Memphis Hosts Final U.S. Open Tune-Up

The second major championship of the year is on the horizon, but the PGA Tour is making one final stop in the BBQ Capital of the World for the FedEx St. Jude Classic. A stout field of those hoping to punch their ticket to the U.S. Open as well as those trying to kickstart their summer schedule will be on  hand and on PGA TOUR LIVE will have coverage beginning early Thursday morning.

The field includes 32 players who have already qualified for next week’s U.S. Open at Erin Hills and will feature some star power that even the U.S. Open will likely be lacking. Phil Mickelson will make his fifth consecutive appearance at the St. Jude, a place he hasn’t finished outside of the top-11 in his last four tries. Lefty headlines the PGA TOUR LIVE coverage window over the first two days of the event.

Joining Phil in the featured pairings are last year’s winner Daniel Berger, last week’s runner-up Rickie Fowler and a cast of other big names that include Adam Scott, Jim Furyk, Graeme McDowell, Billy Horschel and Brooks Koepka. 

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The first two days of the FedEx St. Jude will be live streamed on PGA TOUR LIVE beginning at 8:00 a.m. EST, giving subscribers 11 hours of live golf that otherwise would go unseen. Through the Tour’s partnership with Twitter, the first hour-plus of the PGA TOUR LIVE broadcast can be seen for free.

Here is PGA TOUR LIVE’s schedule for the Players.

Thursday:
Broadcast time: 8:00AM/ET – 7:00PM/ET
Twitter Window: 8:00AM/ET – Approx. 9:15AM/ET
Featured Groups – Off 10th Tee
8:40AM/ET Kevin Chappell, Billy Horschel, Cody Gribble
8:50AM/ET Daniel Berger, Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott

Friday:
Broadcast time: 8:00AM/ET – 7:00PM/ET
Twitter Window: 8:00AM/ET – Approx. 9:15AM/ET
Featured Groups – Off 10th Tee
8:40AM/ET Graeme McDowell, Jim Furyk, Russell Henley
8:50AM/ET Phil Mickelson, Hudson Swafford, Brooks Koepka

PGATL will move to Featured Hole coverage at 4:00PM/ET on Thursday and Friday. Featured Hole Coverage will consist of the 14th (Par-4) and 16th (Par-5) holes.

Last year’s St. Jude was won by Berger in impressive fashion. The Florida State product shot four rounds in the 60s to beat Koepka, Mickelson and Steve Stricker by three strokes. 

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About PGA TOUR LIVE: PGA TOUR LIVE is a subscription-based digital platform service that offers live coverage of two concurrent featured group pairings during morning competition prior to the start of the regularly scheduled television coverage. It also offers live-streaming coverage from select holes after early-round group coverage has concluded. You can watch on iOS, Android, computer or Apple TV 4 for one-tap access to live golf. Keep track of your followed players across all devices with a free account.

Starting with the CareerBuilder Challenge, broadcast of all tournaments for the rest of the 2016-17 PGA Tour season will be available on PGA TOUR LIVE except for the majors (The Masters, U.S. Open, The Open Championship, PGA Championship) and alternate-field events. 

Monthly subscriptions are $5.99 and an annual subscription is available for $39.99. 

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