Carnoustie’s the course, golf’s the game, but who will be the champ? We’ll tell you your live streaming options for The Open Championship, which include the chance to watch absolutely free.
After a wet second round at the 2018 Open Championship, it remains very difficult indeed to pick out a favorite. So will the third round see the likes of Rory McIlroy and reigning champion Jordan Spieth make their move? Well, you’ve come to the right place if you want to live stream the Open golf no matter where in the world you are — and you can even do so for free!
It’s now been 19 years since there was an Open winner from England, Wales or Scotland — Paul Lawrie at this very course in 1992. So there’s a lot riding on the shoulders of the Brits near the top of the leaderboard. In-form Tommy Fleetwood looks like the best hope, with former Masters champion Danny Willett and the aptly named Matthew Southgate both under par for the tournament.
But it’s the Americans that are staging an assault on Carnoustie in their droves. Zach Johnson and Kevin Kisner start day three sitting at the top of the Open Championship leaderboard, with Pat Perez and Xander Schauffele just behind.
It feels like we’re being spoiled by iconic summer sporting events at the moment, and as the World Cup and Wimbledon make their way out, the Open Championship has arrived at just the right time. We can tell you how to watch all the Open action from Carnoustie — wherever you are in the world. Keep reading to see how to get an Open Championship golf live stream from any corner of the Earth.
The Open Championship is following the likes of the Masters and US Open, which means you can get a free live stream at TheOpen.com. We’ve checked and it appears to be available globally — fantastic news!
It looks like it will be showing action from featured groups (which groups those are we don’t yet know) and holes 8,9 and 10. There’s even audio commentary to go with them.
But it’s still not clear as to how much coverage the official Open Championship golf website will show in the latter rounds and the live coverage of the US Open, for example, didn’t actually show the main action from the grand finale. So you’ll still be better off checking out your other viewing options below to make sure you don’t miss out when things really get interesting.
There are number of options you can watch the US Open golf if you’re stateside:
— Following the lead of the likes of WWE and UFC, the PGA has got itself all modern and produced its very own subscription golf service. PGA Tour Live costs $5.99 per month (or $39.99 for a year) and hosts all the action from over 30 events. Plus, it has its own iOS, Android and Apple TV apps so you can access anywhere.
— If you’re at home and have cable, then NBC is the official broadcaster, and will be for more than the next decade after agreeing a 12-year deal starting last year.
— The Golf Channel is available from most cable providers as well and has comprehensive coverage of the event.
— If you’re outside the US this weekend but want to access one of the above options, then you can use a VPN service to effectively transport your computer, phone or tablet’s IP back to a US location.
Well this is rather unfortunate. We were expecting the Open to be shown on cable channel TSN, the usual go-to network for big sporting events north of the border. But the network doesn’t have the event in its schedules. And we can’t find anybody else who seems to have picked up the slack.
On that basis, the only way we can think of that will let you live stream the golf is to use a VPN and relocate your computer’s IP address to a region that is showing the Open.
Images courtesy of theopen.com
