The opening round of the new PGA Tour season kicks off Thursday at the 2020 Safeway Open in Napa, Calif. Here’s what you need to know to watch the first round at Silverado Resort.
Previewing Safeway Open Round 1
One of the highlight’s of Thursday’s opening round will be Phil Mickelson, who is making his return to the PGA Tour this week. After getting knocked out of the FedEx Cup Playoffs following a missed cut at the Northern Trust, the 50-year-old surprised everyone by making his Champions Tour debut at the Charles Schwab Series at Ozark National, then surprised no one by winning it.
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But we knew Mickelson’s sojourn to the Champions Tour would be brief, and now he’s back to add to his career PGA Tour wins resume, with one eye always on next week’s U.S. Open at Winged Foot. A solid round right out of the gate would give him some extra confidence and back up his senior circuit victory.
Mickelson will get his opening round started early on Thursday, teeing off at 10:30 a..m. ET (7:30 a.m. local time) alongside Shane Lowry and Brendan Steele.
Below you will find everything you need to watch the first round of the Safeway Open on Thursday.
How to watch Safeway Open Round 1 on TV
Golf Channel will air the action for the first round of the Safeway Open with three hours of coverage from 4-7 p.m. ET on Thursday.
How to stream Safeway Open Round 1 online
You can catch the full first round Golf Channel TV coverage of the Safeway Open on golfchannel.com. Fans can also view Featured Group coverage of the opening round all day Thursday via PGA Tour Live, though you will need a subscription to access both options.
Safeway Open tee times for Round 1 (ET)
Tee No. 1
10:00 a.m. – Chesson Hadley, Seamus Power, Kyoung-Hoon Lee
10:10 a.m. – Matt Every, Tom Hoge, Mark Hubbard
10:20 a.m. – Kyle Stanley, Cameron Tringale, Doc Redman
10:30 a.m. – Grayson Murray, Luke Donald, Stewart Cink
10:40 a.m. – Scott Piercy, Ryan Armour, Russell Knox
10:50 a.m. – Troy Merritt, Ted Potter, Jr., D.A. Points
11:00 a.m. – C.T. Pan, Si Woo Kim, Kevin Chappell
11:10 a.m. – D.J. Trahan, Jamie Lovemark, Zac Blair
11:20 a.m. – Brian Stuard, Denny McCarthy, Adam Schenk
11:30 a.m. – Patrick Rodgers, Beau Hossler, Scott Harrington
11:40 a.m. – Martin Laird, Peter Uihlein, Henrik Norlander
11:50 a.m. – Hank Lebioda, Zack Sucher, Sebastian Cappelen
12:00 p.m. – Kristoffer Ventura, Nelson Ledesma, Andy Zhang
3:00 p.m. – Graham DeLaet, Carlos Ortiz, Sam Burns
3:10 p.m. – Lucas Glover, Bo Van Pelt, Shawn Stefani
3:20 p.m. – Charley Hoffman, Erik van Rooyen, Will Gordon
3:30 p.m. – Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Jim Furyk
3:40 p.m. – Keegan Bradley, Pat Perez, Kevin Streelman
3:50 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Aaron Wise, Patton Kizzire
4:00 p.m. – George McNeill, Bud Cauley, Talor Gooch
4:10 p.m. – Charl Schwartzel, Ryan Blaum, Xinjun Zhang
4:20 p.m. – Harold Varner III, Robby Shelton, Harry Higgs
4:30 p.m. – James Hahn, Hunter Mahan, Kiradech Aphibarnrat
4:40 p.m. – Rob Oppenheim, Jim Knous, Sahith Theegala
4:50 p.m. – Mark Anderson, Ryan Brehm, Peter Kuest
5:00 p.m. – Wes Roach, Michael Gellerman, Shintaro Ban
10th Tee
10:00 a.m. – Bill Haas, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Cameron Davis
10:10 a.m. – Aaron Baddeley, Josh Teater, Maverick McNealy
10:20 a.m. – Branden Grace, Fabián Gómez, Matthew NeSmith
10:30 a.m. – Shane Lowry, Phil Mickelson, Brendan Steele
10:40 a.m. – Kevin Tway, Sergio Garcia, Emiliano Grillo
10:50 a.m. – J.B. Holmes, Brice Garnett, William McGirt
11:00 a.m. – Robert Streb, Camilo Villegas, Sepp Straka
11:10 a.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Tim Wilkinson, Sam Ryder
11:20 a.m. – Nick Watney, Ricky Barnes, Luke List
11:30 a.m. – Peter Malnati, Sean O’Hair, Chad Campbell
11:40 a.m. – Dominic Bozzelli, Rhein Gibson, Akshay Bhatia
11:50 a.m. – Vincent Whaley, Ben Taylor, Isaiah Salinda
12:00 p.m. – Brandon Hagy, Michael Gligic, Luke Schniederjans
3:00 p.m. – Johnson Wagner, Kelly Kraft, Cameron Percy
3:10 p.m. – Chris Stroud, Scott Stallings, Roberto Castro
3:20 p.m. – Scott Brown, Brian Gay, Roger Sloan
3:30 p.m. – Tyler Duncan, Chez Reavie, Hudson Swafford
3:40 p.m. – Nate Lashley, Michael Kim, Jason Dufner
3:50 p.m. – Martin Trainer, Austin Cook, Wesley Bryan
4:00 p.m. – Alex Cejka, John Senden, Jonathan Byrd
4:10 p.m. – David Hearn, Wyndham Clark, Bo Hoag
4:20 p.m. – Sangmoon Bae, K.J. Choi, Anirban Lahiri
4:30 p.m. – Joel Dahmen, J.J. Spaun, Chase Seiffert
4:40 p.m. – Joseph Bramlett, Chris Baker, Tom Kim
4:50 p.m. – Rafael Campos, Tyler McCumber, MJ Daffue
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Kramer Hickok, Doug Ghim, Steve Watanabe, Jr