The British Open TV schedule for the 2026 Open Championship is set, with NBC and Peacock carrying the weekend coverage from Royal Birkdale. Saturday, July 18 brings Round 3 from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET, and Sunday, July 19 brings the final round from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET.
For viewers in the United States, the ET marks make the timing clear: these are morning-to-afternoon windows on Saturday and Sunday, not local British times. Peacock will also carry featured-group and par-3 coverage across both days, giving fans more than one way to follow the championship as it moves into the weekend.
The schedule matters because the 154th Open Championship is heading to Royal Birkdale, and the weekend is when the field starts to sort itself out. Scottie Scheffler won the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland by four strokes over Harris English, but the focus now turns to the next edition, where Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood are among the names drawing attention.
Fleetwood gives the schedule a local thread. He is trying to win his first major at his hometown Open course, and that is the kind of storyline that makes broadcast times matter to more than just casual viewers. The lineup also carries the kind of uncertainty that keeps a tournament alive: McIlroy made the cut and needed a big weekend for a second Claret Jug, while Bryson DeChambeau was docked 2 shots for a penalty on the 5th hole and Jon Rahm received a warning for throwing a club.
There is still a gap between the schedule and the picture on screen. listed multiple Peacock windows for featured groups on Saturday and Sunday, plus par-3 coverage and Sky Show coverage, but it did not identify which pairings will appear in each slot. What is fixed is the timing: Saturday starts with NBC at 5 a.m. ET, and Sunday begins with NBC at 4 a.m. ET, with Peacock filling in the rest as the 2026 Open Championship weekend unfolds.
That means the next confirmed viewing window is already on the calendar, and it begins with Round 3 on NBC on Saturday morning. For anyone tracking Tommy Fleetwood’s run, or waiting to see how McIlroy and the rest of the field handle Royal Birkdale, the weekend will arrive early and run all day.
