Shell Houston Open 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV channel, and how to watch Sunday online

At the start of the Shell Houston Open, the prospect for an on-time Sunday finish did not look good. The weather forecast looked horrible for the entire weekend in the Houston area, with Sunday getting the worst of it. But so far, so good and we’ve made both two cuts and got through 54 holes on time at the Golf Club of Houston.

Now comes the Sunday challenge. As a precaution, the Tour made the typical move of putting the remaining field in groups of three and off split tees for the final round, bumping the entire field up into a two-hour block first thing in the morning. This is the customary practice when inclement weather is in the forecast and an on-time finish is paramount. This week, that’s more important than ever with a host of players not wanting this thing to extend into Monday and infringe on Masters week preparations.

So the first groups will go off Nos. 1 and 10 at 7:15 a.m. local and 8:15 a.m. ET. The anchor group of Sung Kang, Rickie Fowler, and Russell Henley will go at 10:05 a.m. ET and try to race around the track in just over four hours without weather interruptions. Fowler made a dramatic push on Saturday to get this at least interesting at the top of the leaderboard. Kang was running away with it at the 36-hole mark, but the start to Saturday’s round made this a ballgame real quick. Fowler started the third round seven shots back of Kang but pulled even after just 14 holes. It was a rapid charge and while Rick dropped back a bit coming into the house, he’s now well within striking distance, just three shots back. After Saturday’s seven-shot hole, that’s nothing.

Fowler is obviously the headliner in this final pre-Masters tuneup. The Houston Open has done a fantastic job drawing a strong field, setting up their course in a way that approximates conditions one might face in the men’s first major of the season. It’s always been fun to watch some last-minute hopeful desperately try and punch the final ticket to Augusta. Fowler is already in the field but Kang will have to change his travel plans with a win and get over to Georgia next week.

Unfortunately, for the event, the weather bumping tee times up means we’ll likely get this coverage on tape delay, unless there’s some lengthy weather stoppage early in the day. That’s never ideal for the event, the networks, the audience, or the Tour but the priority is trying to get this thing in on time. Here’s the coverage schedule for Sunday in Houston (all times ET):

1 to 3 p.m. -- Golf Channel

3 to 6 p.m. -- NBC

1 to 6 p.m. -- Golf Channel/NBC Sports LiveExtra simulcast stream

1 to 6 p.m. -- PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

An here’s the full tee sheet for Sunday’s final round (all time ET):