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“Big Break Dominican Republic” tees off Sept. 29 on GOLF CHANNEL

By Ryan Berenz GOLF CHANNEL’s hit reality series Big Break returns for a 14th season on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 9pm ET, this time taking place at two world-class courses in the Dominican Republic. Skilled golfers compete against each other in a variety of challenges that test their mental and physical toughness in the hope of winning pro tournament exemptions. This season features some of the more memorable contestants returning from past Big Break seasons, and it will be a team format — men vs. women — instead of weekly individual eliminations. Here’s the press release from GOLF CHANNEL, complete […]

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Where to watch the 2010 PGA Championship

By Ryan Berenz The year’s final major takes place along the shore of Lake Michigan at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis., site of the PGA Championship in 2004. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els and golf’s best will try to win the Wanamaker trophy and end the season on a high note. Last year’s PGA Championship was a stunner, with unheralded Y.E. Yang of Korea outplaying runner-up Tiger Woods in the final round for a three-stroke victory. It was a rare loss for Woods — he lost for the first time in 15 major […]

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“Big Break Sandals Resorts” premieres June 21 on GOLF CHANNEL

By Ryan Berenz GOLF CHANNEL returns its Big Break reality competition series for a 10-episode, 13th edition and an all-female cast with brains, beauty and some serious golf skills. Taking place at Sandals Emerald Bay in Great Exuma, Bahamas, Big Break Sandals Resorts (premiering June 21 at 9pm ET and airing Mondays) features 11 women, nine of whom are playing on the Duramed FUTURES Tour. The ladies compete against each other in golf skills challenges in the hope of winning an exemption to play in an LPGA Tour event and a Ladies European Tour event, among other prizes. Each week, […]

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“Being John Daly” premieres March 2 on GOLF CHANNEL

By Ryan GOLF CHANNEL is launching a new reality series following pro golfer John Daly on Tuesday, March 2 The series looks a Daly as he looks to reinvent his golf game — and his life — by quitting drinking and losing weight. From GOLF: GOLF CHANNEL CHRONICLES GOLFER JOHN DALY’S ROAD TO REDEMPTION IN NEW ORIGINAL SERIES BEING JOHN DALY Eight-Part Docu-reality Series Premieres March 2 at 9 p.m. ET ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2010) – Similar to Mickey Rourke’s character in the critically acclaimed film The Wrestler, professional golfer John Daly had reached the pinnacle of success in […]

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GOLF CHANNEL premieres “The Haney Project: Ray Romano” March 1

By Ryan After attempting to fix Charles Barkley’s infamously awful swing in the first season of GOLF CHANNEL’s reality series The Haney Project, guru of the golf swing Hank Haney takes on a slightly better but no less entertaining pupil in actor Ray Romano. Haney will try to help Romano — a frequent player at celebrity golf tournaments — break an 18-hole score of 80 in The Haney Project: Ray Romano, premiering March 1 at 9pm ET on GOLF CHANNEL. Haney will work with Romano over the course of the seven-episode season, which visits the Ray Romano and Kevin James […]

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Where to watch Tiger Woods’ press statement

ESPN will have coverage of Tiger Woods’ first public statement since the events of last Thanksgiving and the media firestorm surrounding his alleged marital infidelity. Woods is expected to release a statement on Friday, Feb. 19 at 11am ET — possibly announcing his return to competitive golf — but not field any questions from reporters. Here is the release from ESPN, and the release from GOLF CHANNEL after the jump: Tiger Woods Statement Live on ESPN Media Platforms ESPN’s SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, First Take (ESPN2), ESPN.com (streaming live), ESPN Radio (during The Herd with Colin Cowherd) and ESPN Mobile (streaming live) […]

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Where To Watch The U.S. Open Golf Tournament

The U.S. Open Championship golf tournament from the Black Course at Bethpage State in Farmingdale, N.Y., tees off Thursday, June 18, at 10am ET on ESPN. Tiger Woods, who won last year’s U.S. Open in an 18-hole playoff thriller against Rocco Mediate, returns to the site of his 2002 U.S. Open win. ESPN and NBC share coverage of the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday, with NBC taking over coverage of the third and final rounds. ESPN and GOLF CHANNEL have plenty of highlights and news/analysis shows surrounding the open. Full tournament TV schedule with additional broadcast plans from […]

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“The Haney Project: Charles Barkley” Recap: On My Own

By Ryan So it’s been a while since we’ve seen Sir Charles swing the golf bats on The Haney Project. The last episode, “Lights, Camera … Hesitation?” aired nearly a month ago. So the show gives us a little recap of what we’ve seen so far, and it’s a video montage interspersed with words pulled from those motivational posters: OPTIMISM… HOPEFUL … FRUSTRATION… RECOMMITTED… It’s been 30 weeks since Charles began working with Hank, and after the debacle that we saw in the last episode, Charles is going to go back to work and fully commit himself to fixing his […]

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“The Haney Project: Charles Barkley” Recap: Lights, Camera … Hesitation?

By Ryan It’s been two weeks between new episodes of The Haney Project. The previous episode, “Welcome to Arizona,” was filmed just before Christmas 2008. This episode, “Lights, Camera … Hesitation?” begins at the Barkley, Bean, Bryant & Friends Celebrity Skins Game at the YMCA Par 3 in Lakeland, Fla., which was held Feb. 6, 2009. So what happened in that monthlong span between episodes? Well, Barkley had his infamous DUI in the early morning hours of Dec. 31, and he was put on leave by TNT. He was still on leave from TNT at the time this episode was […]

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Where To Watch The Masters Golf Tournament

Everyone’s excited to see how Tiger Woods will fare at The Masters April 9-12, his first major tournament since winning the 2008 U.S. Open and rehabbing his knee. Me, I’m more interested in seeing all the other players (especially last year’s Masters champ Trevor Immelman) being asked how they feel about Tiger’s return. “Uh, it’s totally great that I’ll never win another tournament while he’s around.” Anyway, after having Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery scream at us for the last two weeks, listening to Jim Nantz chillaxing and waxing poetic among the azaleas at Augusta will be a pleasant change […]