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PGA Tour Texas Children’s Houston Open, LPGA Tour Ford Championship Headline Live Coverage This Week on Golf Channel

March 24, 2026

Min Woo Lee Makes First PGA TOUR Title Defense at Memorial Park, Airing Live on Golf Channel at 3 p.m. ET Thur.-Fri., 1 p.m. ET Sat.-Sun.

Coming Off Last Week’s Win at Fortinet Founders Cup, Hyo Joo Kim Looks to Defend Ford Championship Title Live in Primetime on Golf Channel Thur.-Sun.at 7 p.m. ET

Korn Ferry Tour – All Rounds of Club Car Championship Air Live This Week Starting at 11 a.m. ET Thur.-Fri., 3 p.m. ET Sat.-Sun.

PGA TOUR Champions – Hoag Classic Newport Beach Runs Fri.-Sun.at 10 p.m. ET on Friday, 5 p.m. ET Sat.-Sun.

DP World Tour – Early Morning Coverage of Hero Indian Open Begins at 3:30 a.m. ET Thur.-Fri., 4 a.m. ET Saturday, and 2:30 a.m. ET Sunday

STAMFORD, Conn. – The PGA TOUR heads to Texas for the Texas Children’s Houston Open while the LPGA Tour remains on the West Coast for the Ford Championship in Arizona, headlining Golf Channel’s live tournament coverage this week.

PGA TOUR: TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOUSTON OPEN

Fan-favorite Min Woo Lee will make his first title defense at this week’s Texas Children’s Houston Open after earning his inaugural PGA TOUR victory at Memorial Park Golf Course in 2025, defeating World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Gary Woodland by one stroke.

Happy Hour with Smylie presented by Michelob Ultra will air Friday during Golf Channel’s tournament coverage of the Texas Children’s Houston Open. Last Friday, Smylie Kaufman hosted Matt Fitzpatrick at the Happy Hour deskbefore he went on to win the Valspar Championship.

 

DAY Golf Channel NBC/Peacock
Thursday 3-7 p.m.  
Friday 3-7 p.m.  
Saturday 1-3 p.m. 3-6 p.m.
Sunday 1-3 p.m. 3-6 p.m.
*All times ET    

 

Golf Channel Broadcast Team

  • Play by Play: Steve Sands
  • Analyst: Curt Byrum / Smylie Kaufman
  • On-Course: Billy Ray Brown / Jim “Bones” Mackay
  • Reporter: Amy Rogers

Notable Players in the Field

  • Sam Burns
  • Wyndham Clark
  • Jason Day
  • Billy Horschel
  • Brooks Koepka
  • Min Woo Lee
  • Scottie Scheffler
  • Gary Woodland

LPGA TOUR: FORD CHAMPIONSHIP

The LPGA Tour heads to Whirlwind Golf Club in Chandler, Ariz., where Hyo Joo Kim earned her seventh career victory in 2025 in a playoff over two-time major champion Lilia Vu. Kim will look to defend her title coming off her eighth career victory at last week’s Fortinet Founders Cup, where she bested World No. 2 Nelly Korda by one stroke.

Golf Channel presents the Ford Championship live in primetime this week starting at 7 p.m. ET Thur.-Sun. GolfChannel.com and the USA Network App will have an hour of coverage prior each day, starting at 6 p.m. ET.

Golf Channel Broadcast Team

  • Play by Play: Grant Boone
  • Analysts: Mel Reid / Tom Abbott
  • On-Course: Karen Stupples

Notable Players in the Field

  • Brooke Henderson
  • Hyo Joo Kim
  • Lydia Ko
  • Nelly Korda
  • Jeeno Thitikul
  • Lexi Thompson

GOLF TODAY & GOLF CENTRAL

Golf Today and Golf Central will provide news, analysis, highlights and interviews around the Texas Children’s Houston Open and Ford Championship throughout the week.

Eamon Lynch and Rex Hoggard host Golf Today starting at noon ET today and tomorrow while Matt Adams heads Golf Central alongside Paige Mackenzie starting at 4 p.m. ET Tuesday and Wednesday.

Adams will host Golf Central throughout the entire week, with Mark Rolfing joining as analyst Thur.-Sun. and Amy Rogers reporting from on site at the Texas Children’s Houston Open throughout the week.

Day Golf Today Golf Central
Tuesday 12-1 p.m. 4-5 p.m.
Wednesday 12-1 p.m. 4-5 p.m.
Thursday   2-3 p.m. / 9-10 p.m.
Friday   2-3 p.m. / 9-10 p.m.
Saturday   12-1 p.m. / 9-10 p.m.
Sunday   12-1 p.m. / 9-10 p.m.
*All times ET    

Golf Today Team

  • Hosts: Eamon Lynch / Rex Hoggard
  • Reporter: Amy Rogers

Golf Central Team

  • Host: Matt Adams
  • Analyst: Paige Mackenzie (Tue.-Wed.) / Mark Rolfing (Thur.-Sun.)
  • Reporter: Amy Rogers

 

KORN FERRY TOUR: CLUB CAR CHAMPIONSHIP

The Korn Ferry Tour’s Club Car Championship will be played at the Landings Golf and Athletic Club in Savannah, Ga., where Frenchman Jeremy Gandon won in a playoff against American Rick Lamb in 2025.

Golf Channel will air all four rounds of the Club Car Championship live this week, starting at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday and Friday and at 3 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday. On the weekend, a one-hour digital window on GolfChannel.com and will begin at 2 p.m. ET each day.

Notable Players in the Field

  • Ian Holt
  • Carson Young
  • Taylor Montgomery
  • Blades Brown
  • Adam Hadwin

 

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: HOAG CLASSIC NEWPORT BEACH

The PGA TOUR Champions take on Newport Beach Country Club in Newport Beach, Cali., for the Hoag Classic this week. In 2025, Miguel Angel Jimenez won the event by one stroke over Stewart Cink and Freddie Jacobsen.

The first round of the Hoag Classic will air live on GolfChannel.com at 3 p.m. ET on Friday, with an encore presentation scheduled for 10 p.m. ET that day. On Saturday and Sunday, Golf Channel presents live coverage of the event starting at 5 p.m. ET with one hour of lead-in coverage on GolfChannel.com beginning at 4 p.m. ET.

Notable Players in the Field

  • Steven Alker
  • Fred Couples
  • John Daly
  • Ernie Els
  • Miguel Angel Jimenez
  • Padraig Harrington
  • Zach Johnson

 

DP WORLD TOUR: HERO INDIAN OPEN

Known as the national championship of India, the Hero Indian Open headlines early morning coverage this week on Golf Channel, airing live starting at 3:30 a.m. ET Thur.-Fri., 4 a.m. ET on Saturday and 2:30 a.m. ET on Sunday.

Notable Players in the Field

  • Akshay Bhatia
  • Eugenio Chacarra
  • Casey Jarvis
  • Matteo Manassero
  • Francesco Molinari
  • David Puig

 

-GOLF CHANNEL-

Emily Carman
Publicist
Emily.Carman@versantmedia.com
(714) 742-8301

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