Watch The Players Championship this week to see the 2025 PGA Tour flagship event which has been dubbed the 'Fifth Major'. Here, Golf Monthly brings you all the information on how to watch The Players Championship live streams and TV broadcasts wherever you are in the world.
• Dates: March 13–16, 2025
• Venue: Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA
• TV & Streaming: Golf Channel, NBC, Peacock (US) | Sky Sports (UK) | Kayo Sports (Aus)
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Due to thunderstorms expected to hit the course in mid afternoon, play on Sunday has been brought forward. Players will now tee off in threeballs between 8am and 10.01am ET with a two-tee start.
Live coverage of the final round will now start in the US at 10am on the Golf Channel and run on this channel until 12.30pm. NBC will start its live coverage at 12pm and continue to the finish. All the day’s coverage will stream on Peacock.
In the UK, Sky Sports will now start its live coverage at 11.30am GMT. In Canada, TSN starts its live coverage at 10am ET and Fox Sports in Australia at 1am AEDT.
JJ Spaun enters the final day with a one-stroke lead hoping that history does not repeat itself. The last nine golfers to lead by a single stroke entering the final round at The Players Championship have failed to win.
Thirty-four year old Spaun has only won once on the PGA Tour, in 2022, and 35-year-old Bud Cauley, who lies second and is ranked 251st in the world, has never done so. Neither has Alex Smalley who is tied in third with 2009 US Open winner Lucas Glover.
Rory McIlroy lies tied 5th, four shots off the lead. Last year’s winner, Scottie Scheffler, was tied 6th and trailing by five shots behind entering the final round in 2024.
The Players Championship is the tournament that offers the biggest purse on the PGA Tour, and its purse is larger than at any of the Majors.
This year’s winner will gets $4.5m, 750 FedExCup points, a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour and a three-year exemption to all four men's Majors.
Read on for our guide on how to watch The Player Championship online, on TV, and from anywhere.
Are there any free live streams for The Players Championship?
There are no free live streams for The Players Championship 2025. The closest you're going to get is through Fancode in India, a streaming platform where a monthly subscription costs just ₹199 – that's just over $2 and just under £2.
The service is geo-restricted so will only work in India. If you're away from India right now, you can still access your Fancode subscription by using a VPN – more on that below.
Watch The Players Championship from anywhere
If you are outside your usual country, you can still access the streaming services you subscribe to, even when you're away from home, thanks to a handy piece of software known as a VPN.
A Virtual Private Network – to give it the full name – can make your devices appear to be in any location, bypassing geo-restrictions so you can watch the things you've signed up for. It's perfect for watching golf from anywhere, and it comes with a host of internet security benefits, too.
Our expert colleagues over at TechRadar have tested loads of VPNs and they reckon NordVPN is the best VPN provider out there right now.
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Watch The Players Championship golf in the US
There are a few options for watching The Players Championship in the US, with NBC showing the event on its network that includes The Golf Channel and the Peacock streaming platform. For a dedicated multi-feed streaming operation, ESPN+ is the home of PGA Tour Live.
The Players Championship on NBC
The opening two rounds of the Players Championship, on March 13 and March 14, will go out on The Golf Channel, while the final two rounds will be shown on NBC, with a simulcast available on Peacock.
NBC is available on cable TV plans, as is The Golf Channel. No cable? No problem. There are plenty of good 'cord-cutting' streaming services that allow you to watch cable TV channels online. Sling TV starts from $45 a month plus the $11 Sports Extra add-on, while Fubo plans start from $84.99 with a free trial.
You can stream The Golf Channel on the NBC Sports app but this is only for cable customers who log in with their cable credentials.
March 16: 10am-12.30pm (Golf Channel/Peacock) 12pm-3pm (NBC/Peacock)
The final two rounds, however, on March 15 and March 16, will go out live on the main NBC channel. These broadcasts will be available on Peacock, where plans start from $7.99 per month or $79.99 for a year.
Multi-feed live streaming on ESPN+
For the most comprehensive coverage, PGA Tour Live via ESPN+ will be showing various streams including the main feed and featured groups and holes.
A subscription to ESPN+ costs $11.99 per month, or you could save over the course of a year with 12 months for $119.99. You can also bundle with other services, such as Dinsey+ and Hulu for $16.99 per month.
On Sunday the marquee group shown will be Scottie Scheffler, Min Woo Lee and Sam Ryder.
The two featured groups will be Justin Thomas, Davis Riley and Justin Lower; and Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood and Mac Meissner.
The featured holes will be 3, 12, 16 and the island green 17th.
Watch The Players Championship golf in the UK
Golf fans in the UK can watch The Players Championship on Sky Sports. The action will be shown on the dedicated golf channel, Sky Sports Golf, while a lot of the action can also be found on Sky Sports Main Event.
You can get Sky Sports on your television by adding a Sky Sports plan to your existing TV package - prices will vary by provider.
March 16: 11.30am–9pm (Sky Sports Golf/Sky Sports+), 11.30am–3pm (Sky Sports Main Event)
To watch online, subscribers can use the Sky Go app, while there are also a number of Sky Sports streaming plans out there. Check out Sky Sports deals and packages for today’s best prices.
Sky Sports is also available via the Now TV streaming service. Now TV’s sports package costs £26 per month right now.
If you’re a Sky Sports subscriber who’s currently outside the UK, you can still watch the coverage via streaming provided you use a VPN, such as NordVPN.
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How to watch The Players Championship in Canada
In Canada, The Players Championship: will be broadcast by TSN, which has rights to the PGA Tour in Canada.
TV packages vary by provider, but if you want a The Players Championship live stream, you can sign up to their online platform TSN+. Prices start from $8.99 a month.
How to watch The Players Championship in Australia
Golf fans in Australia can watch The Players Championship on Fox Sports and Kayo. Fox Sports will carry TV coverage on channel 503, while Kayo Sports will offer live streaming of all the rounds.
Kayo subscriptions start at $25 a month, but there's currently a free trial available.
The Players Championship: Format
The Players Championship is played over four rounds of strokeplay. There is a halfway cut, whereby the top 65 and ties from the 144-man field will go through to rounds three and four.
The Players Championship: Third Round Tee Times
Times ET (GMT). Score to par after 54 holes in brackets.
1st tee:
- 8am (12pm): Jesper Svensson (-2), Aaron Rai (-2), Keegan Bradley (-2)
- 8:11am (12.11pm): Davis Riley (-3), Justin Thomas (-3), Justin Lower (-2)
- 8:22am (12.22pm): Tommy Fleetwood (-4), Collin Morikawa (-4), Mac Meissner (-3)
- 8:33am (12.33pm): Tom Hoge (-4), Taylor Moore (-4), Taylor Pendrith (-4)
- 8:44am (12.44pm): Tom Kim (-4), Daniel Berger (-4), Denny McCarthy (-4)
- 8:55am (12.55pm): Scottie Scheffler (-5), Min Woo Lee (-5), Sam Ryder (-4)
- 9:06am (1.06pm): Chris Kirk (-5), Davis Thompson (-5), Robert MacIntyre (-5)
- 9:17am (1.17pm): Jake Knapp (-7), J.T. Poston (-6), Ryan Gerard (-6)
- 9:28am (1.28pm): Max McGreevy (-7), Patrick Cantlay (-7), Sepp Straka (-7)
- 9:39am (1.39pm): Akshay Bhatia (-7), Danny Walker (-7), Stephan Jaeger (-7)
- 9:50am (1.50pm): Alex Smalley (-9), Corey Conners (-8), Rory McIlroy (-8)
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10:01am (2.01pm): J.J. Spaun (-12), Bud Cauley (-11), Lucas Glover (-9)
10th tee:
- 8am (12pm): Ryan Fox (-2), Jordan Spieth (-2), Joe Highsmith (-2)
- 8:11am (12.11pm): Matt McCarty (-2), Harris English (-2), Jacob Bridgeman (-2)
- 8:22am (12.22pm): Will Zalatoris (-2), Matt Kuchar (-1), Billy Horschel (-1)
- 8:33am (12.33pm): Russell Henley (E), Joel Dahmen (E), Austin Eckroat (E)
- 8:44am (12.44pm): Hayden Springer (E), Beau Hossler (E), Shane Lowry (+1)
- 8:55am (12.55pm): Camilo Villegas (+1), Will Chandler (+1), Chander Phillips (+1)
- 9:06am (1.06pm): Sahith Theegala (+1), Sungjae Im (+2), Matthieu Pavon (+2)
- 9:17am (1.17pm): Byeong Hun An (+2), Isaiah Salinda (+2), Carson Young (+2)
- 9:28am (1.28pm): Charley Hoffman (+2), Si Woo Kim (+3), C.T. Pan (+4)
- 9:39am (1.39pm): Xander Schauffele (+4), Rico Hoey (+4), Kurt Kitayama (+4)
- 9:50am (1.50pm): Jhonattan Vegas (+4), Trey Mullinax (+5), Cameron Young (+5)
- 10:01am (2.01pm): Rickie Fowler (+5), Sami Valimaki (+7), Emiliano Grillo (+7)
The Players Championship: TV schedule and timings
Sunday 16th March - Round Four:
• US (ET): 10am-12.30pm (Golf Channel/Peacock/ESPN+); 12pm-3pm (NBC/Peacock/ESPN+)
• Canada (ET): 10am–3pm (TSN1/TSN+)
• UK (GMT): 11.30am–9pm (Sky Sports Golf/Sky Sports+), 11.30am–3pm (Sky Sports Main Event)
• Australia (AEDT): 1am–6am (Monday) (Fox Sports 503/Kayo)
