Senior PGA Championship: How to watch, storylines, more

The second of five PGA TOUR Champions majors gets underway Thursday from Bethesda, Maryland, as Congressional Country Club's Blue course takes center stage for the 85th Senior PGA Championship.

Past champions Steve Stricker, Steven Alker and Alex Cejka will play the first two rounds together and highlight a plethora of Champions Tour stars in the field.

The field at Congressional will feature 20 major champions, 11 Senior PGA champions, six World Golf Hall of Famers and eight Ryder Cup Captains. They are joined in the field by 36 PGA of America Golf Professionals who earned their spot at the Senior PGA Professional Championship.

How to watch (all times ET)

• Thursday-Friday: 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel)
• Saturday-Sunday: 3-6 p.m. (NBC)

Tournament facts

• Course: Congressional Country Club (Blue), Bethesda, Maryland
• Field: 156 players
• Defending champion: Richard Bland
• Purse: $3,500,000 (winner: $TBA)
• Scoring records:
  • Low 18-Hole score: 62, two times (last: Rocco Mediate, Round 1, 2016)
  • Low 36-Hole score: 128, Rocco Mediate (2016)
  • Low 54-Hole score: 199, two times (last: Rocco Mediate, 2016)
  • Low 72-Hole score: 265, two times (last: Paul Broadhurst, 2018)