Coming Up This Week on Golf Channel

We have your original programming on Golf Channel for this week.

Coming up on Golf Channel…June 27-July 3

David Feherty Sits Down with Actor Don Cheadle on ‘Feherty’
Piri Borja Returns to Competition on Big Break Indian Wells
The Golf Fix On-Site at the PGA Professional National Championship
Monday’s Golf Central Includes Special Golf in America Feature on Marty Turcios

Original Series Premieres and Highlights
All Times Eastern

Feherty (New)
Airtime:
Tuesday, 9-9:30 p.m.
Host: David Feherty
Guest: Don Cheadle

Tuesday’s new episode of Feherty will feature a sit-down interview with Academy Award-nominated actor Don Cheadle, where he will discuss with Feherty the joys and the challenges of acting, golf and parenthood. Cheadle also will give Feherty an acting audition during the episode.

Feherty, Golf Channel’s newest original series, features what the Northern Irishman-turned-American citizen calls “unfiltered” interviews with well-known and outspoken people from the world of sports, entertainment and golf, along with unique stories and anecdotes from his brilliant, yet zany mind.

Big Break Indian Wells (New)
Hosts:
Tom Abbott, Stephanie Sparks
Airtime:
Monday, 9-10 p.m.
Contestants Eliminated:
Episode One – Piri Borja
Episode Two – Robert Floyd
Episode Three – Justin Payne
Episode Four – Russell Normandin
Episode Five – No Elimination
Episode Six – Oren Geri.  Piri Borja Returns to Competition

Piri Borja (Coral Springs, Fla.) – the first competitor eliminated from the series – played his way back onto the show after defeating all seven of his competitors in last week’s episode. On Monday’s new episode, the remaining seven competitors will receive a surprise at breakfast, when, ultimately, two more players will be going home in pressure-packed elimination challenges. The champion of Big Break Indian Wells will take home one of the biggest prizes in Big Break history – an exemption to the 2012 Zurich Classic of New Orleans and a minimum of $55,000 in cash.

Top 10: Celebrity Golfers (New)
Host:
Lauren Thompson
Airtime: Wednesday, 9-9:30 p.m.

Celebrities become household names for a variety of reasons, but they are often bound by one thread. These famous faces may have mastered their chosen crafts, but they also would like to shine on the golf course. Host Lauren Thompson will count down the top-10 celebrity golfers.

News and Talk Show Premieres and Highlights
(All Times Eastern)

The Golf Fix (On-site from the PGA Professional National Championship)
Host:
Michael Breed
Airtime: Monday, 7-8 p.m. ET

Monday’s new episode of The Golf Fix will take place from the Hershey Country Club driving range, host site for the 2011 PGA Professional National Championship. Breed will be joined by several PGA of America Professionals who are competing in the championship, including defending champion Mike Small, Ryan Benzel, Jim Estes, Darrell Kestner, Rob Labritz, Mark Sheftic and Sonny Skinner.  They will provide tips for every aspect of the game, from driving accuracy to the short game.

Golf Central (Live)
Live Airings:
Monday-Saturday, 6-6:30 p.m./Thursday-Saturday, 11:30 p.m.-midnight/Sunday, 6-7 p.m.

Golf Central Pre Game (Live)
Live Airings:
Thursday-Sunday, 2:30-3 p.m./Saturday-Sunday, noon-1 p.m.

Monday’s Golf Central (6 p.m. ET) will include a special Golf in America feature on Richmond, Calif. resident Marty Turcios. Born with cerebral palsy, Turcios took up the game of golf at age seven, determined to play the game alongside his father and uncle. Four-and-a-half decades later, Turcios’ passion for golf continues to drive him, as he is president and founder of the Marty Turcios Theraputic Golf Foundation, a non-profit organization that teaches golf to developmentally disabled adults.

Golf Central and Golf Central Pre Game will deliver all of the news, highlights and analysis from golf’s professional tours, including the AT&T National, U.S. Amateur and Women’s Amateur Public Links Championships, Alstom Open de France, PGA Professional National Championship and the Montreal Championship.

School of Golf (New)
Chapter 18: Fixing Your Hook
Host:
Martin Hall
Airtime: Tuesday, 7-7:30 p.m. ET

Host Martin Hall will teach what causes a hook and will give seven drills on how to fix it. Hall also will examine videos, photos and a historic book on Ben Hogan to share secrets how viewers can swing like one of the greatest ball strikers of all-time.  Hall also will answer viewer email and Facebook questions throughout the show. Kraig Kann co-hosts.

Grey Goose 19th Hole (New)
Host:
Kraig Kann
Panelists: John Hawkins and Jay Coffin
Guest Panelist: Gary Williams
Contributor:
Win McMurry
Airtime: Wednesday, 7:30-8 p.m.

Morning Drive co-host Gary Williams will join host Kraig Kann and panelists John Hawkins and Jay Coffin to debate the hot topics in golf coming out of the U.S. Open and leading into the AT&T National. Win McMurry also will contribute during the show.

That’s all.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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