This Week on Tour

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
Categories: Champions TourEuropean TourJordan SpiethLPGA TourPGA TourPro GolfRory McIlory
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Frys.com Open
Dates: Oct. 15-18
Venue: Silverado Resort & Spa (North Course), Napa, Calif.

Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 5-8 p.m. (Live) / 8:30-11:30 p.m. (Replay)
Friday 5-8 p.m. (Live) / 8:30-11:30 p.m. (Replay)
Saturday 5-8 p.m. (Live) / 8:30-11:30 p.m. (Replay)
Sunday 5-8 p.m. (Live) / 9 p.m.-Midnight (Replay)

Broadcast Notes:
2015-16 season kicks off: This week marks the first of 47 official events during the 2015-16 PGA TOUR season, with seven of those events being played in 2015.
Napa, Calif., resident Johnny Miller to contribute to Golf Channel’s event coverage: Napa resident and Golf Channel on NBC analyst Johnny Miller will make multiple appearances during Golf Channel’s telecasts of the Frys.com Open this week. Miller was instrumental in finding a new home for the event after previously being contested at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif.

Frys.com Pro-Am airing Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET: On Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET, Golf Channel will air the Frys.com Pro-Am, as players make their final preparations ahead of Thursday’s opening round. U.S. Presidents Cup participant Chris Kirk will be mic’d up during the Pro-Am and provide viewers with insight during his round. NBA star (Golden State Warriors) Stephen Curry has committed to compete in the Pro-Am.

Jordan Spieth: Player of the Year airing Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET: Immediately following the Frys.com Pro-Am show, Golf Channel will present a 30-minute special looking back on the memorable 2014-15 season of World No. 1, Jordan Spieth. The show will feature an exclusive interview with Spieth, conducted by Golf Channel’s Rich Lerner and Gary Williams. A roundtable discussion with Lerner, Williams, Damon Hack and Tim Rosaforte also will examine Spieth’s memorable season in the context of golf history.
PGA TOUR Season in Review airing on NBC, Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET: Viewers will have an opportunity to recount the memorable 2014-2015 PGA TOUR season, with PGA TOUR 2015: Season in Review presented by Astellas airing Sunday, Oct. 18 at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The special will examine the moments, biggest events and breakout stars from the past season on TOUR.

Headlining the field: Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka, Justin Rose, Chris Kirk, Daniel Berger, Charl Schwartzel, Brandt Snedeker, Ollie Schniederjans and Webb Simpson.

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San Antonio Championship
Dates: Oct. 16-18
Venue: TPC San Antonio (AT&T Canyons Course), San Antonio, Texas

Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Friday 2-5 p.m. (Live) / 3-5 a.m. (Saturday replay)
Saturday 2-5 p.m. (Live) / 3-5 a.m. (Sunday replay)
Sunday 2-5 p.m. (Live) / Midnight-2 a.m. (Replay)

Broadcast Notes:
Charles Schwab Cup race continues with two events remaining prior to season-culminating event: With only two events remaining prior to the Champions Tour’s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the race continues for the $1 million bonus prize. Colin Montgomerie regained the top place in the current standings with a T-5 finish at the SAS Championship. Jeff Maggert (39 points behind), Bernhard Langer (336 points behind) each have an opportunity to supplant Montgomerie with strong showings in the final stretch of the season. Montgomerie’s slim lead over Maggert is the second-closest race for the Charles Schwab Cup this late in the season since the Schwab Cup began in 2001 (Fred Funk led Jay Haas by 28 points with three events remaining in 2008).
Allen defends: Michael Allen defeated Marco Dawson by two strokes for his seventh career Champions Tour win.
Headlining the field: Colin Montgomerie, Jeff Maggert, Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Marco Dawson, Kenny Perry, Tom Lehman, Mark O’Meara, Kirk Triplett and Lee Janzen.

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LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship
Dates: Oct. 14-18
Venue: Sky 72 Golf Club (Ocean Course) – Incheon, South Korea

Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Wednesday 11 p.m.-3 a.m. (Live)
Friday 11:30 p.m.-3 a.m. (Live)
Saturday 11:30 p.m.-3 a.m. (Live)
Sunday 11:30 p.m.-3 a.m. (Live)

Broadcast Notes:
Format: The field features 77 players competing in a 72-hole tournament with no cut. The event also is being contested only 20 minutes from the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea where the Presidents Cup was contested last week.
Baek defends: Q Baek defeated Brittany Lincicome and In Gee Chun with a birdie on the first playoff hole to earn her first career LPGA Tour win.
Headlining the field: Inbee Park, Lydia Ko, So Yeon Ryu, Lexi Thompson, Hyo-Joo Kim, Shanshan Feng, In Gee Chun, Suzann Pettersen, Paula Creamer, Charley Hull and Michelle Wie.

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Portugal Masters
Dates: Oct. 15-18
Venue: Oceanico Victoria Golf Club, Vilamoura, Portugal

Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 6:30-8:30 a.m. / 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (Live)
Friday 6:30-8:30 a.m. / 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (Live)
Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (Live)
Sunday 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Live)

Broadcast Notes:
Levy defends: Alexander Levy finished three shots ahead of Nicolas Colsaerts for his second career European Tour win.
Headlining the field: Martin Kaymer, Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke, Bernd Wiesberger, Thorbjorn Olesen, Thomas Pieters, Pablo Larrazabal and Paul Dunne.

COMING UP…

2015 World Long Drive Championship
Dates: Oct. 20-21
Venue: WinStar World Casino and Resort, Thackerville, Okla.

Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Tuesday, Oct. 20 9-11 p.m. (Live) / 11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Replay)
Wednesday, Oct. 21 9-11 p.m. (Live) / 11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Replay)

Broadcast Notes:
Format: Golf Channel will showcase back-to-back nights of primetime coverage of the 2015 World Long Drive Championship, featuring the round of 16 being narrowed down to eight competitors (Tuesday, Oct. 20), and the remaining eight dueling for the first place prize and $250,000 purse (Wednesday, Oct. 21). Golf Channel’s expanded coverage of the Championship also will include news and results of the qualifying rounds, Oct. 14-19, leading up to live coverage on Oct. 20-21. New to 2015, competitors will have 2 minutes, 45 seconds to hit their drives in each round, and the player who is trailing in the match will have an opportunity to hit one final ball past their opponent’s to try and advance to the next round in the bracket.


2014 U.S. Open Final Leader Board

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, June 15th, 2014
Categories: PGA TourPro GolfRory McIloryU.S. OPENUSGA
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POS PLAYER TO PAR R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL
1  KAYMER, Martin -9 65 65 72 69 271
T2  COMPTON, Erik -1 72 68 67 72 279
T2  FOWLER, Rickie -1 70 70 67 72 279
T4  BRADLEY, Keegan +1 69 69 76 67 281
T4  DAY, Jason +1 73 68 72 68 281
T4  KOEPKA, Brooks +1 70 68 72 71 281
T4  JOHNSON, Dustin +1 69 69 70 73 281
T4  STENSON, Henrik +1 69 69 70 73 281
T9  SCOTT, Adam +2 73 67 73 69 282
T9  WALKER, Jimmy +2 70 72 71 69 282
T9  SNEDEKER, Brandt +2 69 68 72 73 282
T12  FURYK, Jim +3 73 70 73 67 283
T12  SIEM, Marcel +3 70 71 72 70 283
T12  ROSE, Justin +3 72 69 70 72 283
T12  NA, Kevin +3 68 69 73 73 283
T12  KUCHAR, Matt +3 69 70 71 73 283
T17  TODD, Brendon +4 69 67 79 69 284
T17  POULTER, Ian +4 70 70 74 70 284
T17  HOLMES, J.B. +4 70 71 72 71 284
T17  SPIETH, Jordan +4 69 70 72 73 284
T21  GRIBBLE, Cody +5 72 72 72 69 285
T21  STRICKER, Steve +5 70 71 73 71 285
T23  HORSCHEL, Billy +6 75 68 73 70 286
T23  BADDELEY, Aaron +6 70 71 73 72 286
T23  KAPUR, Shiv +6 73 70 71 72 286
T23  MCILROY, Rory +6 71 68 74 73 286
T23  MOLINARI, Francesco +6 69 71 72 74 286
T28  BERGER, Daniel +7 72 71 78 66 287
T28  MCDOWELL, Graeme +7 68 74 75 70 287
T28  PERRY, Kenny +7 74 69 74 70 287
T28  MICKELSON, Phil +7 70 73 72 72 287
T28  DUBUISSON, Victor +7 70 72 70 75 287
T28  DE JONGE, Brendon +7 68 70 73 76 287
T28  KIRK, Chris +7 71 68 72 76 287
T35  REED, Patrick +8 71 72 73 72 288
T35  ELS, Ernie +8 74 70 72 72 288
T35  GARCIA, Sergio +8 73 71 72 72 288
T35  HAAS, Bill +8 72 72 71 73 288
T35  MATSUYAMA, Hideki +8 69 71 74 74 288
T40  OOSTHUIZEN, Louis +9 71 73 78 67 289
T40  BLAIR, Zac +9 71 74 73 71 289
T40  JOHNSON, Zach +9 71 74 72 72 289
T40  BJERREGAARD, Lucas +9 70 72 72 75 289
T40  MULROY, Garth +9 71 72 70 76 289
T45  WILLETT, Danny +10 70 71 78 71 290
T45  SIMPSON, Webb +10 71 72 73 74 290
T45  GOOSEN, Retief +10 73 71 71 75 290
T48  FITZPATRICK, Matthew (a) +11 71 73 78 69 291
T48  HURLEY III, Billy +11 71 74 75 71 291
T48  ENGLISH, Harris +11 69 75 75 72 291
T48  MOORE, Ryan +11 76 68 71 76 291
T52  NOH, Seung-Yul +12 70 72 76 74 292
T52  WOODLAND, Gary +12 72 71 75 74 292
T54  LANGLEY, Scott +13 72 71 75 75 293
T54  CINK, Stewart +13 72 72 74 75 293
T56  QUINN, Fran +14 68 74 79 73 294
T56  CASEY, Paul +14 70 75 74 75 294
T56  LINDHEIM, Nicholas +14 72 73 72 77 294
59  LEONARD, Justin +15 75 70 75 75 295
T60  HENLEY, Russell +17 70 74 82 71 297
T60  TWAY, Kevin +17 72 72 81 72 297
T60  CEJKA, Alex +17 73 71 77 76 297
T63  STADLER, Kevin +18 77 68 78 75 298
T63  RASK, Clayton +18 73 71 77 77 298
T63  VAN PELT, Bo +18 72 72 75 79 298
66  WEEKLEY, Boo +19 71 73 80 75 299
67  TANIGUCHI, Toru +29 72 73 88 76 309

World’s top three players paired up in Dubai – Woods, Kaymer and Westwood

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
Categories: European TourPGA TourPro Golf
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Wow how about this group?  Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer are paired up Thursday for the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic.  There are all sorts of world ranking implications, depending on where the players finish.  I’ll post the Dubai Desert Classic TV times and channels soon.

Tiger wins regardless of the outcome

Regardless of whether or not Tiger wins this tournament or even makes the cut, he’s the true winner.  He’ll be pocketing a $3 million appearance fee for showing up.

I’d like to save the United Arab Emirates a few bucks and offer myself for this position.  I’d do it for less dough than Tiger.  Let me know.  My clubs are ready.


Tiger drops to #3 in world rankings – Martin Kaymer now #2

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Categories: European TourPGA TourTiger Woods
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Martin Kaymer

Kaymer now ranked #2

After winning in Abu Dhabi at the HSBC Championship, Martin Kaymer leapfrogged Tiger Woods to #2 in the Official World Golf Ranking.  Tiger officially drops to #3.

Kaymer lapped the field by eight shots at -24.  The closest competitor was Rory McIlroy at -16.  Rounding out the top four were Retief Goosen and Graeme McDowell.   That is a heck of a top four.  The PGA Tour doesn’t have that kind of firepower playing this week.

World Golf Ranking Needs Tweaking?

I’ve posted this before and I’ll post it again.  I still find it amazing that Tiger hasn’t won a tournament since 2009 and he’s still ranked in the top five.  And before you comment, yes I know he built up a huge lead in the points…


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