STAMFORD, Conn. – June 15, 2026 – USA Sports presents live championship and studio coverage for the 126th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southhampton, N.Y., across USA Network and Golf Channel, including nearly 11 consecutive hours of opening round coverage this Thursday, June 18, beginning at 6:30 a.m. ET on USA Network.
In addition to USA Network’s championship coverage on Thursday, as well as Saturday and Sunday mornings, Golf Central Live From The U.S. Open surrounds the 2026 championship with more than 60 hours of live and encore studio coverage from Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Golf Channel, beginning today at 3 p.m. ET.
THE 126TH U.S. OPEN
The world’s best golfers will take on historic Shinnecock Hills Golf Club for the 126th U.S. Open this week. The 2026 U.S. Open marks the tenth USGA championship played at Shinnecock, which is one the USGA’s five founding clubs and hosted both the second U.S. Open and second U.S. Amateur in 1896.
American J.J. Spaun won the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont, defeating Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre by two strokes. The last time the U.S. Open was played at Shinnecock in 2018, Brooks Koepka defeated Tommy Fleetwood by one stroke with a +1 score to par after a notoriously difficult test on the links-style track.
Last week, USA Sports announced that Jim Furyk will open USA Network’s nearly 11-hour block of U.S. Open coverage on Thursday and will contribute to USA Network’s Thursday afternoon and weekend U.S. Open telecasts.
| Day | USA Network | NBC/Peacock |
| Thursday | 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | 5-8 p.m. (Peacock) |
| Friday | | 6:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Peacock) 1:30-7:30 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) |
| Saturday | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | 12-8 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) |
| Sunday | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | 12-7 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) |
| *All times ET | | |
USA Network Broadcast Team:
- Play by Play: Terry Gannon / Steve Sands
- Analysts: Jim Furyk / Curt Byrum / Notah Begay III
- Holes: Gary Koch / Tom Abbott
- On-Course: Roger Maltbie / Smylie Kaufman / Jim “Bones” MacKay
- Reporter: Todd Lewis / Rex Hoggard
Notable Players in the Field
- Scottie Scheffler
- Rory McIlroy
- Brooks Koepka
- J.J. Spaun
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Jon Rahm
- Bryson DeChambeau
LIVE FROM THE U.S. OPEN
Coverage on Golf Channel begins today with Live From the U.S. Open at 3 p.m. ET and continues this evening with primetime coverage starting at 7 p.m. ET.
The Live From primetime team of host Rich Lerner and analysts Brandel Chamblee and Paul McGinley highlight coverage throughout the week, with nearly 20 total analysts and reporters contributing to the show from Shinnecock.
Live From The U.S. Open will include numerous guest appearances and features throughout the week. Last week, Golf Channel premiered its new documentary, “The Land We Share,” detailing the complex relationship between the Shinnecock Indian Nation and the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on the East End of Long Island.
| Day | Live From the U.S. Open | ||
| Monday | 3-5 p.m. / 7-9 p.m. | ||
| Tuesday | 9 a.m-5 p.m. / 7-9 p.m. | ||
| Wednesday | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. / 7-9 p.m. | ||
| Thursday | 8-10 p.m. | ||
| Friday | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | ||
| Saturday | 8-10 a.m. / 8-10 p.m. | ||
| Sunday | 7-9 a.m. / 7-9 p.m. | ||
| *All times ET | | | |
Live From the U.S. Open Broadcast Team
- Hosts: Rich Lerner, Damon Hack, Anna Jackson
- Analysts/Contributors: Brandel Chamblee, Paul McGinley, Arron Oberholser, Mark Rolfing, Ryan Lavner, Eamon Lynch, Notah Begay Jr., Jamie Diaz, Paige Mackenzie, Smylie Kaufman
- Reporters: Rex Hoggard, Todd Lewis
Last week, Furyk, Lerner, Chamblee, and McGinley previewed the 2026 U.S. Open on a media conference call. Click here for the full transcript. Highlights include:
Jim Furyk on the U.S. Open: “I'm a little biased because I won the U.S. Open, but it definitely is the major championship that not only tests your physical game, I think it's the biggest test of your patience and your fortitude and your mentality and accepting that not always the greatest things are going to happen. I never like to use the word fair but, you see folks get frustrated, you see them get upset, and you see them cost themselves strokes in the U.S. Open. There were years, and I say that plural, there were many years where I let that happen to me, all the while knowing that you couldn't win the tournament if that happened. So, it's a great test, both physically and mentally and I look forward to being there and getting to talk about it.”
Rich Lerner on Shinnecock Hills: “The U.S. Open at Shinnecock may not be the only expression of golf in America, but I think it's probably the ultimate expression of golf in this country. Its place in history, origins of the game in the United States, as close to Scotland as you can get. I would say it's the quality of the land, obviously, where it sits, its proximity to wealth and power, and its commitment to upholding the traditions of the game.”
Paul McGinley on Shinnecock: “If you look at all the winners around there, they've got two things in common. They've got great short games…but also, they've got a gnarly attitude and I think that's the point they'll finish on as U.S. Open champions, particularly around a test as difficult as Shinnecock…I think that's what's going to be the test more than anything else – to win without your A game, to win hitting perfect shots and not getting the right result.”
Chamblee on Scottie Scheffler and majors: “Scottie Scheffler will come into the U.S. Open with a great chance, I would say, to complete the career Grand Slam but his game is off so he's provided opportunity to the other best players in the world. He's still the man to beat, but he is no longer the man that can't be beat. So, there's a great opportunity there for Rory McIlroy. There's a great opportunity there for Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm. Look, the major championships have always been the ultimate test and the biggest news and the most pressure, but as long as there's this division between the PGA TOUR and LIV Golf, the major championships, I think, are even bigger because it brings all those players together and all those storylines.”
LPGA TOUR: MEIJER LPGA CLASSIC FOR SIMPLY GIVE
The LPGA Tour heads to Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, Michigan. In 2025, Carlota Ciganda birdied the final two holes to win the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, her first LPGA Tour victory in more than eight and a half years, while Lexi Thompson’s two late bogeys dashed her bid to end a long drought of her own.
Golf Channel presents the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give starting at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. CBS has coverage of the event starting at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Angela Stanford, 2026 Solheim Cup Team U.S.A. captain, will join the Golf Channel broadcast team as an on-course commentator for the first time this season.
Golf Channel Broadcast Team
- Play by Play: Grant Boone
- Analysts: Morgan Pressel
- On-Course: Karen Stupples / Angela Stanford
R&A: THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
The R&A’s Amateur Championship is one of the biggest, most prestigious amateur championships in the world, with a world-class field featuring golfers from 41 countries competing at Royal Liverpool and West Lancashire for exemptions into The Open, the U.S. Open, a DP World Tour event, and an invitation to compete in the Masters Tournament provided they retain their amateur status.
Golf Channel Mobile and GolfChannel.com will present early morning coverage of The Amateur Championship starting at 3 a.m. ET on Friday and Saturday.
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