Golf fans already unhappy with the live TV coverage of the Presidents Cup - Golfweek
TV coverage of Day 1 of the 2026 Presidents Cup started at noon ET. The first match was off about 35 minutes later. It wasn't long after that for the bellyaching to start.
Golf fans are nothing if not vocal on social media when it comes to TV coverage. Missed shots are bemoaned and the commercial load is high on the list of complaints.
Those who put on the event need to recoup their investment, of course, but fans just want to watch the live golf, especially of an event that only comes around every two years.
Golf Channel is carrying 6½ hours of Thursday's Day 1 and 5 hours of Friday's Day 2, the lone TV channel carrying live coverage of the first two days at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago. Golf Channel will then have the first hour on Saturday before handing it off to NBC, which will simulcast its live TV coverage on its streaming service Peacock.
NBC will have 10 hours of live golf Saturday, from 9 a.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET and six more hours on Sunday, from noon ET to 6 p.m. ET.
Will the bellyaching subside when NBC takes over? We'll see but an early poll on X conducted by No Laying Up is predominantly against the way coverage has been handled so far.
