How To Watch The PGA Sentry Tournament of Champions Live

This year the PGA’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, PGA Tour Live, which shows live tournament play before broadcast coverage begins, shifts from NBC Sports Gold to ESPN+, starting with the Sentry Tournament of Champions on January 6th, 2022. Live coverage of the Sentry Tournament will begin on ESPN+ every morning. When network coverage starts (Golf Channel or NBC), PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will shift to two featured groups and two featured holes until play concludes that day.

Best Way Watch the Sentry Tournament of Champions: Hulu Live TV now includes ESPN+ in its base channel package along with NBC and Golf Channel for $69.99 per month (sign up here, cancel any time.) Hulu Live TV is the only streaming service to provide complete coverage of the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

How To Watch The Sentry Tournament of Champions Live

Coverage of the Sentry Tournament of Champions is split between two networks over two days. The schedule is as follows:

• Thursday, January 6:
  • 3:15 pm – 6:00 pm ET: Featured Holes and Groups on ESPN+
  • 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET: Main Coverage on Golf Channel
• Friday, January 7: 
  • 3:15 pm – 6:00 pm ET: Featured Holes and Groups on ESPN+
  • 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET: Main Coverage on Golf Channel
• Saturday, January 8:
  • 3:15 pm – 6:00 pm ET: Featured Holes and Groups on ESPN+
  • 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET: Main Coverage on Golf Channel
• Sunday, January 9:
  • 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm ET: Featured Holes and Groups on ESPN+
  • 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm ET: Main Coverage on NBC
  • 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET: Main Coverage on Gold Channel

Hole 14 will be this week’s featured hole on ESPN+. The two featured groups on ESPN+ will be:

1. Viktor Hovland and Brooks Koepka
2. Phil Mickelson and Hideki Matsuyama

Hulu Live TV is the best option to watch the Sentry Tournament of Champions as they include ESPN+, NBC, and Golf Channel in their base package. You can sign up here. The service cost $69.99. However, there isn’t a long-term contract, so you cancel any time. Hulu Live TV is the only streaming service to provide full coverage of the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

However, if you want to watch the TV coverage on Golf Channel and NBC, you can use one of the free trials below to watch the Sentry Tournament of Champions for free:

• FuboTV – offers a 1-week free trial
• YouTube TV –  offers a 1-week free trial

You can also sign up for ESPN+ outside of Hulu for just $9.99 per month with no contract so that you can cancel at any time. You can save yourself a little money by picking up a free trial to fuboTV and subscribing to one month of ESPN+. The only drawback is not having the entire event in one app. With Hulu Live TV, you can watch ESPN+, NBC, and Golf Channel through the Hulu app. If you subscribe to FuboTV and ESPN+, you would need the fuboTV app to watch coverage on NBC and Golf Channel and the ESPN app to watch coverage on ESPN+.

Streaming Services Covering the Sentry Tournament of Champions

Below is the relevant streaming service that carries NBC, Golf Channel, and ESPN+ and how to use them.

Hulu Live TV

Hulu Live TV is the best option if you want to watch all available coverage of the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Hulu Live TV provides access to ESPN+, NBC, and Golf Channel. You can watch the event by searching “Sentry Tournament of Champions” from within the Hulu app on your streaming device. Your $69.99 per month subscription to Hulu Live includes the following:

• Includes subscriptions to ESPN+ and Disney+
• include Golf Channel, NBC, CBS and over 60 other channels
• Unlimited cloud DVR storage. (Recordings save for 9 months)
• Watch on 2 screens at once. (Upgrades available)
• Comes with 6 customizable profiles
• Includes entire Hulu streaming library
• Supported on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS, Android and more

For more information on this streaming service, check out our Hulu Live TV Review.

Check out Hulu Live TV here.

ESPN+

While subscribing to Hulu Live TV also provides access to ESPN+ through the Hulu app. However, you can also subscribe to ESPN+ without having Hulu Live TV and watch it through the ESPN app. The ESPN App supports Roku Players and TVs, Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast, Apple TV, Android, iPhone, Samsung TVs, Xbox One, and PS4.

To add ESPN+ to your ESPN app, follow these instructions:

1. Subscribe to ESPN+
2. Download and Open the ESPN app on your mobile or TV device
3. Click the Settings Gear in the upper right corner
4. Select “Account Information” then “Log Into ESPN Account.” You should receive an activation code.
5. Visit https://espn.com/activate on your phone or laptop and type in the code
6. Log in with your ESPN+ credentials
7. You should then get confirmation that your ESPN+ account is linked and now see and “ESPN+” tab in the ESPN app.

An ESPN+ subscription costs only $9.99 per month. There is no contract so you can cancel any time you like. However, you can select a yearly subscription for a discounted rate of $69.99 annually. For more information on ESPN+, see our ESPN+ review.

FuboTV

FuboTV includes Golf Channel and NBC along with 90 other channels in its Pro Plan for $74.99 (after a 7-day free trial).

• Over 100 channels including Golf Channel and more are available in fuboTV’s channel lineup
• You can watch on three screens at the same time 
• 250 hours of cloud DVR storage
• The FuboTV app is available on major platforms, including Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV. 

You can sign up for fuboTV or check out our review of FuboTV for more details.

YouTube TV

YouTube TV also offers NBC and Golf Channel. YouTube TV costs $72.99

A subscription to YouTube TV provides:

• access to Golf Channel, Local Network Channels, and over 70 other channels
• unlimited cloud DVR storage
• stream on three devices at once
• YouTube TV supports Android, iOS, Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, and more. The YouTube TV app has also returned to Roku devices after settling a dispute between the two companies. 
• Includes YouTube TV on-demand
• offers a 1-week free trial.

Check our review of YouTube TV for more details. They also offer a 1-week free trial.

DIRECTV STREAM

DIRECTV STREAM is another way you can watch Golf Channel and NBC. NBC is available in the “Entertainment” channel plan for $109.99 per month. However, Golf Channel requires you to subscribe to their “Ultimate” plan for $109.99 per month. A subscription to DIRECTV STREAM includes the following:

• watch 20 streams simultaneously per subscription 
• a cloud-based DVR
• channels like Golf Channel and more
• supported on Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Amazon FireTV, and more

DIRECTV STREAM provides a 5-day free trial when signing up. You can check out this streaming service through this online offer or learn more in our DIRECTV STREAM review.

Sling TV

Sling TV provides Golf Channel, but not NBC is only available in the following markets:

• New York – WNBC
• Philadelphia – WCAU
• Chicago – WMAQ
• Boston – WBTS
• Washington, DC – WRC-TV
• Miami/Ft. Lauderdale – WTVJ
• Hartford/New Haven – WVIT
• Dallas/Ft. Worth – KXAS
• Los Angeles – KNBC
• San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose – KNTV
• San Diego – KNSD

You will need to subscribe to the Sling TV Blue package for $40 per month to get NBC. You then add the Sports Extra Package for an additional $11 per month to get Golf Channel. A subscription to the Sling Blue plan provides the following features:

• Golf Channel with over 30 other channels
• Sling’s cloud DVR provides a way to record shows
• watch on 3 devices at the same time
• Sling TV is available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, and more

You can sign up for Sling TV and see how you like the service. Read our  Sling TV review for more information. It includes information about what’s available on all the Sling TV Channels.