Golf Channel will air more than 130 live hours and nearly 300 total hours of Olympic programming for the sport’s return to the Games in Rio in August.
The first Olympic golf tournaments in 112 years start Aug. 11 (men) and Aug. 17 (women), but Golf Channel coverage will begin Aug. 8 with Golf Central’s “Live From the Olympics.”
Competition coverage will run from the opening tee shot to the final putt and medal ceremonies.
NBC’s Olympic coverage will also include live look-ins, highlights and updates from the golf competition throughout the Games.
The Olympic men’s and women’s golf tournaments are each four-round, stroke-play individual events with 60 golfers in each field determined by world rankings on July 11.
The top 15 in the world rankings will qualify, with no more than four golfers per nation per gender. Then the fields are filled with no more than two golfers per nation past the top 15 until the 60 mark is met.
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Golf Channel Live Schedule
| Date | Event | Time (ET) |
| Monday, Aug. 8 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 6-8 p.m. | |
| Tuesday, Aug. 9 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 6-8 p.m. | |
| Wednesday, Aug. 10 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 6-8 p.m. | |
| Thursday, Aug. 11 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 5-6:30 a.m. |
| MEN ROUND 1 | 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 3-5 p.m. | |
| Friday, Aug. 12 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 5-6:30 a.m. |
| MEN ROUND 2 | 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 3-5 p.m. | |
| Saturday, Aug. 13 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 5-6:30 a.m. |
| MEN ROUND 3 | 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 3-5 p.m. | |
| Sunday, Aug. 14 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 5-6 a.m. |
| MEN FINAL ROUND | 6 a.m.-3 p.m. | |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 3-5 p.m. | |
| Monday, Aug. 15 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 6-8 p.m. | |
| Tuesday, Aug. 16 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 6-8 p.m. | |
| Wednesday, Aug. 17 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 5-6:30 a.m. |
| WOMEN ROUND 1 | 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 3-5 p.m. | |
| Thursday, Aug. 18 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 5-6:30 a.m. |
| WOMEN ROUND 2 | 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 3-5 p.m. | |
| Friday, Aug. 19 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 5-6 a.m. |
| WOMEN ROUND 3 | 6 a.m.-3 p.m. | |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 3-5 p.m. | |
| Saturday, Aug. 20 | Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 5-6 a.m. |
| WOMEN FINAL ROUND | 6 a.m.-3 p.m. | |
| Golf Central Live From the Olympics | 3-5 p.m. |