2017 PGA World Golf Championship In Akron, Ohio: Leaderboard, Tee Times, TV Schedule, More

AKRON, OH — Sergio Garcia, Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and other pro golf elites who are competing this week at the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational 2017 going on through Sunday, Aug. 6, in Akron.

The 70-par Firestone Country Club is hosting the PGA tournament, which offers a $9.75 million purse, including a $1.666 million first-place prize. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Cleveland Patch, or click here to find your local Ohio Patch. Also, if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Here is more need-to-know information:

Television Schedule: Live coverage from 1:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday on the Golf Channel, noon-1:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday on the Golf Channel; and 2-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on CBS.

Past winners: Dustin Johnson, United States, 2016; Shane Lowry, Ireland, 2015; Rory McIlroy, 2014; Tiger Woods, United States, 2013; Keegan Bradley, United States, 2012.

For tickets, go here.

For tee times, go here.

To look at the field, go here.

For a live leaderboard, go here.

Photo of World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational defending champion Dustin Johnson by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images