What is the Truist Championship? Why is it in Philly? Will it be back? And how can I watch it?

If you’ve watched any local TV in the last few days, you might be aware that the Truist Championship will tee off at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Flourtown on Thursday.

It’s been a while since a PGA Tour event has come to the Philly area. Here’s everything you need to know about this weekend’s big event.

The Truist Championship is a PGA Tour signature event. It’s not one of the four major championships (the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and British Open), and it features a limited player field (roughly the world’s top 70 players) and a $20 million prize pool, making it one of the PGA Tour’s most lucrative events for players.

The Truist Championship was formerly known as the Wells Fargo Championship and played at Quail Hollow Club, in Charlotte, N.C. But next week, Quail Hollow will host the PGA Championship, leaving the Truist Championship in need of a new home for one year. The Philadelphia Cricket Club was the choice.

“There are no better sports fans maybe in the country, who we think will embrace this at this incredible, incredible location,” Truist CEO Bill Rogers said.

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The Truist Championship will return to its normal home at Quail Hollow next year, but an even bigger golf event will be coming to the area: Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square will host the 2026 PGA Championship from May 14-17, 2026.

Unlike in the four major championships, only PGA Tour players are eligible to play in the Truist Championship. Players competing on the LIV Tour, like Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, will not be competing.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who won the Bryon Nelson last week in Texas, will also not play in the Truist, but Masters champion Rory McIlroy will.

The field includes nine of the PGA Tour’s current top 10 players, and most of the game’s biggest stars, including: Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama, Ludvig Åberg, Tony Finau, Max Homa, Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley, Maverick McNealy, Keegan Bradley, Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark, and Justin Rose, who won the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion.

Due to expected inclement weather on Thursday and Friday — more on that in a bit — the first two rounds will begin later than expected, with players teeing off in threesomes and groups starting on both the first and 10th holes. The first starting times both days will be 11:09 a.m., and the last groups are expected to start at 1:10 p.m.

McIlroy starts the tournament in a group with Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood, and will tee off at approximately 12:26 p.m. Schauffele, Matsuyama, and Akshay Bhatia tee off at 12:48 p.m. Clark, Morikawa, and Hovland tee off at 12:37 p.m. On Friday, they’ll tee off about an hour earlier, and the condensed starting times — and limited field — mean all the players will all be on the course at the same time.

For a full list of tee times Thursday and Friday, check here.

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The event will air live on the Golf Channel and on CBS.

Here’s the television schedule:

You can also stream the Truist Championship on PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will showcase featured groups; Paramount+, which will carry the CBS coverage; and NBCSports.com, which will carry the Golf Channel coverage.

That all depends on which day you’re asking about.

“Chances are that at some point raindrops will find their way to the Flourtown greens between Tuesday and Friday, and spectators would be well-advised to arm themselves with ponchos and umbrellas,” according to Inquirer writer Anthony R. Wood. “But the outlook for the weekend, when the competition will climax, is far brighter, said Eric Hoeflich, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Mount Holly.”

While the weather has already impacted start times for the first two rounds, the weekend is expected to be dry and sunny, with highs in the 60s Saturday and mid-70s on Sunday.

Grounds tickets are still available for Thursday and Sunday, the first and last day of play, in addition to VIP tickets and resale tickets for all four days. For more ticket information, visit the Truist Championship website.

We’ve got you covered! Here’s our guide to parking, transportation, food, and what you can bring to the course.

More on the Truist Championship

The PGA Tour comes to Philly

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• Your guide to attending the Truist Championship
• Sizing up the Cricket Club’s final four holes, which will likely decide the Truist
• Who, besides Rory McIlroy, would continue golf’s resurgence with a win at the Truist?
• Philly athletes, golf influencers, and young fans take over Cricket Club for a little fun before the Truist tees off
• Lots of laughs — and good golf — as Jason Kelce tees it up at the Truist pro-am
• The Truist has no Philly locals. But two golfers wear a Cricket member’s name on their sleeve.

Philadelphia Cricket Club history

• A golf ball once exploded at the U.S. Open at Philadelphia Cricket Club. The club’s history gets the national spotlight this week.
• The raucous life and times of A.W. Tillinghast, the father of Philadelphia Cricket Club’s masterpiece
• The unlikely story of Philadelphia’s Golden Age golf architects
• Philadelphia Cricket Club and its final four holes a fine tribute to A.W. Tillinghast’s championship vision
• These robots work day and night to ensure Philadelphia Cricket Club’s grass is perfect

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For full coverage of the Truist Championship, click here.