ESPN to broadcast Par 3 Contest before Masters; Bebb leads Alfred Dunhill Championship

ESPN will televise next year the annual Par 3 Contest played before the Masters, the first time the event will be broadcast to the public. Tournament players, past champions and invitees have participated in the tournament on a nine-hole golf course on the grounds of Augusta since the 1960s. It’s been won by the likes of Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead …

Sion Bebb has a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship. He shot a 5-under-par 67 yesterday on the Leopard Creek Country Club in Malelane, South Africa …

At TravelGolf.com, Tim McDonald writes about Baneberry Golf & Resort near the Great Smoky Mountains, a great place for a golf/fishing long weekend.