We have your tournaments for Golf Channel. It’ll have coverage of the PGA and LPGA Tours. Plenty of coverage of the WGC-Match Play Championship as well as the LPGA Tour stop in Singapore. In addition to the Match Play Championship, Golf Channel will be in Mexico for the other PGA Tour tourney, the Mayakoba Golf Classic, which will have Greg Norman and John Daly in the field. Let’s look at the schedule.
Golf Channel Live Tournament Coverage: Feb. 23-27
Golf Channel and NBC Sports Team Up for WGC-Match Play Championship
LPGA Tour Heads to Singapore for HSBC Women’s Champions
The Shark Welcomes the PGA TOUR’s Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun
World Golf Championships-Match Play Championship
Dates: Feb. 23-27
Venue: The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain, Marana, Ariz.Airtimes (Eastern):
Wednesday 12-6 p.m. (Live) / 7:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Replay)
Thursday 2-6 p.m. (Live) / 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (Replay)
Friday 2-6 p.m. (Live) / 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Replay)
Saturday 12-2 p.m. (Live) / 9:30-11:30 p.m. (NBC Replay)
Sunday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (Live) / 9:30-11:30 p.m. (NBC Replay)Golf Channel Tournament Broadcast Team:
Terry Gannon (Play by Play)
Nick Faldo (Analyst)
Gary Koch (Tower)
Peter Jacobsen (Tower)
Mark Rolfing (Tower / On Course)
Dottie Pepper (Tower / On Course)
Roger Maltbie (On Course)
Phil Parkin (On Course)
Rich Lerner (Interviews)
Kelly Tilghman (Show Host / Interviews)Broadcast Notes:
- Golf Channel on NBC – Golf Channel and NBC Sports will combine resources this week in their first event together under the newly-formed NBC Sports Group. Golf telecasts on NBC Sports will now be re-branded as “Golf Channel on NBC,” with NBC golf coverage incorporating the Golf Channel look and feel throughout every telecast.
- 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 6 and 14 at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain. 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.
- Expanded Morning Drive and Golf Central Coverage – Morning Drive, the network’s new morning show, will have additional live airings for 30 minutes each leading into Thursday and Friday’s coverage. Golf Central and Golf Central Pre Game will wrap live tournament coverage all week.
- Golf Central Special: State of the Game Live – Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET, a first-of-its-kind television event will include the biggest names that cover the game – Dan Hicks, Johnny Miller, Roger Maltbie, Nick Faldo and Brandel Chamblee – discussing golf’s biggest issues. State of the Game Live will be a roundtable discussion of relevant events making news at the WGC-Match Play Championship; Tiger Woods; the emergence of European stars and what it means for American golf and the PGA TOUR; and rules.
HSBC Women’s Champions
Dates: Feb. 24-27
Venue: Garden Course, Tenah Merah Country Club, Tenah Merah, SingaporeAirtimes (Eastern):
Thursday 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (TD)
Friday 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (TD)
Saturday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (TD)
Sunday 2-4 p.m. (TD)Broadcast Notes:
- Headlining the Field: Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie, Cristie Kerr, Yani Tseng, Ai Miyazato, Jiyai Shin, Morgan Pressel, Natalie Gulbis, Karrie Webb, Suzann Pettersen and Christina Kim.
Dates: Feb. 24-27
Venue: El Camaleon Golf Club at Mayakoba Resort, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, MexicoAirtimes (Eastern):
Thursday 6:30-8:30 p.m. (TD)
Friday 6:30-8:30 p.m. (TD)
Saturday 6:30-8:30 p.m. (TD)
Sunday 7-9:30 p.m. (TD)Golf Channel Tournament Broadcast Team:
Brian Hammons (Play by Play)
Billy Andrade (Analyst)
John Maginnes (Tower)
Jerry Foltz (On Course)Broadcast Notes:
- Greg Norman Spotlight Player – Hall-of-Famer Greg Norman will be Golf Channel’s spotlight player during Thursday’s telecast, featuring a one-on-one interview that will take place prior to the tournament. Norman is the course designer for El Camaleon Golf Club.
That will do it.
Headlining the Field: Aaron Baddeley, Jhonattan Vegas, Boo Weekley, John Daly, Tom Lehman, Fred Funk, Rory Sabbatini and Jerry Kelly
