The world’s best players are convening south of the border in Mexico City for the first World Golf Championship event of the season. The WGC Mexico Championship becomes the PGA Tour’s second stop in the country along with the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. With storylines abounding from the largest city in North America, the beginning of Thursday and Friday’s competition can be seen exclusively on PGA TOUR LIVE before the televised coverage.
The 77-man field features 49 of the top-50 players in the world with No. 2-ranked Jason Day as the only top player missing from the field (withdrew due to illness). However, nearly every other big name in the sport will be on hand with 12 of the most popular players in the world playing the early portion of their first two rounds on PGA TOUR LIVE.
On Thursday morning, the star-studded threesome of Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama starts the PGA TOUR LIVE coverage followed by Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia. On Friday, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson and Adam Scott kick off the streaming service’s coverage, followed by Justin Rose, Patrick Reed and Alexander Noren.
Rory McIlroy said he hit 8-irons 210 yards today.
We’re in store for some unique elevation this week. https://t.co/qRp4UHsqGU pic.twitter.com/LEdMashMOv
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 28, 2017
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We have an elite field this week at the @WGCMexico.
Power Rankings: https://t.co/N5tz95uLmr pic.twitter.com/GKZ2FBVFiW
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 1, 2017
The first two rounds of the WGC Mexico Championship will be live streamed on PGA TOUR LIVE beginning at 11:30 a.m. EST, giving subscribers over eight hours of live golf that otherwise would go unseen. Through the Tour’s partnership with Twitter, the first hour-plus of the PGA TOUR LIVE broadcast can be seen for free.
Here is PGA TOUR LIVE’s schedule for Thursday.
Thursday:
Broadcast time: 11:30AM/ET – 7:00PM/ET
Twitter Window: 11:30AM/ET – Approx. 1:00PM/ET
Featured Groups – Hole 10
12:36 PM/ET: Dustin Johnson / Rory McIlroy / Hideki Matsuyama
12:47 PM/ET: Justin Thomas / Rickie Fowler / Sergio Garcia
Friday:
Broadcast time: 11:30AM/ET – 7:00PM/ET
Twitter Window: 11:30AM/ET – Approx. 1:00PM/ET
Featured Groups – Hole 10
12:47 PM/ET: Henrik Stenson / Jordan Speith / Adam Scott
12:58 PM/ET: Alexander Noren / Patrick Reed / Justin Rose
There will be Featured Hole coverage at 2:00PM/ET. Featured Hole Coverage will consist of the 15th (Par-5) and 17th (Par-3) on Thursday and Friday.
Last year’s iteration, which was held at Trump National Doral, was won by Adam Scott, making the Aussie a back-to-back winner after claiming the Honda Classic crown the week prior. Scott held off Bubba Watson, Danny Willett and Rory McIlroy to earn the trophy.
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About PGA TOUR LIVE: PGA TOUR LIVE is a subscription-based digital platform service that offers live coverage of two concurrent featured group pairings during morning competition prior to the start of the regularly scheduled television coverage. It also offers live-streaming coverage from select holes after early-round group coverage has concluded. You can watch on iOS, Android, computer or Apple TV 4 for one-tap access to live golf. Keep track of your followed players across all devices with a free account.
Starting with the CareerBuilder Challenge, broadcast of all tournaments for the rest of the 2016-17 PGA Tour season will be available on PGA TOUR LIVE except for the majors (The Masters, U.S. Open, The Open Championship, PGA Championship) and alternate-field events.
Monthly subscriptions are $5.99 and an annual subscription is available for $39.99.
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