Live Coverage of Shriners Children’s Open from TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas Begins Thursday at 5 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel
LPGA Tour’s Cognizant Founders Cup Begins Thursday at 2 p.m. ET Live on GOLF Channel; Golf Central Studio On-Site from Mountain Ridge CC
GOLF Channel Also Presents Coverage of PGA TOUR Champions’ Constellation Furyk & Friends Tournament and European Tour’s Spanish Open This Week
Final Round of Blessings Collegiate Invitational – Today at 4 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel
STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 6, 2021 – NBC Sports will present 55+ hours of live golf coverage this week on GOLF Channel, including the PGA TOUR’s Shriners Children’s Open from TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas and the LPGA Tour’s Cognizant Founders Cup from Mountain Ridge Country Club in New Jersey, where Golf Central will provide on-site pre- and post-tournament coverage throughout the week.
GOLF Channel also presents live coverage of the PGA TOUR Champions’ inaugural Constellation Furyk & Friends tournament and the European Tour’s Spanish Open this week.
The final round of the Blessings Collegiate Invitational will be presented live today from 4-7 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. The tournament continues the network’s 2021 fall college golf slate, totaling more than 90 hours. Click here for more details.
PGA TOUR: SHRINERS CHILDREN’S OPEN
The PGA TOUR begins a two-week stay in Las Vegas starting with the Shriners Children’s Open from TPC Summerlin this week.
Live coverage will be presented Thursday-Sunday from 5-8 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
- Play by Play: Terry Gannon
- Analyst: Trevor Immelman
- Tower: Curt Byrum
- On-Course: Jim “Bones” Mackay / Arron Oberholser
How To Watch – Thursday, October 7 – Sunday, October 10 (all times ET)
- TV – GOLF Channel
- Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app; Exclusive early morning coverage Thursday-Friday streams on PGA TOUR LIVE on NBC Sports Gold
| Date | GOLF Channel |
| Thursday | 5-8 p.m. |
| Friday | 5-8 p.m. |
| Saturday | 5-8 p.m. |
| Sunday | 5-8 p.m. |
Notable Players This Week
- Brooks Koepka
- Patrick Reed
- Will Zalatoris
- Harris English
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Louis Oosthuizen
LPGA TOUR: COGNIZANT FOUNDERS CUP
GOLF Channel presents live coverage of the Cognizant Founders Cup – which honors the LPGA Tour’s 13 founders – from Mountain Ridge CC in West Caldwell, N.J. this week, beginning Thursday at 2 p.m. ET.
Golf Central will be on-site this week from the Founders Cup, providing pre- and post-tournament coverage.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
- Play by Play: Grant Boone
- Analyst: Morgan Pressel
- Tower: Tom Abbott
- On-Course: Jerry Foltz / Karen Stupples
How To Watch – Thursday, October 7 – Sunday, October 10 (all times ET)
- TV – GOLF Channel
- Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
| Date | GOLF Channel |
| Thursday | 2-5 p.m. |
| Friday | Noon-3 p.m. |
| Saturday | Noon-3 p.m. |
| Sunday | Noon-3 p.m. |
Notable Players This Week
- Nelly Korda
- Jessica Korda
- Brooke Henderson
- Danielle Kang
- Jin Young Ko
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: CONSTELLATION FURYK & FRIENDS
Jim Furyk hosts the inaugural Constellation Furyk & Friends tournament from Timuquana CC in Jacksonville this week. A star-studded field includes Phil Mickelson, Fred Couples, both Ryder Cup captains Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington, and more. Harrington makes his PGA Tour Champions debut this week.
Live coverage beings Friday at 3 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
- Play by Play: Whit Watson
- Analyst: Lanny Wadkins
- Tower: John Cook
- On-Course: Billy Ray Brown
How To Watch – Friday, October 8 – Sunday, October 10 (all times ET)
- TV – GOLF Channel
- Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
| Date | GOLF Channel |
| Friday | 3-5 p.m. |
| Saturday | 3-5 p.m. |
| Sunday | 3-5 p.m. |
Notable Players This Week
- Jim Furyk
- Phil Mickelson
- Fred Couples
- Steve Stricker
- Padraig Harrington
- Ernie Els
- Mike Weir
EUROPEAN TOUR: SPANISH OPEN
World No. 1 Jon Rahm highlights the field as GOLF Channel presents live coverage of the Spanish Open – the national championship of Spain which began in 1912 and has been a part of the European Tour schedule since the tour began in 1972 – from Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid this week.
Coverage begins Thursday at 8 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.
How To Watch – Thursday, October 7 – Sunday, October 10 (all times ET)
- TV – GOLF Channel
- Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
| Date | GOLF Channel |
| Thursday | 8 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| Friday | 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m. |
| Saturday | 7:30-11:30 a.m. |
| Sunday | 7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. |
Notable Players This Week
- Jon Rahm
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Victor Perez
- Rafa Cabrera-Bello
BLESSINGS COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
The second annual Blessings Collegiate Invitational presented by Tyson Foods from Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark., is a 54-hole stroke play competition for individual and team honors.
Live coverage of the final round of play begins this afternoon at 4 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. Encore presentations will be presented later in the evening at 8:30 p.m. ET and 1 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
- Play by Play: Bob Papa
- Analyst: Paige Mackenzie
- Tower: Steve Burkowski
- On-Course: Billy Ray Brown
BROADCAST NOTES
- Golf Central: Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on-site from Mountain Ridge CC in West Caldwell, N.J. – site of this week’s LPGA Tour’s Cognizant Founders Cup – on GOLF Channel Thursday-Sunday.
This week’s Golf Central coverage is anchored by Todd Lewis, Jim Gallagher Jr., Amanda Blumenherst, Henni Koyack and Amy Rogers.
| Date | Golf Central |
| Thursday | 1-2 p.m./8-9 p.m. |
| Friday | 11:30 a.m.-Noon/8-9 p.m. |
| Saturday | 11:30 a.m.-Noon/8-9 p.m. |
| Sunday | 11:30 a.m.-Noon/8-9 p.m. |
- All GOLF Channel coverage also streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
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