The 2026 Austin Championship kicks off Thursday morning at Omni Barton Creek in Austin, Texas. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full Austin Championship TV coverage, streaming details and complete Round 1 tee times.
Thursday marks the debut of the Austin Championship, held in Austin, Texas. But as you tune in to Round 1, there is another Austin to look out for.
That would be Austin Smotherman. The 32-year-old had an up-and-down regular season in 2026. Once the schedule flipped to the FedEx Fall, though, Smotherman broke through in a big way.
He captured his first PGA Tour victory at the 2026 Bank of Utah Championship in early October. In his next start weeks later at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Smotherman won again.
Now the two-time Tour winner is teeing it up in Austin to go for his third win in just over a month. And the action starts Thursday.
You can watch the first round of the Austin Championship on TV via Golf Channel, with coverage starting at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive featured group streaming coverage on Thursday, while Golfchannel.com and the Golf Channel App will carry a simulcast of Golf Channel’s Thursday TV coverage.
Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 Austin Championship.
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Golf Channel will provide first-round TV coverage of the 2026 Austin Championship from 2-5 p.m. ET on Thursday.
You can stream the first round of the 2026 Austin Championship via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will provide featured group coverage starting at 8 am. ET on Thursday. Golfchannel.com and the Golf Channel App, which will stream a live simulcast of Golf Channel’s Thursday TV coverage.
Tee No. 1
8:00 a.m. – Nick Hardy, Mac Meissner, Takumi Kanaya
8:11 a.m. – Rafael Campos, Zac Blair, John Parry
8:22 a.m. – Lee Hodges, Tyler Duncan, David Skinns
8:33 a.m. – Kevin Yu, Aaron Wise, Kevin Streelman
8:44 a.m. – Sami Valimaki, Davis Thompson, Stephan Jaeger
8:55 a.m. – Adam Schenk, Joe Highsmith, Lucas Glover
9:06 a.m. – Taylor Moore, Hank Lebioda, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
9:17 a.m. – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Luke Clanton, Alvaro Ortiz
9:28 a.m. – Patrick Fishburn, Neal Shipley, Miles Russell (a)
9:39 a.m. – Zecheng Dou, Adrien Saddier, Christiaan Maas
12:40 p.m. – David Lipsky, Max McGreevy, Dylan Wu
12:51 p.m. – Jackson Suber, Danny Walker, Zach Bauchou
1:02 p.m. – Austin Eckroat, Joel Dahmen, Max Greyserman
1:13 p.m. – Austin Smotherman, Jackson Koivun, Tommy Morrison
1:24 p.m. – Brian Harman, Chris Kirk, Pierceson Coody
1:35 p.m. – Eric Cole, Sam Stevens, Jordan Smith
1:46 p.m. – Chad Ramey, Rico Hoey, A.J. Ewart
1:57 p.m. – Jimmy Stanger, Kensei Hirata, Davis Chatfield
2:08 p.m. – Hayden Springer, David Ford, Frankie Harris
2:19 p.m. – Isaiah Salinda, Paul Peterson, Casey Russell
Tee No. 10
8:00 a.m. – Erik van Rooyen, C.T. Pan, Chandler Phillips
8:11 a.m. – Brendon Todd, Andrew Putnam, Vince Whaley
8:22 a.m. – Brice Garnett, Matthieu Pavon, Rasmus Højgaard
8:33 a.m. – Blades Brown, Andrew Novak, Max Homa
8:44 a.m. – Billy Horschel, Daniel Berger, Doug Ghim
8:55 a.m. – Karl Vilips, Cam Davis, Davis Riley
9:06 a.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Seamus Power, Mackenzie Hughes
9:17 a.m. – Jesper Svensson, Trace Crowe, Marcelo Rozo
9:28 a.m. – Chandler Blanchet, John VanDerLaan, Jeffrey Kang
9:39 a.m. – Haotong Li, Alejandro Tosti, Emilio Gonzalez
12:40 p.m. – Nick Dunlap, Michael Thompson, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
12:51 p.m. – Patton Kizzire, Adam Svensson, Patrick Rodgers
1:02 p.m. – Peter Malnati, Justin Lower, Kevin Roy
1:13 p.m. – Nick Taylor, Matt McCarty, Taylor Pendrith
1:24 p.m. – Ricky Castillo, William Mouw, Matt Kuchar
1:35 p.m. – Ben Martin, Mark Hubbard, Ben Kohles
1:46 p.m. – Kristoffer Ventura, Johnny Keefer, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
1:57 p.m. – Marco Penge, Gordon Sargent, Cole Sherwood
2:08 p.m. – Nicholas Lindheim, Rikuya Hoshino, William Sides
2:19 p.m. – Pontus Nyholm, Christo Lamprecht, Thomas Rosenmueller
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