ORLANDO, Fla. -- Contested for the first time Sunday - Wednesday, a field of 312 PGA Professionals will compete for spots in the PGA Championship field when the 2009 PGA Professional Championship returns to New Mexico.

GOLF CHANNEL will air more than nine hours of live tournament action from Twin Warriors and Santa Ana Golf Clubs in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M. Sunday’s opening round action will air live from 4-6 p.m. ET, followed by live action Monday - Wednesday from 3:30 - 6 p.m. ET.

PGA Professional Michael Breed will make his debut as lead analyst at the PGA Professional National Championship. Breed will be joined by play-by-play host Brian Hammons, Donna Caponi-Byrnes and Mark Lye reporting from the course and Dave Marr handling interviews.

Featuring a $550,000 purse, the low 70 scorers and ties will advance to the third and final rounds, contested at Twin Warriors Golf Club. The low 20 scorers following the tournament’s conclusion will earn a berth in the PGA Championship, Aug. 13-16, at Hazeltine National Golf Club Chaska, Minn. The tournament also will determine the 10 members of the U.S. PGA Cup Team when it battles Great Britain and Ireland in the PGA Cup., Sept. 18-20 in Scotland.

Now in its 12th season as the exclusive media partner for the PGA Professional National Championship, GOLF CHANNEL is cable television’s undisputed leader in live tournament coverage. GOLF CHANNEL(www.GolfChannel.com), co-founded by Arnold Palmer and a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is available in more than 120 million homes worldwide through cable, satellite and wireless companies. The network features a programming schedule that includes more live golf coverage than all other networks combined, as well as news, instruction and original productions. In addition to more than 40 PGA TOUR events and at least 15 European Tour events per year, GOLF CHANNEL also televises a generous schedule of events from the LPGA Tour, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour. In 2009, more than 2,100 hours will air in high definition, including tournaments and all-new original series, highlighted by marquee events like The Presidents Cup and The Solheim Cup. Also featured is a generous mix of other competition from the USGA and PGA of America. Beginning in 2010, GOLF CHANNEL will be the exclusive television or cable home of all the world’s major tours.

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