Greenbrier Classic 2015 live stream: How to watch Sunday’s round online, TV coverage and more

Players at the Greenbrier Classic will be fighting for elbow room on the leaderboard Sunday as they chase concurrent prizes. Because of where it falls on the calendar, slotted into one of those less-than-ideal weeks in between the U.S. Open and Open Championship, the field at the Greenbrier is often one of the weakest of the season. But that pre-Open slot also means it is used as a qualifying event for the game’s oldest major championship. So the top of the leaderboard will not only be fighting for a $1 million-plus purse, but four others will also earn a late ticket into St. Andrews.

The Open Championship has put together what they call the “qualifying series,” which actually started last November in Australia. There are the usual exemptions handed out based on world rankings and past performance at the majors, but there’s not one big sectional qualifying day like the U.S. Open.

Instead, there’s a sequence of stops and methods for an outsider playing their way into the field by mid-July. One of the primary ways for the PGA Tour regulars is by placing inside the top four at the three tournaments preceding The Open. Last week, Brian Harman, Graham DeLaet, Carl Pettersson and Englishman Luke Donald earned entry via their work at the Travelers Championship. There are players who already have their spot in the field reserved (e.g. Travelers winner Bubba Watson), so you can obviously place lower than fourth and still get a spot so long as you’re tied for 12th or better (Donald was the last guy in with a T7 result).

There are four tied for the lead at 11-under at Greenbrier, and four more just a shot off that 54-hole pace. All eight of those players have not qualified for The Open yet, so there will be plenty of nervy putts down the stretch in West Virginia. Jason Bohn is one of the better stories among the leading group. He made the cut on the number, then went wild on Saturday to post a 9-under 61 and shoot 61 spots up the leaderboard into first. Another is Justin Thomas, the rookie from Alabama who crushes the ball 330 yards even though he weighs less than 150 pounds. In his first full season, he’s been a huge asset for a Tour trying to skew young and capture younger audiences. A Thomas win would be another boost and add to the success we’ve seen from Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy and others.

Tiger Woods, the marquee player in this field, will not be competing for the winner’s check and does not need to worry about Open qualification. A 1-over third round dropped him out of contention and 21 spots down the leaderboard, so he’s got a 9:40 a.m. ET tee time. This week has been a major improvement for Woods and it would be nice to roll into St. Andrews with another steady and under-par round instead of the ugliness we saw previously at the U.S. Open and Memorial.

The TV broadcast will not go live until 1 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, so Woods should be well into his back nine at the start of coverage. This is not one of the Tour’s bigger events, so the coverage is your standard 90-minute window on Golf Channel and then the three-hour conclusion with Jim Nantz and friends on CBS. There are no additional streams from PGATour.com, but the folks there should have a camera following Woods and updating constantly with video of the early portion of his Sunday round. If you’re unable to get in front of a TV, both GC and CBS will have their usual simulcast streams up and running during the broadcasts.

Here are your media options for Sunday’s final round in West Virginia (all times ET):

1 to 2:30 p.m. -- Golf Channel

3 to 6 p.m. -- CBS

1 to 2:30 p.m. -- Golf Channel LiveExtra simulcast stream