- More than 40 hours of live coverage over four days of the inaugural FM Championship
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NORTON, Mass., August 30, 2024 – ESPN+ continues to stream live featured group coverage of the LPGA Tour’s inaugural FM Championship. Featured groups coverage resumes tomorrow, Saturday, August 31, at approximately 7:31 a.m. ET, from TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.
- This week’s players vie for the first FM Championship title and one the season’s largest LPGA Tour purses of $3.8 million
- Streaming more than 40 hours of coverage across all four days of the tournament, ESPN+ will present two Featured Groups from both the morning and afternoon waves each day
In-depth commentary and analysis from renowned hosts and analysts during ESPN+ coverage as the FM Championship continues into the weekend. Will Haskett headlines the coverage alongside analyst Amanda Blumenhurst with on-course reports and live player interviews by Amy Rogers and LPGA Tour athlete Emma Talley.
FEATURED GROUPS | Saturday, August 31
Coverage begins at approximately 7:31 a.m. ET
Morning
Ryann O’Toole/Elizabeth Rudisill (a) | 7:31 a.m. ET
- Ryann O’Toole– No. 81 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 57 in the Race to the CME Globe, LPGA Tour winner (2021 ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open), European Solheim Cup team member (2011)
- Elizabeth Rudisill (a) – No. 8 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings, sponsor invite, Rolex Girl’s Junior Championship winner, she is the only amateur to make the cut at the FM Championship, Vanderbilt University commit
Sandra Gal/Rose Zhang | 7:40 a.m. ET
- Sandra Gal – No. 741 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 163 in the Race to the CME Globe, LPGA Tour winner (2011 Kia Classic), two-time European Solheim Cup team member (2011, 2015), Olympian (2016)
- Rose Zhang – No. 10 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 15 in the Race to the CME Globe, two-time LPGA Tour winner, U.S. Solheim Cup team member (2023) and automatically qualified for the 2024 team , Olympian (2024)
Afternoon
Yuri Yoshida/Allisen Corpuz | 11:40 a.m. ET
- Yuri Yoshida – No. 133 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 127 in the Race to the CME Globe
- Allisen Corpuz – No. 28 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 50 in the Race to the CME Globe, LPGA Tour winner and major champion (2023 U.S. Women’s Open), U.S. Solheim Cup team member (2023) and automatically qualified for the 2024 team
Lexi Thompson/Megan Khang | 11:50 a.m. ET
- Lexi Thompson – No. 46 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 39 in the Race to the CME Globe, 11-time LPGA Tour winner, major champion (2014 Chevron Championship), six-time U.S. Solheim Cup team member (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) and was just announced as a 2024 captain's pick, two-time Olympian (2016, 2020)
- Megan Khang – No. 21 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 16 in the Race to the CME Globe, LPGA Tour winner (2023 CPKC Women’s Open), three-time U.S. Solheim Cup team member (2019, 2021, 2023) and automatically qualified for the 2024 team
LPGA Tour on ESPN+
The FM Championship on ESPN+ is part of a two-year deal announced in November 2023 in which ESPN+ is presenting live featured group coverage of eight LPGA Tour tournaments through the 2025 season. Following The Chevron Championship and the Cognizant Founders Cup, the FM Championship is the third of four LPGA Tour events on ESPN+ this season. The CME Group Tour Championship in November will round out this year’s LPGA Tour featured group coverage on ESPN+.
This latest deal continues a longstanding relationship between the LPGA Tour and ESPN.
- In 2022, ESPN+ streamed the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G and the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G.
- ESPN televised a schedule of regular LPGA Tour events from 1979-2009, and ABC covered the CME Group Tour Championship from 2015-2018.
- ESPN aired the first two rounds of the AIG British Open from 1982-2002 and all four rounds from 2010-2015, as well as the first two rounds of the U.S. Women’s Open from 1982-2014.
- The first golf ever televised on ESPN was the LPGA Sahara Open on Sept. 8, 1979, ESPN’s second day on air.
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