Golf

Tiger Woods live stream 2017: How to watch Round 4 at Hero World Challenge

If you need an early December break from the NFL, there’s a certain golfer that may be worth watching for the final time this year.

by Brendan Porath

Dec 3, 2017, 3:00 PM UTC

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

Golf really should not be on the radar or anywhere near top of mind the first weekend in December. The season never really stops, but you could argue December is the one true dead month of the year. There is no official PGA Tour event with FedExCup points being doled out. Every other month has a fairly full slate of tournaments with FedExCup points.

And yet, here we are, hyped about golf this first week of December. Of course, we’re not so much hyped about golf as we are about one particular golfer. Tiger Woods is the needle. He doesn’t move the needle — the cliche we see thrown around every time he comes back or tees it up on Tour. He’s the reason this event is noteworthy, is sanctioned by the PGA Tour, attracts most of the best players in the world, and is on TV. This should be an irrelevant little silly season event, but instead it will be one of the higher rated tournaments of the year.

Sunday will be the final chance to watch Tiger this year. There weren’t many opportunities, of course, with a 300-day layoff between starts. Tiger’s week has been a mixed bag with Saturday’s ugly round in tough conditions tempering the enthusiasm from the first two rounds. But it’s hard to not tip the scales to the positive side for this week. He’s looked strong and healthy (for now!) and there have been no major blowups. What it means going forward and for a sustained 2018 schedule? Who knows — probably not much. But this week has been a success and he’s got one more chance to add to that on Sunday.

Why this Tiger comeback has looked different, and much better

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

You always try to temper expectations, have some perspective, when Tiger returns. It’s gone bad so many times recently. But here’s why there is reason for well-founded optimism this time.

Golf Channel and NBC will split the coverage of the final round, with NBC programming running opposite the NFL on FOX and CBS. Tiger tees off just after 11 a.m. so you should get most of his front nine on Golf Channel, with NBC then picking up the conclusion late. He’s not going to win so maybe we even get a booth visit to NBC from the benevolent host. Here’s your media schedule for the final round in the Bahamas: