2015 Wyndham Championship streaming: How to watch Tiger Woods online, TV coverage and more

Golf is supposed to recede from the headlines and fade away quietly after the PGA Championship. Sure, there’s the FedExCup, the postseason contrivance that is now going into it’s ninth year and has achieved some success. But that arrives when football season is in full roar and really only registers with those who are already the choir of the PGA Tour. In a non-Ryder Cup year, it’s all there really is after the PGA in early August.

This year, however, the little old Wyndham Championship will probably be the biggest post-PGA golf event of the season. Tiger Woods, coming off the most miserable summer of his career, made the shocking move to enter the 70-year-old event for the first time. It’s his first “new” event since he decided to play the Greenbrier in 2012, and the 40th different PGA Tour event he’ll play in his career. At this point in his almost 20-year career, Tiger does not add new tournaments unless there’s a strong compelling reason to do so. This move to play the regular season finale, which is sandwiched in between the season’s final major and the start of the postseason, was borne out of desperation more than anything else.

Tiger, of course, did not have to play Greensboro. But if he decided to pass like every other year of his career, it meant his 2015 PGA Tour season would have come to an unceremonious end with that missed cut at the PGA Championship last Saturday morning. Even if he succeeded at the Wyndham and played better golf, he was still a long shot to extend his season and make the FedExCup. He needs to win, or maaaaybe place solo second, to sneak inside the top 125 in the standings and get a spot in next week’s Barclays.

Whether Tiger entered this event just to get more competitive reps with a swing he thought was coming around, or to make that desperate long shot attempt at the postseason, he arrives on the weekend with the lead. It’s been a stunning two days so far in Greensboro. The city was already all in on Tiger finally patronizing their event, but now that he’s actually found some form and has his first 36-hole lead in more than two years, the entire golf and larger sports world, is focused on the always under-the-radar Wyndham Championship.

Suffice to say it’s the most attention this event has ever gotten and Saturday, Tiger will anchor the tee sheet sharing the lead with the unknown Tom Hoge. The entirety of Tiger’s round, save for one or two holes, will fall within the TV coverage window. Golf Channel will have the first couple holes from his 2 p.m. ET tee time, while CBS will have the last 14 or 15 holes.

There’s that annoying half-hour blackout period as they make the transition between networks. This has long been a source of frustration for those close golf watchers and die hard fans. The blackout always seems to happen as the leaders get on the course or there’s some movement at the top of the leaderboard. The explanation in the past has been that the time is needed to switch out graphics and move in CBS talent. When Golf Channel splits weekend duties with NBC, their Comcast sister, there’s no interruption in the transition. This Saturday, that break will probably stir up a little more attention and agita because it’s at the start of a highly anticipated round of the most watched and biggest draw in the history of the game.

If you’re unable to get in front of a TV on a pleasant Saturday afternoon, there are streaming options available. Both Golf Channel and CBS will have their usual simulcast streams up and running throughout the afternoon. Here are all your media options for Saturday at Sedgefied:

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

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