The 2026 BMW Championship’s second round begins Friday morning at Bellerive in St. Louis, Mo. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Friday, including full BMW Championship TV coverage, streaming details and complete Round 2 tee times.
Just days after finishing near the bottom of the leaderboard at the FedEx Cup playoff’s opening event, Rory McIlroy completely flipped the script at the BMW Championship.
The six-time major champion came out firing at Bellerive CC, making zero bogeys in the opening round and going four under over his final six holes. By round’s end, McIlroy had shot a six-under 64.
McIlroy’s impressive performance put him into a tie for the lead heading into Friday’s second round of the BMW Championship. But he’s not alone. Four other players matched Rory’s 64, including Wyndham Clark, J.J. Spaun, Gary Woodland and Chris Gotterup.
McIlroy will switch to an earlier tee time for Round 2, setting off at 10:47 a.m. ET on Friday alongside Xander Schauffele.
You can watch the second round of the BMW Championship on TV via Golf Channel and ESPN, with ESPN opening the coverage at 10 a.m. ET on Friday, followed by Golf Channel at 3 p.m. ET. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early streaming coverage starting at 10 a.m. ET, as well as featured group and featured hole coverage. In addition, ESPN+ will offer a “Marquee Group: Quiet Please” stream featuring no announcers. The Golf Channel App will carry a simulcast of Golf Channel’s Friday TV coverage.
Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the second round of the 2026 BMW Championship.
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ESPN and Golf Channel will air second-round TV coverage of the 2026 BMW Championship. ESPN’s telecast is from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET on Friday. Golf Channel’s coverage runs from 3-7 p.m. ET.
You can stream the second round of the 2026 BMW Championship via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will offer streaming coverage starting at 10 a.m. ET on Friday in addition to featured group and hole coverage and a live simulcast of ESPN’s Friday TV coverage. You can also watch the “Marquee Group: Quiet Please” live stream free of announcers on ESPN+. A live simulcast of Golf Channel’s TV coverage will be available on the Golf Channel App.
Tee No. 1
10:03 a.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Ryo Hisatsune
10:14 a.m. – Michael Thorbjornsen, Nico Echavarria
10:25 a.m. – Jake Knapp, Alex Noren
10:36 a.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler
10:47 a.m. – Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
11:05 a.m. – Bud Cauley, Nicolai Højgaard
11:16 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, J.J. Spaun
11:27 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Kurt Kitayama
11:38 a.m. – Ryan Gerard, Min Woo Lee
11:49 a.m. – Chris Gotterup, Tommy Fleetwood
12:07 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick
12:18 p.m. – Russell Henley, Jacob Bridgeman
12:29 p.m. – Maverick McNealy, Matt McCarty
12:40 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Sahith Theegala
12:51 p.m. – Sepp Straka, Sungjae Im
1:09 p.m. – Aaron Rai, Ben Griffin
1:20 p.m. – Gary Woodland, Adam Scott
1:31 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Åberg
1:42 p.m. – Ryan Fox, Tom Kim
1:53 p.m. – Justin Rose, Alex Smalley
2:11 p.m. – Kristoffer Reitan, Alex Fitzpatrick
2:22 p.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Hideki Matsuyama
2:33 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns
2:44 p.m. – Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim
2:55 p.m. – Michael Brennan, Eric Cole
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