This year’s BMW PGA Championship will take place from Thursday, September 8 to Sunday, September 11 at Wentworth Club in Surrey, England. With some of the world’s best golfers participating (Rory Mcllroy included), we’re guaranteed to see some fantastic play over the weekend. Can’t make it to the UK in person? Don’t worry: below, we’ll explain how to watch the BMW PGA Championship live online from anywhere, even abroad.

We’ll only be recommending official PGA Championship broadcasters. Unlicensed streams are almost inevitable for high-profile sporting events like this but we strongly advise against using them. Not only do they usually offer laggy, low-resolution video, there’s also a chance that they’ll be taken down partway through for copyright violation, meaning you might not get to see who wins. As there are plenty of ways to watch the entire tournament, there’s really no advantage to using unauthorized streams.

Most of the services showing this event are geo-restricted. As such, you’ll have to use a VPN to access your home services while traveling abroad.

How to stream the BMW PGA Championship 2022 live abroad with a VPN

New to VPNs and not sure how to get started? Follow the steps below to bypass regional restrictions and watch the BMW PGA Championship live from anywhere.

Here’s how to live stream the BWM PGA Championship online from anywhere:

  • First, sign up for a suitable VPN. We recommend NordVPN but Surfshark and ExpressVPN are both great alternatives.
  • Download and install the software. Most VPNs have apps for mobile and desktop platforms, so be sure to get the correct version.
  • Choose which of the streaming services below you’d like to use.
  • Connect to a VPN server in the appropriate country. You’ll need a British server to unblock Sky Sports or a US server to watch CBS and ESPN abroad, for instance.
  • Go to your chosen site and play a video. In most cases, it will begin immediately. If it doesn’t, however, you can fix most problems by clearing your cache and cookies then reloading the page.

As the 2022 BMW PGA Championship will be broadcast live, we recommend making sure your VPN works (using the steps above) well before it’s due to begin. This way, if you run into any unexpected problems, you’ll have plenty of time to contact your VPN’s customer support team.

How to stream the BMW PGA Championship Live in the US

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The 2022 BMW PGA Championship will be streamed live in its entirety on NBC. You can watch NBC’s Golf Channel as part of your cable TV subscription (you need only sign in using your cable TV login credentials). Another option is signing up for Golf Pass+. This includes the Golf Channel, sister-service Golf Now, and 12 months access to the Peacocks streaming service.

Alternatively, it’s available via the following TV streaming services:

  • FuboTV ($69.99 USD/month)
  • Hulu with Live TV ($69.99/month)
  • Sling TV ($46/month with the Sports Extra add-on)
  • YouTube TV ($54.99/month for the first three months)

Most of these services include free trials so you could watch for free if you remember to cancel before the end of the free trial period. Whether you watch with or without cable, you’ll need to connect to a VPN server in the US. The reason for this is that the above streaming options are all region-locked. Getting a US IP address lets you watch them from anywhere.

Still don’t have a VPN? You can always try NordVPN which even comes with a risk-free 30-day money-back guarantee.

Where else can I watch the BMW PGA Championship 2022 live online?

It’s actually quite simple to stream the 2022 BMW PGA Championship online. Below, we’ll let you know which networks are showing this tournament in your country:

UK

Sky Sports is the UK’s exclusive PGA Championship broadcaster. Already get Sky Sports as part of your cable TV package? If so, you can stream this event at no added cost on via the Sky website or Sky Go app. Sky TV customers can get the sports channels from £18 per month, but with no long-term contracts, no need for cable, and a slightly lower price, most people would be better served by Now’s Sky Sports pass.

The BMW PGA Championship runs for four days, so while daily passes are available (£11.98), the best option is the £33.99 monthly pass. You don’t need a Now TV account to purchase a sports pass, either, so there aren’t any additional costs.

Both of these services are geo-blocked and only accessible from within the UK. British golf fans can still watch from abroad by connecting to one of their VPN’s UK servers, though.

Australia

Fox Sports has exclusive rights to show the BMW PGA Championship 2022 in Australia. If you’re an existing Foxtel customer and have the sports channel pack, you can just log in to Foxtel Go and start streaming right away. Golf fans who don’t have cable can take advantage of Foxtel Now’s ten-day trial instead; just remember to cancel once the championship is over to avoid being charged.

These services are region-locked, meaning you’ll have to either be in Australia or connected to an Australian VPN server to use them.

Canada

The 2022 BMW PGA Championship will be broadcast exclusively on TSN. You may already have access to this service via your cable TV subscription, but if not, you can just sign up for an online pass instead. These cost $7.99 CAD per day or $19.99 per month.

TSN is geo-blocked, so you’ll need a VPN and Canadian IP address to use it outside of Canada.

Can I watch the BMW PGA Championship with a free VPN?

While using a free VPN can seem like an easy way to stay safe online, we’d strongly advise against using one. To start with, their servers are usually not capable of handling the number of users they have. This leads to stuttering video that takes forever to load, intermittent connections, and overall, a frustrating experience. Some even make you wait in a queue and institute monthly data limits; as HD streaming is fairly data-intensive, free VPNs are a less than ideal solution.

It’s not just your personal information at risk, it’s your system’s security too. There are over 100 free VPNs out there that claim to keep you safe, but don’t encrypt your data and some even actively try to install malware on your device. Further, we’ve even seen cases where a free VPN has allowed (and profited from) its customers’ bandwidth being used in a botnet. VPNs are designed to increase your security, not open you up to threats like ransomware, keyloggers, and adware. To protect yourself and your system, we recommend using a respected VPN service that puts its users’ privacy first.