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KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship headline live programming this week on Golf Channel

Two-time 2026 major champion Nelly Korda headlines third women’s major of the year, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship; PGA Tour heads to Connecticut for Travelers Championship, final signature event of 2026 season; Golf Central surrounds the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and Travelers Championship with live, on-site coverage from Hazeltine National Golf Club and TPC River Highlands; Good Good Golf Tour at West Point presented by MWR brings together golf’s top content creators and U.S. Military service members for unique golf competition, airing live on Golf Channel today at 4:30 p.m. ET; PGA Tour Champions – Dick's Open airs live across Golf Channel, CNBC, Golf Channel Mobile and GolfChannel.com Fri.-Sun.; DP World Tour – Open d’Italia headlines live morning coverage Thur.-Sun.

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 23, 2026 – The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – the third women’s major championship of 2026 - tees off from Hazeltine National Golf Club on Thursday, with World No. 1 Nelly Korda, already a two-time major champion this season, headlining the field.

The PGA TOUR heads to TPC River Highlands for the final Signature Event of the season, the Travelers Championship, with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and 2026 U.S. Open Champions Wyndham Clarkteeing-it-up.

KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
The PGA of America will host the world’s best female golfers this week at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., for the third women’s major of the year. Hazeltine National previously hosted this event in 2019, when Hannah Green led wire-to-wire to win her first major title.

Defending champion Minjee Lee, who earned her third major title at PGA Frisco last year, will tee-it-up alongside the likes of Nelly Korda, who has won two major championships already this year at The Chevron Championship and the U.S. Women’s Open.

DAY
Golf Channel
Golf Channel Mobile / GolfChannel.com
NBC/Peacock
Thursday
11 a.m.-3 p.m. / 6-8 p.m.
 
 
Friday
11 a.m.-3 p.m. / 6-8 p.m.
 
 
Saturday
3-5 p.m.

Featured groups:

10 a.m.-3 p.m.

12-5 p.m. 

10 a.m.-12 p.m. (Peacock)
12-3 p.m. (NBC/Peacock)

3-5 p.m. (Peacock)

Sunday
 

Featured groups:

10 a.m.-3 p.m.

12-5 p.m.

9 a.m.-1 p.m. (Peacock)

1-4 p.m. (NBC/Peacock)

*All times ET
 
 
 

Golf Channel Broadcast Team

  • Play by Play: Grant Boone / Tom Abbott 
  • Analysts: Morgan Pressel / Paige Mackenzie 
  • On-Course: Karen Stupples / Kay Cockerill 
  • Reporter: Amy Rogers

Notable Players in the Field

  • Nelly Korda
  • Hannah Green
  • Minjee Lee
  • Lydia Ko
  • Jeeno Thitikul 
  • Lexi Thompson
  • Brooke Henderson

PGA TOUR: TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP
The final signature event of the PGA TOUR season, the Travelers Championship offers an increased purse of $20 million to the limited field and 700 FedExCup points to the winner of this no-cut event.

TPC River Highlands hosts this annual tournament, the only PGA TOUR event held in the state of Connecticut. In 2025, New England native Keegan Bradley won for the second time in three years, beating Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley by one stroke.

Jim Furyk will again join the Golf Channel booth as an analyst this week following his work as an analyst last week during U.S. Open coverage on USA Network. In the final round of the Travelers Championship in 2016, Furyk became the first player to shoot a round of 58 on the PGA TOUR, making one eagle and 10 birdies at TPC River Highlands in his record-setting afternoon.

Happy Hour with Smylie presented by Michelo Ultra returns this week, with Golf Channel’s Smylie Kaufman hosting TOUR players and guests at the Happy Hour desk during Friday’s tournament coverage on Golf Channel.

DAY
Golf Channel
NBC/Peacock
Thursday
3-6 p.m.
 
Friday
3-6 p.m.
 
Saturday
1-3 p.m.
3-6 p.m.
Sunday
2-4 p.m.
4-7 p.m.
*All times ET
 
 

Golf Channel Broadcast Team

  • Play by Play: Terry Gannon 
  • Analysts: Jim Furyk / Curt Byrum 
  • On-Course: Smylie Kaufman / Jim “Bones” MacKay 
  • Reporter: Ryan Lavner

Notable Players in the Field

  • Scottie Scheffler 
  • Wyndham Clark 
  • Keegan Bradley
  • Ludvig Aberg
  • Justin Thomas
  • Jordan Spieth
  • Tommy Fleetwood

GOLF CENTRAL
Golf Central will provide news, analysis, highlights, and interviews around the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and Travelers Championship from on-site at Hazeltine National Golf Club and TPC River Highlands this week.

Anna Jackson, Mel Reid, Amanda Blumenherst, Beth Ann Nichols and Amy Rogers handle studio coverage from Hazeltine, while Rich Lerner, Brandel Chamblee, and Ryan Lavner provide coverage from TPC River Highlands.

Day
Golf Central
Wednesday
11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Thursday
10-11 a.m. / 8-9 p.m.
Friday
10-11 a.m. / 8-9 p.m.
Saturday
12-1 p.m. / 6-7 p.m.
Sunday
1-2 p.m. / 7-8 p.m.
*All times ET
 

Golf Central Team

  • Hosts: Anna Jackson / Rich Lerner 
  • Analysts: Mel Reid / Amanda Blumenherst / Beth Ann Nichols/ Brandel Chamblee
  • Reporters: Amy Rogers / Ryan Lavner 

GOOD GOOD GOLF TOUR AT WEST POINT PRESENTED BY MWR
Today, the Good Good Golf Tour at West Point Presented by MWR will bring together some of golf’s top content creators and U.S. military service members for a unique competition that is all about connection and a shared love for the game.

Six pairings consisting of two Good Good athletes and two Army or Air Force players will compete in a collaborative scramble format, pitting Team Army vs. Team Air Force.

Golf Channel will air the competition live starting this evening at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Golf Channel Broadcast Team

  • Host: Todd Lewis 
  • Analysts: Blake Mullen
  • On-Course: Emma Carpenter / Karol Martin Priscilla

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: DICK’S OPEN
The PGA TOUR Champions heads to the En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott, NY for the DICK’S Open. Steven Allan is the defending champion after beating Jason Caron by four strokes in 2025. Padraig Harrington won this tournament from 2022 to 2024 but did not attempt to win for the fourth year in a row in 2025. Harrington is expected to tee-it-up this year.

Day
Golf Channel Mobile / GolfChannel.com
CNBC
Golf Channel
Friday
3-6 p.m.
 
9-11 p.m. (Encore)
Saturday
 
3-6 p.m.
5-6 p.m.
Sunday
3-4 p.m.
 
4-6 p.m.
*All times ET
 
 
 

Notable Players in the Field

  • Angel Cabrera
  • K.J. Choi
  • Padraig Harrington
  • Bernhard Langer
  • Rory Sabbatini
  • Steve Stricker
  • David Toms

DP WORLD TOUR: DS AUTOMOBILES OPEN D’ITALIA
Circolo Golf Torino in Turin, Italy hosts the DP World Tour’s DS Automobiles Open d’Italia this week, airing live on Golf Channel, Golf Channel Mobile and GolfChannel.com Thur.-Sun,

Coverage begins on Golf Channel at 7 a.m. ET on Thursday and Friday and moves to Golf Channel Mobile and GolfChannel.com at 10 a.m. ET. On Saturday, coverage starts at 7:30 a.m. on Golf Channel and the final round on Sunday begins at 6 a.m. ET.

Notable Players in the Field

  • Jose Luis Ballester
  • Branden Grace
  • Charley Hoffman 
  • Francesco Molinari
  • Joaquin Niemann
  • Patrick Reed
  • Matt Wallace

R&A: THE WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Also airing on Golf Channel Mobile and GolfChannel.com this week is The Women’s Amateur Championship, taking place at Muirfield in Scotland.

The top women’s amateurs will compete for the prestigious title, and for exemptions into the AIG Women's Open, US Women’s Open, The Amundi Evian Championship, Chevron Championship and Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship.

Coverage begins at 3 a.m. ET on Friday and 3:30 a.m. ET on Saturday on Golf Channel Mobile and GolfChannel.com.

-GOLF CHANNEL-

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