How to watch the 2020 Players Championship: TV schedule and streaming options

The Players Championship is the flagship event of the PGA Tour season, taking place annually at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the 2020 Players, including a TV schedule and online live streaming options.

The 2020 Players kicks off on Thursday and features one of the best fields all season battling for one of the year’s biggest purses: $15 million. Competitors will be grouped in threesomes and keep the same playing partners through the first two rounds, teeing off on both the 1st and 10th tees at Sawgrass.

Half the players will get their tournament started Thursday morning, highlighted by the star-studded group of Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth, who begin on the 10th tee at 8:46 a.m. ET. Major-winners Bubba Watson, Jason Dufner and Jimmy Walker tee off at 8:24 a.m. ET on the front nine.

Thursday’s afternoon wave will feature defending champion Rory McIlroy, who is paired with Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm for the first two rounds. They get started at 1:51 p.m. ET, not long after a trio of rising stars at 1:18 p.m. ET: Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa and Matthew Wolff.

How to watch the Players Championship

There are two ways to watch the 2020 Players Championship if you don’t have a ticket to see the action in person. You can watch the tournament on TV or stream it live online.

As far as TV goes, you can watch the first two rounds on Golf Channel, which is providing six hours of coverage for each of the opening days. Coverage will then switch to national TV on the weekend via NBC. If you have a cable subscription, you can watch the TV broadcasts online at nbcsports.com.

2020 Players Championship TV schedule

Thursday, March 12: 1-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Friday, March 13: 1-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Saturday, March 14: 2-6 p.m. ET (NBC)
Sunday, March 15: 1-6 p.m. ET (NBC)

2020 Players Championship online live streaming schedule

Thursday, March 12:
Twitter live stream: 7:30-9 a.m. ET
PGA Tour Live: 7:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET

Friday, March 13:
Twitter live stream: 7:30-9 a.m. ET
PGA Tour Live: 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 14:
Twitter live stream: 8-9 a.m. ET
PGA Tour Live: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 14:
Twitter live stream: 7:45-8:45 a.m. ET
PGA Tour Live: 7:45 a.m.-7 p.m. ET

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