BMW Championship: How to watch Saturday’s third round

Wyndham Clark leads the BMW Championship after 36 holes at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis. The American opened his week with consecutive rounds of 64 and reached 12 under par, taking a one-shot lead into Saturday’s third round on August 22.

Gary Woodland is one shot behind Clark, while J.J. Spaun trails by two. Rory McIlroy remains within reach at seven under, and Justin Thomas is also in contention at six under. With several leading players separated by only a few strokes, Saturday’s round can significantly reshape the leaderboard before the final round.

The day is particularly important for Woodland because he is among the bubble players trying to secure a place in next week’s Tour Championship. Only the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings after the BMW Championship advance to the season-ending event, so Woodland needs another strong performance to remain in the field.

“My focus right now is one day at a time,” Woodland said Friday. “I don’t have that luxury to look ahead. I got to focus on making sure I take care of myself right now. Tomorrow’s a new day, and hopefully I get some rest tonight and I’ll show up tomorrow and see how it comes. But I don’t have the luxury to look ahead anymore.”

Woodland and Clark will play in the final pairing Saturday. Their tee time is scheduled for 1:50 p.m. ET, meaning the leaders will complete the third round near the end of the day and provide the final major leaderboard update before Sunday’s closing round.

Golf Channel will televise Round 3 from 1-3 p.m. ET. Coverage will then move to CBS from 3-6 p.m. ET, giving viewers three hours of network coverage during the final portion of the round.

The tournament can also be streamed on ESPN+ through PGA Tour Live. Exclusive early coverage begins at 9:15 a.m. ET, before the Golf Channel broadcast starts. ESPN+ will additionally provide featured-hole and featured-group coverage.

The CBS broadcast will stream on Paramount+, while Golf Channel coverage will be available through GolfChannel.com and the Golf Channel app. Viewers can therefore follow the earliest action on PGA Tour Live and then continue with Golf Channel and CBS as the leaders move through Bellerive Country Club.

All tee times are listed in Eastern Time. Sahith Theegala and Nicolai Højgaard will start the day at 9:06 a.m., followed by Bud Cauley and Nico Echavarria at 9:17. Ben Griffin and Tom Kim are scheduled for 9:28.

Min Woo Lee and Sepp Straka will tee off at 9:39, with Ryan Fox and Hideki Matsuyama following at 9:50. J.T. Poston and Kurt Kitayama start at 10:06, and Alex Noren and Rickie Fowler at 10:17.

Aaron Rai and Si Woo Kim are scheduled for 10:28. Sam Burns and Jake Knapp follow at 10:39, and Jacob Bridgeman and Alex Fitzpatrick at 10:50. Alex Smalley and Tommy Fleetwood begin at 11:06.

Matt Fitzpatrick and Matt McCarty tee off at 11:17. Robert MacIntyre and Scottie Scheffler start at 11:28, followed by Justin Rose and Cameron Young at 11:39. Adam Scott and Ludvig Åberg are scheduled for 11:50.

Xander Schauffele and Ryan Gerard begin at 12:06 p.m. Akshay Bhatia and Eric Cole follow at 12:17, while Michael Brennan and Ryo Hisatsune start at 12:28. Justin Thomas and Kristoffer Reitan are scheduled for 12:39.

Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland tee off at 12:50. Russell Henley and Maverick McNealy start at 1:06, followed by Michael Thorbjornsen and Rory McIlroy at 1:17. Sungjae Im and Patrick Cantlay begin at 1:28.

J.J. Spaun and Chris Gotterup tee off at 1:39. The final pairing, Wyndham Clark and Gary Woodland, starts at 1:50 p.m. ET.

After Saturday’s action, one final round will remain to determine the BMW Championship winner and finalize the 30-player field for the Tour Championship. CBS coverage from 3-6 p.m. ET will therefore follow the decisive late stages of a round that affects both the tournament title and the FedEx Cup playoff positions.