Golf On Your TV This Weekend

Let’s first go over what Golf Channel has in store for us from Thursday – Sunday. Here we go.

Golf Channel Live Tournament Coverage: July 8-11

Mickelson Attempts to Overtake No. 1 at Barclays Scottish Open

PGA TOUR Heads to Quad Cities

Wayne Gretzky to Host Nationwide Tour Celebrity Pro-Am

Barclays Scottish Open

Dates: July 8-11

Venue: Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Scotland

Airtimes (Eastern):

Thursday                     9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (Live) / 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Replay)

Friday                          9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (Live) / 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Replay)

Saturday                      9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (Live) / 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Replay)

Sunday                        9 a.m.-1 p.m. (Live) / 7-9:30 p.m. (Replay)

Golf Channel Tournament Broadcast Team:

Tom Abbott (Studio Host)

Renton Laidlaw (Play by Play)

Dougie Donnelly (Play by Play)

Jay Townsend (Tower)

Julian Tutt (On Course)

Broadcast Notes:

·         High Definition – The Barclays Scottish Open will be produced and broadcast in high definition from Loch Lomond.

·         Mickelson Headlines Strong Field – The tournament features a strong field headlined by World No. 2 Phil Mickelson, who can overtake the No. 1 ranking with either a win or a solo second place finish this week.

·         Also In the Field: Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Ryo Ishikawa, Camilo Villegas, Graeme McDowell, Geoff Ogilvy, Lucas Glover, 2010 European Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie, Y.E. Yang, Nick Watney, Martin Kaymer, Retief Goosen, Tom Lehman, J.B. Holmes, Heath Slocum, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari and John Daly.

CBS’ coverage of the PGA Tour plus a look at another event comes up after the break.
And you have CBS on top of the last PGA Tour stop before the Open Championship at St. Andrews next week.

CBS SPORTS TEES UP JOHN DEERE CLASSIC ON JULY 10 &11

Historically a haven for first-time PGA TOUR winners, CBS Sports broadcasts third- and final-round coverage of the JOHN DEERE CLASSIC on Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11 (3:00-6:00 PM, ET; both days) live from TPC at Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. 

The JOHN DEERE CLASSIC once again hosts a great field as Steve Stricker defends his title against the likes of past John Deere Classic champions including Kenny Perry (2008), Jonathan Byrd (2007), John Senden (2006), Mark Hensby (2004), J.P. Hayes (2002) and J.L. Lewis (1999); past major champions including Zach Johnson, David Duval, Shaun Micheel, Todd Hamilton, Davis Love III, Steve Elkington and Lee Janzen, as well as Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Chad Campbell, K.J. Choi, Chris DiMarco, Rickie Fowler, Rocco Mediate, Bubba Watson and Boo Weekley.

CBS Sports’ announce team of Bill Macatee and Ian Baker-Finch in the 18^th tower, Peter Oosterhuis on the 17^th hole, Peter Kostis on the 16^th hole, and David Feherty on the course reporting, call the action.

Lance Barrow is Coordinating Producer, Golf, CBS Sports; David Winner produces and Bob Matina directs CBS Sports’ golf coverage of the JOHN DEERE CLASSIC.  Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

And on Saturday, CBS Sports presents Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player a.k.a. “The Big 3” in a taped event.

Big 3 Reunion for Record Fundraiser Featured in CBS Sports Special

The Big 3 for Mountain Mission Kids airs Saturday, July 10

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, who dominated the 1960s and 1970s as golf’s “Big 3” and have represented the best the sport has to offer, now lay claim to a record that will impact the lives of deserving children for years to come.

Reuniting on June 8 at The Olde Farm Golf Club in Bristol, VA for a 19-hole scramble to benefit historic Mountain Mission School in nearby Grundy, they helped raise nearly $15.2 million, a single-day record for any golf tournament. The money will help to establish a sustained endowment for the school, which has sheltered and educated an estimated 20,000 needy children over its 87 years while operating totally from private donations.

This extraordinary day was documented by PGA TOUR Entertainment for The Big 3 for Mountain Mission Kids a one-hour special that will air on CBS at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 10, prior to third-round coverage of the John Deere Classic.

Wearing wireless microphones, Nicklaus, Palmer and Player give viewers a taste of their camaraderie and interaction with guests. The event, sanctioned by the PGA TOUR and organized by Grundy native Jim McGlothlin, founder of The Olde Farm, saw participants pay $100,000 to play one hole with the Big Three.

Nicklaus, Palmer and Player have symbolized excellence off the golf course as well as on, each having successful charitable foundations that have helped millions of individuals, mostly youth. At The Olde Farm, they reunited to help an institution that has a history of remarkable successes and inspirational stories by accepting any child with a legitimate need, whether it relates to economics, abuse, family emergencies, home stability or other issues

The Big 3 for Mountain Mission Kids focuses on Mountain Mission School, which has 230 resident students ages 18 months to 20 years, attending a private school made of grades pre-kindergarten through 12. In recent years, more than 90 percent of the schools graduates have enrolled in colleges. The campus has grown from a single building when it opened in 1921 to the campus it is today, with an educational building, vocational and fine arts building, campus chapel, administration building and three separate residences for girls, four residences for boys and a toddler hall for boys and girls.

That’s it.