for Sunday at TPC River Highlands.

Sunday’s final-round coverage

Television:

1 to 2:30 p.m. ET — Golf Channel

3 to 6 p.m. — CBS

Online streams:

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Featured Groups coverage (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

1 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage (No subscription required)

1 to 2:30 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

2:30 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live/CBS simulcast stream

Radio:

1 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

TEE TIMES

Here’s the full tee sheet for Sunday’s final round (all times ET):

8:15 a.m.: Joel Dahmen, Robert Streb

8:24 a.m.: Greg Chalmers, Kevin Tway

8:33 a.m.: Hudson Swafford, Kyle Stanley

8:42 a.m.: Jonas Blixt, Geoff Ogilvy

8:51 a.m.: Rod Pampling, Rory McIlroy

9:00 a.m.: Emiliano Grillo, J.J. Henry

9:09 a.m.: Tim Wilkinson, Retief Goosen

9:18 a.m.: Wesley Bryan, Nick Watney

9:27 a.m.: Kevin Na, Michael Kim

9:36 a.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Brandt Snedeker

9:45 a.m.: Brad Fritsch, Tom Hoge

9:54 a.m.: Ricky Barnes, William McGirt

10:03 a.m.: Adam Hadwin, Patton Kizzire

10:12 a.m.: Ben An, Ryan Palmer

10:21 a.m.: Kevin Streelman, Fabian Gomez

10:30 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Mark Hubbard

10:40 a.m.: Daniel Summerhays, Bud Cauley

10:50 a.m.: Beau Hossler, Graham DeLaet

11:00 a.m.: Jim Furyk, Grayson Murray

11:10 a.m.: Anirban Lahiri, Smylie Kaufman

11:20 a.m.: Hunter Mahan, Johnson Wagner

11:30 a.m.: Brett Stegmaier, Will MacKenzie

11:40 a.m.: Russell Knox, Tony Finau

11:50 a.m.: Troy Merritt, Matt Every

12 p.m.: Bryce Molder, Chase Seiffert

12:10 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, Padraig Harrington

12:20 p.m.: Rick Lamb, Morgan Hoffmann

12:30 p.m.: Brendan Steele, Patrick Reed

12:40 p.m.: Brian Harman, Ryan Brehm

12:50 p.m.: Marc Leishman, Bryson DeChambeau

1:00 p.m.: Chez Reavie, Patrick Rodgers

1:10 p.m.: Webb Simpson, Charley Hoffman

1:20 p.m.: Danny Lee, Jason Kokrak

1:30 p.m.: David Hearn, Keegan Bradley

1:40 p.m.: David Lingmerth, Paul Casey

1:50 p.m.: Daniel Berger, C.T. Pan

2 p.m.: Jordan Spieth, Boo Weekley

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Travelers Championship 2017: Tee times, TV channel, and live stream for Round 3

Jordan Spieth leads in Hartford, while Rory McIlroy tries to make a dramatic weekend charge up the leaderboard.

One of the strongest fields in Travelers Championship history hits the weekend, where some of the largest crowds on the PGA Tour schedule will pack in to TPC River Highlands. It’s become an annual New England tradition for many now, heading to Cromwell for what is one of the rowdier and more well-attended tournaments.

This Saturday, they will have some starpower to watch in between sips of their beverages. Jordan Spieth, playing in his first ever Travelers, sits on top of the leaderboard after 36 holes. That position is held mostly due to the work he put in on Thursday, a 7-under 63 that was the lowest opening round of his PGA Tour career. He held on in the second round, posting a number in the red that was still good enough to stay in first by a shot on what is normally a track that sets up for manic leaderboard movement. Spieth will play in the final spot on the tee sheet alongside Ryder Cup partner Patrick Reed and Troy Merritt.

While Spieth is the big name on top, the Travelers did lose some of the star power in a field that was fascinating to watch come together over the last few months. The biggest names missing the cut were Jason Day, Bubba Watson, and Justin Thomas. Day just never had it from the start on Thursday and while this is a course where Bubba has feasted in the past, his season-long struggles continued even on a comfy layout.

The one big name that the event was in jeopardy of losing snuck into the weekend right on the number. Rory McIlroy, also playing in his first ever Travelers, spent all of Friday afternoon teetering on the cut line. A slip and chunked wedge shot on his last hole of the day led to a bogey that made it look like he’d miss the final two rounds for the second straight week. But the last few groups out on the course, and his finishing bogey, moved the cut line to exactly even-par. A massive 85 players made the cut, which means we’ll get a secondary cut on Saturday afternoon.

It also means we’ll have the tee sheet back out in groups of three and off split tees, as opposed to twosomes rolling of the first tee from first thing in the morning. That’s great for TV and the attending fans because it condenses everyone into a two-hour window. Almost everyone is out on the course at the same time and while Spieth plays the front, Rory will be on the back. The weather, which has been known to disrupt this event, looks good for the day so we should have an on-time finish right around 6 p.m. ET.

Here are all your media options for the third round in Cromwell:

Saturday’s third-round coverage

Television:

1 to 2:30 p.m. ET — Golf Channel

3 to 6 p.m. — CBS

Online streams:

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Featured Groups and coverage from range and opening holes (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

1 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage (No subscription required)

1 to 2:30 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

3 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live/CBS simulcast stream

Radio:

1 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

TEE TIMES

Here’s the full tee sheet for Saturday’s third round at TPC River Highlands:

Off No. 1 tee:

10:45 a.m.: Nick Watney, Jonas Blixt, William McGirt

10:55 a.m.: David Hearn, Sebastian Munoz Brad Fritsch

11:05 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Hudson Swafford, Mackenzie Hughes

11:15 a.m.: Morgan Hoffmann, Kyle Stanley, Greg Chalmers

11:25 a.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Na

11:35 a.m.: David Lingmerth, Tony Finau, Marc Leishman

11:45 a.m.: Charley Hoffman, Brett Stegmaier, Will MacKenzie

11:55 a.m.: Fabian Gomez, Paul Casey, Brian Harman

12:05 p.m.: Ryan Brehm, Johnson Wagner, Xander Schauffele

12:15 p.m.: Danny Lee, Anirban Lahiri, Brendan Steele

12:25 p.m.: Smylie Kaufman, Padraig Harrington, Jim Furyk

12:35 p.m.: Beau Hossler, Graham DeLaet, Chez Reavie

12:45 p.m.: Boo Weekley, Patrick Rodgers, Daniel Berger

12:55 p.m.: Chase Seiffert, Wesley Bryan, Daniel Summerhays

1:05 p.m.: Jordan Spieth, Troy Merritt, Patrick Reed

Off No. 10 tee:

10:45 a.m.: Matt Every, Bud Cauley, C.T. Pan

10:55 a.m.: Jason Kokrak, Geoff Ogilvy, Webb Simpson

11:05 a.m.: Tim Wilkinson, Rick Lamb, Tom Hoge

11:15 a.m.: Retief Goosen, Russell Knox, Alex Cejka

11:25 a.m.: Steve Wheatcroft, Mark Hubbard, Julian Etulain

11:35 a.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Kevin Streelman, Emiliano Grillo

11:45 a.m.: J.J. Henry, Hunter Mahan, Rod Pampling

11:55 a.m.: Michael Kim, Ben An, Kevin Tway

12:05 p.m.: Spencer Levin, Peter Malnati, Scott Piercy

12:15 p.m.: Ryan Palmer, Cameron Percy, Jamie Lovemark

12:25 p.m.: Joel Dahmen, Grayson Murray, Adam Hadwin

12:35 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Robert Streb, K.J. Choi

12:45 p.m.: Patton Kizzire, Bryce Molder

12:55 p.m.: Ricky Barnes, Sung Kang

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2017 Travelers Championship Round 2: Tee times, TV schedule, and live stream for Friday

The Travelers begins early Friday morning with Jordan Spieth in the lead.

Brooks Koepka is taking a well-earned week off after earning his first major title by running away to a record-tying finish at the 2017 U.S. Open. He isn’t the only big name to pass on this year’s Travelers Championship.

This year’s tournament is sparse on top-10 golfers, as players like Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Sergio Garcia, and Henrik Stenson will all join Koepka on the “regretfully declines” side of the Travelers RSVP. That leaves just a handful of elite linksmen in Hartford — and a tremendous opportunity for one of the game’s rising stars to make his mark with a headline-making win.

That’s what happened to Russell Knox last summer. The 32-year-old Scot earned his second PGA Tour title by holding off Jerry Kelly with a one-stroke victory. That win was part of a career year for Knox, who also notched personal best finishes at the U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in 2016.

However, 2017 hasn’t been as kind. Knox failed to make the cut at each of this year’s majors. He’ll use this weekend’s opportunity to retain his title — as part of PGA Tour Live’s featured group — as a chance to get back on track and regain his spot as one of the world’s top golfers.

Jim Furyk will also try to reclaim some 2016 magic at the the TPC at River Highlands. The veteran golfer didn’t look like a 46-year-old on the course last summer, carding a PGA-record 58 to finish out his tournament and earn a spot in the event’s top five. Furyk is coming off a solid three-under performance at the Open, and his past mastery of the course could make him a steady favorite in the championship rounds.

Furyk and Knox will have to fight through a field that may lack the prestige of a major, but still carries plenty of recognizable names. Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, and Jason Day will all try to boost their top-10 rankings with big performances in Connecticut. Other headliners like Brandt Snedeker, Bubba Watson, and Patrick Reed will be in attendance as well.

Here’s how you can follow all of Friday’s action from the 2017 Travelers Championship.

Friday’s second-round coverage

All times Eastern

Television:

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. ET — Golf Channel

7:30 to 10:30 p.m. — Golf Channel replay

Online streams:

7 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes

7 to 8:15 a.m. — Free PGA Tour live stream on Twitter

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

7:50 a.m. — Marc Leishman / Russell Knox / Bubba Watson

8 a.m. — Wesley Bryan / Jordan Spieth / Brandt Snedeker

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage (No subscription required)

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

Noon to 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Friday’s Tee Times

Here’s the full tee sheet for the second round at TPC River Highlands:

Off No. 1 Tee

7 a.m.: Martin Laird, Tag Ridings, J.T. Poston

7:10 a.m.: Bob Estes, Derek Fathauer, Ryan Blaum

7:20 a.m.: Charlie Beljan, Martin Flores, Trey Mullinax

7:30 a.m.: David Lingmerth, Nick Watney, Luke Donald

7:40 a.m.: Cody Gribble, Tony Finau, Retief Goosen

7:50 a.m.: Brendan Steele, Peter Malnati, Scott Piercy

8 a.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Zach Johnson, Alex Cejka

8:10 a.m.: Ryan Palmer, Steve Wheatcroft, Cameron Percy

8:20 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Shawn Stefani, Whee Kim

8:30 a.m.: Morgan Hoffmann, Jamie Lovemark, Andrew Loupe

8:40 a.m.: Zack Sucher, Brian Campbell, Brett Coletta

8:50 a.m.: Julian Etulain, Seamus Power, Neil Johnson

9 a.m.: Bobby Gates, Joel Dahmen, Chase Seiffert

Noon: Kevin Streelman, Stuart Appleby, Jason Kokrak

12:10 p.m.: Mark Wilson, Graham DeLaet, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano

12:20 p.m.: Carl Pettersson, Lucas Glover, Xander Schauffele

12:30 p.m.: Fabian Gomez, Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh

12:40 p.m.: Hudson Swafford, Emiliano Grillo, Padraig Harrington

12:50 p.m.: Brian Harman, Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk

1 p.m.: Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Jason Day

1:10 p.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Nick Taylor, Hunter Mahan

1:20 p.m.: John Huh, Kyle Reifers, Michael Kim

1:30 p.m.: Boo Weekley, Tim Wilkinson, John Peterson

1:40 p.m.: Ben Crane, Tyrone Van Aswegen, Brett Stegmaier

1:50 p.m.: Miguel Angel Carballo, Sebastian Munoz, Rick Lamb

2 p.m.: Jonathan Randolph, Nicholas Lindheim, Wyndham Clark

Off No. 10 Tee

7 a.m.: Patrick Rodgers, Kelly Kraft, Kevin Tway

7:10 a.m.: Scott Stallings, Anirban Lahiri, Zac Blair

7:20 a.m.: Michael Thompson, Will MacKenzie, Spencer Levin

7:30 a.m.: Jonas Blixt, William McGirt, Troy Merritt

7:40 a.m.: Daniel Berger, Matt Every, Brian Gay

7:50 a.m.: Marc Leishman, Russell Knox, Bubba Watson

8 a.m.: Wesley Bryan, Jordan Spieth, Brandt Snedeker

8:10 a.m.: Ken Duke, Rory Sabbatini, Mark Hubbard

8:20 a.m.: Seung-Yul Noh, Kevin Na, Troy Kelly

8:30 a.m.: Daniel Summerhays, Chad Collins, C.T. Pan

8:40 a.m.: Steven Alker, Brett Drewitt, Beau Hossler

8:50 a.m.: Mark Anderson, Richy Werenski, Ryan Brehm

9 a.m.: Ryan Armour, Bryson DeChambeau, Billy Downes

Noon: Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Andres Gonzales

12:10 p.m.: Harris English, Robert Garrigus, Jason Bohn

12:20 p.m.: Geoff Ogilvy, Chez Reavie, Grayson Murray

12:30 p.m.: Greg Chalmers, Smylie Kaufman, Keegan Bradley

12:40 p.m.: Adam Hadwin, J.J. Henry, Paul Casey

12:50 p.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Charley Hoffman, Robert Streb

1 p.m.: Billy Hurley III, Brian Stuard, K.J. Choi

1:10 p.m.: Rod Pampling, Jim Herman, Danny Lee

1:20 p.m.: Chad Campbell, Patton Kizzire, Harold Varner III

1:30 p.m.: Bryce Molder, David Hearn, Dominic Bozzelli

1:40 p.m.: Ricky Barnes, Sung Kang, Byeong Hun An

1:50 p.m..: Tom Hoge, Brandon Hagy, Ryan Ruffels

2 p.m.: Brad Fritsch, Bobby Wyatt, Zach Zaback

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Travelers Championship 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV channel, and how to watch Round 1 online

Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy headline the Travelers in their first trip to Hartford. Here’s how to ignore work and watch a loaded Travelers Championship.

It’s the first week of summer, but we’re already into the second half of the PGA Tour season. There are two more majors left but the regular season ends in mid-August, meaning there are only a handful of events left for players to start piling up FedExCup points and earnings.

The Travelers Championship is the first official event of the summer and it’s stacked. We’d typically exhale the week after major — maybe take a walk and some time away from golf after watching hours and hours of major golf the preceding week. But the Travelers doesn’t really present that kind of opportunity, what with Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, and Jordan Spieth all committing to the traditional event in Hartford. For Rory and Spieth, it’s their first trip to the Travelers. It’s Day’s third but it has been a few years since the Aussie made it to TPC River Highlands.

All three are former world No. 1s and easily capable of recapturing that crown, and quickly. This will be a far different test from Erin Hills last week and a chance to really pile up some birdies. Rory alluded to this earlier in the week, saying it would be a nice change of pace and opportunity to feel good about your game. McIlroy and Day both bombed out early at the U.S. Open, while Spieth spent the weekend middling out of contention. This is an opportunity for all three to get some good vibes going and post some low 60s numbers to get the summer off right.

It also makes this a must-watch for the golf nerds and one of the stronger events of the entire season, especially in the non-WGC and non-major category. The Travelers also had some luxuries to work with on the tee sheet, the Tour splitting up their field riches between the morning and afternoon waves. That happens every week but this depth at the top makes both sides of the draw pretty attractive. On Thursday, Spieth and Bubba Watson will be the big names in the afternoon coverage while Rory, Day, and Justin Thomas will be some of the stars carrying the morning coverage on PGA Tour Live. The nuts and bolts details for Thursday’s round below.

Here are all your media options for Thursday’s first round in Connecticut:

Thursday’s first-round coverage

Television:

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. ET — Golf Channel

7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. — Golf Channel replay

Online streams:

7 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes

7 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. ET — Free PGA Tour live stream on Twitter

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

7:50 a.m. — Rory McIlroy / Brian Harman / Jim Furyk

8 a.m. — Justin Thomas / Patrick Reed / Jason Day

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage (No subscription required)

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

Noon to 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

TEE TIMES

Here’s the full tee sheet for the opening round at TPC River Highlands:

Off No. 1 Tee:

7:00 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Andres Gonzales

7:10 a.m.: Harris English, Robert Garrigus, Jason Bohn

7:20 a.m.: Geoff Ogilvy, Chez Reavie, Grayson Murray

7:30 a.m.: Greg Chalmers, Smylie Kaufman, Keegan Bradley

7:40 a.m.: Adam Hadwin, J.J. Henry, Paul Casey

7:50 a.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Charley Hoffman, Robert Streb

8:00 a.m.: Billy Hurley III, Brian Stuard, K.J. Choi

8:10 a.m.: Rod Pampling, Jim Herman, Danny Lee

8:20 a.m.: Chad Campbell, Patton Kizzire, Harold Varner III

8:30 a.m.: Bryce Molder, David Hearn, Dominic Bozzelli

8:40 a.m.: Ricky Barnes, Sung Kang, Byeong Hun An

8:50 a.m.: Tom Hoge, Brandon Hagy, Ryan Ruffels

9:00 a.m.: Brad Fritsch, Bobby Wyatt, Zach Zaback

12:00 p.m.: Patrick Rodgers, Kelly Kraft, Kevin Tway

12:10 p.m.: Scott Stallings, Anirban Lahiri, Zac Blair

12:20 p.m.: Michael Thompson, Will MacKenzie, Spencer Levin

12:30 p.m.: Jonas Blixt, William McGirt, Troy Merritt

12:40 p.m.: Daniel Berger, Matt Every, Brian Gay

12:50 p.m.: Marc Leishman, Russell Knox, Bubba Watson

1:00 p.m.: Wesley Bryan, Jordan Spieth, Brandt Snedeker

1:10 p.m.: Ken Duke, Rory Sabbatini, Mark Hubbard

1:20 p.m.: Seung-Yul Noh, Kevin Na, Troy Kelly

1:30 p.m.: Daniel Summerhays, Chad Collins, C.T. Pan

1:40 p.m.: Steven Alker, Brett Drewitt, Beau Hossler

1:50 p.m.: Mark Anderson, Richy Werenski, Ryan Brehm

2:00 p.m.: Ryan Armour, Bryson DeChambeau, Billy Downes

Off No. 10 Tee:

7:00 a.m.: Kevin Streelman, Stuart Appleby, Jason Kokrak

7:10 a.m.: Mark Wilson, Graham DeLaet, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano

7:20 a.m.: Carl Pettersson, Lucas Glover, Xander Schauffele

7:30 a.m.: Fabian Gomez, Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh

7:40 a.m.: Hudson Swafford, Emiliano Grillo, Padraig Harrington

7:50 a.m.: Brian Harman, Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk

8:00 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Jason Day

8:10 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Nick Taylor, Hunter Mahan

8:20 a.m.: John Huh, Kyle Reifers, Michael Kim

8:30 a.m.: Boo Weekley, Tim Wilkinson, John Peterson

8:40 a.m.: Ben Crane, Tyrone Van Aswegen, Brett Stegmaier

8:50 a.m.: Miguel Angel Carballo, Sebastian Munoz, Rick Lamb

9:00 a.m.: Jonathan Randolph, Nicholas Lindheim, Wyndham Clark

12:00 p.m.: Martin Laird, Tag Ridings, J.T. Poston

12:10 p.m.: Bob Estes, Derek Fathauer, Ryan Blaum

12:20 p.m.: Charlie Beljan, Martin Flores, Trey Mullinax

12:30 p.m.: David Lingmerth, Nick Watney, Luke Donald

12:40 p.m.: Cody Gribble, Tony Finau, Retief Goosen

12:50 p.m.: Brendan Steele, Peter Malnati, Scott Piercy

1:00 p.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Zach Johnson, Alex Cejka

1:10 p.m.: Ryan Palmer, Steve Wheatcroft, Cameron Percy

1:20 p.m.: Bud Cauley, Shawn Stefani, Whee Kim

1:30 p.m.: Morgan Hoffmann, Jamie Lovemark, Andrew Loupe

1:40 p.m.: Zack Sucher, Brian Campbell, Brett Coletta

1:50 p.m.: Julian Etulain, Seamus Power, Neil Johnson

2:00 p.m.: Bobby Gates, Joel Dahmen, Chase Seiffert

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Memorial Tournament 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV channel, and how to watch Sunday's round online

The Memorial is one of the biggest events on the PGA Tour and a handful of stars are in contention for Sunday’s finale.

In what has become the annual final big test before the U.S. Open, The Memorial Tournament is set up for a strong Sunday finish at Jack’s place. Muirfield Village has brought out some of the best this week, while also punishing the slightest missteps. It’s one of the purest courses on the PGA Tour and almost every big name in the game shows up each year in Columbus to pay homage to Jack Nicklaus and play his pristine course.

After an eventful moving day on Saturday, we’re left with Daniel Summerhays on top by three shots. At this point, Summerhays could be considered a PGA Tour veteran with several appearances on leaderboards in recent years. But he does not have a win. Breaking through here would be an enormous step and career highlight and one that close week-to-week watchers of the Tour would cheer for.

For TV purposes, Summerhays may not be the most powerful of stars to be showcasing late on Sunday. But we’ve seen lesser names like William McGirt and David Lingmerth win here recently too, so it’s not just a track for the top of the world rankings. As Jason Dufner showed on Saturday, however, a multi-shot lead can run away in a hurry here too. It’s hard to see Summerhays giving shots back the way Duf did in the third round (four in his first five holes), but the chasers are a loaded group of the game’s best who could certainly even this out by the back nine.

Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar, Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, and Dufner are all among a group within earshot of the lead. Spieth is the farthest back, needing to close a six-shot gap with a lot of star power in between. But he’s been striking the ball fantastically the last two weeks and could have a super low number in him to make it interesting.

The Memorial is one of the premier events on the PGA Tour. It’s not a major by any stretch, but the venue, purse size, field, and imprimatur of Jack make it more that your average week on Tour. CBS extends their coverage juuuuust a little bit, adding an extra half hour for the final round. Golf Channel will have their customary early-round coverage and PGA Tour Live will be streaming throughout the day.

Here’s your media schedule for Sunday’s final round:

Sunday's final-round coverage

Television:

Noon to 2 p.m. -- Golf Channel

2:30 to 6 p.m. -- CBS

Online streams:

8:10 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live featured groups stream

Noon to 2 p.m. -- Golf Channel/NBC Sports LiveExtra simulcast stream

2 to 6 p.m. -- CBS Sports/PGA Tour Live simulcast stream

Radio:

1 to 6 p.m. -- PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

TEE TIMES

Here’s the full tee sheet for Sunday’s final round (all times ET):

7:50 a.m.: Rod Pampling, Matthew Griffin

7:59 a.m.: Patrick Reed, K.J. Choi

8:08 a.m.: Curtis Luck, Alex Cejka

8:17 a.m.: Sean O’Hair, Vaughn Taylor

8:26 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Greg Chalmers

8:35 a.m.: D.A. Points, Ollie Schniederjans

8:44 a.m.: Danny Lee, Russell Knox

8:53 a.m.: Patrick Rodgers, Webb Simpson

9:02 a.m.: Sung Kang, Cameron Smith

9:11 a.m.: Camilo Villegas, Zac Blair

9:20 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Patrick Cantlay

9:29 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Brendan Steele

9:38 a.m.: Ben Martin, Nick Taylor

9:47 a.m.: Soren Kjeldsen, Kevin Chappell

9:56 a.m.: Ricky Barnes, Mackenzie Hughes

10:05 a.m.: Brian Stuard, Charley Hoffman

10:15 a.m.: Martin Laird, Tony Finau

10:25 a.m.: Grayson Murray, Padraig Harrington

10:35 a.m.: C.T. Pan, Harold Varner III

10:45 a.m.: Graham DeLaet, Jonas Blixt

10:55 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Brett Coletta

11:05 a.m.: Bill Haas, Adam Scott

11:15 a.m.: William McGirt, Sam Saunders

11:25 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Anirban Lahiri

11:35 a.m.: Jason Day, Stewart Cink

11:45 a.m.: Lucas Glover, Emiliano Grillo

11:55 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Marc Leishman

12:05 p.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Phil Mickelson

12:15 p.m.: Ross Fisher, Bud Cauley

12:25 p.m.: Pat Perez, Byeong Hun An

12:35 p.m.: Jim Herman, Steve Stricker

12:45 p.m.: David Lingmerth, James Hahn

12:55 p.m.: Jason Kokrak, Shane Lowry

1:05 p.m.: Kevin Kisner, Jordan Spieth

1:15 p.m.: Jamie Lovemark, Kevin Streelman

1:25 p.m.: Jason Dufner, Rickie Fowler

1:35 p.m.: Bubba Watson, Justin Thomas

1:45 p.m.: Daniel Summerhays, Matt Kuchar

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Wells Fargo Championship 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV schedule, and how to watch Thursday online

The Wells Fargo Championship is one of the premier stops on the PGA Tour and this year we’ll get a look at a new venue.

May can be a tough month on the PGA Tour calendar. It’s sandwiched in between a bunch of months with major championships. Granted, there’s The Players, which everyone plays if they have an exemption. But it’s also a stretch where players feel they can pick and choose a bit, especially before the summer sprint really starts in earnest. So you can get a lull between the Masters and the end of May.

One of the premier events during this stretch, and really on the entire PGA Tour schedule, is the Wells Fargo Championship. The tournament’s identity and appeal largely come from its venue, Quail Hollow in Charlotte. It’s an excellently maintained track, long, and with major championship bones. This year, however, Quail is actually hosting a major, the PGA Championship in August. So the annual May stop for the Wells Fargo was a no go, taking some appeal away for the players that have always put it on their schedule because of the course.

This year’s Wells Fargo moves across the state to the Wilmington area and Tom Fazio’s Eagle Point. From all early accounts, the place is absolutely pure. The conditioning of the course is what we’ve heard the most about so far, with Augusta-esque perfection from tee to green. While it’s not Quail Hollow, this might be a nice change on the schedule and a good opportunity to see some of the best in the world on a new track.

While the course looks like a strong replacement for Quail, the field took a bit of a hit this year. As I noted last week, some of that could be due to the boost in popularity of the Zurich Classic. The interest in that new two-man team format may have made the weeks preceding it and this week an easier pass for some of the bigger names (13 of the top 30 played last week in NOLA, which had 3 of the top 30 last year). Rory McIlroy, a staple at the Wells Fargo, also got married and is taking a break until next week’s Players. Andy at the Fried Egg ran the numbers and after 14 of the top 25 committed to last year’s Wells Fargo, only 6 showed up this year at Eagle Point.

The field may be down, but that doesn’t mean this won’t still be a good watch. The new course is worth checking out and old friend Phil Mickelson will be back in action, making his first start since the Masters. The world No. 1, Dustin Johnson, is also back, making his first start since the WGC Dell Match Play. That’s who everyone will want to see, especially with The Players coming up next week. DJ says he’s healthy and ready to go again after his fall at the Masters. We’ll get a look early on Thursday, when he’s playing in one of PGA Tour Live’s featured groups streams before 8 a.m. ET. Here’s the full media schedule for the opening round:

Thursday’s first-round coverage

Television:

2 to 6 p.m. ET — Golf Channel

7 p.m. to 11 p.m. — Golf Channel replay

Online streams:

7 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes

7 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. ET — Free PGA Tour live stream on Twitter

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

7:45 a.m. — Patrick Reed / Adam Scott / Jim Furyk

7:56 a.m. — Dustin Johnson / Davis Love III / Bill Haas

2 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage (No subscription required)

2 to 6 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

Noon to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

And here’s the full tee sheet for the opening round at Eagle Point.

Thursday’s Tee Times

Off No. 1 tee:

6:50 a.m.: Rory Sabbatini, Stuart Appleby, Kyle Reifers

7:01 a.m.: Chesson Hadley, Charlie Beljan, Ricky Barnes

7:12 a.m.: Carl Pettersson, Dominic Bozzelli, J.T. Poston

7:23 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Hunter Mahan, Retief Goosen

7:34 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Zach Johnson, Ben Martin

7:45 a.m.: D.A. Points, David Lingmerth, Brian Gay

7:56 a.m.: Pat Perez, Peter Malnati, Alex Cejka

8:07 a.m.: Bryce Molder, Willy Wilcox, Byeong Hun An

8:18 a.m.: Scott Stallings, Martin Laird, Spencer Levin

8:29 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Shawn Stefani, Patton Kizzire

8:40 a.m.: Brandon Hagy, Ryan Brehm, Curtis Luck

8:51 a.m.: Sam Saunders, Ryan Armour, Chase Koepka

9:02 a.m.: Andrew Johnston, Joel Dahmen, Justin Lower

12 p.m.: Matt Jones, Chez Reavie, Chris Stroud

12:11 p.m.: Camilo Villegas, Morgan Hoffmann, Whee Kim

12:22 p.m.: Seung-Yul Noh, Cameron Tringale, Mark Hubbard

12:33 p.m.: Kevin Kisner, Emiliano Grillo, Stewart Cink

12:44 p.m.: Billy Hurley III, Daniel Berger, Steven Bowditch

12:55 p.m.: Wesley Bryan, Jon Rahm, Paul Casey

1:06 p.m.: James Hahn, J.B. Holmes, Phil Mickelson

1:17 p.m.: Brian Harman, Jason Bohn, Chad Collins

1:28 p.m.: Kevin Streelman, Derek Ernst, Martin Flores

1:39 p.m.: Brendon de Jonge, Tag Ridings, Steve Wheatcroft

1:50 p.m.: Steven Alker, Julian Etulain, Brett Drewitt

2:01 p.m.: Mark Anderson, Bobby Wyatt, Zack Sucher

2:12 p.m.: Tyler Aldridge, Nicholas Lindheim, Blake Kennedy

Off No. 10 tee:

6:50 a.m.: Michael Thompson, Andres Gonzales, Soren Kjeldsen

7:01 a.m.: Bob Estes, Shane Bertsch, Harold Varner III

7:12 a.m.: Ryo Ishikawa, Tim Wilkinson, Patrick Rodgers

7:23 a.m.: Nick Taylor, Ernie Els, Alex Noren

7:34 a.m.: William McGirt, Smylie Kaufman, Webb Simpson

7:45 a.m.: Patrick Reed, Adam Scott, Jim Furyk

7:56 a.m.: Dustin Johnson, Davis Love III, Bill Haas

8:07 a.m.: Ken Duke, Roberto Castro, John Peterson

8:18 a.m.: Brendon Todd, Scott Brown, Zac Blair

8:29 a.m.: Angel Cabrera, Cameron Percy, C.T. Pan

8:40 a.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa, Rick Lamb

8:51 a.m.: Richy Werenski, Trey Mullinax, Robby Shelton

9:02 a.m.: Tom Hoge, Miguel Angel Carballo, Carter Jenkins

12 p.m.: Harris English, Mark Wilson, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano

12:11 p.m.: Chad Campbell, Jason Kokrak, Tyrone Van Aswegen

12:22 p.m.: Geoff Ogilvy, Boo Weekley, Greg Owen

12:33 p.m.: Fabian Gomez, Chris Kirk, Kevin Na

12:44 p.m.: Vaughn Taylor, J.J. Henry, Vijay Singh

12:55 p.m.: Hudson Swafford, Graeme McDowell, Nick Watney

1:06 p.m.: Greg Chalmers, Troy Merritt, Robert Streb

1:17 p.m.: Will MacKenzie, David Hearn, Luke List

1:28 p.m.: Johnson Wagner, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Ryan Blaum

1:39 p.m.: Lucas Glover, Derek Fathauer, Brett Stegmaier

1:50 p.m.: Brad Fritsch, Jonathan Randolph, Seamus Power

2:01 p.m.: Kevin Tway, Grayson Murray, Brian Campbell

2:12 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, Sebastian Munoz, Savio Nazareth

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Zurich Classic 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV channel, and how to watch Thursday online

A format change to two-man teams has made the Zurich Classic now a must-watch and one of the more exciting events of the entire PGA Tour season.

The Zurich Classic has gone from one of the sleepiest lower-tier events on the PGA Tour schedule to a must-watch in 2017. That’s because the PGA Tour made the radical, by their standards, decision to switch up the format at the Zurich and finally bring a two-man team contest to the PGA Tour. It’s the first such format since 1981 and a welcome deviation from the week-to-week monotony of 72-hole stroke play events.

The format change gave the Zurich an enormous and obvious boost. Regular PGA Tour watchers cannot wait to see how it works, the players are hyped to change things up, and the field is far deeper than its been in recent years. There were only three of the top 30 players in the world here last year. This year, 13 of the top 30 are here, including Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day, and Justin Rose.

The move was a no-brainer and one that fans had been clamoring about for years. The partnerships range from the obvious and high-powered to the odd and potentially combustible. The players got to choose how they’d partner up, and that left some lesser-known guys scrambling to find a buddy. For the hardcore fans looking to get beyond just the Jason and Rickie high-five show, it will be delectable to watch some of those odd duos.

The two-man games will alternate between foursomes, otherwise known as alternate shot, and four-ball, also known as best ball. Those are the two formats we use for the team events, the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup. But only 12 players make each of those teams and there are 160 in this field. That means this is the first time in years that so many of these players will be adjusting to this kind of game instead of their own usual stroke play ball.

Thursday’s first round will feature the alternate shot foursomes format. That could get wild as players try to adapt to their partners’ ball, which seems small, but is a major change at this highest level of the game. We hear about it at every Ryder Cup. Golf Channel will have their customary three-hour block of coverage for the opening round. But you can stream coverage throughout the morning before that. Here’s your full media schedule for the opening round, one of the most anticipated of the season on the PGA Tour:

Thursday’s first-round coverage

Television:

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. ET — Golf Channel

7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. — Golf Channel replay

Online streams:

9 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes

9 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET — Free PGA Tour live stream on Twitter

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

9:32 a.m. — Jason Day & Rickie Fowler / Daniel Berger & Thomas Pieters

9:42 a.m. — Justin Rose & Henrik Stenson / Hideki Matsuyama & Hideto Tanihara

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage (No subscription required)

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

1 to 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Tee Times

And here’s the full tee sheet for the opening round on Thursday at TPC Louisiana (all times ET).

Off No. 1 tee:

9 a.m.: Spencer Levin/Rocco Mediate, Martin Flores/Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano

9:11 a.m.: Jamie Lovemark/Luke Donald, Brian Harman/Johnson Wagner

9:21 a.m.: Tyrone Van Aswegen/Retief Goosen, J.J. Henry/Tom Hoge

9:32 a.m.: Russell Henley/Blayne Barber, Branden Grace/Louis Oosthuizen

9:42 a.m.: Cody Gribble/Jim Herman, Troy Merritt/Robert Streb

9:53 a.m.: Jason Dufner/Patton Kizzire, Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown

10:03 a.m.: Russell Knox/Kevin Streelman, Steven Bowditch/Boo Weekley

10:14 a.m.: Dominic Bozzelli/J.T. Poston, Andrew Loupe/John Peterson

10:25 a.m.: Kelly Kraft/Kevin Tway, Kyle Reifers/Andrew Johnston

10:36 a.m.: Miguel Angel Carballo/Brian Campbell, Kyle Ramey/Phil Schmitt

1:20 p.m.: Seung-Yul Noh/Byeong Hun An, Ricky Barnes/Matt Jones

1:31 p.m.: David Hearn/Graham DeLaet, Jonas Blixt/Cameron Smith

1:41 p.m.: Will McGirt/Robert Garrigus, Vaughn Taylor/Andres Gonzales

1:52 p.m.: Keegan Bradley/Brendan Steele, Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney

2:02 p.m.: Bubba Watson/J.B. Holmes, Kevin Chappell/Gary Woodland

2:13 p.m.: Jordan Spieth/Ryan Palmer, Justin Thomas/Bud Cauley

2:23 p.m.: Steve Stricker/Jerry Kelly, Smylie Kaufman/Harold Varner III

2:34 p.m.: Roberto Castro/Scott Stallings, Ken Duke/Chad Collins

2:44 p.m.: Ollie Schniederjans/Richy Werenski, Angel Cabrera/Julian Etulain

2:54 p.m.: Mark Hubbard/Jonathan Randolph, J.J. Spaun/Ryan Brehm

Off No. 10 tee:

9 a.m.: Freddie Jacobson/Willy Wilcox, Steve Marino/Will MacKenzie

9:11 a.m.: Chris Kirk/Brendon Todd, K.J. Choi/Charlie Wi

9:21 a.m.: Brooks Koepka/Chase Koepka, Geoff Ogilvy/Ian Poulter

9:32 a.m.: Jason Day/Rickie Fowler, Daniel Berger/Thomas Pieters

9:42 a.m.: Justin Rose/Henrik Stenson, Hideki Matsuyama/Hideto Tanihara

9:53 a.m.: Tony Finau/Daniel Summerhays, Peter Malnati/Mark Wilson

10:03 p.m.: Ben Martin/Ben Crane, Wes Bryan, Ryan Blaum

10:14 a.m.: Whee Kim/Greg Owen, Zac Blair/C.T. Pan

10:25 a.m.: Grayson Murray/Cameron Percy, Kyle Stanley/Ryan Ruffels

10:36 a.m.: Bryson DeChambeau/Rory Sabbatini, Seamus Power/Steven Alker

1:20 p.m.: Morgan Hoffmann/Camilo Villegas, Shawn Stefani/John Rollins

1:31 p.m.: Chez Reavie/Lucas Glover, Carl Pettersson/Jason Bohn

1:41 p.m.: Brian Stuard/Chris Stroud, Alex Cejka/Soren Kjeldsen

1:52 p.m.: Mackenzie Hughes/Nick Taylor, Fabian Gomez/Jhonattan Vegas

2:02 p.m.: Billy Horschel/Matt Every, David Lingmerth/Danny Lee

2:13 p.m.: Tyrrell Hatton/Jamie Donaldson, Si Woo Kim/Sung Kang

2:23 p.m.: Patrick Reed/Patrick Cantlay, Hudson Swafford/Harris English

2:34 p.m.: Patrick Rodgers/Cameron Tringale, Michael Thompson/Tim Wilkinson

2:45 p.m.: Michael Kim/Brandon Hagy, Derek Fathauer/Sam Saunders

2:56 p.m.: Trey Mullinax/Bobby Wyatt, Xander Schauffele/Tag Ridings

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Shell Houston Open 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV channel, and how to watch Sunday online

Rickie Fowler is making a charge in the final pre-Masters tuneup.

At the start of the Shell Houston Open, the prospect for an on-time Sunday finish did not look good. The weather forecast looked horrible for the entire weekend in the Houston area, with Sunday getting the worst of it. But so far, so good and we’ve made both two cuts and got through 54 holes on time at the Golf Club of Houston.

Now comes the Sunday challenge. As a precaution, the Tour made the typical move of putting the remaining field in groups of three and off split tees for the final round, bumping the entire field up into a two-hour block first thing in the morning. This is the customary practice when inclement weather is in the forecast and an on-time finish is paramount. This week, that’s more important than ever with a host of players not wanting this thing to extend into Monday and infringe on Masters week preparations.

So the first groups will go off Nos. 1 and 10 at 7:15 a.m. local and 8:15 a.m. ET. The anchor group of Sung Kang, Rickie Fowler, and Russell Henley will go at 10:05 a.m. ET and try to race around the track in just over four hours without weather interruptions. Fowler made a dramatic push on Saturday to get this at least interesting at the top of the leaderboard. Kang was running away with it at the 36-hole mark, but the start to Saturday’s round made this a ballgame real quick. Fowler started the third round seven shots back of Kang but pulled even after just 14 holes. It was a rapid charge and while Rick dropped back a bit coming into the house, he’s now well within striking distance, just three shots back. After Saturday’s seven-shot hole, that’s nothing.

Fowler is obviously the headliner in this final pre-Masters tuneup. The Houston Open has done a fantastic job drawing a strong field, setting up their course in a way that approximates conditions one might face in the men’s first major of the season. It’s always been fun to watch some last-minute hopeful desperately try and punch the final ticket to Augusta. Fowler is already in the field but Kang will have to change his travel plans with a win and get over to Georgia next week.

Unfortunately, for the event, the weather bumping tee times up means we’ll likely get this coverage on tape delay, unless there’s some lengthy weather stoppage early in the day. That’s never ideal for the event, the networks, the audience, or the Tour but the priority is trying to get this thing in on time. Here’s the coverage schedule for Sunday in Houston (all times ET):

Sunday's final-round coverage

Television:

1 to 3 p.m. -- Golf Channel

3 to 6 p.m. -- NBC

Online streams:

1 to 6 p.m. -- Golf Channel/NBC Sports LiveExtra simulcast stream

Radio:

1 to 6 p.m. -- PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

An here’s the full tee sheet for Sunday’s final round (all time ET):

Off No. 1 tee:

8:15 a.m.: Nick Taylor, Patrick Cantlay, Chris Wood

8:25 a.m.: Sam Saunders, Geoff Ogilvy, Peter Uihlein

8:35 a.m.: Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge, D.A. Points

8:45 a.m.: Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Bernd Wiesberger

8:55 a.m.: Robert Garrigus, Michael Thompson, Jon Rahm

9:05 a.m.: Justin Rose, Zac Blair, Harold Varner III

9:15 a.m.: J.T. Poston, Kevin Chappell, Andy Sullivan

9:25 a.m.: Danny Lee, Stewart Cink, Jason Dufner

9:35 a.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Michael Kim, Andrew Loupe

9:45 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Aaron Baddeley, Hudson Swafford

9:55 a.m.: Luke List, Rafael Campos, Daniel Berger

10:05 a.m.: Sung Kang, Rickie Fowler, Russell Henley

Off No. 10 tee:

8:15 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Angel Cabrera, Spencer Levin

8:25 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Robert Streb, Troy Merritt

8:35 a.m.: Matt Jones, Beau Hossler, Morgan Hoffmann

8:45 a.m.: Kevin Streelman, Chad Campbell, J.J. Spaun

8:55 a.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Ryan Blaum, John Huh

9:05 a.m.: Tony Finau, Blayne Barber, Andres Gonzales

9:15 a.m.: J.J. Henry, Tyrone Van Aswegen, James Hahn

9:25 a.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Johnson Wagner, Sean O’Hair

9:35 a.m.: Luke Donald, Matt Every, Grayson Murray

9:45 a.m.: Bryce Molder, Cody Gribble, Phil Mickelson

9:55 a.m.: Kyle Reifers, Harris English

10:05 a.m.: Davis Love III, Ben Crane

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Arnold Palmer Invitational 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV schedule, and how to watch Sunday online

The final round at Bay Hill will be an emotional one.

There are just 18 holes left in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, one of the marquee early-season events on the PGA Tour and a key pre-Masters Florida swing stop. The week at Bay Hill is always special, but this 2017 edition has taken on a whole new meaning. It’s the first ever without Mr. Palmer, the golf icon who has his signature, logo, name, and imprimatur on everything at this event. The first edition held without Mr. Palmer has been first class, a week-long tribute to the man who brought professional golf to the masses in the United States.

The final 18 holes won’t be the same without Mr. Palmer in his cart, greeting the players, watching them from his different perches around the course, and then handing the trophy to the winner on the 18th green. One of the great honors of winning this tournament was meeting Arnie greenside as you walked off with the win, getting the trophy, and then going for a drink with the legend in the Bay Hill clubhouse. Jason Day, who won last year, said he was “hammered” after having a drink with Mr. Palmer.

We won’t get some of those customs and scenes on this Sunday, but it will still be a special honor for the winner in this first API without the namesake presiding over the event. Golf Channel and NBC will split the duties at Bay Hill on Sunday. NBC has been the traditional coverage partner for the PGA Tour during this March Madness stretch when CBS is occupied with college hoops. They get some prime events on the Florida swing, and that includes the stop at Bay Hill. It’s fitting, too, as Palmer founded Golf Channel, which falls under the Comcast umbrella with NBC. The Golf Channel headquarters are just down the road from Bay Hill, and the network and Palmer shared a close relationship. So this week, so many people who work at a place that he helped create are paying homage.

The coverage will start at 12:30 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, with the leaders still just on the range and not close to teeing off yet. We get almost six hours of coverage on Sunday, which is longer than most final rounds on the PGA Tour. But this is as important as any for the broadcast partners Golf Channel and NBC. Here’s your media schedule for Sunday’s final round (all times ET):

Sunday's final-round coverage

Television:

12:30 to 2:30 p.m. -- Golf Channel

2:30 to 6 p.m. -- NBC

Online streams:

12:30 to 6 p.m. -- Golf Channel/NBC Sports LiveExtra simulcast stream

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. -- PGA Tour Live featured holes stream (No subscription required)

Radio:

1 to 6 p.m. -- PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

The Arnold Palmer Invitational is a smaller field to begin with on Thursday. Just 120 players get a spot at Bay Hill, and getting through 72 holes on time is rarely a problem. The weather has not been nice, with a cold snap hitting central Florida this week, but nothing too severe to delay play at all. The switch to daylight savings also ensures this final Florida swing stop won’t have any issues getting finished on time. The final round will feature twosomes all rolling off No. 1 tee in a wave from about 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. That should have the final two finishing up on the 18th green just before 6 p.m. in Orlando and on NBC.

Here’s the full tee sheet for Sunday’s final round at Bay Hill (all times ET):

8:15 a.m.: Bubba Watson, Blayne Barber

8:24 a.m.: Jim Herman, Martin Laird

8:33 a.m.: Kevin Chappell, Kevin Streelman

8:42 a.m.: Boo Weekley, C.T. Pan

8:51 a.m.: J.J. Spaun, Ryan Ruffels

9:00 a.m.: Troy Merritt, Ben Martin

9:09 a.m.: Danny Lee, Charles Howell III

9:18 a.m.: Ben An, Zach Johnson

9:27 a.m.: David Hearn, Wesley Bryan

9:36 a.m.: James Hahn, Matt Every

9:45 a.m.: Jason Kokrak, Tim Herron

9:54 a.m.: Fabian Gomez, John Huh

10:03 a.m.: Jeunghun Wang, Steve Wheatcroft

10:12 a.m.: Jamie Lovemark, Tony Finau

10:21 a.m.: Si Woo Kim, Jason Day

10:30 a.m.: Ian Poulter, Derek Fathauer

10:39 a.m.: Stewart Cink, David Lingmerth

10:48 a.m.: Brian Harman, Ryan Moore

10:57 a.m.: Ollie Schniederjans, Vaughn Taylor

11:06 a.m.: Alex Noren, Charl Schwartzel

11:15 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Luke List

11:25 a.m.: Brandt Snedeker, Louis Oosthuizen

11:35 a.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, Graeme McDowell

11:45 a.m.: Aaron Baddeley, Brandon Hagy

11:55 a.m.: Emiliano Grillo, Hudson Swafford

12:05 p.m.: Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley

12:15 p.m.: Pat Perez, Michael Kim

12:25 p.m.: Cameron Smith, Francesco Molinari

12:35 p.m.: Billy Horschel, Martin Kaymer

12:45 p.m.: Paul Casey, Harold Varner III

12:55 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose

1:05 p.m.: Kyle Stanley, Greg Chalmers

1:15 p.m.: Lucas Glover, Rory McIlroy

1:25 p.m.: Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Hadwin

1:35 p.m.: Tyrrell Hatton, Marc Leishman

1:45 p.m.: Kevin Kisner, Charley Hoffman

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