Masters TV coverage a mixed bag of streaming frustration

Welcome to Friday astatine The Masters. Tune into nan Masters app, Masters.com, Prime TV, Paramount+ and ESPN for your wall-to-wall coverage!

Yes, it seems for illustration a dense lift. In immoderate ways, it has been for play fans. Gone are nan days of CBS firing up nan cameras astatine 3 p.m., and showing america 4 consecutive hours of golf. 

But that's not needfully a bad thing. Predictably, Augusta National has had to evolve, on pinch its partners, to this caller property of streaming. It's tricky, because Augusta is celebrated for shaping nan sum of this event. Sometimes, you wonderment if they want you to spot it at all. I get it. 

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I will say, though, that nan preamble of Prime to this year's tourney has been much of a occurrence than I would've thought. 

But first, a speedy rundown of really to watch play today, tomorrow, and, astir importantly, Sunday:

How to watch Masters 2026 connected TV

So, that's fundamentally it successful a nutshell. Sure, that nutshell whitethorn beryllium huge, but it's still a nutshell. Or thing for illustration that. 

To watch The Masters each time – from sun-up to sundown – you request a operation of Paramount+, Amazon Prime, and ESPN. That's for today. To watch complete nan weekend, you tin spell up and driblet nan Amazon subscription if you truthful choose, but prime up CBS. 

Again, it sounds daunting. "All you request is simply a laptop, a TV and a fewer subscriptions." OK. Sounds great! Thanks, Augusta, for letting america in!

Some folks, understandably so, are annoyed:

I get it. Too galore cooks successful nan kitchen. That surely applies here. But, that's nan property we unrecorded in. The streaming era is ruthless. It each seemed awesome connected insubstantial years ago, but now it's conscionable go exhausting. 

But, it's not each bad. For starters, nan simplest reply to each of this is "Just usage The Masters app." Yes, it's a awesome app. It has everything. You tin watch it all, successful 1 spot. Same pinch Masters.com. 

You tin spell location correct now and watch nan featured groups, Amen corner, and holes 4, 5 and 6. 

Obviously, that's not going to beryllium for everyone, though. It tin besides beryllium clunky, arsenic astir streaming apps are. That's conscionable nan quality of nan business. 

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A batch of folks besides don't recognize you tin put nan Masters app connected your smart TVs, truthful they extremity up holding a telephone aliases watching their laptops each day. Not great. And yes, I'm talking astir nan older folks. I don't deliberation that's immoderate large secret. 

I'll will, however, springiness Prime credit. Again, usually erstwhile a caller streaming work gets progressive successful a sport, it tin beryllium dicey. Netflix was crucified for a beautiful subpar MLB debut a fewer weeks ago. 

By each accounts, Prime has been coagulated truthful acold this week:

Again, not bad. I've seen these things spiral beautiful quickly. Prime seemed fresh to roll, which makes consciousness fixed they've had nan Thursday Night Football package for years now. 

Anyway, for illustration thing successful 2026, Masters sum has been met pinch mixed reviews each week. Does it consciousness for illustration we're getting yanked around? Sure. Has Prime been a bully summation to capable nan spread betwixt nan greeting and nan main broadcast? Absolutely. 

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Some folks will show you to discontinue complaining, because location was a time, not excessively agelong ago, wherever you didn't get any Masters TV sum until 3 p.m. 

Obviously, that's nary longer nan case. You tin watch play each time agelong now. 

You conscionable person to activity to find it. 

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