April 6, 2026
Jim Furyk, 17-Time PGA TOUR Winner and 2003 U.S. Open Champion, to Serve as Analyst on Live From this Week
“He's a more complete golfer now than he's ever been…but the biggest challenge is a motivational one, having completed the Grand Slam.” – Paul McGinley on reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy
STAMFORD, Conn. – April 6, 2026 – Golf Central Live From The Masters surrounds the 2026 Masters Tournament with more than 60 hours of live studio coverage on Golf Channel this week, airing live from Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.
LIVE FROM THE MASTERS
Coverage on Golf Channel begins today with Live From The Masters at 2 p.m. ET and continues this evening with Live From The Masters in primetime 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 Augusta.
This week, 17-time PGA TOUR winner and 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk will make his debut as a studio analyst for Golf Channel on Live From The Masters this Thursday through Sunday. Furyk previously joined Golf Channel as lead tournament analyst for the network’s live coverage of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The PLAYERS Championship earlier this year.
Live From The Masters will include numerous features throughout the week, including a visit with members at Holywood Golf Club in Northern Ireland, who gathered to watch Rory win the Masters.
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Day |
Live From the Masters | ||
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Monday |
2-5 p.m. / 7-9 p.m. | ||
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Tuesday |
9 a.m-5 p.m. / 7-9 p.m. | ||
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Wednesday |
9 a.m.-2 p.m. / 4-5 p.m. / 6-9 p.m. | ||
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Thursday |
8 a.m.-3 p.m. / 7:30-9:30 p.m. | ||
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Friday |
8 a.m.-3 p.m. / 7:30-9:30 p.m. | ||
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Saturday |
8 a.m.-2 p.m. / 7-9 p.m. | ||
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Sunday |
8 a.m.-2 p.m. / 7-9 p.m. | ||
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Live From The Masters Broadcast Team
Last week, Lerner, Chamblee, and McGinley previewed the 2026 Masters Tournament on a media conference call. Click here for the full transcript. Highlights include:
Brandel Chamblee on his favorite major to cover: “I get the question all the time, I'm sure everybody on this call gets that question all the time - what's your favorite major championship to cover? That probably is a difficult question for everybody to answer, but it's unquestionably The Masters. Augusta National is hard to match for its aesthetic beauty, for the nostalgic aspect, historical context of every single spot on that golf course. You could name a spot where a shot was hit that decided who won and who lost it. And then from a drama standpoint, it always promises to deliver, and almost always does deliver.”
Paul McGinley on Scottie Scheffler’s recent form: “I love seeing Scottie playing poorly because he's been so brilliant the last two or three years, the standard has been so high, and it's really intriguing to watch a guy on the back foot, obviously struggling with his game, obviously struggling, to get into a new driver, obviously not at peace with the levels that he's played before, and yet still churning out the results that he has. I say three times in a row now he hasn't finished in the top 10 but bearing in mind how poorly he's obviously feeling about his game, he's still finishing between 10th and 25th in each of those three, as well as winning earlier this year. So, this all adds up for me to the greatness of what we are now looking and watching unfold in Scottie Scheffler.”
McGinley on Rory McIlroy: “I feel that he's a more complete golfer now than he's ever been before, the stats will show you that. I think he's got so many different elements to his game that he didn't have before, even when he was winning those majors in the early 2000s and ‘10s... He moves the ball easier left to right than he's ever done before. His wedge play and distance control is much better, and obviously his putting with Brad Faxon…But the biggest challenge is a motivational one. You know, having completed the Grand Slam, it's a huge milestone in anybody's career. And it's not the end of the line, though. There's still goals to be made, and particularly from a European perspective. Nick Faldo has still won more majors than him, and I'm sure he cannot unequivocally be called the greatest European player of all time until he passes Nick.”
Chamblee on McIlroy: “One of the more amazing things about Rory McIlroy, and again, this speaks to the team that he has around him, his fitness team. As years have gone on, I mean, Rory's at 36 years of age, and he's gotten better with age. He's kept up with the increasing club head speed, the increasing ball speed on the PGA TOUR, and surpassed the increases of the field average. And that's saying something. You know, he's kept in step... All things being equal, experience makes you a better player. So, when you speak about Rory being a more complete player, I'd push back a little bit and say, no, he was a more complete player, technically, from 2012 to 2014, hence why he won major championships by eight. He was just a better iron player, all the way around. Having said that, there's no real decline. I mean, his game has been pretty consistent, and he's become a better putter. So, when you add up the total package, yeah, it's still just as good as it was earlier in his career, but he has the experience and he's got more speed than he even had early in his career.”
Rich Lerner on who he has an eye on at The Masters outside of the top players: “We've batted this around recently in our trailer, just the question beyond Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, who's the biggest star in the game? Who's the fan favorite? And I think in an inspiring way we have our answer, and that's Gary Woodland. I look forward to hearing what Gary has to say the week of The Masters. And, it's been a year in which the younger players have emerged, talking about Cameron Young, and I like Cameron quite a bit next week. Jacob Bridgeman, Chris Gotterup, Akshay Bhatia. They warrant attention, as does Justin Rose for what he did at Torrey Pines this year and what he did at The Masters last April. All of them are in play.”
McGinley: “From a European point of view, there's a lot of really strong American players coming up. I really like Chris Gotterup. I think he's got something about him. (Jacob) Bridgeman was so impressive in winning in L.A. earlier in the year, but there's so many in that group it's hard to identify exactly who you think is going to come through, but I've no doubt that the pipeline of strong players coming through on the PGA TOUR is a very, very strong one. But as we all know, experience counts for a lot around here, so I'm expecting one of the top players to come to the fore this week.”
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