Jason Day
Jason Day

The best golfers in the world, including defending champion Jason Day, will descend on TPC Sawgrass in Florida from next Friday (May 12) to contest The Players Championship.

FOX SPORTS More (Channel 507) will become the home of golf’s unofficial fifth major from Monday (May 8), when FOX SPORTS’ dedicated 24/7 pop up channel switches on.

FOX SPORTS will be the only place to watch the action unfold, beginning with Round 1, LIVE from 3.00am EST next Friday 12 May.

Tim Sheridan will be stationed on the ground at TPC Sawgrass in Florida to interview the players as they finish each round.

In addition to LIVE coverage of every round, FOX SPORTS will showcase two additional hours of LIVE content recapping the action at the conclusion of each day’s play.

World no. 3 Jason Day took out last year’s tournament with a decisive four-stroke victory, and will lead a strong Australian contingent, featuring Adam Scott and Marc Leishman.

Golf fans can warm up to the action by reliving some of The Players Championship most memorable final rounds, plus 60-minute highlights packages of past Championships.

FOX SPORTS News will deliver all the latest and breaking news from Florida, while Foxsports.com.au will be the online destination for rolling results, news and highlights.

 

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP – FOX SPORTS BROADCAST SCHEDULE

FOX SPORTS 507

Mon 8 May: Dedicated channel switches on, 12.00am

Fri 12 May: Round 1, LIVE from 3.00am Sat 13 May: Round 2, LIVE from 3.00am

Sun 14 May: Round 3, LIVE from 4.00am

Mon 15 Mat: Final Round, LIVE from 4.00am

Live from the Players Championship, LIVE from 9.00am daily

*times listed are in AEST

About Richard Fellner

A four-time winner of the Australian Golf Media Awards, including Best Photojournalism, Best Opinion, Best Column and Best Photographic Presentation, Inside Golf Group Editor Richard Fellner is the quintessential Golf Tragic, having played the game for over 50 years (but has never gotten any better!) He has played and reviewed courses all over the world, and has interviewed many of the great players of the game (including Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Greg Norman). Richard is a member of both the Australian Golf Media Association and the Golf Society of Australia, and has been a featured guest on many Australian "sports talk" radio shows and networks, including ABC Grandstand, SEN 1116, Melbourne Talk Radio 1377, 2GB and others. Follow Richard Fellner on Quora

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