The 2026 PGA Tour begins with the first major of the year: it’s time for The Masters.
The tournament begins today and continues through Sunday, April 12, when the winner of the 90th annual tournament will receive their customary green jacket.
It all happens, as it does every year, at Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Georgia.
It’s been a year since Rory McIlroy completed his Grand Slam career with his first Masters win. McIlroy returned this year to defend his title, but recently withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational due to back spasms. The defending champion played out his last tournament, The Players, with a back injury and finished tied for 46th.
Masters 2026, first round: what to know
- when: April 9, 7:40 a.m. ET (first tee time)
- where: Augusta National Golf Course (Augusta, Georgia)
- channel: ESPN (from 3 p.m. ET)
- My neighbor: DIRECTV (try it free), Prime Video
Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler are among the favorites to win the Green Jacket this year.
There are a range of different options when it comes to streaming this year’s Masters, so we’ve broken them down for you below. Keep reading TV schedules, broadcast schedules and more for the first round of The Masters 2026.
When is the Masters 2026?
The Master’s program begins today, April 9th, and ends on April 12th.
How to watch the masters for free
Although The Masters will be broadcast across a few different networks and streaming services, you probably won’t need all of them to listen to as much of The Masters as you’d like.
If you’re a fan of cable-free cord-cutting, here’s the combo we recommend: DIRECTV and Prime Video, both of which you can try for free.
Live TV option The plan ($59.99 for the first month with a five-day free trial) includes access to the ESPN Unlimited app, where highlights will stream throughout the day. The service will also have its own live stream of featured groups. Of course, it also includes ESPN, where you can stream TV coverage starting at 3 PM ET.
Prime Video will present its first-ever coverage of The Masters today, in the form of early feature syndicated coverage and a two-hour broadcast beginning at 1 p.m. ET. If you’re not already an Amazon Prime subscriber, you can get your first 30 days of Prime Video completely free.
Masters 2026 scheduled for April 9
Masters 2026 broadcast schedule for April 9
In addition to the afternoon and evening coverage mentioned above, The Masters will air morning coverage across a few streaming services. All times listed below are ET.
- Master’s degree: 8:30-10-30 AM (Paramount+)
- Featured groups: 9:15 AM – 7:30 PM (Paramount+, Prime Video, ESPN App, DIRECTV)
- Featured holes (4, 5 and 6): 8:45 AM – 3:30 PM (ESPN App)
- distinct Holes (Amen Corner 11, 12 and 13): 10:45 AM – 6 PM (Paramount+, Prime Video, ESPN App, DIRECTV)
- Marked holes (15 and 16): 11:45am – 7pm (Paramount+, Prime Video, ESPN App, DIRECTV)
Masters Tournament start times – first round
- 7:40 AM – John Keifer, Haotong Li
- 7:50 AM – Naoyuki Kataoka, Max Homma, Carlos Ortiz
- 8:02 AM – José María Olazábal, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Aldrich Potgieter
- 8:14 AM – Angel Cabrera, Sami Valimaki, Jackson Herrington (A)
- 8:26 AM – Charles Schwartzel, Max Griserman, Ryan Fox
- 8:38 AM – Vijay Singh, Matt McCarty, Rasmus Hougaard
- 8:50 AM – Curt Kitayama, Christopher Reitan, Casey Jarvis
- 9:02 AM – Bubba Watson, Nicholas Echavarria, Brandon Holtz (A)
- 9:19 a.m. – Cameron Smith, Sam Burns, Jake Knapp
- 9:31am – Keegan Bradley, Ryan Gerrard, Nick Taylor
- 9:43 AM – Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Jason Day
- 9:55 AM – Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Akshay Bhatia
- 10:07 AM – Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele
- 10:19 AM – Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Russell Henley
- 10:31 AM – Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Mason Howell (A)
- 10:43 AM – Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Alex Noren
- 11:03 AM – Samuel Stevens, Sungjae Im
- 11:15 a.m. – Andrew Novak, Tom McKibben, Brian Campbell
- 11:27 AM – Mike Weir, Wyndham Clark, Matteo Pulcini (A)
- 11:39 AM – Zach Johnson, Michael Kim and Nicolai Hoggard
- 11:51 AM – Danny Willett, Davis Riley, Ethan Fang (A)
- 12:03 PM – Adam Scott, Daniel Berger, Brian Harman
- 12:15 PM – Fred Cupples, Min Woo Lee, Viva Laobakdi (A)
- 12:27 PM – Sergio Garcia, Arun Ray, Jacob Bridgeman
- 12:44 PM – Harry Hole, Corey Conners, Michael Brennan
- 12:56pm – JJ Spaun, Maverick McNeely, Tyrrell Hatton
- 1:08 PM – Jon Rahm, Chris Gottrup, Ludwig Aberg
- 1:20 PM – Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka
- 1:32 PM – Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Justin Thomas
- 1:44 PM – Scottie Scheffler, Robert McIntyre, Gary Woodland
- 1:56pm – Harris English, Marco Peng, Si Woo Kim
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