It’s US Masters week and the good news is Australians can watch every ball live. The not so good news is you need a pay TV account as once again there will be no free-to-air coverage.
There are other possibilities for the innovative, with, for instance, the official Masters.com site offering a number of free streaming channels with a range of content. But that is officially geo-restricted to those in the United States, so you are going to at least need a decent VPN service to go down that path.
For Australians, the only official Masters TV coverage will be on Foxtel and Kayo, where there will be the usual week long eye-watering extravaganza of available content.
Other coverage includes On The Range, Live From the Masters, Amen Corner, Featured Groups and Holes 15 & 16,
The 2026 Masters tournament officially begins on Thursday evening Australian time with overnight coverage across all four rounds.
Masters Australian TV Broadcast Times (AEST)
All live programming on Kayo Sports, The Masters channel on Fox Sports 503 and extra Rounds 1-4 coverage on Fox Sports 505.
Thursday April 9 – Round 1 – Featured Groups from 11:00pm AEST
Friday April 10 – Round 1 – Amen Corner from 12:45am AEST
Friday April 10 – Round 1 (World Feed) from 3:00am – 9.30am AEST
Friday April 10 – Round 2 – Featured Groups from 11:00pm AEST
Saturday April 11 – Round 2 – Amen Corner from 12:45am AEST
Saturday April 11 – Round 2 (World Feed) from 3:00am – 9.30am AEST
Sunday April 12 – Round 3 – Featured Groups from 12:00am AEST
Sunday April 12 – Round 3 – Amen Corner from 1:45am AEST
Sunday April 12 – Round 3 (World Feed) from 2:00am AEST
Monday April 13 – Final Round – Featured Groups from 12:00am AEST
Monday April 13 – Final Round – Amen Corner from 1:45am AEST
Monday April 13 – Final Round (World Feed) from 2:00am AEST
2026 Masters Australian Contenders
Aussie golf fans hoping for an Australian to don the green jacket at Augusta National do have some reason for optimism.
Maybe not a huge surpsise but Aussie golf pundit Larry Canning ‘has a weird feeling in his golf bag” that our only ever Masters champion Adam Scott can do it again this year
Joining the 45 year old Scott in a strong local contingent are fellow major winners Jason Day and Cameron Smith, with the talented Min Woo Lee rounding out the team.
Round 1 tee times AEST
11.19pm (Thurs): Cameron Smith, Sam Burns (US), Jake Knapp (US)
11.43pm (Thurs): Jason Day, Shane Lowry (Ireland), Dustin Johnson (US)
2:03am (Fri): Adam Scott, Daniel Berger (US), Brian Harman (US)
2.25am (Fri): Min Woo Lee, Fred Couples (US), Fifa Laopakdee (Thailand, am)
Defending champion: Rory McIlroy
Prizemoney: US$21 million (2025)
Australian Player Profiles
Min Woo Lee
World ranking: 25
Age: 27
Major wins: 0
PGA Tour wins: 1
Masters starts: 5
Best finish at The Masters: T14 (2022)
The lowdown: “The Chef” is cooking on the PGA Tour so far in 2026 and shapes as Australia’s best chance for a second Masters title. He’s already banked three top-six finishes this year, highlighted by T2 at Pebble Beach finishing T3 at Houston a fortnight ago. The improved accuracy off the tee and iron play makes Lee a threat in any event he tees it up in at the moment.
Jason Day
World ranking: 41
Age: 38
Major wins: 1 (US PGA 2015)
PGA Tour wins: 13
Masters starts: 15
Best finish at The Masters: T2 (2011)
The lowdown: At the start of his 21st year as a professional, Day is now 11 years removed from his only major championship, but like his Australian mates, comes into Augusta with good recent form on his side. He finished as joint runner-up in his 2026 debut at The American Express to return to the top 50 in the world and snared a share of sixth at the Houston Open.
Adam Scott
World ranking: 53
Age: 45
Major wins: 1
PGA Tour wins: 14
Masters starts: 25
Best finish at The Masters: Champion in 2013
The lowdown: There’s been some great signs from the Queenslander in the past 12 months that another major win is not beyond him. The US Open final round fadeout at Oakmont was a huge disappointment but his first 54 holes where he grabbed the lead showed he can still challenge at the highest level. Earlier this year, Scott had two rounds of 63 at famed Riviera to tie for fourth at the Genesis Invitational.
Cameron Smith
World ranking: 211
Age: 32
Major wins: 1 (Open Championship 2022)
PGA Tour wins: 6
Masters starts: 10
Best finish at The Masters: T2 (2020)
The lowdown: The owner of one of the best Masters records in recent years without a win, missing the top 10 just once between 2021 and 2024, Smith’s best had deserted him until he almost bagged one of the titles he craves when he finished second at the Crown Australian Open at Royal Melbourne. On LIV Golf this year, the Queenslander sits in 20th place in the individual points standings with two top-10s.
THE COURSE
Originally designed by Bobby Jones and Alister MacKenzie, Augusta National features at, of very near, the top in just about every golf course world ranking there is. For the 2026 Masters, it will play to a total distance of 6920 metres with a par of 36 on each nine.
HEADLINERS
The field of 91 features the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings
Rory McIlroy – Defending champion and Grand Slam winner
Scottie Scheffler – World No.1 and two-time Masters champion
Bryson DeChambeau – Two-time US Open champion
Jon Rahm – Current LIV Golf No.1 and 2023 Masters champion
According to my information I will bw able to watch the Masters on FTA channel nine (Gem).
Some confusion here , what is the correct story please. Thanks. TD
There’s a live Channel 9 website story all about watching their Masters coverage on Gem – unfortunately the story is from 2024.
i watched last year on some american guy’s you tube set up
So much for “anti-siphoning legislation” as event after event is lost to free-to-air. Death by a thousand cuts.
Agreed!!