National Championship of Mexico in Vallarta Airs Live on Golf Channel Starting at 4 p.m. ET Thur.-Sat., 3 p.m. ET Sun.
LPGA Tour Continues Asia Swing with Maybank Championship in Malaysia, Headlining Overnight Coverage on Golf Channel
PGA Tour Champions – Simmons Bank Championship, the Penultimate Event of the Charles Schwab Club, Airs Live Across Golf Channel, Golf Channel Mobile and GolfChannel.com
East Lake Cup Concludes Today Starting at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel
HotelPlanner Tour Grand Final Highlights Morning Coverage on Golf Channel, with 15 Golfers to Earn Full Cards on 2027 DP World Tour
STAMFORD, Conn. – This week on Golf Channel, the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Fall continues with the VidantaWorld Mexico Open, the LPGA Tour Asia swing continues with the Maybank Championship, and the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs continues with the Simmons Bank Championship.
PGA TOUR – VIDANTAWORLD MEXICO OPEN
This is the fifth playing of the VidantaWorld Mexico Open – also known as the National Championship of Mexico – as an official event on the PGA Tour. American Brian Campbell won the 2025 playing of the event and will defend his title this year. Other notable past winners include Jon Rahm, Tony Finau and Jake Knapp.
Held at VidantaWorld in Vallarta, Mexico, Golf Channel presents live coverage of the event starting at 4 p.m. ET Thursday through Saturday, and at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Golf Channel Broadcast Team
Play-by-play: George Savaricas
Analyst: Brendon de Jonge
Holes: Damon Hack
On Course: Jim Gallagher Jr. / Graham DeLaet
Reporter: Damon Hack
Notable Players in the Field
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Blades Brown
Wyndham Clark
Ben Griffin
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Tom Kim
LPGA TOUR – MAYBANK CHAMPIONSHIP
This is the fourth playing of the 78-player, limited-field event at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (West Course) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Last year, Miyu Yamashita won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Hannah Green and Hye-Jin Choi.
The Maybank Championship headlines overnight coverage on Golf Channel, beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET Wednesday through Sunday.
Notable Players in the Field
Hannah Green
Charley Hull
Auston Kim
Lydia Ko
Maja Stark
Miyu Yamashita
Ruoning Yin
Lottie Woad
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS – SIMMONS BANK CHAMPIONSHIP
The top 54 players on the Charles Schwab Cup standings following last week’s Stifel Charity Classic have advanced to this second playoff event on the PGA Tour Champions. The top 36 players after this event qualify for the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, held November 12-15.
Rory Sabbatini won the first playoff event last week and is in this week’s field, as is defending champion of the Simmons Bank Championship Steven Alker.
Held at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock, Ark., Golf Channel presents rounds 1 and 2 live on linear starting at 1 p.m. ET Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, Golf Channel Mobile and GolfChannel.com carry live coverage at 1 p.m. ET, with an encore presentation scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET on Golf Channel.
Notable Players in the Field
Steven Alker
Stewart Cink
Ernie Els
Retief Goosen
Padraig Harrington
Zach Johnson
Rory Sabbatini
Henrik Stenson
GOLF TODAY & GOLF CENTRAL
Golf Today and Golf Central will provide news, insight, analysis and interviews around Golf Channel’s live tournament coverage this week.
| Day | Golf Today | Golf Central |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | 2-3 p.m. | 6-7 p.m. |
| Thursday | 3:30-4 p.m. / 7-7:30 p.m. | |
| Friday | 12-1 p.m. / 7-7:30 p.m. | |
| Saturday | 12-1 p.m. / 7-7:30 p.m. | |
| Sunday | 2:30-3 p.m. / 6-6:30 p.m. |
*All times ET
Golf Today Team
Hosts: Rex Hoggard / George Savaricas
Reporter: Damon Hack
Golf Central Team
Host: Anna Jackson (Wed.) / Matt Adams (Thur.-Sun.)
Analyst: Paige Mackenzie (Wed.) / Tripp Isenhour (Thur.-Sun.)
Reporter: Damon Hack
EAST LAKE CUP
The 12th East Lake Cup concludes today with the final round of match play to determine the men’s and women’s team champions. Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma State, and UCLA compete on the men’s side, and Arkansas, Eastern Michigan, Oklahoma State, and USC make up the women’s field.
Arkansas’ Maria Jose Marin won the women’s individual title while Auburn’s Logan Reilly and Oklahoma State’s Preston Stout shared the men’s title.
Golf Channel presents final round coverage starting today at 3 p.m. ET.
Golf Channel Broadcast Team
Play-by-play: Emilia Doran
Analyst: Chris Haack
On Course: Julia Johnson / Billy Ray Brown
HOTELPLANNER TOUR – HOTELPLANNER TOUR GRAND FINAL
The final event of the 2026 HotelPlanner Tour season begins Thursday from Club de Golf Alcanada in Mallorca, Spain, airing live in the morning hours starting at 7 a.m. ET Thur.-Sat. and 5:30 a.m. ET Sunday.
Following the event, the top 15 players on the HotelPlanner Tour standings earn full cards on the DP World Tour for 2027.
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR – WISTRON LADIES OPEN
The Ladies European Tour’s Wistron Ladies Open tees off from Sunrise Golf and Country Club in Taiwan, airing across Golf Channel Mobile and GolfChannel.com beginning at 2 a.m. ET Thursday-Saturday and 1 a.m. ET Sunday.
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