2015 Presidents Cup live stream: How to watch Day 2 matches online

Day 2 at the Presidents Cup should provide a window for the audience back in the United States to actually watch the matches at a reasonable hour. The opening session did not start until after 10 p.m. and ran through the middle of the night. The second session will go deep into the night again, but at least it starts right in the heart of primetime at 8:35 p.m. ET.

The second day will feature five four-ball matches. The first day used foursomes format, which is alternate shot and moves faster because two players are playing just one ball. The four-ball is a fancy name for the best-ball format you probably play with a partner on the weekends, and all four players in these two-on-two games play their own ball from tee to the hole. So it takes a little longer and the start was bumped up about 90 minutes.

The matches will begin around 9:30 a.m. on Friday in Korea, and right off the bat, the headline power pairing of Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth will go out looking for another full point. They lead things off against the South African pairing of Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace, who were the only International duo to earn a point on Thursday. Captain Nick Price has changed his entire lineup around and is throwing everything he can at the Americans in what is almost certainly the make-or-break session for the rest of the Presidents Cup. The Internationals have to win it, and take at least three of the five points, to have a chance at a comeback on the weekend (full match schedule here).

The American TV audience should not dictate everything about the Presidents Cup, but the middle-of-the-night coverage is obviously not ideal for the broadcast. The event already lacks the appeal and competitiveness of the Ryder Cup, so bumping the finish into the witching hour makes it even harder to get people interested. Golf Channel and the PGA Tour, which organizes and runs this event, allocated the resources commensurate with that interest, too. There’s one broadcast and one simple simulcast stream of that coverage, via Golf Channel’s LiveExtra service.

By comparison, the Ryder Cup had multiple concurrent broadcasts, multiple streams, radio, and mobile apps with additional streaming. Every PGA Tour event gets that minimum simulcast stream, and most have additional streams focused on specific holes or groups. That’s harder to do when there’s a limited five matches of golf to cover, and given the location and late night hours, it makes sense that there are not multiple options beyond the simulcast stream.

Here are your media options for Day 2 at the Presidents Cup:

8:30 p.m. Thursday to 3 a.m. ET Friday -- Golf Channel

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET Friday -- Replay on Golf Channel