How to watch Round 2 of the 2026 Austin Championship: Friday golf TV coverage

Friday coverage options

Golf Channel will televise the tournament’s second round, starting at 2 p.m. ET on Friday. Viewers can also watch a simulcast through Golfchannel.com and the Golf Channel App.

PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive streaming coverage of featured groups on Friday. The round begins in the morning at Omni Barton Creek in Austin, Texas.

Brown starts near the lead

Blades Brown, a 19-year-old rookie, opened strongly and is within three shots of the early lead. Trace Crowe holds that early advantage. Brown is seeking a second consecutive win, but the article notes that several Tour winners are also grouped near the top of the leaderboard.

Selected Round 2 tee times

Morning groups begin at 8 a.m. with Nick Dunlap, Michael Thompson and Christiaan Bezuidenhout. At 8:11 a.m., Patton Kizzire, Adam Svensson and Patrick Rodgers are scheduled to play together.

The afternoon schedule includes Brown with Andrew Novak and Max Homa at 1:13 p.m. Billy Horschel, Daniel Berger and Doug Ghim are listed for 1:24 p.m., followed by Karl Vilips, Cam Davis and Davis Riley at 1:35 p.m.

The listed schedule ends partway through the 1:46 p.m. tee-time entry, so the remaining players for that group are not provided.