It’s the first week of summer, but we’re already into the second half of the PGA Tour season. There are two more majors left but the regular season ends in mid-August, meaning there are only a handful of events left for players to start piling up FedExCup points and earnings.
Travelers Championship 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV channel, and how to watch Round 1 online
Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy headline the Travelers in their first trip to Hartford. Here’s how to ignore work and watch a loaded Travelers Championship.
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The Travelers Championship is the first official event of the summer and it’s stacked. We’d typically exhale the week after major — maybe take a walk and some time away from golf after watching hours and hours of major golf the preceding week. But the Travelers doesn’t really present that kind of opportunity, what with Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, and Jordan Spieth all committing to the traditional event in Hartford. For Rory and Spieth, it’s their first trip to the Travelers. It’s Day’s third but it has been a few years since the Aussie made it to TPC River Highlands.
How’d the Travelers draw all these stars to Hartford?
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All three are former world No. 1s and easily capable of recapturing that crown, and quickly. This will be a far different test from Erin Hills last week and a chance to really pile up some birdies. Rory alluded to this earlier in the week, saying it would be a nice change of pace and opportunity to feel good about your game. McIlroy and Day both bombed out early at the U.S. Open, while Spieth spent the weekend middling out of contention. This is an opportunity for all three to get some good vibes going and post some low 60s numbers to get the summer off right.
It also makes this a must-watch for the golf nerds and one of the stronger events of the entire season, especially in the non-WGC and non-major category. The Travelers also had some luxuries to work with on the tee sheet, the Tour splitting up their field riches between the morning and afternoon waves. That happens every week but this depth at the top makes both sides of the draw pretty attractive. On Thursday, Spieth and Bubba Watson will be the big names in the afternoon coverage while Rory, Day, and Justin Thomas will be some of the stars carrying the morning coverage on PGA Tour Live. The nuts and bolts details for Thursday’s round below.
Here are all your media options for Thursday’s first round in Connecticut:
Thursday’s first-round coverage
Television:
3:30 to 6:30 p.m. ET — Golf Channel
7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. — Golf Channel replay
Online streams:
7 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes
- 7 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. ET — Free PGA Tour live stream on Twitter
Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)
- 7:50 a.m. — Rory McIlroy / Brian Harman / Jim Furyk
- 8 a.m. — Justin Thomas / Patrick Reed / Jason Day
3:30 to 6:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage (No subscription required)
3:30 to 6:30 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream
Radio:
Noon to 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)
TEE TIMES
Here’s the full tee sheet for the opening round at TPC River Highlands:
Off No. 1 Tee:
- 7:00 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Andres Gonzales
- 7:10 a.m.: Harris English, Robert Garrigus, Jason Bohn
- 7:20 a.m.: Geoff Ogilvy, Chez Reavie, Grayson Murray
- 7:30 a.m.: Greg Chalmers, Smylie Kaufman, Keegan Bradley
- 7:40 a.m.: Adam Hadwin, J.J. Henry, Paul Casey
- 7:50 a.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Charley Hoffman, Robert Streb
- 8:00 a.m.: Billy Hurley III, Brian Stuard, K.J. Choi
- 8:10 a.m.: Rod Pampling, Jim Herman, Danny Lee
- 8:20 a.m.: Chad Campbell, Patton Kizzire, Harold Varner III
- 8:30 a.m.: Bryce Molder, David Hearn, Dominic Bozzelli
- 8:40 a.m.: Ricky Barnes, Sung Kang, Byeong Hun An
- 8:50 a.m.: Tom Hoge, Brandon Hagy, Ryan Ruffels
- 9:00 a.m.: Brad Fritsch, Bobby Wyatt, Zach Zaback
- 12:00 p.m.: Patrick Rodgers, Kelly Kraft, Kevin Tway
- 12:10 p.m.: Scott Stallings, Anirban Lahiri, Zac Blair
- 12:20 p.m.: Michael Thompson, Will MacKenzie, Spencer Levin
- 12:30 p.m.: Jonas Blixt, William McGirt, Troy Merritt
- 12:40 p.m.: Daniel Berger, Matt Every, Brian Gay
- 12:50 p.m.: Marc Leishman, Russell Knox, Bubba Watson
- 1:00 p.m.: Wesley Bryan, Jordan Spieth, Brandt Snedeker
- 1:10 p.m.: Ken Duke, Rory Sabbatini, Mark Hubbard
- 1:20 p.m.: Seung-Yul Noh, Kevin Na, Troy Kelly
- 1:30 p.m.: Daniel Summerhays, Chad Collins, C.T. Pan
- 1:40 p.m.: Steven Alker, Brett Drewitt, Beau Hossler
- 1:50 p.m.: Mark Anderson, Richy Werenski, Ryan Brehm
- 2:00 p.m.: Ryan Armour, Bryson DeChambeau, Billy Downes
Off No. 10 Tee:
- 7:00 a.m.: Kevin Streelman, Stuart Appleby, Jason Kokrak
- 7:10 a.m.: Mark Wilson, Graham DeLaet, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano
- 7:20 a.m.: Carl Pettersson, Lucas Glover, Xander Schauffele
- 7:30 a.m.: Fabian Gomez, Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh
- 7:40 a.m.: Hudson Swafford, Emiliano Grillo, Padraig Harrington
- 7:50 a.m.: Brian Harman, Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk
- 8:00 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Jason Day
- 8:10 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Nick Taylor, Hunter Mahan
- 8:20 a.m.: John Huh, Kyle Reifers, Michael Kim
- 8:30 a.m.: Boo Weekley, Tim Wilkinson, John Peterson
- 8:40 a.m.: Ben Crane, Tyrone Van Aswegen, Brett Stegmaier
- 8:50 a.m.: Miguel Angel Carballo, Sebastian Munoz, Rick Lamb
- 9:00 a.m.: Jonathan Randolph, Nicholas Lindheim, Wyndham Clark
- 12:00 p.m.: Martin Laird, Tag Ridings, J.T. Poston
- 12:10 p.m.: Bob Estes, Derek Fathauer, Ryan Blaum
- 12:20 p.m.: Charlie Beljan, Martin Flores, Trey Mullinax
- 12:30 p.m.: David Lingmerth, Nick Watney, Luke Donald
- 12:40 p.m.: Cody Gribble, Tony Finau, Retief Goosen
- 12:50 p.m.: Brendan Steele, Peter Malnati, Scott Piercy
- 1:00 p.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Zach Johnson, Alex Cejka
- 1:10 p.m.: Ryan Palmer, Steve Wheatcroft, Cameron Percy
- 1:20 p.m.: Bud Cauley, Shawn Stefani, Whee Kim
- 1:30 p.m.: Morgan Hoffmann, Jamie Lovemark, Andrew Loupe
- 1:40 p.m.: Zack Sucher, Brian Campbell, Brett Coletta
- 1:50 p.m.: Julian Etulain, Seamus Power, Neil Johnson
- 2:00 p.m.: Bobby Gates, Joel Dahmen, Chase Seiffert
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