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How To Watch The Pebble Beach Pro-am: Live Stream The Golf Tournament Anywhere
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Scottie Scheffler of Team USA during a practice round ahead of the start of the 2024 Presidents Cup.Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
The 2025 PGA Tour is underway, and the latest stop takes golfers to Pebble Beach, California. We've compiled everything you need to know about how to watch the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, including the cable channels and streaming options you'll need to tune in.
Each year, the Pebble Beach Pro-Am sees some of the best professional golf stars playing alongside amateurs for the first two rounds (the pros take over for the final two rounds). Among the pros slated to appear are Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Ludvig Åberg, Justin Thomas, and Sepp Straka, among others. No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will also make his 2025 debut after sitting out the beginning of the season with a hand injury.
Initially established in 1937 and first held on Pebble Beach in 1947, the tournament has evolved into a beloved annual golf tradition and even became a PGA Tour Signature Event starting in 2024. The 2025 event is held at the Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California.
Below, you can find everything you need to know about live streaming the tournament. We'll highlight the cheapest service with coverage of key players and groups and streaming packages that carry traditional TV channels.
How to watch Pebble Beach Pro-Am: quick links
US: CBS and Golf Channel
- Access subscriptions anywhere: ExpressVPN (risk-free for 30 days)
- When: Thursday, January 30 — Sunday, February 2, 2025
*You'll need the Sports Pack add-on to get the Golf Channel on DirecTV Stream, and Paramount Plus only has CBS coverage.
How to watch Pebble Beach Pro-Am in the US
TV coverage of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am is spread across two networks in the US. The Golf Channel will carry first and second-round coverage on Thursday and Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. ET and third and fourth/final-round coverage on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. ET. CBS will carry third and fourth/final-round coverage from 3 to 7 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday. If you don't have cable, we'll show you how to live stream those networks down below, but if you're looking for a cheap and easy way to follow most of the major players and tee times throughout each day, ESPN Plus will be the way to go.
ESPN Plus costs $12/month and offers coverage from several PGA Tour stops throughout the year, in addition to other select sporting events. The streaming service will show live four-stream coverage of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am starting Thursday at 11:30 a.m. ET and extending through the final round on Sunday. The ESPN Plus coverage will show live streams of marquee and featured groups, including top tour players like Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, and Ludvig Åberg, among others.
If you'd rather tune into each day's afternoon TV coverage, you can do so through a live TV streaming service that carries the Golf Channel and CBS. Fubo and DirecTV Stream are two of the best live TV streaming services that offer both key channels. The services carry anywhere from 90 to 200+ live channels, depending on what plan you sign up for, including most major networks you'd find in a cable package.
Fubo subscriptions start at $85/month and include CBS and the Golf Channel. The streaming service also offers 150+ other live channels. New users can try out Fubo free for one week and get up to $25 off their first month of service.
DirecTV Stream also offers CBS and 90+ other live channels in its base Entertainment plan. You'll need to opt in for the Sports Pack add-on to get the Golf Channel, plus tons of other sports-centric channels. Entertainment subscriptions go for $87/month, and the Sports Pack is an extra $15/month. You can also find both channels in the Choice and Ultimate plans.
If you don't mind missing parts of the tournament and are just interested in some of the final weekend coverage, Paramount Plus will carry the Saturday and Sunday afternoon coverage for $13/month. You'll need to opt for the Paramount Plus with Showtime tier to unlock CBS live streams. This will also grant you access to the app's full suite of ad-free on-demand content.
How to watch Pebble Beach Pro-Am from anywhere
Those traveling away from home can still keep up with the above streaming subscriptions by using a VPN. Short for virtual private networks, VPNs let people change their device's virtual location so they can use all of their usual websites and apps from anywhere in the world. The services we've recommended today require US payment methods, so this will work best for those who are just traveling away from home.
ExpressVPN is our top recommendation when it comes to virtual private networks. It's an easy-to-use service with a 30-day money-back guarantee and tons of other perks, which we outline in our ExpressVPN review. Keep reading to learn how to use a VPN.
How to watch Pebble Beach Pro-Am with a VPN
- Sign up for a VPN if you don't have one.
- Install it on the device you're using to watch.
- Turn it on and set it to a US location.
- Sign up for one of the above streaming services.
- Enjoy the tournament.
Note: Using VPNs is illegal in certain countries, and using VPNs to access region-locked streaming content might constitute a breach of the terms of use for certain services. Insider does not endorse or condone the illegal use of VPNs.
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