An 18-year-old went shot-for-shot with the world’s #1 golfer at The American Express, but a broadcast nightmare is keeping fans from witnessing it completely. Things are getting intense at the three La Quinta golf courses. Scottie Scheffler is shooting for the stars in his season debut. But it certainly is Blades Brown that is catching everyone’s attention in only his 10th PGA Tour appearance. Unfortunately, the fans are missing out on a lot of action.

Every round of the entire event is being covered from 4 P.M. to 7 P.M. (EST) by the Golf Channel. Fans can also stream the tournament from 11:30 A.M. to 7 P.M. (EST) on ESPN.

Unfortunately, the viewers are finding the coverage a little disjointed. The NBC crew on the three courses is broadcasting the play from every field simultaneously. With three courses being played on parallelly, there is quite a lot of action occurring at the same time.

The fans aren’t pleased with the entire situation. They are frustrated about missing out on watching their favorites on the fairway. The fact that the PGA Tour broadcast had already been quite abysmal last season only added to their anger. And they shared their thoughts via tweets.

They lashed out at Golf Channel for its broadcast of the 2026 American Express.

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Missing key shots, mixing up players, a lot went wrong this time

With the action split into three courses, the round started with six golfers teeing off at the same time. That was already challenging enough to cover. So it’s understandable for the Golf Channel to miss out on showing someone in play.

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But one fan was frustrated that a pro was completely ignored for the entire round. They said, “When is the PGA going to put the rounds on a network that shows more than every shot from 5-6 players out of 100+? Is Rickie Fowler even in this tournament? Oh never mind just checked scores on my phone because you would’ve never know if you just watch ESPN.”

In fact, Rickie Fowler had his moments. He shot a 9-under par in 17 holes. Overall, with a 14-under par, he’s sitting at T5 on the leaderboard. While the leaderboard reflects positively on his performance, fans felt that the Golf Channel’s coverage could have highlighted him more.

During a frame showing Si Woo Kim, they revealed Seong-hyeon Kim’s score. And a viewer pointed out this mix-up the network had midway through the broadcast. They said, “Only an hour of coverage into the day and the PGA tour live lot have already mixed up SW and SH Kim 🤦.”

Some fans feel that Tiger Woods & Rory McIlroy have invested heavily in advertising. One mentioned, “If you’ve been watching PGA tour live/ESPN+ then you’ve seen the Rose TGL albatross 150+ times now. Enough.” Another fan also had the same complain as they said, “PGA tour live gonna show Rose’s albatross multiple times a day aren’t they…”

Talking about the biggest thing they are missing, someone wrote, “Blades Brown is currently -8 through 8 holes as an 18 year old on the PGA Tour… yet we have zero ability to watch a single shot on TV. I understand they are playing 3 courses this week… but the PGA has to be better man.”

Brown is sitting at 12-under par after 16 holes for the day. He is tied with Scottie Scheffler at the top of the leaderboard. And the viewers felt that very few cameras are following him around. All they can do is rely on the leaderboard to understand what’s happening. Could we potentially miss a historic play in this PGA Tour event spanning three La Quinta golf courses?