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How to watch Tiger and Charlie Woods (and the rest of the field) play in the 2020 PNC Championship
The PNC Championship, formerly known as the Father-Son Challenge, has been around since 1995. Yet many golf fans might be watching the team event for the first time this weekend, thanks to a certain 82-time PGA Tour winner making his debut with his 11-year-old son. (In case you’ve sworn off social media for the rest of 2020, Tiger Woods and his boy, Charlie, are in the field.)
The exhibition is a two-day, 36-hole scramble tournament held at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando. The field consists of two-player teams made up of a major champion or Players Championship winner and a family member.
Here is this week’s 20-team field:
Mark Calcavecchia and son Eric
John Daly and son Little John
David Duval and son Brady
Jim Furyk and son Tanner
Padraig Harrington and son Paddy
Lee Janzen and son Connor
Tom Kite and son David
Matt Kuchar and son Cameron
Bernhard Langer and daughter Jackie Langer John
Tom Lehman and son Sean
Greg Norman and son Gregory
Mark O’Meara and son Shaun
Gary Player and grandson James Throssell
Nick Price and son Greg
Vijay Singh and son Qass
Annika Sorenstam and father Tom
Justin Thomas and father Mike
Lee Trevino and son Daniel
Bubba Watson and father-in-law Wayne Ball
Tiger Woods and son Charlie
The defending champions are Bernhard and Jason Langer. It was the second time this team won the title, the first coming in 2014. Bernhard has also won twice with his other son, Stefan (2005 and 2006). This year, Jason was unable to play, so Bernhard enlisted the help of his daughter, Jackie Langer John.
Bernhard Langer and his son, Jason, won the 2019 PNC on the first playoff hole when Jason made a 16-foot eagle putt.
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The teams play in a scramble format in which each golfer hits a tee shot and the team picks the best drive. Each golfer then hits a second shot from the chosen drive, the team then picking the best second shot and playing from there. Golfers repeat the process until finishing out a hole and posting a team score.
The exhibition will be aired on TV and can be watched online. Saturday’s play will be broadcast live. Sunday’s broadcast on Golf Channel and NBC will be on tape delay, but the action can be streamed live online. (All times Eastern).
FRIDAY
5-6 p.m., Pro-Am, Golf Channel
SATURDAY
1-2:30 p.m., First Round, Peacock Plus (streaming)
2:30-5 p.m., First Round, NBC (also streaming on NBC app)
SUNDAY
2-3 p.m., Second Round, Golf Channel (streaming live, 11 a.m.-12 noon)
3-6 p.m., Second Round, NBC (streaming live, 12 noon-3 p.m.)
Here are the Sunday pairings (all times EST):
8 a.m. — Team Harrington, Team Janzen
8:12 a.m. — Team Sorenstam, Team Calcavecchia
8:24 a.m. — Team Price, Team Watson
8:36 a.m. — Team Kite, Team Langer
8:48 a.m. — Team Furyk, Team Thomas
9 a.m. — Team Daly, Team O’Meara
9:12 a.m. — Team Player, Team Trevino
9:24 a.m. — Team Duval, Team Woods
9:36 a.m. — Team Lehman, Team Norman
9:48 a.m. — Team Singh, Team Kuchar