How to watch the Memorial Tournament live online, TV schedule, radio and more

The Memorial is always a bigger-than-average deal on the PGA Tour. It’s Jack Nicklaus’ event, which carries its own obvious weight. His imprimatur draws a deep field and triggers a longer exemption on Tour. The course is also a major championship test, with Jack having input on speeding up the greens on a classic American parklands setup that has held many of the biggest golf events.

So the Memorial is always a pretty big deal, and for so many years, Tiger Woods made it an even bigger deal. This year, Tiger’s still at home, but this is one edition at Muirfield Village with some of the most anticipatory hype that I can recall. It starts at the top, with the Nos. 1-3 players in the world all coming off a win in their last start. There was Jason Day, a Columbus resident and member here, dominating at The Players. Rory McIlroy answered a week later with that tour de force finish at the Irish Open. And then Jordan Spieth joined the party last Sunday with his own dramatic close that put the Colonial crowd in a frenzy.

You’ve got the best all rolling ... finally, after several months of up-and-down play that didn’t quite measure up to all the breathless hype at the start of the year. The U.S. Open is just two weeks away. Summer is here, and the schedule is as fast-paced and crazy as it has ever been. It all starts now and the PGA Tour did not mess around when it came to creating the pairings for their featured groups streaming on PGA Tour Live.

The marquee group of the first two days has to be the Rory-Spieth-Justin Thomas trio. Thomas is lesser-known and less accomplished but he’s among the fresh 20-something faces the Tour is pushing hard, and he’s easy to embrace. Rory and Spieth need no introduction or promotion of their bona fides, but given what we saw from them last time they played, this is spectacular that they’re out together for two days. I appreciate them splitting up Day and moving him to the other side of the draw. Putting all three together always seems like an overdose.

Almost every top player in the world is here. There were ample choices for the featured groups streams as well as the afternoon broadcasts. On the TV side, the coverage will be slightly expanded from the normal event. Golf Channel will have the first two days with their customary three-hour block. CBS will come on the air slightly earlier than normal on the weekend -- extra Jim Nantz for you. Also, remember that the annoying half-hour blackout period, which still exists on TV, has been cut out on the simulcast streaming side. At some point this season, both the Tour and CBS decided to do a broadcast on PGA Tour Live bridging that 30-minute gap on the streaming side. If you’ve only got a TV, well, you have to keep that annoying tradition of missing the leaders’ first few important holes on the weekend.

This year’s Memorial seems set up almost too perfectly, which usually means that we don’t get what we want. The big stars fade and we get some random leaderboard. But for right now, one can dream and watch. Here are all your coverage options for the week at Muirfield Village:

(all times ET)

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. -- Golf Channel

7:30 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. -- PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage -- Nos. 14 & 16 (No subscription required)

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. -- Golf Channel simulcast stream

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. -- Golf Channel

7:30 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. -- PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage -- Nos. 14 & 16 (No subscription required)

3:30 to 6:30 p.m. -- Golf Channel simulcast stream

12:30 to 2:30 p.m. -- Golf Channel

3 to 6 p.m. -- CBS

8:15 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live featured groups (TBD) stream

12:30 to 2:30 p.m. -- Golf Channel/NBC Sports LiveExtra simulcast stream

2:30 to 6 p.m. -- CBS Sports/PGA Tour Live simulcast stream

UPDATE: Sunday’s final round was pushed up due to the threat of afternoon storms. The leaders tee off at 10:30 a.m. and should be done around 3 or 3:30 p.m. Unfortunately for the viewer, everything -- streams, TV -- will be tape delayed and on the original schedule.

8:10 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live featured groups (TBD) stream

Noon to 2 p.m. -- Golf Channel/NBC Sports LiveExtra simulcast stream

2 to 6 p.m. -- CBS Sports/PGA Tour Live simulcast stream

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