The 2026 Austin Championship begins Thursday morning at Omni Barton Creek in Austin, Texas. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full television coverage of the Austin Championship, streaming details and complete Round 1 times.
How to watch the Austin Championship on Thursday
Thursday marks the debut of the Austin Championship, held in Austin, Texas. But as you tune into Round 1, there’s another Austin to look out for.
What would it be? Austin Smotherman. The 32-year-old had an up-and-down regular season in 2026. Once the calendar turned to FedEx Fall, however, Smotherman broke out in a big way.
He took his first PGA Tour victory at the Utah Bank Championship 2026 in early October. In his next start weeks after the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Smotherman won again.
Now the two-time Tour winner heads to Austin to go for his third win in just over a month. And the action begins on Thursday.
You can watch the first round of the Austin Championship on TV via Golf Channel, with coverage starting at 2 pm ET on Thursday. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ It will provide exclusive streaming coverage of Thursday’s game, while Golfchannel.com and the Golf Channel App will carry a simulcast of Golf Channel’s Thursday television coverage.
Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the Austin 2026 Championship.
With an ESPN+ subscription, you get access to PGA Tour Live, where you can stream the best PGA Tour events live from anywhere.
View Product
How to watch Thursday on TV
The Golf Channel will provide prime-time television coverage of the 2026 Austin Championship from 2-5 pm ET on Thursday.
How to stream online Thursday
You can stream the first round of the Austin 2026 Championship via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+which provides coverage of the featured group starting at 8 am. ET Thursday. Golfchannel.com and the Golf Channel App, which will broadcast a live simulcast of Golf Channel’s Thursday television coverage.
2026 Austin Championship Round 1 tee times (ET)
Tee No. 1
8:00 am – Nick Hardy, Mac Meissner, Takumi Kanaya
8:11 am – Rafael Campos, Zac Blair, John Parry
8:22 am – Lee Hodges, Tyler Duncan, David Skinns
8:33 am – Kevin Yu, Aaron Wise, Kevin Streelman
8:44 am – Sami Valimaki, Davis Thompson, Stephan Jaeger
8:55am – Adam Schenk, Joe Highsmith, Lucas Glover
9:06 am – Taylor Moore, Hank Lebioda, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
9:17 am – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Luke Clanton, Alvaro Ortiz
9:28 am – Patrick Fishburn, Neal Shipley, Miles Russell (a)
9:39 am – Zecheng Dou, Adrien Saddier, Christiaan Maas
12:40 pm – David Lipsky, Max McGreevy, Dylan Wu
12:51 pm – Jackson Suber, Danny Walker, Zach Bauchou
1:02 pm – Austin Eckroat, Joel Dahmen, Max Greyserman
1:13 pm – Austin Smotherman, Jackson Koivun, Tommy Morrison
1:24 pm – Brian Harman, Chris Kirk, Pierceson Coody
1:35 pm – Eric Cole, Sam Stevens, Jordan Smith
1:46 pm – Chad Ramey, Rico Hoey, AJ Ewart
1:57 pm – Jimmy Stanger, Kensei Hirata, Davis Chatfield
2:08 pm – Hayden Springer, David Ford, Frankie Harris
2:19 pm – Isaiah Salinda, Paul Peterson, Casey Russell
Tee No. 10
8:00 am – Erik van Rooyen, CT Pan, Chandler Phillips
8:11 am – Brendon Todd, Andrew Putnam, Vince Whaley
8:22 am – Brice Garnett, Matthieu Pavon, Rasmus Højgaard
8:33 am – Blades Brown, Andrew Novak, Max Homa
8:44 am – Billy Horschel, Daniel Berger, Doug Ghim
8:55 am – Karl Vilips, Cam Davis, Davis Riley
9:06 am – Emiliano Grillo, Seamus Power, Mackenzie Hughes
9:17 am – Jesper Svensson, Trace Crowe, Marcelo Rozo
9:28 am – Chandler Blanchet, John VanDerLaan, Jeffrey Kang
9:39 am – Haotong Li, Alejandro Tosti, Emilio Gonzalez
12:40 pm – Nick Dunlap, Michael Thompson, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
12:51 – Patton Kizzire, Adam Svensson, Patrick Rodgers
1:02 pm – Peter Malnati, Justin Lower, Kevin Roy
1:13pm – Nick Taylor, Matt McCarty, Taylor Pendrith
1:24 pm – Ricky Castillo, William Mouw, Matt Kuchar
1:35 pm – Ben Martin, Mark Hubbard, Ben Kohles
13:46 – Kristoffer Ventura, Johnny Keefer, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
1:57 pm – Marco Penge, Gordon Sargent, Cole Sherwood
2:08 pm – Nicholas Lindheim, Rikuya Hoshino, William Sides
14:19 – Pontus Nyholm, Christo Lamprecht, Thomas Rosenmueller
