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PHOTOS: The girls of Big Break Mexico

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PHOTOS: The girls of Big Break Mexico

Meet the ladies of GOLF CHANNEL’s Big Break Mexico golf skills competition series premiering May 13 at 9pm ET and airing Mondays. Season 19 of GOLF CHANNEL’s golf skills competition series Big Break has six men and six women in a mixed team format at Playa Paraiso Golf Club in Riviera Maya, Mexico. The winner receives an exemption to a 2013 PGA or LPGA tournament, plus cash and other prizes. LPGA great Lorena Ochoa makes a guest appearance and takes on Big Break’s signature Glass Break challenge for the first time. The six ladies appearing in Big Break Mexico are quite [...]

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THE PLAYERS Championship 2013 TV schedule

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THE PLAYERS Championship 2013 TV schedule

THE PLAYERS Championship 2013 TV schedule includes live coverage of all four rounds from TPC Sawgrass May 9-12 on GOLF CHANNEL and NBC. The Stadium Course at TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida is the site of golf’s “Fifth Major,”  THE PLAYERS Championship. The top players in the game compete on one of the most challenging courses, famous for its signature island green on par-3 Hole 17. A total of 11 high-definition cameras will cover the hole  for GOLF CHANNEL and NBC. Additional broadcast details are available on the GOLF CHANNEL press release. Host Dan Hicks and [...]

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The Masters 2013 dates, times and TV channels

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The Masters 2013 dates, times and TV channels

The Masters 2013 dates, times and TV channels for golf’s first major tournament of the year April 11-14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Golf’s first major tournament of the year, The Masters, returns to Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., as the top players in the game compete for the coveted green jacket and a place in golf history. Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Brandt Snedeker, Justin Rose, Louis Oosthuizen and defending champion Bubba Watson are among the favorites. ESPN and CBS share coverage of the tournament through Sunday. The Masters 2013 Dates, Times and [...]

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GOLF CHANNEL coverage of The Masters 2013

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GOLF CHANNEL coverage of The Masters 2013

GOLF CHANNEL coverage of The Masters 2013 begins Monday, April 8, and includes its signature Live From the Masters program daily through Sunday. Other Masters Week programs include special editions of Morning Drive, news conferences and expanded digital coverage on golfchannel.com. MORE MASTERS COVERAGE: The Masters 2013 dates, times and TV channels The Masters 2013 TV specials on CBS Sports The Masters 2013 on ESPN PGA Tour 2013 schedule From the GOLF CHANNEL press release: GOLF CHANNEL’S SIGNATURE LIVE FROM THE MASTERS COVERAGE BEGINS MONDAY, APRIL 8 Golfing Legends and Former Masters Champions Palmer, Nicklaus, Player, Crenshaw, Floyd, Olazabal, Faldo, [...]

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“The Haney Project: Michael Phelps” tees off on GOLF CHANNEL

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“The Haney Project: Michael Phelps” tees off on GOLF CHANNEL

The Haney Project: Michael Phelps tees off on GOLF CHANNEL Monday, Feb. 25, as the Olympic swimmer improves his golf game with swing coach Hank Haney. Olympic swimming idol Michael Phelps is the latest celebrity to go under the tutelage of renowned swing coach Hank Haney for the fifth season of The Haney Project golf reality series, premiering Monday, Feb. 25, at 9pm ET. “As I enter this next chapter of my life, I think I will be able to shift my competitiveness to anything I put my mind to and golf is one of the things I want to [...]

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PGA Tour 2013 schedule

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PGA Tour 2013 schedule

PGA Tour 2013 schedule begins with the Hyundai Tournament of Champions from Hawaii Jan. 4-7 on GOLF CHANNEL and NBC. Full PGA Tour 2013 schedule below. PGA TOUR 2013 SCHEDULE Jan. 4-7 Hyundai Tournament of Champions Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, HI GOLF/NBC Jan. 10-13 Sony Open in Hawaii Waialae CC, Honolulu, HI GOLF Jan. 17-20 Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation PGA West (Palmer Course), La Quinta, CA GOLF Jan. 24-27 Farmers Insurance Open Torrey Pines (South Course), La Jolla, CA GOLF/CBS Jan. 31-Feb. 3 Waste Management Phoenix Open TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ GOLF/NBC Feb. 7-10 [...]

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Our Longest Drive: The journey of a lifetime on GOLF CHANNEL

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Our Longest Drive on GOLF CHANNEL follows three men on journey to the Arctic Circle to play one last round of golf in honor of their deceased friend. GOLF CHANNEL presents a unique six-part series called Our Longest Drive , following three longtime golfing buddies on an RV road trip to the Arctic Circle to play one last round of golf in honor of their deceased friend. Oh, yeah, and the deceased friend makes it a foursome — the wooden box containing his ashes is along for the ride. The friends, all past retirement age, played golf together Saturday mornings [...]

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“Big Break Greenbrier” tees off Tuesday on GOLF CHANNEL

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Big Break Greenbrier tees off Tuesday, Oct. 2, on GOLF CHANNEL as 12 men compete for an invitation to a PGA TOUR tournament and $50,000. Now in it’s 18th season, GOLF CHANNEL’s Big Break golf skills reality competition series returns with Big Break Greenbrier, premiering Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 9pm ET. The 12-man cast will be immediately put to the test in the season premiere in a pressure-packed version of the popular Glass Break challenge. The champion of Big Break Greenbrier wins an invitation to compete in the 2013 Greenbrier Classic on the PGA TOUR and $50,000. The Big Break [...]

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Golf’s FedExCup tees of with the Barclays on Golf Channel, CBS

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Golf’s FedExCup tees of with the Barclays on Golf Channel, CBS

The beauty of the FedExCup Playoffs is it brings the best golfers in the world together in a format similar to college basketball’s NCAA Tournament. The main difference, of course, is that there is a $10 million prize for the last golfer standing and another $25 million to split amongst the other competitors. Yeah, you could say there’s a lot on the line. The top 123 ranked golfers will convene in Farmingdale, New York, Thursday for the first round of the four-tournament event. The Barclay’s is the first of the four tournaments, and only those ranked in the top 100 on [...]

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Michael Phelps to improve his (golf) stroke on “The Haney Project”

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Michael Phelps to improve his (golf) stroke on “The Haney Project”

Apparently, Olympics legend Michael Phelps doesn’t have as smooth a stroke on the golf course as he does in the swimming pool. Recently crowned the most decorated Olympian in history with 22 career Olympic medals after winning four golds and two silvers in London, the U.S. swimmer today announced plans for the next stage of his career: to play the world’s greatest golf courses and improve his golf game under the watchful eye of Golf Channel’s Hank Haney. Season 5 of The Haney Project – which begins production in September and will start airing on Golf Channel in February 2013 — will [...]

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