Featured Groups Include Leader Conners, Second-Place Koepka, Hovland
ESPN and ESPN+ will offer fans 12 continuous hours of live coverage of the second round of the 103rd PGA Championship on Friday, May 21, beginning at 7 a.m. ET from The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina.
Traditional coverage will stream on ESPN+ from 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. and will then shift to ESPN from 1-7 p.m. (or until play concludes).
ESPN+ also will present eight different Featured Groups, four in the morning and another four in the afternoon, including the rounds of Day 1 leader Corey Conners, second-place Brooks Koepka and Viktor Hovland and multiple other stars of golf.
In the morning hours on Friday, ESPN+ Featured Groups coverage will include:
7:38 a.m. – Corey Conners / Tony Finau / Matt Fitzpatrick (streaming starts 7 a.m.)
7:49 a.m. – Phil Mickelson / Jason Day / Padraig Harrington
8:00 a.m. – Jon Rahm / Tommy Fleetwood / Patrick Reed
8:33 a.m. – Jordan Spieth / Webb Simpson / Will Zalatoris
Later in the day on Friday, Featured Groups feeds will have:
1:03 p.m. – Rickie Fowler / Adam Scott / Tyrrell Hatton
1:47 p.m. – Viktor Hovland / Xander Schauffele / Lee Westwood
1:58 p.m. – Brooks Koepka / Rory McIlory / Justin Thomas
2:09 p.m. – Collin Morikawa / Bryson DeChambeau / Hideki Matsuyama
ESPN+ also will have a Featured Holes feed of Holes 16-17-18 on Friday starting at 8:30 a.m.
Before live play coverage begins on ESPN at 1 p.m., SportsCenter at the PGA Championship will air from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with live updates, analysis and in-progress highlights. Matt Barrie and Sage Steele host, joined for analysis by former PGA of America President Suzy Whaley.
ESPN’s full coverage plans for the PGA Championship are available HERE.
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Friday at the PGA Championship on ESPN Platforms
Friday, May 21 | Second Round | 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. | ESPN+ |
Featured Group 1 (one morning, one afternoon) | 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | |
Featured Group 2 (one morning, one afternoon) | 7:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | |
Featured Group 3 (one morning, one afternoon) | 7:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | |
Featured Group 4 (one morning, one afternoon) | 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | |
PGA Coaching Live | 7-9 a.m. | ESPN+ | |
Featured Holes – 16, 17, 18 | 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | |
SportsCenter at the PGA Championship | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. | ESPN | |
PGA Coaching Live | Noon – 2 p.m. | ESPN+ | |
Second Round | 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. | ESPN |
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