Ninety-five golf champions will gather at Augusta National Golf Club for the first major tournament of the year, the 2025 Masters. As always, the Masters promises to be an unforgettable event for golf fans. Luckily, you don’t need a cable subscription to catch all the action. Many streaming services cover the channels where the tournament is broadcast, but much of it will also be available for free online. In this guide, we’ll tee up the best ways to watch the Masters.
How to Watch the 2025 Masters Without Cable
The Masters is one of golf’s biggest tournaments, played over four days with 18 holes each day. It’s also the smallest field in major championship golf. Competitors start in groups of three for the first two days. After two rounds (36 holes), the lowest-scoring players move on while the rest are eliminated. The final two rounds determine the champion, and if there’s a tie, a sudden-death playoff decides the winner.
The Par 3 Contest, which includes players’ wives and kids, is the traditional curtain-raiser to the Masters, before the competition begins. Famously, no player has won the Par 3 Contest and the Green Jacket in the same year.
On cable, the tournament’s broadcast will be split between ESPN and CBS, but that’s far from the only way to watch. Paramount+ is the official streaming partner of the tournament, where you can find CBS-broadcast games as well as hours of additional footage. However, Paramount+ isn’t the only streaming service where you can watch.
ESPN and CBS are two of the most popular channels on TV, which means they are available on most major skinny bundle streaming services. These services have on-demand content as well as hundreds of live TV channels to add to your subscription, including ESPN and CBS. You can watch the Masters by subscribing to a skinny bundle, adding CBS and ESPN to your subscription, and tuning in live when it airs on regular cable.
Here’s the full list of streaming services that cover the Masters tournament:
If you’re not a streaming subscriber and are looking for a way to watch the Masters completely free, you’ve still got plenty of options. Much of the competition will stream for free online through The Masters Tournament website. This is perhaps the easiest way to access the games, although you will be limited to watching on a computer or phone.
The other free watch option is to tune in for free over-the-air using an HD TV antenna. Keep in mind this won’t work for ESPN broadcasts. However, CBS has local affiliates across the country broadcasting the tournament right to your local TV tower. This includes the final two — and most important — games of the competition.
The Masters 2025 Schedule
Below is the complete Masters 2025 schedule with dates, times, and the network the round will be broadcast upon.
Masters 2025 Schedule
| Round | Date/Time (EDT) | Network |
|---|---|---|
| Masters on the Range | April 8 at 8 a.m. | CBS Sports, Paramount+ |
| Masters on the Range | April 9 at 8 a.m. | CBS Sports, Paramount+ |
| Par 3 Contest | April 9 at 11 a.m. | ESPN+ |
| First Round | April 10 at 3 p.m. | ESPN |
| Second Round | April 11 at 3 p.m. | ESPN |
| Third Round | April 12 at 2 p.m. | CBS |
| Final Round | April 13 at 2 p.m. | CBS |
Can I Watch the Masters 2025 on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, or Chromecast?
Skinny bundle streaming services have one big advantage you don’t get with online or over-the-air broadcasts — freedom. Streaming services pair easily with streaming devices like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, or Chromecast. This lets you switch effortlessly between your TV and any other screen. Just connect your streaming service by logging in on your streaming device.
More to Watch for Golf Fans
Don’t stop at the fairway, golf fans! ESPN delivers top-tier golf coverage, including news, recaps, and live streaming of major tournaments for both men’s and women’s events. If you’re a dedicated sports fan, ESPN Plus is a hole-in-one choice, offering live golf broadcasts, expert analysis, event replays, and on-demand sports documentaries to keep you in the game.
Still looking to drive deeper into the action? FS1, one of the top sports networks, covers a variety of sports, including NCAA, Big Ten games, Major League Baseball, and Soccer.
For true golf enthusiasts, Golf Channel is a must-watch. It provides wall-to-wall coverage of professional and amateur golf, including live tournaments, expert analysis, player interviews, and instructional content to help improve your game. Whether you’re following the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour or international competitions, the Golf Channel keeps you on course with all things golf.