Fortinet Championship: How to watch, TV schedule, tee times, more
The PGA Tour is again after its temporary offseason. After crowning Viktor Hovland because the FedEx Cup winner on the Tour Championship, it’s time to start out Fall golf. The primary occasion is the Fortinet Championship in Napa, Cali on the Silverado Resort on the North Course.
Right here is all the things you want for the Fortinet Championship: a preview, full TV schedule, streaming schedule, and full listing of first-round tee occasions.
Fortinet Championship Info
The place: Silverado Resort, North Course (Par 72, 7,123 yards)
When: Sept. 14-Seventeenth
Purse: $8.4 million ($1,512,000 million to the winner)
Defending Champ: Max Homa
Fortinet Championship — the first FedEx Cup Fall Occasion
This occasion begins the PGA Tour’s new FedEx Cup Fall initiative, the Tour introduced earlier this summer season. Seven occasions after the Tour Championship finalize eligibility for the 2024 PGA Tour season.
Golfers ranked Nos. 1-50 have secured their spot, however gamers ranked 51st and past will carry over their FedEx Cup factors. The gamers ranked 51-60 by way of this seven-event stretch will qualify for 2 Signature Occasions in 2024 — AT&T Pebble Peach Professional-AM and The Genesis Invitational.
Winners of any of the autumn occasions will obtain the identical advantages as winners of full-field occasions. They’ll earn 500 FedEx Cup factors, Official World Golf Rankings factors, a two-year PGA tour exemption and invites to the Sentry match, Gamers Championship, Masters and PGA Championship.
Fortinet Championship Preview:
This week, the PGA Tour is again in California for the Fortinet Championship.
Headlining the sector this week is Justin Thomas, who makes his sixth begin on this occasion. He’s gearing up for the Ryder Cup later this month in Rome. Captain Zach Johnson controversially picked him as one among his six picks.
Defending champion Max Homa additionally headlines this occasion. He’s trying to make it a three-peat at this occasion after he went back-to-back final 12 months. Homa is the highest-ranked participant on the sector at No. 7. He’s one other participant gearing up for the Rome journey.
Vice-captain Stewart Cink and Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson may also be within the subject. Cink gained this occasion in 2020.
These two gamers and two captains are the storylines to comply with this week. Will we see a resurgent Thomas or extra struggles from him? Can Homa three-peat and achieve some momentum forward of the Ryder Cup? This week lays all of it on the road.
The way to Watch the Fortinet Championship
Golf Channel will present the tv protection for the primary FedEx Cup Fall occasion this week.
Right here is the total schedule:
Thursday, September 14: 6-9 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Friday, September 15: 6-9 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Saturday, September 16: 6-9 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Sunday, September 17: 6-9 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
The way to stream the Fortinet Championship
The Fortinet Championship can be accessible for streaming by way of ESPN+ and Peacock beginning at 10 a.m. ET. Each streaming providers will simulcast every spherical.
There can be featured group protection on the streaming providers all 4 days, per the PGA Tour.
Fortinet Championship Featured Teams
Thursday Featured Teams (Afternoon Protection on ESPN+ as soon as morning teams end)
10:28 a.m. ET: Max Homa/ Cameron Champ/ Joel Dahmen (Featured Group)
10:39 a.m. ET: Kevin Kisner/ Webb Simpson/ Matt Kuchar (Featured Group)
3:38 p.m. ET: Akshay Bhatia/ Justin Thomas/ Sahith Theegala (Featured Group)
3:49 p.m. ET: Nick Hardy/ Mackenzie Hughes/ Cam Davis (Featured Group)
Friday Featured Teams: (Afternoon Protection on ESPN+ as soon as morning teams end)
10:28 a.m. ET: Akshay Bhatia/ Justin Thomas/ Sahith Theegala (Featured Group)
10:39 a.m. ET: Nick Hardy/ Mackenzie Hughes/ Cam Davis (Featured Group)
3:38 p.m. ET: Max Homa/ Cameron Champ/ Joel Dahmen (Featured Group)
3:49 p.m. ET: Kevin Kisner/ Webb Simpson/ Matt Kuchar (Featured Group)
Fortinet Championship Tee Occasions for Spherical 1 (ET)
Tee No. 1
9:55 a.m. – Arjun Atwal, Derek Lamely, Paul Haley II
10:06 a.m. – Dylan Frittelli, Wesley Bryan, D.A. Factors
10:17 a.m. – Ryan Palmer, D.J. Trahan, David Lipsky
10:28 a.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Garrick Higgo, Brian Homosexual
10:39 a.m. – J.J. Spaun, Chad Ramey, Luke Record
10:50 a.m. – Lucas Herbert, Martin Laird, Andrew Landry
11:01 a.m. – Patton Kizzire, Hank Lebioda, S.H. Kim
11:12 a.m. – Kevin Tway, Jason Dufner, Henrik Norlander
11:23 a.m. – Scott Piercy, Ryan Moore, Kevin Stadler
11:34 a.m. – Ben Martin, Sangmoon Bae, Derek Ernst
11:45 a.m. – Matt NeSmith, Sam Stevens, Austin Smotherman
11:56 a.m. – Brandon Matthews, Trevor Werbylo, Ryan Gerard
12:07 p.m. – Hayden Springer, Fred Biondi, Preston Summerhays (a)
3:05 p.m. – Taylor Pendrith, Callum Tarren, MJ Daffue
3:16 p.m. – Austin Cook dinner, Austin Eckroat, Zecheng Dou
3:27 p.m. – Aaron Baddeley, Greg Chalmers, Geoff Ogilvy
3:38 p.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Justin Thomas, Sahith Theegala
3:49 p.m. – Nick Hardy, Mackenzie Hughes, Cam Davis
4:00 p.m. – Stewart Cink, Brendon Todd, Lanto Griffin
4:11 p.m. – Jimmy Walker, Doug Ghim, Dylan Wu
4:22 p.m. – Eric Cole, Taylor Montgomery, Davis Thompson
4:33 p.m. – Cameron Percy, Robby Shelton, Vince Whaley
4:44 p.m. – Adam Lengthy, Sam Ryder, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
4:55 p.m. – James Hahn, Mark Hubbard, Justin Decrease
5:06 p.m. – Michael Gligic, Augusto Núñez, Brent Grant
5:17 p.m. – Devon Bling, Blake Hathcoat, Chase Sienkiewicz
Tee No. 10
9:55 a.m. – Sean O’Hair, Beau Hossler, Carson Younger
10:06 a.m. – Ricky Barnes, Kevin Yu, Harrison Endycott
10:17 a.m. – Kevin Chappell, Will Gordon, Tyson Alexander
10:28 a.m. – Max Homa, Cameron Champ, Joel Dahmen
10:39 a.m. – Kevin Kisner, Webb Simpson, Matt Kuchar
10:50 a.m. – Okay.H. Lee, Andrew Putnam, Zach Johnson
11:01 a.m. – Kelly Kraft, Doc Redman, Andrew Novak
11:12 a.m. – Chris Stroud, Kyle Stanley, Scott Brown
11:23 a.m. – C.T. Pan, Jonathan Byrd, Greyson Sigg
11:34 a.m. – Ryan Armour, Cody Gribble, Charley Hoffman
11:45 a.m. – Satoshi Kodaira, Alex Noren, Matti Schmid
11:56 a.m. – Carl Yuan, Trevor Cone, Kevin Roy
12:07 p.m. – Peter Kuest, Henry Chung, Morgan Deneen
3:05 p.m. – William McGirt, Brian Stuard, Max McGreevy
3:16 p.m. – Tommy Gainey, Matthias Schwab, Harry Corridor
3:27 p.m. – Sung Kang, Peter Malnati, Ben Taylor
3:38 p.m. – Robert Streb, J.B. Holmes, Troy Merritt
3:49 p.m. – Chez Reavie, Tyler Duncan, Scott Stallings
4:00 p.m. – Nico Echavarria, Jim Herman, Richy Werenski
4:11 p.m. – Martin Coach, Kevin Streelman, Stephan Jaeger
4:22 p.m. – Russell Knox, Zac Blair, Kramer Hickok
4:33 p.m. – Ted Potter Jr., Chesson Hadley, Justin Suh
4:44 p.m. – Nate Lashley, Brice Garnett, Ben Crane
4:55 p.m. – S.Y. Noh, Nick Watney, Harry Higgs
5:06 p.m. – Scott Harrington, Tano Goya, Kyle Westmoreland
5:17 p.m. – Tom Johnson, Cyril Bouniol, Jacob Bergeron
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