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Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne viewer’s guide

Check out where you can watch the 2019 Presidents Cup and the schedule of events for the week at Royal Melbourne.

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The 2019 Presidents Cup at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club officially begins Dec. 12 with the first round four-ball, but the festivities begin earlier in the week.

Beginning Dec. 8 and concluding Dec. 9, the Junior Presidents Cup will be held at Royal Melbourne. Practice rounds for both Presidents Cup teams will be held Dec. 9-10 with both teams holding additional practices on Dec. 11. The first round gets underway on Dec. 12.

The time in Melbourne, Australia, is 16 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time, which essentially puts live golf in prime time for viewers in North America. The event times are listed locally. Further down, the TV times are listed for Eastern Standard Time.

TEAM USA: Meet Tiger Woods’ squad
INTERNATIONALS: Meet Ernie Els’ International team

Presidents Cup schedule of events

Sunday, Dec. 8

7 a.m. local time: The morning four-ball matches of the Junior Presidents Cup followed by afternoon foursome matches.

After play: Junior Presidents Cup Captains’ Pairings in the Media Center.

Monday, Dec. 9

7 a.m.: Final round of the Junior Presidents Cup with 12 singles matches.

5 p.m.:  Junior Presidents Cup Closing Ceremonies at Crown Riverwalk.

Practice round for Presidents Cup participants.

Tuesday, Dec. 10

8 a.m.: International Team practice rounds begins.

9 a.m.: U.S. Team practice rounds begins.

Following practice rounds: Captain’s Press Conference in Media Center.

Wednesday, Dec. 11

9:30 a.m.: U.S. Team practices.

10:30 a.m.: International Team practices.

4 p.m.: Captain’s Pairings for Round 1 announced.

Thursday, Dec. 12

9:30 a.m. Thursday local time/5:30 p.m. Wednesday EST: First round, four-ball.

Immediately following Thursday play: Captains’ pairings for Friday matches announced.

Friday, Dec. 13

11 a.m. Friday local time/7 p.m. Thursday EST: Second round, foursomes.

Immediately following play: Captains’ pairings for Saturday morning matches.

Saturday, Dec. 14

7 a.m. Saturday local time/3 p.m. Friday EST: Third round, four-ball.

10 a.m.: Captains’ pairings for Saturday evening matches

Noon: Fourth round, foursomes.

Immediately following play: Captains’ pairings for Sunday’s singles matches announced.

Sunday, Dec. 15

10 a.m. Sunday local time/6 p.m. Saturday EST: Final round, singles matches.

Immediately following play: Closing ceremony celebration

TV, streaming information

All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Wednesday

5:30 p.m. – midnight, Golf Channel

Thursday

7 p.m. – midnight, Golf Channel

Friday

3 p.m. – 2 a.m., Golf Channel
2:30 – 6 p.m., NBC (replay)

Saturday

6 p.m. – midnight, Golf Channel
1 – 6 p.m., NBC (replay)

Fast facts

Dates: Dec. 12-15.
Venue: Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
Length: 7,055 yards. Par: 71.
Points needed to win: 15½.
Defending champion: United States.
Series: United States leads, 10-1-1.

Format: Nine matches of foursomes, nine matches of fourballs, 12 singles matches. Each is worth one point.

Last time: The Americans won for the seventh straight time, building such a big lead they only needed one point from 12 singles matches to secure the victory. They wound up with a 19-11 victory at Liberty National, where President Donald Trump attended the final round.

International team: Byeong Hun An, Abraham Ancer, Adam Hadwin, Sungjae Im, Marc Leishman, Haotong Li, Hideki Matsuyama, Joaquin Niemann, Louis Oosthuizen, C.T. Pan, Adam Scott, Cameron Smith.

U.S. team: Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Reed, Xander Schauffele, Webb Simpson, Justin Thomas, Gary Woodland, Tiger Woods.

Tale of the tape: The entire U.S. team is among the top 25 in the world. The International team has only three players in the top 25.

Key Statistic: Only five players from the last American team are at Royal Melbourne.

Notable: Royal Melbourne is where the International team won for the only time in the Presidents Cup in 1998.

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Henrik Stenson rides powerful finish to Hero World Challenge title

Henrik Stenson displayed the kind of steady golf on Saturday in the Bahamas that validates his position among the top players in the world.

Henrik Stenson displayed the kind of steady golf on Saturday in the Bahamas that validates his position as one of the top players in the world. The Swede effectively sealed his Hero World Challenge victory with the 15th hole when he nestled a 5-wood next to the hole for a tap-in eagle.

From there, no one could catch the 43-year-old Stenson on his way to his first win since the 2017 Wyndham Championship. It’s his sixth PGA Tour title.

Stenson was one of the oldest players in the 18-man Hero field, but strength and stamina were no issue at Albany Golf Club. He started the day one behind Gary Woodland, but overtook him with a final-round 66. At 18 under, Stenson managed to stay one shot ahead of Jon Rahm.

Hero World Challenge: Photo gallery

“I found some good momentum after the tournament in Dubai,” Stenson said of the European Tour finale two weeks ago, where he was T-44. “Spent a couple hours on the range after the round on the Sunday.”

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Tiger Woods stumbles late, finishes top five at the Hero World Challenge

Tiger Woods had a chance to win his own event for the sixth time but a late, costly bogey derailed his round.

Just when it looked like Tiger Woods would be bringing some hardware to Australia for the Presidents Cup, one poor hole got in the way.

The U.S. team’s playing captain was in contention to win his own event for the sixth time this weekend in the Bahamas, but a crucial bogey on the par 4 14th hole ultimately took Woods out of contention, leading to a fourth-place finish after a final 3-under 69 at the Hero World Challenge.

Earlier in the round Woods tied for the lead on the sixth hole, took the solo lead on the next hole and proceeded to stay within at least one shot of the lead for the next eight holes.

After the costly bogey on No. 14, Woods scrambled for pars on Nos. 15 and 16 and missed a close birdie putt on the 17th hole before ending his day with a routine par on the 18th.

Woods and 10 of his team members will leave directly from the Bahamas and make their way to Royal Melbourne, where the Presidents Cup will begin Thursday, Dec. 12.

Tiger Woods continues trolling Justin Thomas with over-the-top intro

Justin Thomas has been Tiger Woods’ punching bag at the Hero World Challenge.

Tiger Woods has spent his entire weekend at the Hero World Championship trolling fellow Presidents Cup team member Justin Thomas, and he saved the best prank for Saturday’s final round.

Woods and Thomas have been paired together in three of the tournament’s four rounds. On Wednesday, Woods made a show of outdriving the 26-year-old star, stopping to inspect the ball before he swaggered ahead to his own monstrous drive. In the third round, Woods received a glorious introduction on the first tee, while his playing partner’s accolades were ignored and he was introduced as “Justin Thomas.”

On Sunday, however, the announcer on the first tee went through an exhaustive list of Thomas’ accomplishments, even making sure to inform the crowd that Thomas as Mr. Golf in the state of Kentucky in 2009. Thomas thought the whole thing was hilarious.

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Tracker: Follow Tiger Woods’ final round at the Hero World Challenge shot-by-shot

Follow Tiger Woods’ final round at the Hero World Challenge with shot-by-shot analysis.

Tiger Woods and company are back on the course Saturday for the final round in the Bahamas at the annual Hero World Challenge, which benefits Woods’ TGR Foundation and the ONE Bahamas Fund.

Eighteen of the world’s best are at Albany for the fifth consecutive year, with Woods making his first appearance since winning his record-tying 82nd PGA Tour event in October at the inaugural Zozo Championship in Japan.

Woods, a five-time winner of the Hero, shot even par Wednesday, then had one of Thursday’s best rounds with a 6-under 66. Woods followed that with a 5-under 67 to move into contention alongside playing partner Justin Thomas. Woods and Thomas tee off at 10:54 a.m. ET for the final round. Follow along shot-by-shot below.

Hero World Challenge: Best photos from Bahamas

Pre-round

While Tiger’s annual event does satisfy our need for golf during the winter months, it also raises a lot of money for those in need. This year, the event is going the extra mile.

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Hero World Challenge: Final round tee times, TV information

Everything you need to know for the final round of the Hero World Challenge.

The Hero World Challenge concludes on Saturday at Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas, with a field packed full of professional golf’s top competitors.

At 13 under, Gary Woodland holds a one-shot lead over Henrik Stenson, with tournament host Tiger Woods, a five-time winner of the event, T-3 with Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm.

The event will not just go toward satisfying a PGA Tour craving as the seasons takes a break in December, but it will also go toward helping those affected by Hurricane Dorian which devastated the Bahamas in August. For every birdie made during the Hero, $500 will be donated to the ONE Bahamas Fund. Eagles will raise $1,000 and an ace will bring a donation of $2,500.

Below are the tee times for the final round, along with the current leaderboard and TV information.

Hero World Challenge: Photo gallery

All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time.

Round 4

Tee time Players
9:37 a.m. Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Cantlay
9:48 a.m. Tony Finau, Bubba Watson
9:59 a.m. Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth
10:10 a.m. Kevin Kisner, Webb Simpson
10:21 a.m. Justin Rose, Matt Kuchar
10:32 a.m. Chez Reavie, Rickie Fowler
10:43 a.m. Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed
10:54 a.m. Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas
11:05 a.m. Gary Woodland, Henrik Stenson

Viewing information

Saturday

Golf Channel: 10 a.m. – Noon
NBC: Noon – 3 p.m.
Replay on Golf Channel: 6-11 p.m. on Sunday, 3-6 a.m. and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Monday

Hero World Challenge scores

Position Player R3 Score To par
1 Gary Woodland 68 -13
2 Henrik Stenson 68 -12
T-3 Tiger Woods 67 -11
T-3 Justin Thomas 67 -11
T-3 Jon Rahm 69 -11
6 Patrick Reed 72 -10
T-7 Chez Reavie 69 -6
T-7 Rickie Fowler 72 -6
T-7 Justin Rose 71 -6
T-10 Matt Kuchar 70 -5
T-10 Kevin Kisner 70 -5
12 Webb Simpson 71 -4
13 Xander Schauffele 70 -3
14 Jordan Spieth 69 -2
T-15 Tony Finau 69 E
T-15 Bubba Watson 71 E
T-17 Bryson DeChambeau 70 +1
T-17 Patrick Cantlay 71 +1

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Tiger Woods vaults into contention with solid third round

Tiger Woods is just two shots off the lead at the Hero World Challenge.

At the end of the 2018-2019 PGA Tour season, the general consensus among analysts seemed to be that Presidents Cup captain Tiger Woods would be wrong to pick himself to play for the team, given his weak finish to the season and knee surgery in August. Just a week away from the event, however, Woods might just be the scariest player on Team USA’s roster.

Woods won his first start of the wraparound season at the Zozo Championship in Japan in October, and he’s put himself in contention to win his very own event in the Bahamas this weekend. Woods rebounded from an opening round 72 on Wednesday with a 66 in his second round, and his 5-under par round on Friday left him just two shots behind solo leader Gary Woodland.

Woods made the turn at 1-under for the day, but was nearly flawless on the back nine, hitting eight of nine fairways off the tee to set up four birdies. At the 18th, Woods hit a fantastic approach shot and drilled a birdie putt inside 10 feet to get to 11-under for the tournament.

Once the Hero World Challenge concludes on Saturday, Woods and many of the other stars in the field will head to Australia, where the Presidents Cup will begin on Thursday, December 12th.

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Tiger Woods contending after 5-under 67 Friday at Hero World Challenge

Tiger Woods is in contention to win his own event for the sixth time after a 5-under 67 in Friday’s third round at the Hero World Challenge.

The third round is called moving day for a reason, and Tiger Woods made a run at the leaders on Friday at the Hero World Challenge.

Despite a round dominated by two-putt pars (including 16 front nine putts), Woods was able to score throughout the 18 holes at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas and put together a solid round of 5-under 67, walking off the course one shot back in a tie for second.

Woods made the turn at 1 under thanks to birdies on Nos. 2 and 6, both par 5’s. After torching the back nine early on both Wednesday and Thursday, the event’s five time winner found success once again in the later holes. After walking in a par save on the 10th hole, Woods made birdies on Nos. 11, 14, 15 the dreaded 18th to add his name to the mix heading to Saturday’s final round and tie playing partner Justin Thomas for the best round of the day.

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