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Exclusive, Four-Stream Coverage of TOUR Championship, Final Event of FedExCup Playoffs


  • Featured Group coverage Thursday includes world Nos. 1 and 2: Scheffler, McIlroy in same group
  • Also top 25 players Thomas, Spaun, Morikawa, English, Rose, Hovland, Matsuyama, Lowry
  • Creator Classic on Wednesday features 11 popular social media content creators
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PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+ will stream exclusive, four-feed coverage of the TOUR Championship, the final event of the FedExCup Playoffs, starting Thursday, August 21, at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, only for ESPN+ subscribers.

  • Tournament coverage begins Thursday at 11:15 a.m. ET, continues through Sunday, August 24.
  • Featured Group coverage on Thursday includes the top two players in the world playing together: No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, the defending TOUR Championship winner who won last week’s BMW Championship for his fifth TOUR win in 2025, including the PGA Championship and Open Championship, and No. 2 Rory McIlroy, the 2025 PLAYERS Championship winner who completed a career Grand Slam with his 2025 Masters Tournament win and is a three-time FedExCup Championship winner (2022, 2019, 2016).
  • Also, four of the top 10 players in the world including No. 5 Justin Thomas, No. 6 J.J. Spaun, No. 7 Collin Morikawa and No. 9 Harris English, and other top 25 players No. 11 Justin Rose, 2023 TOUR Championship winner Viktor Hovland (No. 15), Hideki Matsuyama (No. 16) and Shane Lowry ( No. 21).
  • For the first time since 2018, the TOUR Championship will be played as a 72-hole stroke-play event, with all players starting the tournament at even par.

Prior to the TOUR Championship on Wednesday, August 20 at 3:45 p.m. ET, ESPN+ will stream “The Creator Classic at East Lake,” featuring 11 of the most popular social media content creators in golf playing in a eight-hole gross stroke play competition on East Lake’s No. 10 through No. 17. The lowest four scores plus ties will advance to a sudden-death playoff on No. 18.

  • Facing the same course conditions as the TOUR players, the Creator Classic field includes Tisha Alyn, Sabrina Andolpho, Garrett Clark, Brad Dalke, Peter Finch, Gabby Golf Girl, Luke Kwon, Micah Morris, Chris Solomon, Roger Steele and Sean Walsh.

PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+ will follow similar schedules Friday, Saturday and Sunday, determined when pairings and tee times are announced.

Day Start Time (ET) Coverage
Thursday,

August 21

11:15 a.m. Main Feed  

Best action across the tournament field

 

11:30 a.m. Featured Hole  

No. 2 | Par 3

 

11:45 a.m. Featured Groups  

Hideki Matsuyama / Shane Lowry
Collin Morikawa / Viktor Hovland

 

1 p.m. Featured Groups  

Collin Morikawa / Viktor Hovland
Scottie Scheffler / Rory McIlroy

 

Featured Groups  

Justin Thomas / Harris English
J.J. Spaun / Justin Rose

 

Featured Holes  

No. 2 | Par 3
No. 15 | Par 3

 

Featured Holes  

No. 9| Par 3
No. 17 | Par 4

 

First Round Main Feed coverage will also be available to stream on ESPN on Disney+.

PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+
Throughout the PGA TOUR season, PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+ gives fans access to more than 4,300 live and exclusive hours covering 35 tournaments, including all eight of the TOUR’s Signature Events in 2025. PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+ is part of the PGA TOUR’s nine-year domestic media rights portfolio announced in March 2020.

All ESPN+ subscribers have access to PGA TOUR LIVE, in addition to more than 34,000 other live sporting events, acclaimed studio programs, original series and documentaries, the complete library of ESPN 30 for 30 films, and more than 1,500 exclusive written articles on ESPN.com.

About PGA TOUR
By showcasing golf’s greatest players, the PGA TOUR engages, inspires and positively impacts our fans, partners and communities worldwide.

The PGA TOUR, headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, co-sanctions tournaments on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry Tour, PGA TOUR Americas and administers PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry and PGA TOUR University. TOUR members represent the world’s best players, hailing from 28 countries and territories. Showcasing the biggest moments in the sport with history and legacy on the line, the PGA TOUR has long-term domestic distribution partnerships for broadcast coverage on CBS, NBC and Golf Channel and video streaming service on ESPN+. Internationally, PGA TOUR coverage is available across 200+ countries and territories in 30 languages via 39 broadcast and digital partners. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations to maximize charitable giving, and to date, tournaments across all Tours have generated more than $4 billion.

Fans can follow the PGA TOUR  via: the PGA TOUR app and PGATOUR.COM; social media channels, including YouTubeFacebookInstagram (in SpanishKorean and Japanese), LinkedInTikTok, X (in EnglishSpanish and Japanese); the PGA TOUR Channel on Free Ad-Supported Television (FAST) platforms such as the Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, PlutoTV, Xumo, LG Channels, Tubi, Amazon’s Freevee, FireTV and Alexa devices; and WhatsApp (in English and Spanish),  WeChatWeiboToutiao and Douyin.

About ESPN+
ESPN+ is the No. 1 sports streaming platform, serving fans in the U.S. with exclusive access to more than 32,000 live sports events each year, an unmatched library of on-demand replays and acclaimed original content, and premium written articles by the top reporters and analysts from ESPN.com. Fans sign up for ESPN+ at ESPN.com, ESPNplus.com or in the ESPN App on mobile and connected devices. For more visit the ESPN+ Press Kit

All of ESPN. All in One Place. Launching August 21.
On August 21st, for the first time ever, ESPN will offer its full suite of networks and services directly to fans, along with an enhanced ESPN App that integrates game stats, betting information, fantasy sports, commerce, multiview options and a personalized SportsCenter For You. Designed to give fans more choice, flexibility and access to all of ESPN, these new features and functionality will be available to all fans who watch on the ESPN App on mobile and connected TV devices, whether they subscribe directly or through a traditional pay TV package. For more visit the ESPN DTC Press Kit.

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ESPN+ Contacts:
Kevin Ota / [email protected] / 860-839-7834
Bea Panitz / [email protected] / 914-486-0992

 





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