THE PLAYERS Championship: How to watch Round 3 at TPC Sawgrass, TV times, Featured groups, tee times, more

The 52nd edition of THE PLAYERS Championship is underway from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

With two eagles on the front nine and a 9-under 63 in Round 2, Ludvig Åberg surged to the top of the leaderboard at 12-under. Xander Schauffele is two shots behind in solo second after a 65, and Cameron Young is in solo third at 9-under after a Friday 67.

Justin Thomas stayed in contention with his second straight 68. Meanwhile, Scottie Scheffler and defending champion Rory McIlroy both birdied their closing holes in Round 2 to move just inside the cut line.

See full coverage details below.

How to watch (all times ET, subject to change)

Special programming alerts:

• PGA TOUR LIVE Betcast presented by DraftKings: Get your betting coverage and analysis for THE PLAYERS on ESPN+ throughout the week for an all-day, watch-and-bet experience for golf fans.
  • Saturday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
  • Sunday: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Television:

• Saturday: 2-7 p.m., NBC, Peacock
• Sunday: 1-6 p.m., NBC, Peacock

PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+:

• Saturday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
• Sunday: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

PGA TOUR LIVE is available exclusively on ESPN+ and consists of four streams:

• Main feed (Stream 1): Primary tournament coverage featuring the best action from across the course
• Marquee group (Stream 2): New "marquee group" showcasing every shot from each player in the group
• Featured groups (Stream 3): Traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups
• Betcast presented by DraftKings (Stream 4): Betting coverage and analysis throughout the week

PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and free at PGATOUR.COM/liveaudio:

• Saturday: 1-7 p.m.
• Sunday: noon-6 p.m.

Featured groups

SATURDAY

• 9:25 a.m. (Featured group): Scottie Scheffler, Si Woo Kim
• 9:55 a.m. (Marquee group): Rory McIlroy, Joe Highsmith
• 10:15 a.m. (Featured group): Tony Finau, Robert MacIntyre

Featured holes

• Nos. 16 (par 5), 17 (par 3)