Amazon Prime Video’s 2026 Masters coverage will be joined by perhaps the greatest of all time, On the 40th anniversary of his sixth and arguably most renowned title in Augusta.
Prime Video will begin coverage of the first and second rounds of the Masters with two additional hours of live tournament play on Thursday, April 9 and Friday, April 10. Terry Gannon, of NBC and Golf Channel, will anchor the 1–3 p.
m. ET telecast window, which will feature on-course analysis complemented by CBS Sports’s on-air team. This will lead into ESPN’s first- and second-round coverage from 3–7:30 p.m. However, nobody will occupy the lead analyst seat next to Gannon. Instead, it will be a rotating cast of guests, highlighted by Nicklaus. Additional analysts have not been announced yet. Nicklaus, 86, annually joins the broadcast booth for guest appearances during his Memorial Tournament on both Golf Channel and CBS, along with the Cognizant Classic on NBC. Prime Video will also have a dedicated Amen Corner feed with 2006 U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy, Golf Channel’s Smylie Kaufman and John Wood of NBC Sports, along with host Justin Kutcher and instructor Michael Breed.This will be the first year Prime Video broadcasts the Masters. In recent years, it has made headway into live sports, holding the rights to the NFL’s Thursday Night Football, along with NBA, WNBA and NWSL games. Prime Video made its foray into golf with Now, they’ll be under the microscope with the year’s first major. And by getting Nicklaus to join, they are aiming high.Max Schreiber is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, covering golf. Before joining SI in October 2024, the Mahwah, N.J., native, worked as an associate editor for the Golf Channel and wrote for RyderCup.com and FanSided. He is a multiplatform producer for Newsday and has a bachelor's in communications and journalism from Quinnipiac University. In his free time, you can find him doing anything regarding the Yankees, Giants, Knicks and Islanders.
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