The 2026 Players Championship continues on Friday with the second round at The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Here’s what you need to know to watch the tournament on Friday, including complete TV coverage of The Players Championship, broadcast details and times of the second round matches.
How to watch The Players Championship on Friday
A brutal opening day at TPC Sawgrass without multiple hoops with roller coasters. He left the world number 1 Scottie Scheffler grinding down the range in the pouring rain after finishing with 72. And away he went Rory McIlroywho has a back injury, to fight for the cut on Friday after shooting 74.
The same can be said for Jordan Spiethwho will be eyeing the cut in round 2 after making a double at 18 to end his first round with one over.
But not all have struggled on the first day of the players. There are five players tied for the lead at five underincluding Sahith Theegala. Austin Smotherman has a birdie putt on his final hole to reach 16 under, but he will sleep on it and finish his round Friday morning before the second round begins.
Two-time grand champion Justin Thomas bounced back from an ugly missed cut last week to fire a 68 on Thursday. He will start Friday’s second round a shot off the lead.
You can watch the second round of The Players Championship on TV on Golf Channel beginning Friday at 1:00 PM ET. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive broadcast coverage beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET on Friday, as well as featured bracket and slot coverage throughout the day on Friday.
Below you’ll find everything you need to know to watch the second round of The Players Championship 2026.
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How to watch Friday on TV
Golf Channel will carry televised coverage of the second round of the 2026 Players Championship from 1-7pm ET on Friday.
How to stream online on Friday
You can stream the second round of The Players Championship 2026 on PGA Tour live on ESPN+which will offer broadcast coverage beginning Friday at 7:30 a.m. ET in addition to coverage of featured sets and holes.
2026 Players Championship in the second round of groups (ET)
Tea no. 1
7:40 – Tom Hoge, Denny McCarthy, Nicolai Højgaard
07:52 – Patrick Rodgers, Kevin Roy, Marco Penge
08:04 – Chad Ramey, Alex Smalley, Pierceson Coody
08:16 – Kurt Kitayama, Harry Hall, Stephan Jaeger
08:28 – Keegan Bradley, David Ford, Chris Kirk
08:40 – Andrew Novak, Nick Taylor, Wyndham Clark
08:52 – Steven Fisk, William Mouw, Joe Highsmith
09:04 – Cameron Young, Davis Thompson, Sam Burns
9:16 – Nico Echavarria, Jason Day, Corey Conners
9:28 – Matthieu Pavon, SH Kim, Austin Smotherman
12:30pm – Mackenzie Hughes, Eric Cole, Rico Hoey
12:42pm – Max Homa, Daniel Berger, Michael Thorbjornsen
12:54pm – Rasmus Højgaard, Danny Walker, Kristoffer Reitan
1:06 pm – Jonathan Vegas, Taylor Pendrith, Alex Noren
1:18 pm – Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau
1:30 pm – Ludvig Åberg, Si Woo Kim
1:42pm – Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas
1:54pm – Victor Hovland, Russell Henley, Robert MacIntyre
2:06 pm – Aldrich Potgieter, Jake Knapp, Sungjae Im
2:18pm – Patton Kizzire, Seamus Power, Johnny Keefer
