Golf Channel to Provide Daily Live Coverage of PGA TOUR’s First Signature Event of 2026 Season
Roger Maltbie to Serve as Golf Channel’s Lead On-Course Reporter at Five PGA TOUR Events This Season Beginning This Week at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
PGA TOUR Champions Chubb Classic Airs Live on Golf Channel Fri.-Sun.
2026 Ladies European Tour Season Begins with PIF Saudi Ladies International, Headlining Early Morning Coverage on Golf Channel Wed.-Sat.
STAMFORD, Conn. – Rory McIlroy will make his first start on the PGA TOUR this season at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the PGA TOUR’s first Signature Event of 2026, headlining this week’s live tournament coverage on Golf Channel.
PGA TOUR: AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is making his season debut on the PGA TOUR in defense of his 2025 title at Pebble Beach, where he defeated Shane Lowry by two strokes.
This Signature Event has a field of 80 players, including McIlroy, Lowry and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, competing in a no-cut tournament over two courses for a $20 million purse. Spyglass Hill and Pebble Beach will be used for the first two rounds, when tour pros will be joined by amateur partners such as Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Pau Gasol and former 49ers quarterbacks Steve Young and Alex Smith. Pebble Beach will be the sole venue on the weekend.
Golf broadcasting icon Roger Maltbie will serve as Golf Channel’s lead on-course reporter for five PGA TOUR events during the 2026 season, beginning this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Maltbie will also be Golf Channel’s on-course lead reporter for the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, THE PLAYERS Championship, the Cadillac Championship, and the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday.
Golf Channel’s live coverage of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am begins at 3 p.m. ET on Thur.-Fri. and at 1 p.m. ET on Sat.-Sun. CBS will provide weekend coverage of the event starting at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday.
| DAY | GOLF CHANNEL | CBS |
| Thursday | 3-7 p.m. | |
| Friday | 3-7 p.m. | |
| Saturday | 1-3 p.m. | 3-7 p.m. |
| Sunday | 1-3 p.m. | 3-6:30 p.m. |
| *All times ET |
Golf Channel Broadcast Team
- Play by Play: Rich Lerner
- Analyst: Notah Begay III / Arron Oberholser
- On-Course: Roger Maltbie / Jim Gallagher Jr.
- Reporter: Todd Lewis
Notable Players in the Field
- Scottie Scheffler
- Rory McIlroy
- Shane Lowry
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Viktor Hovland
- Xander Schauffele
- Justin Rose
GOLF TODAY & GOLF CENTRAL
Golf Today and Golf Central will provide news, analysis, highlights and interviews around the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am throughout the week.
Rex Hoggard and Eamon Lynch host Golf Today starting at 12 p.m. ET today and 12:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, with Paige Mackenzie providing analysis. Mackenzie will also join Steve Burkowski as he hosts Golf Central today and tomorrow starting at 4 p.m. ET.
From Thursday through Sunday, Anna Jackson will host Golf Central’s pregame and postgame shows following coverage of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, alongside analyst Brendon de Jonge.
Todd Lewis will be reporting from Pebble Beach throughout the week.
| Day | Golf Today | Golf Central |
| Tuesday | 12-2 p.m. | 4-5 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 12:30-2:15 p.m. | 4-5 p.m. |
| Thursday | 2-3 p.m. / 7-8 p.m. | |
| Friday | 2-3 p.m. / 7-8 p.m. | |
| Saturday | 12-1 p.m. / 7-8 p.m. | |
| Sunday | 12-1 p.m. / 6:30-7:30 p.m. | |
| *All times ET |
Golf Today Team
- Hosts: Rex Hoggard / Eamon Lynch
- Analyst: Paige Mackenzie
- Reporting: Todd Lewis
Golf Central Team
- Host: Steve Burkowski (Tue.-Wed.), Anna Jackson (Thur.-Sun.)
- Analyst: Paige Mackenzie (Tue.-Wed.) / Brendon de Jonge (Thur.-Sun.)
- Reporting: Todd Lewis
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: CHUBB CLASSIC
Tiburon Golf Course in Naples, FL hosts the PGA TOUR Champions’ Chubb Classic, featuring major champions Davis Love III, Corey Pavin and Bernhard Langer, who has won the event five times (2011, 2013, 2016, 2022, 2023). Defending champion Justin Leonard will tee-it-up again this year to defend his four-stroke victory over Billy Andrade in 2025.
Golf Channel airs live coverage of the event starting Friday at 11 a.m. ET. On Saturday and Sunday, coverage begins on GolfChannel.com at 2:30 p.m. ET before starting on Golf Channel at 3 p.m. ET.
Notable Players in the Field
- Stephen Ames
- Angel Cabrera
- Miguel Angel Jimenez
- Bernhard Langer
- Justin Leonard
- Davis Love III
- David Toms
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR: PIF SAUDI LADIES INTERNATIONAL
The 2026 LET season begins at Riyadh Golf Club with the PIF Saudi Ladies International, where World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul will defend her 2025 title.
Golf Channel will provide early morning coverage of the event starting at 5:30 a.m. ET Wed.-Fri. and at 4:30 a.m. ET on Saturday.
Notable Players in the Field
- Jeeno Thitikul
- Charley Hull
- Alison Lee
- Danielle Kang
- Shannon Tan
- Rio Takeda
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