Travelers Championship 2017: Tee times, TV channel, and live stream for Round 3

One of the strongest fields in Travelers Championship history hits the weekend, where some of the largest crowds on the PGA Tour schedule will pack in to TPC River Highlands. It’s become an annual New England tradition for many now, heading to Cromwell for what is one of the rowdier and more well-attended tournaments.

This Saturday, they will have some starpower to watch in between sips of their beverages. Jordan Spieth, playing in his first ever Travelers, sits on top of the leaderboard after 36 holes. That position is held mostly due to the work he put in on Thursday, a 7-under 63 that was the lowest opening round of his PGA Tour career. He held on in the second round, posting a number in the red that was still good enough to stay in first by a shot on what is normally a track that sets up for manic leaderboard movement. Spieth will play in the final spot on the tee sheet alongside Ryder Cup partner Patrick Reed and Troy Merritt.

While Spieth is the big name on top, the Travelers did lose some of the star power in a field that was fascinating to watch come together over the last few months. The biggest names missing the cut were Jason Day, Bubba Watson, and Justin Thomas. Day just never had it from the start on Thursday and while this is a course where Bubba has feasted in the past, his season-long struggles continued even on a comfy layout.

The one big name that the event was in jeopardy of losing snuck into the weekend right on the number. Rory McIlroy, also playing in his first ever Travelers, spent all of Friday afternoon teetering on the cut line. A slip and chunked wedge shot on his last hole of the day led to a bogey that made it look like he’d miss the final two rounds for the second straight week. But the last few groups out on the course, and his finishing bogey, moved the cut line to exactly even-par. A massive 85 players made the cut, which means we’ll get a secondary cut on Saturday afternoon.

It also means we’ll have the tee sheet back out in groups of three and off split tees, as opposed to twosomes rolling off the first tee from first thing in the morning. That’s great for TV and the attending fans, because it condenses everyone into a two-hour window. Almost everyone is out on the course at the same time and while Spieth plays the front, Rory will be on the back. The weather, which has been known to disrupt this event, looks good for the day, so we should have an on-time finish right around 6 p.m. ET.

Here are all your media options for the third round in Cromwell:

1 to 2:30 p.m. ET — Golf Channel

3 to 6 p.m. — CBS

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Featured Groups and coverage from range and opening holes (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

1 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage (No subscription required)

1 to 2:30 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

3 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live/CBS simulcast stream

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

Here’s the full tee sheet for Saturday’s third round at TPC River Highlands: