How to watch Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass live online, TV schedule, radio, and more

The second round of the PGA Tour’s fifth majors, the Players Championship, is underway on Friday at TPC Sawgrass. David Hearn has jumped out early to gain the lead at 6-under. Meanwhile, 2017 Masters winner Sergio Garcia, who nailed an ace on the 17th hole on Thursday, is 1-under par for the tournament early in the day. Much of the top of the leaderboard is still waiting to tee off.

Television coverage will have all the highlights on the Golf Channel and NBC, but interested viewers can expand their range with dedicated feeds from the 17th and 12th holes on PGA Tour Live.

You can check out all the coverage below.

9 a.m. - 1 p.m. — Golf Channel “Live From” The Players

1 p.m. - 7 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)

9 a.m. - 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage -- Nos. 12 & 17 (No subscription required)

1 p.m. - 7 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Noon - 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208 and streamed here)

9 a.m. - 2 p.m. — Golf Channel “Live From” The Players

2 p.m. - 7 p.m. — NBC

11:30 a.m. — PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

Noon - 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage -- Nos. 12 & 17 (No subscription required)

2 p.m. - 7 p.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra simulcast stream

1 p.m. - 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208 and streamed here)

9 a.m. - 2 p.m. — Golf Channel “Live From” The Players

2 p.m. - 7 p.m. — NBC

8:30 a.m. — PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

Noon - 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage -- Nos. 12 & 17 (No subscription required)

2 p.m. - 7 p.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra simulcast stream

1 p.m. - 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208 and streamed here)

The Players took a long path to emerge as one of the game’s biggest events. TPC Sawgrass was just 415 acres of marshland 40 years ago, before Pete Dye and his wife, Alice, molded it into a unique and unforgiving championship golf course. Sawgrass takes elements from storied courses across the globe, combining features like St. Andrews’ pot bunkers and Augusta’s pavement-fast putting surfaces to frustrate players.

The jewel of the course is the 17th hole: a par-3 that challenges players with an undulating island green. Swirling wind and a small landing zone make the 132-yard hole a challenge, and its placement at the end of the course can mean heartache for anyone unlucky enough to find the drink in the fourth round.

The course’s hallmark tournament used to precede the Masters and serve as an unofficial start to golf’s prestige season, but a PGA Tour schedule restructuring made it May’s premier event. The Players new home in the second week of May ensures a marquee PGA tournament each month from April to September. It also lines up its final round with Mother’s Day — a holiday that ensures plenty of pink on the course as the game’s top golfers joust for leaderboard supremacy.

9 a.m. - 1 p.m. — Golf Channel “Live From” The Players

1 p.m. - 7 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)

9 a.m. - 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage — Nos. 12 and 17 (No subscription required)

1 p.m. - 7 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Noon-7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208 and streamed here)