How to watch the 2023 BMW Championship on Thursday: Round 1 ...
By: Kevin Cunningham August 17, 2023
Rory McIlroy is currently in second place in the FedEx Cup standings.
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The 2023 BMW Championship begins Thursday with the opening round at Olympia Fields in Illinois. Here’s what you need to know to watch Round 1 on TV or online.
Previewing Round 1UPDATE: The start of the opening round was delayed two hours due to inclement weather Thursday morning. Play is now expected to begin at 11:26 a.m. ET. First-round tee times, which you can see below, have been updated to reflect the delay.
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Though he has two wins on the season, Rory McIlroy has been stuck just outside where he wants to be for much of the year. In his ongoing quest for a fifth major title, McIlroy finished T7 at the PGA, 2nd at the U.S. Open and T6 at the Open Championship.
And despite holding the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking briefly early in the season, he’s spent most of the year in his current position: No. 2. That happens to be the same position he held to start the FedEx Cup Playoffs, a position he maintains after another near-miss at last week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship, where he finished T3, one shot out of the playoff between Lucas Glover and Patrick Cantlay.
But if McIlroy were to pull off a victory at this week’s BMW, he’d finally be in pole position heading into the finale at the Tour Championship.
You can stream the first round of the BMW Championship via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ beginning at 9:15 a.m. ET on Thursday, or you can watch the telecast on Golf Channel starting at 2 p.m. ET.
Below you will find everything you need to watch the first round of the 2023 BMW Championship.
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Golf Channel will air the opening round of the 2023 BMW Championship on TV with a four-hour telecast from 2-6 p.m. ET on Thursday.
You can stream the first round of the 2023 BMW Championship on Thursday via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will have exclusive coverage beginning at 9:15 a.m. ET, in addition to featured group coverage. Fans can stream Golf Channel’s first-round TV coverage via NBCSports.com.
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2023 BMW Championship Round 1 tee times (All times ET)Tee No. 1
11:26 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Brendon Todd11:37 a.m. – Adam Svensson, Matt Fitzpatrick11:48 a.m. – Adam Hadwin, Byeong Hun An11:59 a.m. – Sahith Theegala, Justin Rose12:10 p.m. – Jordan Spieth, Sungjae Im12:21 p.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Sepp Straka12:32 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Adam Schenk12:43 p.m. – Russell Henley, Nick Taylor12:54 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa1:10 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Lucas Glover1:21 p.m. – Brian Harman, Tommy Fleetwood1:32 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Tom Hoge1:43 p.m. – Cam Davis, Cameron Young1:54 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Eric Cole2:05 p.m. – Seamus Power, Lee Hodges2:16 p.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Denny McCarthy2:27 p.m. – Chris Kirk, Sam Burns2:43 p.m. – Corey Conners, Tyrrell Hatton2:54 p.m. – Jason Day, Collin Morikawa3:05 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Tom Kim3:16 p.m. – Tony Finau, Taylor Moore3:27 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, Wyndham Clark3:38 p.m. – Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler3:49 p.m. – Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler4:00 p.m. – Harris English, Patrick Rodgers
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