PGA Championship 2017 live stream: How to watch Round 1 online

Jordan Spieth snapped a two-year streak of first-time major winners at the British Open when he overcame a disastrous 13th-hole tee shot to run away to a three-stroke victory. Starting Thursday, he’ll have to hold off a field filled with the world’s best golfers to complete his career grand slam.

Spieth’s win at the Open gave him three major wins in his short career, leaving the PGA Championship as the one prize he’s yet to claim. The 24-year-old can take a massive step toward reclaiming his status as the PGA Tour’s top competitor — and stake his claim as the game’s top young player since Tiger Woods — with 72 stellar holes in North Carolina.

It won’t be easy. Each of the world’s top-10 golfers will be at Quail Hollow this week, including one who has historically mastered the course. In seven appearances at the exclusive club, Rory McIlroy has come away with two tournament wins and another narrow loss in an extra-holes playoff. As a result, he’s the current favorite to lift the Wanamaker Trophy Sunday evening.

McIlroy will be facing a vastly different Quail Hollow than the one he’s dominated in the past. The club underwent an extensive 12-week renovation leading up to its first PGA Championship, adding three new holes and drastically changing several others. The course is now more challenging, with thicker rough, faster greens, and a monstrous 540-yard par-4 first hole.

If that’s enough to trip up McIlroy and Spieth, the pinpoint iron accuracy of world No. 3 Hideki Matsuyama could lead to the 25-year-old’s first major win. Matsuyama, one of the runners-up at this year’s U.S. Open, is currently on a heater. His nine-under 61 to close out a win at last week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tied a course record for lowest round by a winning golfer. If he can find a way to control his streaky putting, he’ll have a tremendous opportunity to claim the year’s final major championship.

You can follow all 72 holes (and possibly more) of the 2017 PGA Championship on your laptop, tablet, or phone thanks to the magic of the internet. A traditional simulcast stream is available, but fans looking for a deeper dive into press conferences and featured groups — including that Spieth/Garcia/Koepka combo — will require the official PGA Championship app. Here’s how to wring the most out of all this week’s action, starting with Thursday’s opening round.

1 p.m. - 7 p.m. — TNT

8 a.m. - end of play — PGA Championship Stream

8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. -- Feature Groups and press conferences on the PGA Championship’s official app

12 p.m. - 6 p.m. — Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio (Ch. 92/208)