COMING UP ON GOLF CHANNEL…March 9 - 15, 2009: Back to Work for Barkley on The Haney Project, and Woods Returns to Action at WGC-CA Championship...
The Haney Project
Renowned swing instructor Hank Haney is faced with one of his toughest challenges in his career - fixing Charles Barkley's golf swing. After enduring through a series of intense and exhausting workouts, Barkley will return for a second day of training and instruction on The Haney Project, Monday (March 9) at 9 p.m. ET. As the series moves from Dallas to Philadelphia, Barkley will continue his efforts to get in shape and will be joined by an old friend who reminds him how bad his golf game has become. The Haney Project will re-air Monday at 9:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday at 12:30 a.m. ET and Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. ET.
WGC-CA Championship
Tiger Woods will compete in his first stroke play event in 2009 at the WGC-CA Championship, with the opening rounds airing on GOLF CHANNEL Thursday - Friday (March 12-13) at 2 p.m. ET. Rich Lerner and Nick Faldo will call the action from the broadcast booth, joined by Gary Koch from the tower, Dottie Pepper, Roger Maltbie, Bob Murphy and Mark Rolfing reporting from the course, and Steve Sands conducting post-round interviews.
PGA TOUR Primetime
Thursday - Friday (March) at 8:30 p.m. ET, PGA TOUR Primetime will re-air the opening rounds of the WGC - CA Championship with bonus interviews, tournament highlights and features not seen during the live telecast. Todd Lewis will host PGA TOUR Primetime from the network's Orlando studios.
Top 10
Host Lauren Thompson will countdown the top 10 showdowns with Tiger Woods on a new episode of Top 10, Tuesday (March 10) at 9 p.m. ET. The episode will feature insightful interviews with Vijay Singh, Rocco Mediate, Chris DiMarco, Hal Sutton, Stephen Ames and Rich Beem all reflecting on their respective showdowns with Woods. Included in the countdown will be Woods' come-from-behind victory against Steve Scott in the 1996 U.S. Amateur final, Beem defeating Woods by one stroke at the 2002 PGA Championship, and Woods' dramatic playoff battle with Rocco Mediate at the 2008 U.S. Open.
The Golf Fix (Live)
Monday (March 9) at 8 p.m. ET, Michael Breed will host The Golf Fix, GOLF CHANNEL's half-hour, fast-paced interactive instructional show airing live from the network's Orlando studios featuring call-ins and emails from viewers. Breed also will re-create key moments from the Honda Classic and provide tips on how to improve the golf swing.
Golf Central
Golf Central will take viewers through all of the headlines and highlights from the WGC-CA Championship, featuring interviews, analysis and inside information from GOLF CHANNEL's team of anchors, reporters and analysts. Golf Central will air Monday - Sunday (March 9-15), live at 6 p.m. ET. Late night newscasts will air Monday - Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. ET, Friday - Saturday [Thursday - Friday night] at 12:30 a.m. ET, Sunday [Saturday night] at midnight ET and Monday [Sunday night] at 1 a.m. ET.
Golf Central Pre Game
Thursday - Friday (March 12-13) at 1:30 p.m. ET, Golf Central Pre Game will prepare viewers for live tournament coverage of the WGC-CA Championship with interviews, analysis and early highlights. Saturday - Sunday (March 14-15) at 12:30 p.m. ET, Golf Central Pre Game will setup coverage of the final rounds of play on the various tours.
GolfChannel.com
GolfChannel.com senior writer Rex Hoggard and editorial director Jay Coffin will report throughout the week from Miami at the WGC-CA Championship. Hoggard and Coffin will contribute to the popular Shag Bag blog and will file daily online columns and news stories. GolfChannel.com also will feature online photo galleries capturing the atmosphere surrounding the WGC-CA Championship and all of the happenings in Miami.
The Approach with Callaway Golf
Alex Miceli and Andrew Magee will tackle the top storylines in golf from different perspectives and preview the WGC-CA Championship in an entertaining and informative manner on The Approach with Callaway Golf, Tuesday (March 10) at 8 p.m. ET. Kraig Kann will serve as host and moderator.
Grey Goose 19th Hole
Wednesday (March 11) at 8 p.m. ET, Vince Cellini and John Hawkins will debate a myriad of golf subjects and preview the WGC-CA Championship on the Grey Goose 19th Hole, GOLF CHANNEL's fast-paced talk show.
For more information, contact GOLF CHANNEL Public Relations at 407-355-4653
