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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023

PGA TOUR’S SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP LEADS LIVE GOLF COVERAGE ACROSS GOLF CHANNEL & PEACOCK THIS WEEK

PGA TOUR’s Sanderson Farms Championship Begins Tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock from Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi

Live Coverage of LPGA Tour’s The Ascendant LPGA from Old American Golf Club in Texas Airs This Week on GOLF Channel and Peacock

PGA TOUR Champions’ Constellation Furyk & Friends from Timuquana in Jacksonville, Fla., Starts Friday at 2 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock

Korn Ferry Tour Championship and DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Presented This Week Across GOLF Channel and Peacock

STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 4, 2023 – The PGA TOUR’s Sanderson Farms Championship, the second event of the FedExCup Fall headlines live golf tournament coverage this week across five events on GOLF Channel, Peacock, and NBC Sports digital platforms.

PGA TOUR: SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP

The second event of the FedExCup Fall, the Sanderson Farms Championship will be held from the Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi. This year marks the fifth time this event will award full FedExCup points as a standalone event on the PGA TOUR. Mackenzie Hughes looks to defend his 2022 title.

Live coverage begins Thursday-Sunday at 4 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

GOLF Channel and Peacock Broadcast Team

    • Play-by-Play: Justin Kutcher
    • Analyst: Johnson Wagner
    • Holes: George Savaricas
    • On-Course: Jim Gallagher Jr. / Smylie Kaufman

 

How To Watch – Thursday, October 5 – Sunday, October 8 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
Day GOLF Channel/Peacock
Thursday 4-7 p.m.
Friday 4-7 p.m.
Saturday 4-7 p.m.
Sunday 4-7 p.m..


Notable Players This Week

    • Mackenzie Hughes
    • Kevin Kisner
    • Christiaan Bezuidenhout
    • Ryan Palmer
    • Jimmy Walker
    • Brandon Wu

 

LPGA TOUR: THE ASCENDANT LPGA

The last LPGA event in the United States until November, the Ascendant LPGA will be held from Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas, this weekend. Following this event, the LPGA Tour will embark on a four-tournament stretch of play in Asia. Charley Hull looks to defend her 2022 title this weekend.

Live coverage begins tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET on Peacock.

GOLF Channel and Peacock Broadcast Team

    • Play-by-Play: Grant Boone
    • Analyst: Judy Rankin
    • Holes: Tom Abbott
    • On-Course: Karen Stupples
    • Walker: Paige Mackenzie

 

How To Watch – Thursday, October 5 – Sunday, October 8 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day GOLF Channel/Peacock Peacock GOLF Channel
Thursday 12-2 p.m. 11 a.m.-12 p.m.  
Friday 4-7 p.m. 7:30-9:30 p.m.*
Saturday 2-5 p.m. 7:30-9:30 p.m.*
Sunday 2-5 p.m. 7:30-9:30 p.m.*

*Encore presentaion

Notable Players This Week

    • Atthaya Thitikul
    • Charley Hull
    • Lexi Thompson
    • Leona Maguire
    • Hyo Joo Kim
    • Celine Boutier
    • Cheyenne Knight

 

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: CONSTELLATION FURYK & FRIENDS

Jim Furyk’s annual event, the PGA Tour Champions’ Constellation Furyk & Friends will be held from Timuquana Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla., this weekend. Benefitting northern Florida charities through the Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation, defending champion Steve Stricker looks to earn his seventh victory of the season.

Live coverage begins tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

How To Watch – Friday, October 6 – Sunday, October 8 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day GOLF Channel/Peacock Peacock GOLF Channel
Friday 2-4 p.m.    
Saturday 2-4 p.m.    
Sunday 2-4 p.m. 9:30-11:30 p.m.*

*Encore presentation

Notable Players This Week

    • Jim Furyk
    • Steve Stricker
    • Bernhard Langer
    • Ernie Els
    • Vijay Singh
    • Jerry Kelly

 

DP WORLD TOUR: ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP

The DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is a pro-am event, similar in nature to the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, in which the professional player is paired with an amateur partner. Play will rotate on each of the three courses for the first three rounds before the cut. The final round will be played on the Old Course at St Andrews.

Live coverage begins tomorrow at 7 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

How To Watch – Thursday, October 5-Sunday, October 8 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day GOLF Channel/Peacock
Thursday 7 a.m.-12 p.m.
Friday 7 a.m.-12 p.m.
Saturday 7 a.m.-12 p.m.
Sunday  6:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

 

Notable Players This Week

    • Tommy Fleetwood
    • Ryan Fox
    • Matt Fitzpatrick
    • Billy Horschel
    • Louis Oosthuizen
    • Matt Kuchar
    • Talor Gooch

 

KORN FERRY TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Held at Victoria National Golf Club in Newburgh, Ind., the Korn Ferry Tour Championship will take place this week. The top 75 players on the Korn Ferry Tour standings qualified for the KFT Championship, with the top 30 players after this week’s event earning PGA Tour membership for 2024.

Live coverage begins tomorrow at 7 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

How To Watch – Thursday, October 5-Sunday, October 8 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day GOLF Channel/Peacock Peacock
Thursday 2-4 p.m.  
Friday 12-2 p.m. 2-4 p.m.
Saturday 12-2 p.m. 2-4 p.m.
Sunday  1-4 p.m.  

 

BEYOND THE FAIRWAY

NBC Sports’ Beyond The Fairway podcast has returned for a third season with professional golfers Doug Smith and Will Lowery hosting the series alongside former professional golfer Henni Koyack. Throughout the season, Smith, Lowery, and Koyack will provide honest and candid discussions on hot-button topics inside and outside the world of golf, plus interview celebrities, athletes and golf influencers about what drives their passion for this great game and how to move it forward.

Click here to listen to the latest episode.

BROADCAST NOTES

    • Golf Central: Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on GOLF Channel Wednesday-Sunday. Golf Central coverage is anchored by Anna Jackson, Julia Johnson, Tripp Isenhour, Kira Dixon, George Savaricas, and Billy Kratzert.

 

Day Golf Central
Wednesday 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Thursday 7-7:30 p.m.
Friday 7-7:30 p.m.
Saturday 7-7:30 p.m.
Sunday 12-1 p.m./7-7:30 p.m.

Note: all times ET, post-round coverage begins following conclusion of play

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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