GOLF: Tiger & Viking

Two quick golf notes: 1) CBS Sports golf broadcaster Ian Baker-Finch played golf recently with Tiger, and basically said he’s good to go to make another run. 2) The Viking Classic, an opposite field event played the same weeks as the British Open, has lost Viking as a sponsor, so it is looking for a [...]

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TIGER WOODS: Tiger Woods to Compete at Frys.com Open

Tiger Woods surprised many, including myself, by today committing to the Frys.com Open PGA Tour Fall Series event, to be held October 6-9 in San Martin, CA, near Stanford’s campus. This is an event Tiger has no prior affiliation to whatsoever, and according to Woods, that was the idea: John Fry and his company have [...]

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TENNIS: Tennis Channel’s 2011 US Open Coverage Plans and Announcers

Here’s Tennis Channel’s 2011 US Open coverage plans and announcers: TENNIS CHANNEL’S US OPEN COVERAGE GETS UNDERWAY WITH FIRST MATCH MONDAY, AUGUST 29 LOS ANGELES, August 22, 2011 — Mary Carillo Joins On-Air Team with Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin, Lindsay Davenport and Others, as Sixth Television Court is Made Available for Broadcasters This Year Prime-Time [...]

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TENNIS: ESPN’s 2011 US Open Coverage Plans and Announcers

Here is ESPN’s press release about their 2011 US Open coverage plans and announcers: ESPN & the 2011 US Open: 100 Hours on ESPN2 HD; 420 on ESPN3.com, Growing Online & Mobile Presence ESPN’s multi-platform and worldwide coverage of tennis’ final Grand Slam event of the year, the US Open from New York August 29 [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: Tiger Woods to be on US Presidents Cup Team

United States captain Fred Couples said today at the Champions Tour stop in Washington state that Tiger Woods WILL be one of his captains picks for this November’s Presidents Cup: “I’ve told him that he’s going to be on the team,” Couples said just before a practice round preparing for the Boeing Classic at TPC [...]

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PGA TOUR DIGEST: Vol. 4 No. 34

This week is The Barclays, this first event in the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedEx Cup. It’ll be played at Plainfield Country Club, here in my home state of New Jersey. Hurricane Irene could cause havoc to this weekend’s playing schedule. The PGA Tour says they will make a decision on play for Saturday [...]

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PGA TOUR FANTASY: Barclays

Here are my picks for the first Playoff event for the FedEx Cup: A: Luke Donald (Backup: Phil Mickelson) B: Steve Stricker (Backup: David Toms) B: Webb Simpson (Backup: Brendon de Jonge) C: Sergio Garcia (Backup: Charles Howell III)

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TIGER WOODS: May Add Fall Series Event, Begins Working on 2013 Video Game

Two Tiger Woods stories for everyone today: 1) For the first time since March Tiger Woods wrote a blog on his website today. It didn’t contain too much earth shattering information except for this: “I might add another PGA Tour event to my schedule. Right now, I’m looking at my options.” Having not qualified for [...]

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PGA TOUR: What It Means: August 22, 2011 — Greensboro

Some quick hits in this week’s What It Means: 1) Good win by Webb Simpson at Greensboro this week. The guy has a world of talent, he’s been close all year, and finally got the victory. There will be more to come. 2) A win is also in Tommy Gainey’s future. You gotta contend if [...]

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PGA TOUR DIGEST: Vol. 4 No. 33

This is the final week of the PGA Tour regular season, the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro. If you want to get into the top 125 in Fedex Cup points and get into the playoffs, this is the last week to do it. TV Coverage is Thursday-Friday, 3-6pm ET, Golf Channel, Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:30pm ET, Golf Channel, [...]

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