It has been an exciting year in golf, and there’s still plenty to come over the next month-plus.
The 2016 main event is the Ryder Cup at the end of September, but the four-week FedEx Cup playoffs should fill your golf fix until then. The playoffs have become one of the most important stretches on the PGA Tour schedule outside of the four majors following the FedEx Cup’s inception in 2007.
Golfers collect points throughout the season, and the top 125 qualify for The Barclays, which begins Thursday at The Black Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y. The top 100 remaining golfers then move on to the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass., followed by the top 70 at the BMW Championship in Chicago and the top 30 at the TOUR Championship in Atlanta.
On top of winning, golfers also split an $8 million purse at each playoff event, and there’s a $35 million bonus at the end, which includes $10 million for the FedEx Cup champion.
World No. 1 golfer Jason Day enters the playoffs on top of the standings by a mere 34 points over U.S. Open winner Dustin Johnson, with Adam Scott, Russell Knox and Jordan Spieth rounding out the top five. But those rankings will change constantly with the 2,000 points on the line each week.
Spieth is looking to win the first back-to-back playoffs in FedEx Cup history and the first golfer to claim two titles — Tiger Woods was the first in 2007 and 2009. Vijay Singh (2008), Jim Furyk (2010), Bill Haas (2011), Brandt Snedeker (2012), Henrik Stenson (2013) and Billy Horschel (2014) are the other previous winners.
So, without further ado, let’s look at the schedule for all four events, along with TV and live stream schedules. (Note that all times are Eastern)
The Barclays (Tee Times)
Thursday, Aug. 25: Round 1, 2-6 p.m., Golf Channel
Friday, Aug. 26: Round 2, 2-6 p.m., Golf Channel
Saturday, Aug. 27: Round 3, 1-2:30 p.m., Golf Channel, 3-6 p.m., CBS
Sunday, Aug. 28: Round 4, 12-1:30 p.m., Golf Channel, 2-6 p.m., CBS
Deutsche Bank Championship
Friday, Sept. 2: Round 1, 2:30-6:30 p.m., Golf Channel
Saturday, Sept. 3: Round 2, 2:30-6:30 p.m., Golf Channel
Sunday, Sept. 4: Round 3, 1-3 p.m., Golf Channel, 3-6 p.m., NBC
Monday, Sept. 5: Round 4, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Golf Channel, 1:30-6 p.m., NBC
BMW Championship
Thursday, Sept. 8: Round 1, 3-7 p.m., Golf Channel
Friday, Sept. 9: Round 2, 3-7 p.m., Golf Channel
Saturday, Sept. 10: Round 3, 12-3:30 p.m. NBC, 3:30-6 p.m. Golf Channel
Sunday, Sept. 11: Round 4, 12-2 p.m., Golf Channel, 2-6 p.m. NBC
TOUR Championship
Thursday, Sept. 22: Round 1, 1-6 p.m., Golf Channel
Friday, Sept. 23: Round 2, 1-6 p.m., Golf Channel
Saturday, Sept. 24: Round 3, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Golf Channel, 12 p.m.-3:30 p.m., NBC
Sunday, Sept 25: Round 4, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m., Golf Channel, 1:30-6 p.m., NBC
Live Streams
All Golf Channel and NBC live streams can be seen at NBC Sports Live Extra. CBS live streams can be viewed at CBSSports.com.
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