How to watch the 2023 Tour Championship on Thursday: Round 1 live coverage

The 2023 Tour Championship, the finale of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, begins on Thursday at East Lake in Atlanta. FedEx Cup points leader Scottie Scheffler enters the tournament with a two-stroke lead, but will it be enough?

In the past four years — since the PGA Tour changed to a staggered-start format — only twice has the leader coming into the week won the tournament. The other two times, Rory McIlroy battled all the way back and won.

Who knows what will happen this year, as Viktor Hovland heads to Atlanta coming off a Sunday 61 to win the BMW Championship and jump to second in the standings. Will Hovland stay hot? Or will someone like McIlroy, who starts three off the lead, make a charge once again?

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How to watch the Tour Championship on TV Thursday

Golf Channel will air the first-round action from 1-6 p.m. ET on Thursday. Golf Channel also has the broadcast on Friday and will split the weekend TV coverage with CBS.

How to stream the Tour Championship online Thursday

You can stream the opening round of the Tour Championship via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ and Paramount+. The PGA Tour Live stream, which includes featured group coverage, begins at 11:30 a.m. ET.

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2023 Tour Championship Round 1 tee times (All times ET)

11:26 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka
11:37 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton
11:48 a.m. — Jason Day, Sam Burns
11:59 a.m. — Adam Schenk, Collin Morikawa
12:10 p.m. — Taylor Moore, Nick Taylor
12:21 p.m. — Corey Conners, Si Woo Kim
12:32 p.m. — Sungjae Im, Tony Finau
12:43 p.m. — Xander Schauffele, Tom Kim
12:54 p.m. — Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler
1:05 p.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley
1:16 p.m. — Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick
1:27 p.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman
1:38 p.m. — Lucas Glover, Max Homa
1:49 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm
2:00 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland

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