The WM Phoenix Open begins on Thursday at TPC Scottsdale and, like every PGA Tour event, will receive full coverage. Four production companies will collaborate to deliver fans the highest-quality golf coverage.
Golf Channel and CBS will broadcast the event on traditional television. Meanwhile, the PGA Tour and ESPN will once again partner for broadcasts via PGA Tour Live.
WM Phoenix Open Broadcast Schedule
This is how the so-called “People’s Open” will be broadcast:
Television:
- Thursday-Friday: 3:30-7:30 p.m., Golf Channel
- Saturday: noon-3 p.m., Golf Channel
- Saturday: 3-6:30 p.m., CBS
- Sunday: noon-3 p.m., Golf Channel;
- Sunday: 3-6 p.m., CBS
Both Golf Channel and CBS will also distribute their signal via streaming. Golf Channel will do so through its website golfchannel.com, while CBS will do so through the Paramount+ and CBS Sports Live apps.
PGA Tour Live will be the option for watching the morning waves at the WM Phoenix Open, although it will also cover the afternoon waves.
PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+:
- Thursday-Friday: 9:15 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
- Saturday: 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
- Sunday: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
The event will also be broadcast on Sirius XM PGA Tour radio, Thursday and Friday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Top Pairings and Tee Times
GettyThe WM Phoenix Open broadcast will follow six featured groups for the first two rounds.
The WM Phoenix Open will tee off at 9:20 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) with Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Rasmus Højgaard, and Kevin Roy on the 1st hole, and Mackenzie Hughes, Ryo Hisatsune, and Max McGreevy on the 10th hole. However, the main pairings for the first day will not be long in getting started.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has a tee time at 10:15 a.m. ET on the 10th hole, sharing a group with Chris Gotterup and Jordan Spieth. This will be one of the featured groups that will be followed on the broadcast.
The other two featured groups on Thursday morning will be J.J. Spaun, Sahith Theegala, and Sam Burns, with a tee time of 9:53 a.m. ET, and Ben Griffin, Wyndham Clark, and Matt Fitzpatrick, with a tee time of 10:04 a.m. ET.
In the afternoon, the broadcast will also follow three featured groups: Max Homa, Joel Dahmen, and Keith Mitchell (tee time 2:22 p.m. ET), Brooks Koepka, Xander Schauffele, and Cameron Young (tee time 2:44 p.m. ET), and Victor Hovland, Hideki Matsuyama, and Collin Morikawa (tee time 2:33 p.m. ET).
On Friday, the featured groups will be the same, but with the tee times reversed, as follows:
Saturday Featured Groups
- Homa, Dahmen, Mitchell: 9:42 am ET
- Hovland, Matsuyama, Morikawa: 9:53 am ET
- Koepka, Schauffele, Young: 10:04 am ET
- Spaun, Theegala, Burns: 2:33 pm ET
- Griffin, Clark, Fitzpatrick: 2:44 pm ET
- Scheffler, Spieth, Gotterup: 2:55 pm ET
The featured groups for the weekend will be announced once the cut has been made and the groups for Saturday and Sunday have been decided.
A year ago, Thomas Detry won the WM Phoenix Open, but he will not be there to defend his title as he has left to join LIV Golf. The most recent champion present at TPC Scottsdale is Nick Taylor, winner of the 2024 edition.
Other recent winners playing this week in Phoenix include Scheffler, Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama, Webb Simpson, and Gary Woodland.
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