Waste Management Phoenix Open 2015 live stream: How to watch online, TV coverage and more

Tiger Woods came, he chunked, and he ... missed the cut? In his first appearance at the Phoenix Open in 14 years, the biggest draw in the history of golf may be going home after just two rounds. Woods is 2-over and sitting in a tie for 106th place at TPC Scottsdale, meaning he’ll have to grind just to get to the weekend party at this venue, an incomparable scene on the PGA Tour.

Woods will play under this pressure of making the cut mostly in obscurity before the TV broadcast comes on the air. He’s got a 9:57 a.m. ET tee time, meaning he’ll be on the course just after dawn and before 8 a.m local in Scottsdale. Unless there’s a major rain delay, which is unlikely, Tiger will be finished well before Golf Channel goes live at 3 p.m. ET, and even before their pregame show, which has live look-ins, at 2 p.m. So his entire round will be played out of view of the TV audience. He’ll arrive at the 16th, the rowdiest and wildest scene on the PGA Tour, bright and early after starting his round on No. 10. The stands may be close to full when gets there, but they’ll be relatively sober and tame. It may be the last time we see him at the hole for a good long while.

Tiger playing and finishing his round before the TV broadcast is on air is nothing new. At a full field PGA Tour event, they have to split up the tee times into a morning and afternoon draw and flip them the first two days. It’s unavoidable and the air time schedule was likely set well before Tiger committed to this tournament earlier this month.

If you absolutely have to see Tiger Woods hit a golf shot live on Friday, you will be able to watch a hole or two on a PGATour.com featured holes stream. That stream has been camped out at the par-3 16th, but they occasionally show the players finishing up on the 15th and have supplemental coverage at the 12th. That’s your best bet for getting a glimpse at Tiger, whose first event of the year may come to a sudden end by lunchtime Friday.

So who will be the headliner for the TV broadcast? Phil Mickelson. The Arizona State grad and local favorite is in fine position at 2-under and inside the top 30 after grinding down the stretch of his opening round. Mickelson has ignited the crowd here so many times through the years, most recently with his run at breaking 60 in 2013.

Mickelson will be one of the last players to come through the coliseum at the 16th, when everyone is nice and hydrated, and that should make for compelling TV late Friday afternoon. Phil will tee it up with Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan at 2:07 p.m. ET, Tiger’s exact time on Thursday, so most of their round should fall within the coverage window.

Here are your media options for the second round:

3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream