2025 PGA Championship Thursday TV coverage: How to watch Round 1

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The 2025 PGA Championship finally begins Thursday morning with the opening round at Quail Hollow. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full PGA Championship TV coverage, streaming info and Round 1 tee times.

How to watch PGA Championship on Thursday

Heading into the first round of the PGA Championship, Rory McIlroy is likely striking fear into his opponents’ hearts. The World No. 2 ended a decade-long major drought in April by winning the 2025 Masters.

That win increased McIlory’s career major total to five. The question now is this: with his major drought over, is McIlroy about to put together a string of major wins? The signs are good for this week, at least, with McIlroy having won four times at host course Quail Hollow.

But World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, two-time PGA winner Justin Thomas, defending champion Xander Schauffele, LIV star Bryson DeChambeau and plenty of other stars will do everything they can to stop him. And the action all gets started on Thursday.

You can watch the first round of the PGA Championship on TV via ESPN, which will air coverage beginning at 12 p.m. ET on Thursday. ESPN+ will provide exclusive early coverage and featured group streaming coverage starting at 7 a.m. ET. Additionally, ESPN2 will offer an alternative Round 1 telecast.

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Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2025 PGA Championship.

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How to watch on TV Thursday

ESPN will carry first-round TV coverage of the 2025 PGA Championship from 12-7 p.m. ET on Thursday. ESPN2 will offer an alternative telecast from 12-3 p.m. ET.

How to stream online Thursday

You can stream the first round of the 2025 PGA Championship via ESPN+, which will offer early general coverage and featured group coverage beginning at 7 a.m. ET.

Here’s the full PGA Championship streaming schedule for Thursday:

Round 1 ESPN+: 7 a.m.-12 p.m. (ESPN+)
Round 1 ESPN Telecast: 12-7 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN+)
Featured Groups: 7:30 a .m.-7 p.m. (ESPN+)
Featured Holes (16, 17 and 18): 7:45 a.m.-8 p.m. (ESPN+)

2025 PGA Championship Round 1 tee times (ET)

Tee No. 1

7:00 a.m. – Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer
7:11 a.m. – John Somers, Taylor Moore, David Puig
7:22 a.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Nic Ishee, Alex Noren
7:33 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Ryo Hisatsune, Tom Johnson
7:44 a.m. – Davis Thompson, Bud Cauley, Nico Echavarria
7:55 a.m. – Harris English, Michael Kim, Thomas Detry
8:06 a.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Chris Kirk, Robert MacIntyre
8:17 a.m. – Thorbjørn Olesen, Karl Vilips, Laurie Canter
8:28 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Sam Stevens, Rico Hoey
8:39 a.m. – Bobby Gates, Lee Hodges, Ben Griffin
8:50 a.m. – Thriston Lawrence, Nick Dunlap, Harry Hall
9:01 a.m. – Greg Koch, Marco Penge, Ryan Gerard
9:12 a.m. – Dylan Newman, Daniel van Tonder, Victor Perez
12:30 p.m. – Michael Kartrude, Sami Valimaki, Jake Knapp
12:41 p.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Michael Block, Mackenzie Hughes
12:52 p.m. – Lucas Glover, Max Homa, Joaquin Niemann
1:03 p.m. – Tyrrell Hatton, Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott
1:14 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa
1:25 p.m. – Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Ludvig Aberg
1:36 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim
1:47 p.m. – Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Gary Woodland
1:58 p.m. – Sergio Garcia, Daniel Berger, Russell Henley
2:09 p.m. – Justin Rose, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman
2:20 p.m. – Brandon Bingaman, Davis Riley, Sungjae Im
2:31 p.m. – Takumi Kanaya, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom McKibbin
2:42 p.m. – Keita Nakajima, Timothy Wiseman, Beau Hossler

Tee No. 10

7:05 a.m. – John Parry, Justin Hicks, Ryan Fox
7:16 a.m. – Andre Chi, Patrick Fishburn, Seamus Power
7:27 a.m. – Max McGreevy, Alex Smalley, Sepp Straka
7:38 a.m. – Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry
7:49 a.m. – Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, Jason Day
8:00 a.m. – Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick
8:11 a.m. – Corey Conners, Min Woo Lee, Rasmus Højgaard
8:22 a.m. – Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
8:33 a.m. – Tony Finau, Nicolai Højgaard, Max Greyserman
8:44 a.m. – Andrew Novak, Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy
8:55 a.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Denny McCarthy, Sam Burns
9:06 a.m. – John Catlin, Garrick Higgo, Jesse Droemer
9:17 a.m. – Eugenio Chacarra, Rupe Taylor, Justin Lower
12:25 p.m. – Keith Mitchell, Bob Sowards, Adam Hadwin
12:36 p.m. – Eric Cole, Eric Steger, Cam Davis
12:47 p.m. – Austin Eckroat, Brian Bergstol, Jacob Bridgeman
12:58 p.m. – Niklas Norgaard, Byeong Hun An, J.J. Spaun
1:09 p.m. – Patrick Rodgers, Nick Taylor, Dean Burmester
1:20 p.m. – Joe Highsmith, Cameron Young, Aaron Rai
1:31 p.m. – Tom Hoge, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith
1:42 p.m. – Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Patton Kizzire, Matt McCarty
1:53 p.m. – Tyler Collet, Jimmy Walker, Richard Bland
2:04 p.m. – Jason Dufner, Michael Thorbjornsen, Shaun Micheel
2:15 p.m. – Rafael Campos, Ryan Lenahan, Matt Wallace
2:26 p.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Elvis Smylie, Brian Campbell
2:37 p.m. – Kevin Yu, Larkin Gross, John Keefer