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The PGA Tour schedule prepares to get red hot heading into Augusta and Masters season. The 2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play emanates from Austin Country Club in Texas and begins early Wednesday morning.
Coverage of the WGC-Match Play will be televised on the Golf Channel (Wednesday-Sunday) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday), while PGA Tour Live will also have daily, all-day coverage of featured groups and players.
If you don’t have cable, here’s how to watch a live stream of the tournament on your computer, phone, or streaming device:
If you have Amazon Prime or want to start a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, you can watch the WGC-Dell Match Play via the PGA Tour Live Amazon Channel, which will have all-day coverage (Thursday through Sunday) of featured groups and players. This is different–and more extensive–than the television broadcasts.
Once you’re signed up for both Amazon Prime and the PGA Tour Live channel, you can watch complete coverage of the WGC-Match Play live on your computer via the Amazon website, or you can watch on your phone (Android and iPhone compatible), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or other streaming device via the Amazon Video app.
If you want to watch a live stream of the TV broadcasts, the Golf Channel and NBC (available live in most markets) are two of 85-plus live-TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which is largely tailored towards sports.
You can start a free 7-day trial of FuboTV right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the WGC-Match Play on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
PS Vue–which doesn’t require an actual PlayStation console to sign up or watch–offers four different live-TV channel packages: All four include NBC (live in select markets), while the upper three bundles include the Golf Channel.
You can start a free 5-day trial of PS Vue right here (select “Start Streaming” in the upper-right corner), and you can then watch a live stream of the WGC-Match Play on your computer via the PS Vue website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation (3 or 4), or other supported device via the PS Vue app.
In addition to a Netflix-like on-demand streaming library, Hulu also offers a bundle of 50-plus live TV channels, including both the Golf Channel and NBC (available live in most markets).
You can start your “Hulu with Live TV” subscription right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the WGC-Match Play on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show, or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
2019 WGC-Dell Match Play Preview
This is the fourth straight year this event will be held in Austin. Prior to that, the event was held at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California in 2015, and The Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona from 2007-14. This is the third of four World Golf Championships this season.
The WGC-Dell Match Play is a round robin event. 64 golfers are divided into 16 different groups of four. A won match is worth a full point, and a halved match is (obviously) worth a half-point. At the end of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, each group leader in points advances on and continues to play throughout the duration of the weekend, World Cup-elimination style until an individual winner is determined.
To check out all the notable tee times and group pairings for this weekend’s event, you can find that information on the official PGA Tour website here.
Wednesday Tee Times:
Group 11:
10:20 a.m. – Tommy Fleetwood vs. Byeong Hun An
10:31 a.m. – Louis Oosthuizen vs. Kyle Staney
Group 6:
10:42 a.m. – Bryson DeChambeau vs. Russell Knox
10:53 a.m. – Marc Leishman vs. Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Group 14:
11:04 a.m. – Tony Finau vs. Keith Mitchell
11:15 a.m. – Ian Poulter vs. Kevin Kisner
Group 3:
11:26 a.m. – Brooks Koepka vs. Tom Lewis
11:37 a.m. – Alex Noren vs. HaoTong Li
Group 10:
11:48 a.m. – Paul Casey vs. Abraham Ancer
11:59 a.m. – Cameron Smith vs. Charles Howell III
Group 7:
12:10 p.m. – Francesco Molinari vs. Satoshi Kodaira
12:21 p.m. – Webb Simpson vs. Thorbjorn Olesen
Group 15:
12:32 p.m. – Bubba Watson vs. Kevin Na
12:43 p.m. – Jordan Spieth vs. Billy Horschel
Group 2:
12:54 p.m. – Justin Rose vs. Emiliano Grillo
1:05 p.m. – Gary Woodland vs. Eddie Pepperell
Group 12:
1:16 p.m. – Jason Day vs. Jim Furyk
1:27 p.m. – Phil Mickelson vs. Henrik Stenson
Group 5:
1:38 p.m. – Justin Thomas vs. Lucas Bjerregaard
1:49 p.m. – Keegan Bradley vs. Matt Wallace
Group 13:
2 p.m. – Tiger Woods vs. Aaron Wise
2:11 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay vs. Brandt Snedeker
Group 4:
2:22 p.m. – Rory McIlroy vs. Luke List
2:33 p.m. – Matthew Fitzpatrick vs. Justin Harding
Group 9:
2:44 p.m. – Xander Schauffele vs. Lee Westwood
2:55 p.m. – Rafa Cabrera Bello vs. Tyrrell Hatton
Group 8:
3:06 p.m. – Jon Rahm vs. Si Woo Kim
3:17 p.m. – Matt Kuchar vs. J.B. Holmes
Group 16:
3:28 p.m. – Patrick Reed vs. Andrew Putnam
3:39 p.m. – Sergio Garcia vs. Shane Lowry
Group 1:
3:50 p.m. – Dustin Johnson vs. Chez Reavie
4:01 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama vs. Branden Grace
Who to Watch Out For This Weekend
Three-time champion Tiger Woods (2003, 2004, 2008) is set to compete in this year’s event. Woods, who is the only player to ever win this event in consecutive years, spoke with the media in Austin briefly on Tuesday:
3-time @DellMatchPlay champion @TigerWoods speaks to the media in Austin, Texas. 🎙
The rest of the world’s current best are also featured in this week’s field of 64, which should make the five days as interesting as can be. World No. 1 Dustin Johnson — who won this event back in 2017 — headlines the field, aiming to become the third No. 1 ranked golfer to win this event in the past three seasons, as well as join Woods as a repeat champion.
The defending champion is Bubba Watson, who won this event as a No. 35 seed in 2018. Also included are Rory McIlroy and Jason Day, who each won this event in 2015 and 2016 respectively. McIlroy did so as a No. 1 seed. Potential juicy Round of 16 matchups are aplenty, including a possibly Tiger vs. Rory heads-up battle.
This year’s collective purse ranges all the way up until $10,250,000. The winner is set to receive a cool $1,7450,000.
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