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When to watch The Players Championship 2026
The tournament runs from Thursday to Sunday. Where to watch
The Players Championship 2026 will air in the US on Peacock. See at ESPN
Watch The Players Championship 2026 in the US
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The Players Championship 2026: TV Schedule. How to Watch, Stream All the PGA Tour Golf From Anywhere
What is the US TV schedule for the Players Championship 2026?
Livestream the Players Championship 2026 in the US
Livestream the Players Championship 2026 in the UK
Livestream the Players Championship 2026 in Australia
Stream the Players Championship 2026 in Canada
Golf’s unofficial “fifth major” is upon us as the world’s best players head to Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida for the Players Championship.
Current world No. 2 Rory McIlroy comes into this year’s tournament as the defending champ. However, the Irish star’s hopes of matching Scottie Scheffler’s recent back-to-back triumphs at Sawgrass have been cast in doubt due to a back injury that forced him to pull out of last weekend’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Despite his disrupted preparations, McIlroy remains among the main favourites, with Scheffler and Collin Morikawa currently leading the betting with the bookies.
Up for grabs at the PGA’s flagship tournament is a substantial $25 million prize pool and a tidy $4.5 million for the overall winner.
Ireland’s Rory McIlroy celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style last year by defeating JJ Spaun in a play-off to win the Players Championship for a second time.
Keyur Khamar/PGA TOUR via Getty Images What is the US TV schedule for the Players Championship 2026? Linear TV coverage of the Players Championship in the US is on The Golf Channel and NBC.
That means you’ll also be able to live stream both networks’ feeds via NBC’s online service Peacock.
For more comprehensive coverage, the streaming service ESPN Plus offers extended PGA Tour Live access, including marquee groups, featured groups, featured holes, and the main action feeds.
Here’s the full TV schedule (all times ET):
Thursday and Friday
Golf Channel: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. ESPN Plus: 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday
NBC, Peacock: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
ESPN Plus: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday
NBC, Peacock: 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
ESPN Plus: 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Livestream the Players Championship 2026 in the US Linear TV coverage in the US is on The Golf Channel and NBC, while streaming service Peacock has NBC’s coverage of the entire tournament.
For more comprehensive coverage, PGA Tour livestreaming coverage takes place Thursday through Sunday on ESPN Plus, offering main action feeds, marquee groups, featured groups and featured hole coverage.
ESPN Plus is accessible via the network’s ESPN Select or ESPN Unlimited streaming packages. ESPN Select carries ESPN Plus and is the cheaper option at $13 a month
ESPN ESPN’s streaming platforms have been shaken up in recent months. The sports network now offers two tiers with its new direct-to-consumer setup: ESPN Select and ESPN Unlimited. ESPN Select is essentially what ESPN Plus used to be, with the same content available to subscribers, including PGA golf, for $13 a month. If you want full access to ESPN’s networks and services, such as ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNews and ESPN Deportes, as well as all of ESPN Select’s content, then ESPN Unlimited is the way to go. It costs $30 a month.
Peacock currently costs $11 per month for the ad-supported Peacock Premium plan and $17 per month for the ad-free Peacock Premium Plus plan.
Four of the major live TV streaming services offer the Golf Channel.
Sarah Tew/CNET Hulu with Live TV starts at $90 per month for the ad-supported bundle and includes the Golf Channel. Click the “View channels in your area” link on its welcome page to see which local channels are offered in your ZIP code.
Read our Hulu with Live TV review .
Fubo TV Directv stream DirecTV Stream’s new MySports package is priced at $85-a-month and includes the Golf Channel alongside an ESPN Plus subscription.
Read our DirecTV Stream review .
Livestream the Players Championship 2026 in the UK Golf fans in the UK can watch the tournament live on Sky Sports. The tournament will be broadcast across its Sky Sports Golf and Main Events channels, with further coverage on its Red Button service.
Now TV Viewers in the UK will be able to watch the Players Championship 2026 on Sky Sports Golf, with extensive coverage of each day’s play. Subscribers can also stream the action via the Sky Go app. Sky subsidiary Now (formerly Now TV) offers streaming access to Sky Sports channels with a Now Sports membership. You can get a day of access for £15 (perhaps just for the final round), or sign up to a monthly plan from £35 a month to watch all four days of the tournament.
Livestream the Players Championship 2026 in Australia The Players Championship 2026 can be watched Down Under on Fox Sports via Foxtel. If you’re not a Fox subscriber, your best option is to sign up for the streaming service Kayo Sports.
A Kayo Sports subscription starts at AU$30 a month and lets you stream on one screen, while its Premium tier costs AU$46 a month for simultaneous viewing on up to three devices.
The service gives you access to a wide range of sports, including F1, NRL, NFL, NHL and MLB, and there are no lock-in contracts.
Better still, if you’re a new customer, you can take advantage of a one-week Kayo Sports free trial.
Stream the Players Championship 2026 in Canada
Live coverage of all four days of the 2026 Players Championship will be available to watch in Canada via TSN, while the weekend’s action will be available to watch on free-to-air broadcaster CTV2.
Cord-cutters can also watch TSN’s coverage via the network’s streaming service TSN Plus.
TSN TSN Plus full streaming package boasts exclusive coverage of NFL games, F1, Nascar and Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Ideal for cord-cutters, the service is priced at CA$25 a month.
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