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LIV Golf Invitational Series: How to watch the inaugural tournament in London on live stream

The much anticipated LIV Golf tournament will make it debut on Thursday, with some of the sport's biggest names taking place.

Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, and Kevin Na are among the 48 players , broken up into 12 teams, who will tee off.

The format consists of 54 holes with all golfers teeing off at the same time and there will be no cuts. 

The broadcast will feature 60 on-course microphones and 50 cameras, with many of the players mic'd up.

Arlo White will be the lead play-by-play announcer with Jerry Foltz will handle analyst and color commentator duties. 

The projected payout for the winner is expected to be $4 million, with the golfer coming in last taking home $120,000. The eight events of the LIV Golf will have a total purse of $225 million.

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Here is how to watch the LIV tournament

Where : Centurion Club, London

When: Tournament starts June 9, at 9 a.m. ET.

TV: The event will not be televised.

Streaming: The LIV Tournament can only be seen on LIVGolf.com, with Facebook and YouTube broadcasting live streaming coverage.

The tournament added that future events will air "live on a global roster of leading premium and free-to-air broadcasters providing coverage in 138 territories around the world."

How to watch LIV Golf Invitational Series | FREE live streams, dates, times for inaugural tour

• Updated: Jun. 09, 2022, 9:29 a.m. |
• Published: Jun. 09, 2022, 8:00 a.m.

The LIV Golf Invitational Tour, the controversial new golf tour featuring some of golf’s biggest names, begins on Thursday, June 9, 2022 (6/9/22) with the first round of the competition at the Centurion Club in London, England. AP

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The LIV Golf Invitational Tour , the controversial new golf tour featuring some of golf’s biggest names, begins on Thursday, June 9, 2022 (6/9/22) with the first round of the competition at the Centurion Club in London, England.

The tournament concludes on Sunday, June 12, 2022 (6/12/22).

The field includes Phil Mickelson , Dustin Johnson , Sergio Garcia and Kevin Na .

The event will not be televised. It will instead be broadcast live at 9 a.m. every day on YouTube , Facebook or LIVgolf.com .

Here’s what you need to know:

What : LIV Golf Invitational Tour

When : Thursday, June 9, 2022 - Sunday, June 12, 2022

Where : Centurion Club

Thursday, June 9

9 a.m. on YouTube , Facebook or LIVgolf.com

Friday, June 10

Saturday, June 11

Sunday, June 12

Channel finder: Verizon Fios , AT&T U-verse , Comcast Xfinity , Spectrum/Charter , Optimum/Altice , Cox , DIRECTV , Dish , Hulu , fuboTV , Sling .

Live stream: YouTube , Facebook , LIVgolf.com

Here’s how LIV Golf is formatted, courtesy of the Associated Press:

LIV GOLF INVITATIONAL-LONDON

Site: Hertfordshire, England.

Course: Centurion GC. Yardage: 7,047. Par: 70.

Prize money: $25 million ($20 million individual, $5 million team). Winner’s share: $4 million, $3 million for winning team.

Television: LIVgolf.com , Facebook, YouTube.

Defending champion: Inaugural event.

Notes: This is the first in a series of eight tournaments funded by Saudi Arabia through the LIV Golf Investments. ... Five of the eight tournaments are scheduled for the United States, two at courses run by former President Donald Trump. ... Dustin Johnson at No. 15 is among four players from the top 50 in the world playing for a $20 million purse, with a $5 million purse going toward a team event. ... The 51-year-old Phil Mickelson was the last player to sign up for the new series. The 12 four-man teams are to be drafted before the tournaments. ... The 13 PGA Tour members in the field are likely to face some form of suspension because the tour did not provide them media rights releases. ... The winner gets $4 million, the richest payoff in golf based on a 54-hole tournament. ... The tournament has a shotgun start. ... Six players, including Kevin Na, Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace, have resigned their PGA Tour memberships ahead of any disciplinary action. ... Several players have been given a signing bonus, with The Daily Telegraph reporting Johnson received $150 million.

Next tournament: LIV Golf Invitational-Portland on July 1-3.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)

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Fans will be able to stream the action on the platform, although some markets will command a daily fee

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After LIV Golf failed to secure a TV deal for its inaugural season in 2022, its tournaments were broadcast free on YouTube. It has now been announced that the remaining events in the current League season will also be broadcast on the platform, albeit with a significant difference in some markets. 

Starting with the LIV Golf DC tournament, viewers will be able to watch the action on YouTube in the US, Canada, Mexico and South Korea for $3 per day. Meanwhile, in the UK, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Japan, fans will be able to stream the tournaments free of charge on the platform.

The reason why it is necessary to pay in some countries and not others is because in the markets where payment is needed, LIV has broadcast deals and paywalls ensure those contracts are protected.

In January, LIV Golf announced a multi-year TV deal with The CW Network ensuring live coverage of the action on Saturdays and Sundays on both TV and on CW Network app in the US, with coverage on Friday available only through the app.

That arrangement is unaffected by the move, while fans will still be able to watch the action through the LIV Golf Plus app.

LIV Golf's Chief Media Officer Will Staeger explained coverage is returning the YouTube to reach as many fans as possible. He said: “Expanding the availability of LIV Golf’s live coverage on YouTube marks another milestone in the innovative ways in which we are making our groundbreaking competition available to viewers. 

"LIV Golf is a global league comprised of some of the game’s biggest stars, and this supports our goal of bringing the sport we love to more people in more places around the world.”

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There have been teething problems with The CW Network’s broadcasting of LIV Golf events, notably during the most recent in Tulsa, where the US station pulled coverage before its thrilling finale , which saw Dustin Johnson secure victory over Cameron Smith and Branden Grace in a playoff.

The CW Network has since vowed to avoid a repeat of that gaffe . Meanwhile, it has also been reported that LIV Golf has stopped releasing viewing figures of its tournaments via the broadcaster.

This week's tournament at Washington DC's Trump National Golf Club sees PGA Champion Brooks Koepka in action as he looks for his third win on the circuit. Following that, the action moves on to Valderrama in Spain at the end of June.

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How to watch the first LIV Golf event in London from the US this week

• The Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series will host its first event this week.
• While LIV Golf has yet to secure a broadcast partner, fans can follow the action online.
• Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson headline the field for the league's inaugural tournament.

The Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series will finally host its first event this week at the Centurion Club just outside of London.

A field of 48 players, headlined by Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson , will battle for one of the richest purses in the history of golf. The event has adopted a team format with the 12 captains taking part in a draft, which took place earlier in the week .

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The competition tees off on Thursday with a shotgun start, kicking off three rounds of action at 9 a.m. ET.

While the first LIV Golf event won't be shown on television in the US, fans hoping to check out the tournament can do so on YouTube , Facebook, or through LIVGolf.com , according to the site .

Leading the broadcast team for the new league will be commentator Arlo White, who American fans might know from his years as one of the voices of the English Premier League. Former Golf Channel commentator Jerry Foltz will serve as an analyst, and Asian Tour broadcaster Dom Boulet is set to fill-out the three-man booth.

In addition to Mickelson and Johnson, former PGA Tour pros, including Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Talor Gooch, Lee Westwood, Kevin Na, and Louis Oosthuizen, will be competing for the $25 million event purse. The winner's share is set for $4 million. By contrast, the champion of the PGA Tour's RBC Canadian Open, also teeing off Thursday, will earn around $1.3 million, and the winners of the last two majors — Scottie Scheffler, at the Masters, and Justin Thomas, at the PGA Championship — earned $2.7 mi lion for their victories.

Meanwhile, since LIV Golf doesn't feature a cut after two rounds, the player who finishes dead last is still set to walk away from the event pocketing $120,000. At last week's Memorial Tournament on the PGA Tour, players needed to finish tied for 18th to make that kind of money.

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Will Staeger, LIV Golf’s Chief Media Officer, said: “The LIV Golf broadcast will be unlike anything fans have seen before. The innovations we are introducing to the sport will be distributed to existing and new audiences all over the world as we deliver golf coverage dedicated to entertainment and access. We’ve built a world-class production team that has combined the industry’s best practices with a reimagined experience for viewers to create a one-of-a-kind broadcast. We’ve been counting down the days to Thursday’s start so fans can tune in and watch what we have been working on.”

The field for the 48-man tournament added five more names yesterday following the conclusion of the Asian Tour’s International Series event at Slaley Hall. Viraj Madappa (IND), Kevin Yuan (AUS), Travis Smyth (AUS), Ian Snyman (South Africa) and Thailand’s Itthipat Buranatanyarat will all be teeing it up at Centurion having qualified from the cumulative International Series Order of Merit .

With 47 players now confirmed, one place remains to be announced to complete the field.

LIV Golf Portland live stream: how to watch new golf tournament online for free

Koepka, DeChambeau and Reed join the rebels for second tournament

Golf's breakaway LIV tour continues to add more big names stars, as a 48-man field heads to Portland for the second LIV Golf Invitational Series event. Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed, Abraham Ancer and Pat Perez are the latest stars to cross the floor and join the controversial Saudi-funded circuit with all five players set to tee off this weekend at the Pumpkin Ridge course. Read on as we explain how to watch a 2022 LIV Golf Portland live stream wherever you are right now – with free coverage available around the world.

Dates: Thursday, June 30 - Saturday, June 2

Start time: 3.15pm ET/ 12.15 PT / 8.15pm BST / 5.15 am AEST (all three days)

Venue: Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, Portland, Oregon

FREE live streams: YouTube | Facebook | LIVGolf.com

Watch anywhere: Try ExpressVPN 100% risk-free

LIV's inaugural event early this month at the Centurion Club saw Charl Schwartzel take home a tidy £3.2million as winner.

As with that opening salvo, this second tournament is set to be played over 54 holes across the course of three days, with 48 players teeing off at the same time each day, drafted into 12 teams of four.

Up for grabs for this weekend's winner in Oregon is a $4 million payout from a whopping $25 million purse.

Follow our guide below to see it all unfold. Here's how to watch an LIV Golf Portland live stream online wherever you are.

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How to watch LIV Golf Portland: live stream FREE around the world

As with opening event, LIV Golf Portland will be live streamed for free on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/LIVGolfInv/" data-link-merchant="facebook.com"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LIV Golf Facebook page , the <a href="https://www.livgolf.com/" data-link-merchant="livgolf.com"" data-link-merchant="facebook.com"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LIVGolf.com website and the circuit's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuC-Is0pVH9RudfZJw-LSmw" data-link-merchant="youtube.com"" data-link-merchant="livgolf.com"" data-link-merchant="facebook.com"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">YouTube channel.

Those live streams should be free to watch from anywhere but, if you find yourself in a territory where it's blocked, then you might want to try a VPN, as per the instructions below. <a href="https://go.expressvpn.com/c/4550836/1330033/16063?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&sharedId=hawk&u=https%3A%2F%2Fexpressvpn.com%2Foffer%2Ftechradar-deal%3Foffer%3D3monthsfree%26a_fid%3D744" data-link-merchant="expressvpn.com"" data-link-merchant="youtube.com"" data-link-merchant="livgolf.com"" data-link-merchant="facebook.com"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">We recommend ExpressVPN.

LIV Golf has also said that its events will be shown on broadcasters in 138 countries around the world, but at the time of publication they have yet to be revealed.

The LIV Golf Portland action gets underway at 3.15pm ET/ 12.15 PT / 8.15pm BST / 5.15 am AEST on all three days of the tournament.

How to watch LIV Golf Portland from outside your country

If you're abroad right now and struggling to tap into coverage of the tournament, you'll want a VPN . This'll help you circumvent the geo-blocking that will try to stop you watching a LIV Golf Portland live stream in particular parts of the world.

They're a useful means of getting around this issue, are cheap, and easy to set-up as well. Here's how it's done.

Use a VPN to watch a LIV Golf Portland live stream from anywhere

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Once you've downloaded the software, just follow the prompts to install it then select the location you want to relocate your IP address to - it really is that easy.

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Using a VPN is as easy as one-two-three...

1. Download and install a VPN - as we say, our top choice is ExpressVPN .

2. Connect to the appropriate server location - open the VPN app, hit 'choose location' and select the appropriate location e.g. UK

3. Go to the broadcaster's stream - head to your home broadcaster's site or app and watch as if you were at home - so that's LIVGolf.com .

LIV Golf Portland: teams and captains

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Lee Westwood

Niblicks Golf Club

Graeme McDowell

Punch Golf Club

Wade Ormsby

Smash Golf Club

Brooks Koepka

Stinger Golf Club

Louis Oosthuizen

Torque Golf Club

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What a potential PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger might look like, according to sports history

One of the complexities of the potential link-up between the PGA Tour and LIV is what the basic mechanics of playing "together" would look like. Will players who went to LIV be welcomed back to PGA Tour events? Will the two leagues both exist as separate parts of the schedule?

Several top PGA Tour players have expressed open skepticism about LIV players getting a free run back. “There should be a pathway back for them, but they definitely shouldn’t be able to come back without any sort of contribution to the tour, if that makes sense,” said Scottie Scheffler in February. Justin Thomas has taken the same stance: “I’m not in agreement that you should be able to come back that easily. There’s a lot of us that made sacrifices and were true to our word and didn’t make that decision," he said. "I understand that things are changing and getting better, but I’d have a hard time with that, and I think a lot of guys would have a hard time with that."

On the other side, players like Dustin Johnson have pointed out that trying to claw back the money they received for joining LIV would just amount to sour grapes from players who wished they had made a better deal. "We're the ones who took the risk for everything," Johnson said. "Why shouldn't we be compensated?"

This isn't the first time competing sports leagues have battled it out, and it certainly isn't the first time sabers have been rattled by players, owners and league executives during those fights. Even though team sports and franchise ownership are different animals than the individual nature of the PGA Tour, the coming-together stories from those other leagues can be instructive about what we might see when—and if—golf mends its fences.

NFL-AFL (1970)

For a decade, the established NFL and upstart AFL waged a high-dollar war for free-agent talent. Where the NFL had legacy and media attention on its side, the AFL's collection of owners had deeper pockets (sound familiar?) and the willingness to wait out losses to disrupt the NFL's leadership position. The NFL realized it wasn't going to spend the AFL out of existence, so it came to the table to make a deal. By 1966, the sides had agreed to the framework for an eventual merger, and the first championship game between the two leagues that year was played in 1967—the Super Bowl. By 1970, the AFL teams became part of the NFL as the AFC, and those owners agreed to pay the NFL $18 million over 20 years. Importantly, the NFL elected to recognize AFL statistics as part of the NFL retroactively, bringing the two leagues into true unison.

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NBA-ABA (1976)

Some of the battles between the NBA and fledgling ABA took the same tone as the NFL-AFL clash. ABA teams signed top players like Julius Erving and Artis Gilmore, and competed directly in big markets like New York City. But the NBA was much more fragile financially than the NFL and made a deal with the ABA to stop the bleeding and capitalize on the excitement the ABA's rule and marketing innovations had generated. The NBA agreed to accept four of the six ABA teams—the New York Nets (which became New Jersey and eventually moved to Brooklyn), Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs. The two remaining ABA teams folded in exchange for buyouts from the four teams making the jump to the NBA. The Kentucky Colonels received a flat $3 million, and the St. Louis ownership group negotiated a shrewd exit deal that paid them a sliver of the surviving teams' television revenue in perpetuity. That deal was eventually bought out for $500 million in 2014—more than the entire value of the combined NBA and ABA when the deal was consummated in 1976. Players' legacy didn't get treated quite as generously in the transition. The NBA doesn’t recognize ABA records, which means Dr. J's 11,662 ABA points don't count toward a career total that would put him in the top 10 all-time if they were combined.

NHL-WHA (1979)

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Hockey’s “merger” was perhaps the most brutal. The WHA made a lot of noise signing aging stars like Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull to huge contracts and bringing along young stars like Wayne Gretzky. When the leagues came together in 1979, it was only because the WHA “died” and four of its strongest teams—Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers and the Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets—became new expansion teams in the NHL. The original NHL teams even got to take back the players for whom they retained rights without compensating the “new” teams. Like the ABA, WHA records don’t count toward a player’s NHL totals, which means Gordie Howe lost out on the 508 points he scored for the Whalers, and Gretzky doesn’t have the 110 points he scored for the Oilers and Indianapolis Racers added to his career log.

Perhaps two of the most similar analogs to the PGA Tour-LIV dispute are the most obscure for American golf fans. In the mid-1990s, Rupert Murdoch was still an Australia-based media baron, and he was interested in getting a piece of that country's broadcast rights for top-level rugby. Murdoch's News Corporation backed the launch of a competing super league to go up against the established Australian Rugby League and drew a collection of teams disenchanted with how the sport was being run and promoted. After years of court battles—and a single year in which the two leagues competed head to head—they agreed to merge into the National Rugby League. Murdoch would end up with a controlling interest in the broadcasting rights for the sport by the mid-2000s.

Then there's tennis, in which a true professional game has only existed since 1968, when pros were finally able to compete in the four majors. When Jimmy Connors and Evonne Goolagong committed to World Team Tennis in 1974—a new entity with franchises spread across American cities—it caused a disorienting rift in the sport. Connors and Goolagong had each won the first major of the year in Australia, but because they would miss certain European events to play for their teams, they were banned from the French Open. Connors would go on to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open later in the summer, earning a sort of slam Brooks Koepka would probably appreciate. Connors didn’t play in the French Open from 1974 to 1978—when he was at the height of his career. Chris Evert, John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg all played team tennis, which ultimately made it impractical for majors to hold the line and exclude the world's best.

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Houston Open 2024: How to Watch and Stream All the PGA Tour Golf From Anywhere

The Tour moves to the Memorial Park Golf Course in Texas, where there's a $9.1 million purse up for grabs.

After a year missing from the golfing calendar, the Houston Open returns to Memorial Park Golf Course this weekend. 

Tour scheduling kept the popular event off the roster last season, but the tournament is back with an enticing lure of 500 FedEx Cup points and a $1.638 million prize for this weekend's overall winner. 

Tony Finau returns as defending champ, a full 16 months since his triumph in the last edition of the tournament with a four-stroke lead back in November 2022.

Finau's main threat to regaining his crown looks set to come from world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who will be eyeing up winning his third straight PGA Tour event win after victories in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players. 

Keep reading to find out the best live TV streaming services to use to watch each day of the tournament live wherever you are in the world.

Defending champ Tony Finau is currently ranked No. 30 in the world.

What is the US TV schedule for the Houston Open 2024?

Linear TV coverage of the Houston Open in the US is on Golf Channel and NBC.

That means you'll also be able to livestream both networks' feeds via NBC's online service Peacock.

For more comprehensive coverage, streaming service ESPN Plus offers extended PGA Tour Live access, offering marquee groups, featured groups, featured holes and the main action feeds.

Here's the full TV schedule (all times ET):

Thursday and Friday

• Golf Channel, Peacock: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• ESPN Plus: 8:15 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday 

• Golf Channel, Peacock: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• NBC, Peacock: 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• ESPN Plus: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Golf Channel, Peacock: 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• NBC, Peacock: 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

How to watch the the Houston Open 2024 online from anywhere using a VPN

If you find yourself unable to view the tournament locally, you may need a different way to watch -- that's where using a VPN can come in handy. A VPN is also the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds by encrypting your traffic, and it's also a great idea if you're traveling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network, and you want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins.

With a VPN, you're able to virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to the tournament. So if your internet provider or mobile carrier has stuck you with an IP address that incorrectly shows your location in a blackout zone, a VPN can correct that problem by giving you an IP address in your correct, nonblackout area. Most VPNs, like our Editors' Choice, ExpressVPN , make it really easy to do this.

Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Canada, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you're streaming. You should be sure your VPN is set up correctly to prevent leaks: Even where VPNs are legal, the streaming service may terminate the account of anyone it deems to be circumventing correctly applied blackout restrictions.

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ExpressVPN is our current best VPN pick for people who want a reliable and safe VPN, and it works on a variety of devices. It's normally $13 a month, and you can sign up for ExpressVPN and save 35% -- the equivalent of $8.32 a month -- if you get an annual subscription. 

Note that ExpressVPN offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Livestream the Houston Open 2024 in the US

Linear TV coverage in the US is on The Golf Channel and NBC, while streaming service Peacock also boasts the same coverage of the entire tournament. 

For more comprehensive coverage, PGA Tour Live streaming coverage takes place Thursday through to Sunday on ESPN Plus, offering main action feeds, marquee groups, featured groups and featured hole coverage.

Watch comprehensive Houston Open 2024 coverage in the US from $11 per month

ESPN's standalone streaming service costs $11 a month or $110 for an annual subscription.  Read our ESPN Plus review .

Carries coverage of all four days for $6 a month

Peacock offers two Premium plans. The ad-supported Premium plan costs $6 a month, and the ad-free Premium plan costs $12 a month. You can use either Premium plan to watch the tournament.

Read our Peacock review .

Four of the major live TV streaming services offer Golf Channel. 

Hulu with Live TV

Carries golf channel for $77 a month.

Hulu with Live TV costs $77 a month and includes Golf Channel. Click the "View channels in your area" link on its welcome page to see which local channels are offered in your ZIP code.

Read our Hulu with Live TV review .

Carries Golf Channel for $73 a month

YouTube TV costs $73 a month and includes Golf Channel. 

Read our YouTube TV review .

Carries Golf Channel for $75 a month

Fubo costs $75 a month and includes Golf Channel. Click here to see which local channels you get.

Read our Fubo review .

DirecTV Stream

Carries golf channel for $85 a month.

DirecTV Stream's basic $85-a-month package includes Golf Channel. 

Read our DirecTV Stream review .

Livestream the Houston Open 2024 in the UK

Golf fans in the UK can watch the tournament live on Sky Sports. The tournament will be broadcast across its Sky Sports Golf and Main Events channels, with further coverage on its Red Button service. 

Watch the Houston Open 2024 in the UK for £35

Viewers in the UK will be able to watch the Houston Open 2024 on Sky Sports Golf, with extensive coverage of each day's play. Subscribers can also stream the action via the Sky Go app. Sky subsidiary Now (formerly Now TV) offers streaming access to Sky Sports channels with a Now Sports membership. You can get a day of access for £12 (perhaps just for the final round), or sign up to a monthly plan from £35 a month to watch all four days of the tournament.

Livestream the Houston Open 2024 in Australia

The Houston Open 2024 can be watched Down Under on Fox Sports via Foxtel. If you're not a Fox subscriber, your best option is to sign up for the streaming service Kayo Sports. 

Kayo Sports

Watch the houston open 2024 in australia for au$25.

A Kayo Sports subscription starts at AU$25 a month and lets you stream on one screen, while its Premium tier costs AU$35 a month for simultaneous viewing on up to three devices.

The service gives you access to a wide range of sports, including F1, NRL, NFL, NHL and MLB, and there are no lock-in contracts. 

Better still, if you're a new customer, you can take advantage of a one-week Kayo Sports free trial.

Stream the Houston Open 2024 in Canada

Live coverage of the 2024 Houston Open will be available in Canada via TSN. Cord-cutters can watch via the network's streaming service TSN Plus. Coverage of the third round starts at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, while Sunday final round broadcast starts at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Watch the Houston Open 2024 for CA$20 a month

TSN Plus boasts exclusive coverage of NFL games, F1, Nascar and Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Ideal for cord-cutters, the service is priced at CA$20 a month or CA$200 per year.

Quick tips for streaming the Houston Open 2024 using a VPN 

• With four variables at play -- your ISP, browser, video streaming provider and VPN -- your experience and success when streaming may vary.
• If you don't see your desired location as a default option for ExpressVPN, try using the "search for city or country" option.
• If you're having trouble getting the tournament after you've turned on your VPN and set it to the correct viewing area, there are two things you can try for a quick fix. First, log into your streaming service subscription account and make sure the address registered for the account is an address in the correct viewing area. If not, you may need to change the physical address on file with your account. Second, some smart TVs -- like Roku -- don't have VPN apps you can install directly on the device itself. Instead, you'll have to install the VPN on your router or the mobile hotspot you're using (like your phone) so that any device on its Wi-Fi network now appears in the correct viewing location.
• All of the VPN providers we recommend have helpful instructions on their main site for quickly installing the VPN on your router. In some cases with smart TV services, after you install a cable network's sports app, you'll be asked to verify a numeric code or click a link sent to your email address on file for your smart TV. This is where having a VPN on your router will also help, since both devices will appear to be in the correct location. 
• And remember, browsers can often give away a location despite using a VPN, so be sure you're using a privacy-first browser to log into your services. We normally recommend  Brave .

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Texas Children's Houston Open, Round 1: How to watch, featured groups, live scores, tee times, TV times

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Round 1 action from the Texas Children's Houston Open gets underway Thursday from Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston, Texas. The start of the Texas two-step sees a return to action for PLAYERS champion Scottie Scheffler, who looks to win for the third straight start. Other stars in the field include Wyndham Clark, Sahith Theegala, Will Zalatoris and defending champion Tony Finau.

Here's everything you need to know to follow the action.

HOW TO FOLLOW (all times ET)

Television:

• Thursday-Friday: 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel)
• Saturday: 1-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3:30-6 p.m. (NBC)
• Sunday: 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC)
• Sunday, March 31: ‘PGA TOUR Originals: Swing By with Jason Kennedy presented by TruGreen,’ 2 p.m. on NBC: “PGA TOUR Originals: Swing By with Jason Kennedy presented by TruGreen” brings viewers along for the ride as entertainment reporter Jason Kennedy visits good friends and PGA TOUR pros Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas. Kennedy swings by Fowler's and Thomas' homes in Jupiter, Florida, to hang out and experience their world away from the course. Tune in Sunday, March 31, at 2 p.m. on NBC.

PGA TOUR Originals: Swing By with Jason Kennedy presented by TruGreen

PGA TOUR LIVE ON ESPN+

PGA TOUR LIVE is available exclusively on ESPN+

• Main feed: Primary tournament coverage featuring the best action from across the course
• Marquee group: New “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group
• Featured groups: Traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups
• Featured holes: A combination of par 3s and iconic or pivotal holes

Marquee Group

• 8:53 a.m. - Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris, Peter Malnati

Featured Group

• 9:04 a.m. - Jake Knapp, Akshay Bhatia, Adam Svensson (10 tee)
• 9:15 a.m. - Nick Dunlap, Luke List, K.H. Lee (10 tee)

Featured Holes

• 2, 9, 15, 17 (par 4)

Radio on SiriusXM and free at PGATOUR.com/liveaudio :

• Thursday-Friday: 1-7 p.m.
• Saturday-Sunday: 1-6 p.m.

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2024 March Madness TV schedule: How to watch NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight live stream, tip times, announcers

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The 2024 NCAA Tournament is officially down to an Elite Eight. We have already seen plenty of dominant victories, shocking upsets and shining moments from this edition of March Madness, and there's four more games to go before we hit the Final Four. The top eight teams in the nation entering March Madness were all still alive in the Sweet 16 for just the fifth time since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, but only three of those teams remain.

On Thursday, No. 1 seed UConn blew out No. 5 seed San Diego State, marking its ninth straight double-digit March Madness win. On Friday, No. 1 seed Purdue dominated in the second half to win 80-68 over No. 5 seed Gonzaga, while No. 2 seed Tennessee pulled away in the final minutes to win over No. 3 seed Creighton.

Saturday's games be played on TBS with the action continuing Sunday on CBS.

Once we get to the Final Four, you will notice veteran Ian Eagle stepping in as the lead play-by-play announcer, replacing the legendary Jim Nantz, who stepped away in 2023. Eagle will be alongside mainstays Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and reporter Tracy Wolfson on the top announcing team. A longtime staple of NCAA Tournament coverage, Eagle was not alone as someone stepping into a new role on the team. Former Purdue star Robbie Hummel called his first NCAA Tournament broadcast during the first week.

CBS and TBS are leading the way televising 21 games apiece during the NCAA Tournament, while truTV and TNT carried 13 and 12, respectively. The Final Four will simulcast across TBS and TNT. In addition to the March Madness Live app , where you can watch every game,  Paramount+ subscribers will be able to watch all the games televised by CBS, while subscribers to Max's B/R Sports Add-On can catch the remainder of the games.

From the Selection Show all the way until the playing of "One Shining Moment" after a champion is crowned, CBS Sports and TNT Sports will be bringing you the magic.

Let's take a look at the 2024 March Madness announcing teams as well as the remaining schedule for the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

2024 March Madness announcing teams

Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) || Reporter * Regional Weekend announce teams

• Ian Eagle | Bill Raftery, Grant Hill || Tracy Wolfson*
• Brian Anderson | Jim Jackson || Allie LaForce*
• Kevin Harlan | Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy || Andy Katz*
• Andrew Catalon | Steve Lappas || Evan Washburn*
• Lisa Byington | Steve Smith, Robbie Hummel || Lauren Shehadi
• Spero Dedes | Jim Spanarkel || Jon Rothstein
• Tom McCarthy | Deb Antonelli, Avery Johnson || AJ Ross
• Brad Nessler | Brendan Haywood || Dana Jacobson

2024 NCAA Tournament schedule, dates

Elite eight.

Saturday, March 30 TD Garden -- Boston (Game 1) | Crypto.com Arena -- Los Angeles (Game 2)

Sunday, March 31 Little Caesars Arena -- Detroit (Game 1) | American Airlines Center -- Dallas (Game 2)

Saturday, April 6 -- 6:09 p.m. start (TBS / TNT) State Farm Stadium -- Glendale, Arizona

National Championship

Monday, April 8 -- 9:20 p.m. (TBS / TNT) State Farm Stadium -- Glendale, Arizona

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