Don’t look for streaming coverage on the USGA website nor on the NBC Sports Gold app. Peacock has the exclusive streaming rights.
Golf fans, get ready once again for Peacock.
It’s NBC’s new app and many golf fans were likely introduced to it for the first time in September when they were scrambling to find the streaming coverage of the U.S. Open.
Well, it’s back for this week’s U.S. Women’s Open so don’t look for streaming coverage on the USGA website nor on the NBC Sports Gold app. Peacock has the exclusive streaming rights this time around.
The complete TV listings for the U.S. Women’s Open on NBC, Golf Channel and Peacock are here. Here are the live windows (in EST) for Peacock over the first three rounds.
Thursday, Dec. 10, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 11, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12, 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
You can find Peacock on your computer by going here. You do need to create an account but it’s free. You can also download it on your phone. If you have an Amazon Firestick, there’s a thing called sideloading, a handy trick you can use to add Peacock to your TV.
NBC and Golf Channel are teaming up to provide 25 hours of live coverage from Houston of the 75th U.S. Women’s Open, the final major of 2020.
NBC and Golf Channel are teaming up to provide 25 hours of live television coverage of the 75th U.S. Women’s Open, the final major in golf for the 2020 calendar year.
For the first time in U.S. Women’s Open history, the championship will be staged on two golf courses. With reduced daylight due to the move to December and with 156 players still in the field, both Cypress Creek Course and the Jackrabbit Course at Champions Golf Club in Houston will split up the action in the first and second rounds. The third and final rounds will then be at Cypress over the weekend.
The tournament was originally scheduled for June 4-7. This is the first-ever December U.S. Women’s Open and the second time it will be played in Texas.
Champions Golf Club previously hosted the 1967 Ryder Cup, the 1969 U.S. Open and the 1993 U.S. Amateur.
In the event there’s a tie after four rounds, a two-hole aggregate playoff will take place immediately following the final round, followed by sudden death, if necessary.
Jeongeun Lee6 is the defending champion. The winner of the U.S. Women’s Open earns $1 million.
The 12th hole of Champions Golf Club Cypress Creek in Houston. Photo by Russell Kirk/USGA
Wednesday, Dec. 9
Practice round, 2-3:30 p.m., Golf Channel
Thursday, Dec. 10
First round, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Peacock
Golf Central Pre Game, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Golf Channel
If you’re trying to watch the U.S. Open Thursday afternoon and you can’t find it, you probably feel like flipping someone the bird.
NBC has a new app, maybe you’ve heard of it, or even Googled it. It’s called Peacock.
If you’re trying to watch the U.S. Open Thursday afternoon and you can’t find it, you probably feel like flipping someone the bird.
The 120th U.S. Open was on Golf Channel for six and a half hours earlier in the day and then on good old, over-the-air, free NBC for three hours but the final two hours of live golf have switched over to Peacock.
Problem is, Peacock doesn’t quite have Netflix-level penetration across the U.S. and many sports fans are probably still scrambling as this story was being typed, looking for that app. NBCUniversal reported on Sept. 15 that 15 million people have signed up. It first debuted about three months ago for Comcast and Cox subscribers.
They’re probably banking on acquiring more by using a major championship to spur sports fans to jump on board.
Good news: You can find Peacock on your computer by going here. You do need to create an account but it’s free.
Reports on Twitter are that Peacock is not on the Roku. It’s been confirmed that it’s also not on the Amazon Firestick, but, there’s a work-around for that. Just watch this youtube video to figure out how to add the app to your Firestick.
You can watch live golf on the USGA’s website here.
#USOpen — You guys need to talk to NBC and realize that without an IT support desk, you cannot download the "Peacock" App on an Amazon Fire Stick. You do realize how much the cost of @GolfChannel costs a cable subscriber – only to get shut out in front of a TV. Dumb!!!
The live coverage on Peacock goes till 7 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday. The first two hours on the weekend (9-11 a.m. on Saturday, 8-10 a.m. on Sunday) are also on this new app.
