How to watch the Farmers Insurance Open live online, TV schedule, radio and more

The Farmers Insurance Open remains one of the more compelling non-major tournaments on the PGA Tour, but it’s for an entirely new reason this year. Tiger Woods returns to Torrey Pines, a place where he’s won eight times in his career, fresh off his worst round ever and saddled with what appears to be a crippling case of the chipping yips.

Tiger has been such a draw for so long because of all the wonderful and sometimes miraculous shots he pulled off to crush the hopes and dreams of everyone else on the PGA Tour. But this week, Woods will be must-watch because we have absolutely no idea where the ball will go when he’s standing over the most basic chip shots just off the green. As incredibly fun as it was to watch Tiger’s rise, this sudden and inexplicable fall is just as compelling right now.

These are shots that average weekend chops playing their local muni game should be able to hit. But perhaps the greatest player ever is now using a putter and mid-irons from off the green just to try and roll it up near the hole. On Wednesday, he was seen on the Torrey range discussing chipping tips with fellow legends like Billy Horschel and Pat Perez and shanking ground balls. This is the same person who intimidated most fields into staying the hell away from him and never talking to him. Now he’s reaching out to Billy Horschel for a tip or two?

It will be fascinating to watch how or if he can rebound from that disaster at the Phoenix Open. Woods tees off with Horschel and Rickie Fowler at 12:20 p.m. ET on Thursday at Torrey Pines’ North Course. Aside from Tiger’s search for his game, this is a solid tournament for TV because it typically draws some of the biggest talents on the West Coast swing and features one of the most beautiful courses on the PGA Tour. As most of the country sits frozen and depressed at the start of February, Torrey Pines consistently delivers some of the most beautiful shots of any golf broadcast all year. It’s a major championship venue in a perfect location.

The Farmers Insurance Open is one of the few events on Tour that utilizes more than one course. That’s more common in the first quarter of the season, and especially on the West Coast Swing, where this tournament, the Humana Challenge, and the Pebble Beach Pro-Am all use multiple venues. With two courses in play for the first two rounds, that allows the Tour plenty of flexibility for scheduling tee times.

There will be no morning and afternoon draw for Thursday and Friday, and the entire field should be on both courses at the same time. That gives Golf Channel the ability to show all the top names, although most broadcast equipment will be set up on the South Course, which hosts the final two rounds. CBS will split duties with GC on the weekend, with Jim Nantz calling the conclusion of the third and final rounds.

If you’re unable to get in front of a TV, there will be streaming options for all four rounds. Both CBS and Golf Channel will have their usual simulcasts up and running, and PGATour.com will once again have a “featured holes” stream from the South Course. Here are all your media options for what is one of the marquee events of the early season:

3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel

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

1 to 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208)

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

1 to to 2:30 p.m. — Golf Channel

3 to 6 p.m. — CBS

1 to 2:30 p.m. — Golf Channel/NBC Sports LiveExtra simulcast stream

1 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208)