ESPN To Air Live Coverage of Masters First and Second Rounds

In ESPN’s 18th year of live coverage of the Masters Tournament, viewers will have extensive and multiple viewing options as the world’s top players converge on Augusta National Golf Club for the 89th edition of the classic and iconic event. Viewers will be able to watch on both television and digital platforms, with a robust slate of surrounding offerings the week of April 7-13.

As it has since 2008, ESPN will again televise live play in the first and second rounds of the Tournament on Thursday and Friday, April 10-11. The telecasts from 3-7:30 p.m. ET will air in Spanish on ESPN Deportes, with ESPN Deportes also televising live third and final round coverage.

Providing more options for golf fans, and serving viewers in a reimagined way for 2025, the coverage schedule for Wednesday’s Masters activities has been revised and expanded. On television, the telecast of the popular Masters Par 3 Contest will start at 2 p.m., one hour earlier than in past years, providing live television coverage when the majority of players are on the Par 3 course. Wednesday’s TV schedule also includes a new edition of SportsCenter at the Masters at noon, a new Welcome to the Masters show at 1 p.m. and SportsCenter at the Masters at 4 p.m. following the Par 3 Contest telecast.

In addition, viewing options for the Par 3 Contest will include an expanded four hours of streaming coverage on ESPN+, starting at noon and running until 4 p.m. And for the first time, the Masters Par 3 Contest also will be available to stream on Disney+ for all subscribers. The Contest will have a prime time encore presentation at 10 p.m. on ESPN2 and will be available for on-demand streaming on ESPN+ and Disney+. Players Wyndham Clark and Max Homa will join the ESPN coverage as analysts.

Returning for its third year will be Welcome to the Masters, a two-hour program that will lead into ESPN’s live telecasts of the first and second rounds of the Tournament on Thursday and Friday. Airing from 1-3 p.m. on ESPN, Welcome to the Masters will be hosted by Laura Rutledge with contributions from Marty Smith and will include features, interviews and special guests as well as live look-ins and in-progress highlights of Tournament play. The new third episode leading into television coverage of the Par 3 Contest airs 1-2 p.m. on Wednesday.

For all days of Masters Tournament play, viewers will again have the opportunity to watch four Featured Groups per day and Featured Holes coverage of Holes 4, 5 and 6, Amen Corner and Holes 15 and 16. The offerings will be streaming on ESPN+.

To help golf fans get ready for the start of the Masters, ESPN+ will have live streams of two-hour practice round programs at noon on Tuesday, April 8, and at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9.

ESPN will have prime time encore presentations of the first and second rounds on Thursday and Friday nights at 8 p.m.