2024 Presidents Cup weather forecast: Cloudy days expected at Royal Montreal Golf Club
The 2024 Presidents Cup started on Thursday, September 26, at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Canada. The event is not expected to be affected by the weather, although the conditions will not be the best.
According to Accuweather, lots of clouds and cool temperatures can be expected throughout the weekend. There could even be some occasional showers.
On Thursday, the first day of the Presidents Cup, the forecast is cloudy with an 86% chance of showers. The average temperature will be 71.6° F with winds of 4.3 MPH. Rain is expected to fall over the venue for an estimated 2.5 hours, with approximately 3mm of rain falling.
On Friday, the chance of precipitation drops to just 8%. It will remain cloudy with an average temperature of 69.8° F and a wind chill of 3.7 MPH.
On Saturday, the chance of rain will be just 2%, but wind speeds will increase to 6.8 MPH sustained and gusting to 16 MPH. Skies will be mostly cloudy and the average temperature will be 71.6° F.
On the final day of the Presidents Cup, the forecast is sunny skies with some afternoon clouds. The average temperature will be 71.6° F with sustained winds of 3.7 MPH and gusts up to 10.5 MPH.
Presidents Cup tee times and more
The first day of the Presidents Cup will be four-balls only, so there will only be five tee times. The same will be true on the second day when only foursomes matches will be played.
Saturday will be a full schedule with five matches in the morning and five in the afternoon. On Sunday, the 12 singles matches will be played, so the schedule will cover most of the day.
So far, the tee times and pairings for only the first day are known. Here are the tee times (in Eastern Time):
- 11:35 AM: Tony Finau and Xander Schauffele vs. Byeong Hun An and Jason Day
- 11:53 AM: Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala vs. Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott
- 12:11 PM Russell Henley and Scottie Scheffler vs. Sungjae Im and Tom Kim
- 12:29 PM Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark vs. Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Taylor Pendrith
- 12:47 PM Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay vs. Corey Conners and Hideki Matsuyama
However, the television schedule has been finalized and is available. The event will air at the following times and on the following networks (in Eastern Time):
- Round 1 (four-ball): Thursday, starting 11:35 a.m. Live TV coverage from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Golf Channel.
- Round 2 (foursomes): 1:05 p.m. Live TV coverage from 1-6 p.m. on Golf Channel.
- Round 3/4 (four-ball/foursomes): 7:02 a.m. Live TV coverage from 7-8 a.m. on Golf Channel | 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on NBC.
- Round 5 (singles): 12:02 p.m. Live TV coverage from 12-6 on NBC.
The Presidents Cup can also be viewed on several streaming platforms, including the Golf Channel App, NBC Sports App, ESPN+ and more.