2026 CJ Cup Byron Nelson Thursday TV coverage: Watch Round 1

The CJ 2026 Byron Nelson Cup begins Thursday with the first round at TPC Craig Ranch. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including complete CJ Cup Byron Nelson TV coverage, broadcast details and full times of the first tournament.

How to watch CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Thursday

Scottie Scheffler failed to complete his repeat bid at last week’s PGA Championship. But the world number 1 there is another opportunity to do so this week.

Scheffler won last year’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson by a remarkable eight strokes, taking the title close to his home in Texas.

Now he returns to TPC Craig Ranch to try to win his second consecutive Byron Nelson title. Should he be successful, it would represent Scheffler’s second win of the season and 21st PGA Tour the victory of his career.

Scheffler will begin his opening round early Thursday, teeing off at 8:33 a.m. ET with Brooks Koepka AND Like Woo Kim.

You can watch the first round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on TV via Golf Channel starting at 3pm ET on Thursday. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive early broadcast coverage beginning Thursday at 7:45 a.m. ET, as well as featured set and slot coverage throughout the day. The GOLF app will feature a simulcast of the Golf Channel’s television coverage.

Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

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How to watch Thursday on TV

Golf Channel will provide televised coverage of the first round of the 2026 CJ Byron Nelson Cup on Thursday from 3-7pm ET.

How to stream online on Thursday

You can stream the first round of the CJ Cup 2026 Byron Nelson via PGA Tour live on ESPN+which will offer broadcast coverage beginning at 7:45 a.m. ET on Thursday, in addition to coverage of featured sets and holes. You can also stream a live simulcast of Golf Channel TV coverage in the GOLF app.

2026 CJ Cup Byron Nelson 1 time in the first round (ET)

Tea no. 1

08:00 – Emiliano Grillo, SY Noh, Doug Ghim
08:11 – Martin Laird, Keith Mitchell, Ben Silverman
08:22 – Seamus Power, Jonathan Byrd, Ben Kohles
08:33 – Michael Brennan, Kevin Yu, Davis Riley
08:44 – Cam Davis, Aaron Wise, Charley Hoffman
08:55 – Adam Schenk, Steven Fisk, Karl Phillips
9:06 – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Zac Blair, Chandler Phillips
09:17 – Scott Piercy, Justin Lower, Kevin Roy
9:28 – Adam Hadwin, Henrik Norlander, Johnny Keefer
9:39 – Haotong Li, Chandler Blanchet, Mason Howell -a
9:50 – Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Pontus Nyholm, Marcelo Rozo
10:01 – Jeremy Paul, Christo Lamprecht, Adam Headley
1:10pm – Adam Svensson, Dylan Wu, Mac Meissner
1:21pm – Patton Kizzire, Kevin Streelman, Harry Higgs
1:32pm – Ryo Hisatsune, Matti Schmid, Pierceson Coody
1:43pm – Chris Kirk, Jordan Spieth, Sungjae Im
1:54 pm – Taylor Pendrith, Billy Horschel, Max Greyserman
2:05pm – Rafael Campos, Max McGreevy, Thorbjørn Olesen
2:16pm – Camilo Villegas, Danny Willett, Sam Ryder
2:27pm – Ryan Brehm, Beau Hossler, Danny Walker
2:38pm – Zecheng Dou, Kensei Hirata, Luke Clanton
2:49pm – Trace Crowe, John Parry, Yongjun Bae
15:00 – David Skinns, Zach Bauchou, Ronin Banerjee -a
3:11pm – Chris Ventura, Keita Nakajima, Nathan Petronzio

Tee no. 10

08:00 – Tom Kim, Cameron Champ, Mark Hubbard
08:11 – Erik van Rooyen, Mackenzie Hughes, Robert Streb
08:22 – KH Lee, Tom Hoge, Rasmus Højgaard
08:33 – Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka, Si Woo Kim
08:44 – Stephan Jaeger, Wyndham Clark, Blades Brown
08:55 – Jonathan Vegas, Tony Finau, Michael Thorbjornsen
09:06 – Chad Ramey, Fabián Gómez, Patrick Rodgers
09:17 – Eric Cole, Vince Whaley, Carson Young
9:28 – Joel Dahmen, Rico Hoey, Jordan Smith
9:39 – Alejandro Tosti, Noah Goodwin, Neal Shipley
9:50 – Jackson Suber, Jeffrey Kang, Jackson Buchanan
10:01 – Hayden Springer, Adrien Saddier, Alex Huang -a
13:10 – Peter Malnati, Lee Hodges, Ben Martin
1:21 pm – Brice Garnett, James Hahn, Hank Lebioda
1:32pm – Austin Eckroat, Austin Cook, Will Gordon
1:43pm – Garrick Higgo, Davis Thompson, Ryan Palmer
1:54pm – William Mouw, Joe Highsmith, Matt Kuchar
2:05 pm – Matthieu Pavon, Tyler Duncan, Lanto Griffin
2:16 pm – Luke List, Taylor Moore, Takumi Kanaya
2:27pm – Nick Dunlap, Nick Hardy, Troy Merritt
2:38 pm – Dan Brown, Gordon Sargent, Preston Stout -a
2:49pm – Jesper Svensson, Paul Peterson, Davis Chatfield
3:00 pm – Taylor Montgomery, AJ Ewart, William Sides -a
3:11pm – Patrick Fishburn, Chan Kim, Adrien Dumont de Chassart
3:22 pm – Jimmy Stanger, John VanDerLaan, Greg Gregory