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Posted by on Aug 25, 2010 20:45

CBS will be busy this weekend with tennis and golf. The Barclays marks the last PGA Tour event for CBS this year.

CBS SPORTS TO BROADCAST FIRST PGA TOUR PLAYOFFS EVENT FOR THE FEDEXCUP AS WORLD’S BEST GOLFERS TEE OFF AT “THE BARCLAYS” AUGUST 28-29
ELS, STRICKER, MICKELSON, ROSE, WOODS, SLOCUM AMONG THOSE COMPETING
The PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup begin this week at THE BARCLAYS, the first of four playoff tournaments to determine the FedExCup champion.  CBS Sports broadcasts the third and final rounds of the star-powered tournament on Saturday, Aug. 28 (3:00-6:00 PM, ET) and Sunday, Aug. 29 (2:00-6:00 PM, ET), from Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., live on the CBS Television Network. 
Jim Nantz, the 2008 and 2009 Emmy Award Winner for “Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play” and 2008 and 2009 National Sportscaster of the Year, serves as anchor of CBS Sports’ golf coverage. Sir Nick Faldo, winner of six major championships and more than 40 tournaments worldwide, serves as lead analyst. Ian Baker-Finch calls the action at the 17th hole and Gary McCord at the 16th hole. David Feherty and Peter Kostis serve as on-course reporters.
Ernie Els remains No. 1 in the current FedExCup standings and has led for 22 consecutive weeks. Last year, Els tied for second at The Barclays, an event he won in 1996 and 1997.  In addition, he has seven top-five finishes, the most in the tournament’s history. Defending champion Heath Slocum returns to The Barclays and takes on the top players in the FedExCup standings including Els, Steve Stricker (No. 2), Phil Mickelson (No.4) and Justin Rose (No. 5). Tiger Woods, last year’s winner of the FedExCup and in 2007 enters the PGA TOUR Playoffs ranked No. 112 in the FedExCup standings. He needs to finish 50th or better to advance to the Deutsche Bank Championship. Woods won the inaugural Playoffs in 2007 but missed the Playoffs in 2008 while recovering from knee surgery. He finished tied for second last year at Liberty National, one stroke behind Slocum.   
The top 122 of 125 players from the PGA TOUR regular-season, based on FedExCup points, will play this week at The Barclays.  Among the other players to compete in this week’s playoff are:   Jeff Overton, Hunter Mahan, Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar, Tim Clark, Dustin Johnson, Ben Crane, Bo Van Pelt, Anthony Kim, Camilo Villegas, Zach Johnson, Robert Allenby, J.B. Holmes, Rickie Fowler, Luke Donald, Ryan Palmer, Retief Goosen, Paul Casey, Nick Watney, Ricky Barnes, Adam Scott, K.J. Choi, Sean O’Hair, Geoff Ogilvy, Brandt Snedeker,  Lucas Glover, Ian Poulter, Y.E. Yang, Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington, V.J. Singh, Steve Elkington and Kenny Perry.  (For the complete field go to PGA TOUR.COM)
The other tournaments hosting the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup are the Deutsche Bank Championship (narrowed to a field of 100 players), the BMW Championship (70 players) and the season-ending THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP presented by Coca-Cola (30 players).
Lance Barrow is Coordinating Producer and Steve Milton is Director of CBS Sports’ golf coverage. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

And after the jump, we’ll see what else CBS is airing.
To close out the weekend, CBS airs the Pilot Pen Tennis final which marks the end of the US Open Series and gets us ready for the US Open on Monday.

CBS SPORTS TO BROADCAST WOMEN’S FINAL OF U.S. OPEN SERIES “PILOT PEN TENNIS” LIVE ON SATURDAY, AUG. 28
CBS Sports broadcasts the women’s final of the U.S. OPEN SERIES “PILOT PEN TENNIS,” the final tournament of the U.S. Open Series, live on Saturday, Aug. 28 (1:00-3:00 PM, ET).
Last year’s PILOT PEN women’s champion Caroline Wozniacki looks to defend her title, as well as overtake Kim Clijsters on the top spot in the standings to capture the U.S. Open Series Bonus Challenge.
The U.S. Open Series, which leads up to the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, was launched in 2004 in order to create a cohesive, six-week summer tennis season for ATP and WTA Tour professional tournaments in North America. The top three finishers of the series will be vying for bonus prize money at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.
CBS Sports’ coverage of the 2010 U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS begins on Saturday, Sept. 4 (11:00 AM-6:00 PM, ET) with men’s and women’s third-round action and concludes with the men’s singles final eight days later on Sunday, Sept. 12 (4:00-7:00 PM, ET).
CBS Sports’ Bill Macatee and Mary Carillo call the final live from the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale in New Haven, Conn. Craig Silver produces and Andy Goldberg directs. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

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