{"id":566059,"date":"2026-04-05T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/566059\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T13:25:08","slug":"masters-2026-latest-news-and-analysis-how-to-watch-and-more-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/566059\/","title":{"rendered":"Masters 2026: Latest news and analysis, how to watch and more coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Masters week is almost here.<\/p>\n

Can 2025 champion Rory McIlroy<\/a> make it two in a row? Will world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler<\/a> claim his third green jacket? Or will Bryson DeChambeau<\/a> break through with his first win at Augusta National?<\/p>\n

From rankings to how to watch to all of the latest news, we’ll have the 2026 Masters covered from start to finish.<\/p>\n

Here’s the complete ESPN TV schedule for the week; watch here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Tuesday
–Tuesday at the Masters: Noon-2 p.m. ET (ESPN App)<\/p>\n

Wednesday
–Wednesday at the Masters: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET (ESPN App)
–Masters Par 3 contest: Noon-2 p.m. ET (ESPN App, Disney+)
–“SportsCenter” at the Masters: Noon-1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
–Welcome to the Masters: 1-2 p.m. ET (ESPN)
–Masters Par 3 contest: 2-4 p.m. ET (ESPN)
–“SportsCenter” at the Masters preview show: 4-5 p.m. ET (ESPN)
–Masters Par 3 contest (encore presentation): 10 p.m.-12 a.m. ET (ESPN2)<\/p>\n

Thursday and Friday
–Masters featured holes Nos. 4, 5 & 6: 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN App)
–Masters featured groups: 9:15 a.m.-7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN App)
–Welcome to the Masters: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET (ESPN)
–Masters Amen Corner Live: Noon-7 p.m. ET (ESPN App)
–Masters featured holes Nos. 15 & 16: 12-7 p.m. ET (ESPN App)
–“SportsCenter” at the Masters: Noon-3 p.m. ET (ESPN)
–First round (Thursday) and second round (Friday): 3-7 p.m. ET (ESPN, ESPN Deportes)
–Encore presentations: First round (Thursday) and second round (Friday): 8-11 p.m. ET (ESPN2)<\/p>\n

Saturday and Sunday
–Encore presentations: Second round (Saturday) and third round (Sunday): 3-6 a.m. ET (ESPN2)
–Masters featured groups: 10:15 a.m.-7 p.m. ET (ESPN App)
–Masters featured holes Nos. 4, 5 & 6: 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. ET (ESPN App)
–Masters Amen Corner Live: 11:45 a.m.-6 p.m. ET (ESPN App)
–Masters featured holes Nos. 15 & 16: 12:30-6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN App)
–Third round (Saturday) and final round (Sunday): 5-7 p.m. ET (ESPN Deportes)<\/p>\n

News from the Masters<\/p>\n

Maria Jose Marin wins Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Read<\/a>
Rory McIlroy: First time I’m focused on ‘enjoying’ the Masters. Read<\/a>
Phil Mickelson to miss Masters due to family health matter. Read<\/a>
2025: McIlroy wins Masters in playoff to earn career Grand Slam. Read<\/a>
2025: Rose on loss: Have to suffer ‘heartache’ to win big. Read<\/a><\/p>\n

From 2025: ‘It’s the best day of my golfing life’: Rory McIlroy finally gets his green jacketRory McIlroy celebrates after winning the 2025 Masters Tournament.\u00a0Richard Heathcote\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

There were plenty of nerves involved, but in the end, McIlroy won the Masters, put on the winner’s jacket and completed the career grand slam. Read<\/a><\/p>\n

From 2025: Best moments from the final round<\/p>\n

Check out all of the highlights from an amazing final round of the 2025 Masters that ended with Rory McIlroy in a green jacket. Read<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUGUSTA, Ga. — Masters week is almost here. Can 2025 champion Rory McIlroy make it two in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-566059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}