It’s hard to envision a scenario where Tiger Woods plays outside the TV window and he’s not on an offered featured groups stream on PGATour.com. But that’s where we are with the 172nd player in the world. Woods really left the Tour no choice -- his career-worst round of 85 on Saturday put him in last place by a good six shots and left him with a solo tee time for the first time in his career.
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Jim Nantz gets to serenade Jack Nicklaus in the booth on Sunday. Here’s how and what to watch for in the final round of the Memorial.
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Tiger tees off at 8:10 a.m. ET all alone, likely zipping through his final round in about three hours. So PGATour.com will feature his top contemporary, another aging superstar in Phil Mickelson, who actually has a playing partner. Mickelson plays with Steve Stricker in the 8:41 a.m. group. While it hasn’t been the Tiger horror show, the lefty isn’t exactly lighting it up with just a week before the U.S. Open arrives. Phil shot his own big number on the front nine on Saturday, going out in 40 and posting a 6-over 78 that pushed him toward the bottom of the leaderboard.
With Mickelson, however, we’ve come to expect these weeks in the events that bridge the gap between the majors. He’s not necessarily playing great golf these past couple years, but we also know, at this point in his career, it’s all about the majors. He played like trash all summer last year and then showed up at the PGA and nearly knocked off Rory McIlroy. A comparable run at the Masters happened this year. The U.S. Open, of course, is the white whale of his career and means more than any of the others. He’ll play in Memphis next week, maintaining his preferred routine of playing the event immediately preceding a major. But it would be nice to have a smooth round on Sunday with Chambers Bay bearing down and that ugly 78 fresh on his season resume.
After Mickelson and Stricker finish up, the featured groups stream will flip to the afternoon tee time of Dustin Johnson and Jason Dufner, two guys who actually have a chance of winning Sunday. Johnson should be one of the favorites at the U.S. Open, and after two middling rounds to start in Columbus, he went low on Saturday with a 7-under 65 that shot him up the leaderboard. Dufner receded a bit from second place to T9, but this has still been his best showing in a long time on Tour. They tee it up at 12:40 p.m. ET.
In addition to that featured groups stream, you’ll also be able to watch all the TV coverage through various simulcast streams. Golf Channel and CBS will split the TV duties Sunday. The Memorial is probably CBS’ biggest golf event until mid-August, when they get the WGC-Bridgestone and PGA Championship in consecutive weeks. Accordingly, they’ll expand their usual coverage window a half hour on Sunday and go live at 2:30 p.m. So you’ll get a little more Jim Nantz in your life this Sunday.
Here are all your options for the finale at Muirfield Village:
Sunday’s final round coverage
Television:
Noon to 2 p.m. -- Golf Channel
2:30 to 6 p.m. -- CBS
Online streams:
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. -- PGATour.com featured groups stream -- AM - Mickelson/Stricker, PM - Dufner/Johnson
Noon to 2 p.m. -- Golf Channel LiveExtra simulcast stream
2:30 to 6 p.m. -- CBS/PGA Tour simulcast stream
2:30 to 6 p.m. -- PGA Tour/CBS simulcast "ShotLink stream" with analytics, stats, and graphics
Radio:
1 to 6 p.m. -- PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208 and streamed here)
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