After a light schedule last week, Golf Channel is back with the PGA Tour and the FedEx Cup-ending Tour Championship. It’ll have four round coverage. And there will be coverage of the Champions and PGA European Tour as well. Here’s what’s on tap.
Golf Channel Live Tournament Coverage: Sept. 23-26FedExCup Season Concludes with THE TOUR ChampionshipChampions Tour Heads to North Carolina for SAS ChampionshipEuropean Tour Stages the Vivendi Cup in FranceTHE TOUR ChampionshipDates: Sept. 23-26Venue: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Ga.Airtimes (Eastern):Thursday 1-6 p.m. (Live)/6:30-11:30 p.m. (Prime Replay)Friday 1-6 p.m. (Live)/8:30-11:30 p.m. (Prime Replay)Saturday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (Live)Sunday 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Live)Golf Channel Tournament Broadcast Team:Terry Gannon (Play by Play)Frank Nobilo (Analyst)Gary Koch (Tower)Brad Faxon (Tower)Peter Jacobsen (Tower)Roger Maltbie (On Course)Mark Rolfing (On Course)Dottie Pepper (On Course)Billy Andrade (On Course)Steve Sands (Interviews)Broadcast Notes:· Aimpoint Featured – Aimpoint, Golf Channel’s Emmy-award winning graphics technology that predicts the line of the putt and where players must aim to hole out, will be featured during on holes 9 and 18 during live tournament coverage at East Lake.· Pro Tracer Featured – Pro Tracer, a system that traces the flight and trajectory of a golf ball over the course of the actual shot, will be featured during live tournament coverage.· Extended Early Round and Weekend Coverage: Golf Channel will air 10 hours of live tournament coverage Thursday and Friday. Saturday and Sunday mornings, Golf Channel will air live, lead-in coverage prior to NBC Sports’ afternoon coverage.SAS ChampionshipDates: Sept. 24-26Venue: Prestonwood Country Club, Cary, N.C.Airtimes (Eastern):Friday 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Tape Delay)Saturday 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Tape Delay)Sunday 7-9:30 p.m. (Tape Delay)Golf Channel Tournament Broadcast Team:Brian Hammons (Play by Play)Curt Byrum (Analyst)Mark Lye (Tower)Dave Marr (Tower)Billy Ray Brown (On Course)Broadcast Notes:
- STEM Included During Friday’s Telecast – On Thursday, Golf Channel and Time Warner Cable will host a group of area middle-school students for an interactive tour and program at the Champions Tour event, titled On the Greens and Behind the Scenes. Nearly 25 students from three, local after-school programs will leverage both the game of golf and TV production to demonstrate practical applications of STEM learning principles through the unique lens of golf. The program will be featured during the network’s Friday tournament coverage.
· Highlighting the Field: Fred Couples, Bernhard Langer, Nick Price, Fred Funk, Mark Calcavecchia, Loren Roberts and Tom Kite.The Vivendi CupDates: Sept. 23-26Venue: Golf de Joyenval, Chambourcy, Paris, FranceAirtimes (Eastern):Thursday 8:30-11:30 a.m. (Live)Friday 8:30-11:30 a.m. (Live)Saturday 12-3:30 p.m. (Tape Delay)Sunday 1:30-5:30 p.m. (Tape Delay)Golf Channel Tournament Broadcast Team:Whit Watson (Studio Host)Renton Laidlaw (Play by Play)Warren Humphries (Analyst)Jay Townsend (On Course)Broadcast Notes:· Vivendi Cup in HD: The Vivendi Cup will be produced and broadcast in high definition.· Highlighting the Field: Padraig Harrington, Todd Hamilton, Nick Dougherty, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Thomas Levet and Peter Hanson.
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