2026 Zurich Classic Thursday TV coverage: How to watch Round 1

The 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans kicks off Thursday with the first round at TPC Louisiana outside of New Orleans. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full Zurich Classic TV coverage, streaming details and Round 1 tee times.

How to watch Zurich Classic on Thursday

If a pro has already won two PGA Tour events by late April, as Matt Fitzpatrick has done this year, usually you wouldn’t see him tee it up at tournament like the Zurich Classic team event. But Fitzpatrick is bucking that trend this week, and for good reason.

The newly-minted two-time RBC Heritage champion is suiting up alongside his younger brother Alex at the Zurich. The brothers also played the Zurich together last year, but the circumstances this year are very different.

In addition to Matt’s two wins, Alex also collected his first DP World Tour victory this season. So the pair are hot heading into Thursday’s opening round. And if they were to win, Alex probably wouldn’t be playing much more on the DP World Tour. That’s because he’ll earn a two-year PGA Tour exemption if he and Matt are victrious this week.

We’ll start to see if the brothers Fitzpatrick can improve on their MC last year on Thursday afternoon when they tee off at 1:29 p.m. ET.

You can watch the first round of the Zurich Classic on TV via Golf Channel beginning at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive streaming coverage starting Thursday at 8 a.m. ET, as well as featured group and featured hole coverage all day long.

Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

How to watch on TV Thursday

Golf Channel will provide first-round TV coverage of the 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Thursday from 3-6 p.m. ET.

How to stream online Thursday

You can stream the first round of the 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will offer streaming coverage starting at 8 a.m. ET on Thursday in addition to featured group and hole coverage.

2026 Zurich Classic Round 1 tee times (ET)

Tee No. 1

8:00 a.m. –

Austin Cook/Jason Dufner
Sam Stevens/Zach Bauchou

8:13 a.m. –

Mark Hubbard/Ryan Brehm
Ben Martin/Trace Crowe

8:26 a.m. –

Lanto Griffin/Ben Kohles
Chad Ramey/Justin Lower

8:39 a.m. –

Kevin Yu/Tom Kim
Taylor Pendrith/Mackenzie Hughes

8:52 a.m. –

Davis Thompson/Austin Eckroat
Chris Kirk/Patton Kizzire

9:05 a.m. –

Rafael Campos/Alejandro Tosti
Max McGreevy/Kevin Roy

9:18 a.m. –

Jonathan Byrd/Chez Reavie
Alex Smalley/Hayden Springer

9:31 a.m. –

James Hahn/Kyle Stanley
Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn

9:44 a.m. –

Frankie Capan III/Noah Goodwin
Pontus Nyholm/Jesper Svensson

12:50 p.m. –

Luke List/Henrik Norlander
Chandler Phillips/Carson Young

1:03 p.m. –

Joel Dahmen/Kevin Streelman
Andrew Putnam/Austin Smotherman

Hank Lebioda

1:16 p.m. –

Ryan Gerard/Sudarshan Yellamaraju
Matt Wallace/Marco Penge

1:29 p.m. –

Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick
Brooks Koepka/Shane Lowry

1:42 p.m. –

Aaron Rai/Sahith Theegala
Luke Clanton/Blades Brown

1:55 p.m. –

Cam Davis/Geoff Ogilvy
Keith Mitchell/Brandt Snedeker

2:08 p.m. –

Matthieu Pavon/Martin Couvra
Ryan Palmer/Chan Kim

2:21 p.m. –

Nick Dunlap/Gordon Sargent
Kristoffer Reitan/Kris Ventura

2:34 p.m. –

Haotong Li/Jordan Smith
Adrien Dumont de Chassart/Davis Chatfield

Tee No. 10

8:00 a.m. –

Peter Malnati/Russell Knox
Ben Silverman/Cameron Champ

8:13 a.m. –

Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney
Beau Hossler/Sam Ryder

8:26 a.m. –

David Lipsky/Rico Hoey
Danny Walker/Jimmy Stanger

8:39 a.m. –

Michael Brennan/Johnny Keefer
Karl Vilips/Michael Thorbjornsen

8:52 a.m. –

Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak
Wyndham Clark/Taylor Moore

9:05 a.m. –

Billy Horschel/Tom Hoge
Tony Finau/Max Greyserman

9:18 a.m. –

Davis Riley/Nick Hardy
Matti Schmid/Seamus Power

9:31 a.m. –

Camilo Villegas/Marcelo Rozo
Will Gordon/Paul Peterson

9:44 a.m. –

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen/Jacob Skov Olesen
Christo Lamprecht/Neal Shipley

12:50 p.m. –

Troy Merritt/Robert Streb
Harry Higgs/Jeremy Paul

1:03 p.m. –

Brice Garnett/Lee Hodges
Eric Cole/Hank Lebioda

1:16 p.m. –

Adam Svensson/Adam Hadwin
Vince Whaley/Greyson Sigg

1:29 p.m. –

Garrick Higgo/Matt Kuchar
Erik van Rooyen/Christiaan Bezuidenhout

1:42 p.m. –

William Mouw/Takumi Kanaya
Matt McCarty/Mac Meissner

1:55 p.m. –

Adam Schenk/Tyler Duncan
Stephan Jaeger/Jackson Suber

2:08 p.m. –

Trey Mullinax/David Skinns
Scott Piercy/Taylor Montgomery

2:21 p.m. –

Doug Ghim/Jeffrey Kang
Dylan Wu/Zecheng Dou

2:34 p.m. –

John Parry/Dan Brown
A.J. Ewart/Casey Jarvis

2:47 p.m. –

Chandler Blanchet/John VanDerLaan
Keita Nakajima/Kensei Hirata