[ad_1]
Four Days of Live Action from Wyndham Championship Airing on ESPN+
Webb Simpson and Sergio Garcia will be among the players in featured group action airing on ESPN+ Thursday morning from the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., the first of four days of live PGA TOUR action from the tournament on ESPN+.
The Wyndham Championship is the final event before the FedExCup Playoffs start next week. Golf fans will also be able to watch Playoffs action on ESPN+.
Simpson, winner of the event in 2011 and from the Greensboro area, won the prestigious PLAYERS Championship earlier this year and will tee off at 7:50 a.m. ET Thursday with 2017 Masters champion Garcia, who won at Greensboro in 2012. Their group will also include 2016 Wyndham Championship winner Si Woo Kim and fans can follow their full round on ESPN+.
Also featured on Thursday will be the group of World No. 16 Hideki Matsuyama, 2007 Greensboro winner Brandt Snedeker and Billy Horschel, teeing off at 7:40 a.m.
Both featured groups will start from the 10th tee, with featured group coverage beginning at 7 a.m.
ESPN+ viewers also will be able to watch featured hole coverage from the Par 4 No. 13, as well as the Par 3 No. 16, beginning at 3 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Weekend coverage also will include the Par 4 No. 1 hole.
ESPN+ is offering golf fans 50 days of coverage from 20 PGA TOUR events this season, including the FedExCup Playoffs.
About ESPN+
Launched in April, ESPN+ is the first-ever multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International division in partnership with ESPN. Its lineup includes hundreds of MLB, NHL and MLS games, Top Rank boxing, Grand Slam tennis, PGA TOUR golf, college sports, international rugby, cricket, original shows and series, the full library of ESPN Films (including 30 for 30) and more. Fans can subscribe to ESPN+ for just $4.99 a month (or $49.99 per year). It is available within the newly redesigned ESPN App and through ESPN.com.
-30-
Media contact: [email protected]
[ad_2]
Source link