The TV coverage these last two days at the PGA Championship has been underwhelming, to say the least. The lack of coverage under the current TV deal, which runs out after next year’s edition at Bethpage, has been hammered on social media, the press, and by fans.
PGA Championship live stream 2018: How to watch Saturday online
After a rain-out on Friday afternoon, we’re back for a full day and hopefully the completion of two rounds at the PGA.
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It’s been an unending barrage for TNT, which did not come on the air until 2 p.m. ET both Thursday and Friday. The coverage windows were supposed to be just six hours and to put that in perspective, the U.S. Open coverage on FOX was 10 hours each day and the British Open coverage on Golf Channel was 14 hours each day. The six-hour window is simply antiquated and inexcusable for a major.
Well, TNT should get a break from the constant critiques on Saturday .That’s because, after just 2.5 hours of coverage on Friday, they will be up and running all day from the very top of a resumption of play at 8 a.m. ET. We’re set for an interminable day at the PGA, with the resumption and finish of the second round, a cut being made, and then the full third round off split tees throughout the afternoon.
As a refresher, here’s the tentative plan for the day ahead, which will include some 28 holes for the supergroup of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and Justin Thomas.
- 8 a.m. ET — 2nd round resumes (TV coverage on TNT until 2 p.m. ET switch to CBS)
- approx 11:30 a.m. ET — 2nd round finishes
- approx. 12:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. ET — 3rd round tee times off No. 1 and 10 tees in groups of three
- approx. 7 p.m. ET — third round finish on CBS
It makes sense for TV to be live at 8 a.m. for the resumption of play. We’ve got Tiger Woods on the course and they were only on the air for 2.5 damn hours on Friday, when there was some 6.5 hours of golf and a wave of low scores that would have been fun to watch but we couldn’t see. So let’s not go praising TNT for being the air early on 8 a.m. ET — they should be.
Expect more low scores on Saturday, with the course softened even further by rain and a setup that we’ve already seen yield NINE scores of 65 or lower from the first 77 players who finished on Friday before the storms hit St. Louis.
Television
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. — TNT
2 p.m. to 7 p.m. — CBS
Online streams
Available on PGA.com and on mobile via PGA Championship and Bleacher Report Live app.
- 8 a.m to 7 p.m. — Featured groups stream 1 — Woods / Thomas / McIlroy
- 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Featured groups stream 2 — Fowler / Matsuyama / Poulter
- 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Featured holes stream Nos. 16, 17, 18
- 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. — TV simulcast stream on WatchTNT, PGA.com and on mobile via PGA Championship and Bleacher Report Live app
- 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. — TV simulcast stream on CBSSports.com, PGA.com and on mobile via PGA Championship and Bleacher Report Live app
Radio
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208) or on PGA.com
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