The Open live stream: how to watch free golf coverage of every round online
After a wet second round at the 2018 Open Championship, it remains very difficult indeed to pick out a favorite. So will the third round see the likes of Rory McIlroy and reigning champion Jordan Spieth make their move? Well, you’ve come to the right place if you want to live stream the Open golf no matter where in the world you are – and you can even do so for free!
147th Open Championship 2018 – where and when
The famous and historic Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland will host the 2018 Open Championship. It’s been 11 years since Carnoustie last had the Open, when Pádraig Harrington took his first major title.
The first groups of players will tee-off for the third and fourth rounds at around 9.15am BST on Thursday, June 19. So that’s 4.15am ET or 1.15am PT. The leading group will head out at around 4pm BST.
It’s now been 19 years since there was an Open winner from England, Wales or Scotland – Paul Lawrie at this very course in 1992. So there’s a lot riding on the shoulders of the Brits near the top of the leaderboard. In-form Tommy Fleetwood looks like the best hope, with former Masters champion Danny Willett and the aptly named Matthew Southgate both under par for the tournament.
But it’s the Americans that are staging an assault on Carnoustie in their droves. Zach Johnson and Kevin Kisner start day three sitting at the top of the Open Championship leaderboard, with Pat Perez and Xander Schauffele just behind.
It feels like we’re being spoiled by iconic summer sporting events at the moment, and as the World Cup and Wimbledon make their way out, the Open Championship has arrived at just the right time. We can tell you how to watch all the Open action from Carnoustie – wherever you are in the world. Keep reading to see how to get an Open Championship golf live stream from any corner of the Earth.
Watch the Open Championship golf from anywhere with a VPN
Live stream the 2018 Open Championship with a VPN
If coverage of the Open isn’t available where you live, then there’s still a way to access to the live golf coverage being shown in another country by using a VPN – or Virtual Private Network. A VPN is perfect for this as it allows you to change your IP address so you appear to be in a completely different location. We’ve tested hundreds of VPNs and can recommend these as the best three VPN services currently available:
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Where can I stream golf live with a VPN?
A VPN will enable you to watch the Open Championship 2018 from literally anywhere that it’s not already showing. So that obviously includes all the countries from which the players come from and many more, so: UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, Germany, Italy, France, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Belgium, Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela and Mexico.
Live coverage at TheOpen.com
The Open Championship is following the likes of the Masters and US Open, which means you can get a free live stream at TheOpen.com. We’ve checked and it appears to be available globally – fantastic news!
It looks like it will be showing action from featured groups (which groups those are we don’t yet know) and holes 8, 9 and 10. There’s even audio commentary to go with them.
But it’s still not clear as to how much coverage the official Open Championship golf website will show in the latter rounds and the live coverage of the US Open, for example, didn’t actually show the main action from the grand finale. So you’ll still be better off checking out your other viewing options below to make sure you don’t miss out when things really get interesting.
How to watch the Open championship: UK stream
If you’re a UK-based golf fan, you’ll be well used to this by now. Sky Sports has all the Carnoustie coverage on your side of the Atlantic. Head straight to the Sky Sports Golf channel, where coverage will run from 9am to 8pm BST. And if you’re not going to be at home much this weekend, you can download the Sky Go app on your tablet or smartphone.
Don’t have Sky and don’t fancy subscribing just for the golf? Well NOW TV may well be a decent fit for you. It costs £12.99 for a week’s worth of access. And pretty much every streaming device you can think of has a NOW app.
Not in the UK? Then you can always use a VPN to tap in to the broadcast from another location.
How to watch the Open Championship golf in the US
There are number of options you can watch the US Open golf if you’re stateside:
– Following the lead of the likes of WWE and UFC, the PGA has got itself all modern and produced its very own subscription golf service. PGA Tour Live costs $5.99 per month (or $39.99 for a year) and hosts all the action from over 30 events. Plus, it has its own iOS, Android and Apple TV apps so you can access anywhere.
– If you’re at home and have cable, then NBC is the official broadcaster, and will be for more than the next decade after agreeing a 12-year deal starting last year.
– The Golf Channel is available from most cable providers as well and has comprehensive coverage of the event.
– If you’re outside the US this weekend but want to access one of the above options, then you can use a VPN service to effectively transport your computer, phone or tablet’s IP back to a US location.
How to live stream the Open golf in Canada
Well this is rather unfortunate. We were expecting the Open to be shown on cable channel TSN, the usual go-to network for big sporting events north of the border. But the network doesn’t have the event in its schedules. And we can’t find anybody else who seems to have picked up the slack.
On that basis, the only way we can think of that will let you live stream the golf is to use a VPN and relocate your computer’s IP address to a region that is showing the Open.
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