On Thursday, the PGA Tour comes East after spending the first two months in Hawaii and the West Coast. Now the Florida swing begins with the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens. This marks the second tournament where Golf Channel and NBC Sports will collaborate. Kelly Tilghman returns to the 18th tower this weekend for Golf Channel for Thursday and Friday coverage. She’ll be joined by Frank Nobilo. Of course, Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller will have the call for the weekend. And that will be the only tournament for Golf Channel this weekend.
Golf Channel Live Tournament Coverage: March 3-6
Golf Channel and NBC Sports Kick Off PGA TOUR’s Florida Swing at The Honda Classic
The Honda Classic
Dates: March 3-6
Venue: Champion Course, PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.Airtimes (Eastern):
Thursday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8:30-11:30 p.m. (Replay)
Friday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8:30-11:30 p.m.. (Replay)
Saturday 1-3 p.m. (Live) / 9:30-11:30 p.m. (NBC Replay)
Sunday 1-3 p.m. (Live) / 9:30-11:30 p.m. (NBC Replay)Golf Channel Tournament Broadcast Team:
Kelly Tilghman (Play by Play)
Frank Nobilo (Analyst)
Gary Koch (Tower)
Mark Rolfing (Tower)
Dottie Pepper (On Course)
Roger Maltbie (On Course)
Todd Lewis (Interviews)Broadcast Notes:
- Golf Channel on NBC: The Honda Classic will be the first full-field PGA TOUR stroke-play event combining the resources of Golf Channel and NBC Sports under the newly formed NBC Sports Group. In addition to Thursday and Friday coverage, Golf Channel will air two hours of live action Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, leading in to NBC Sports’ live coverage at 3 p.m. ET.
- Aimpoint and Srixon Protracer Featured: Aimpoint, Golf Channel’s Emmy-award winning putting line technology that predicts the line of the putt and where players must aim to hole out, will be featured on holes 7 and 15 at PGA National. Also featured will be Srixon Protracer, a graphics technology that measures the flight and trajectory of a golf shot using superimposed graphics to show the ball flight.
- Headlining the Field: Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Ernie Els, Luke Donald, Camilo Villegas, Rickie Fowler, Ian Poulter, Matt Kuchar, Anthony Kim, Y.E. Yang, Vijay Singh, Louis Oosthuizen and U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III.
We’re done. That was quick.
