ORLANDO, Fla. – With an expanded field of 312 PGA Professionals from 44 states convening upon Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, N.Y., The Golf Channel will air 10 hours of live coverage of the largest tournament on The PGA of America calendar, The 39th PGA Professional National Championship.

The Golf Channel’s exclusive coverage begins Thursday, June 22, and continues through Sunday, June 25. Air times will be 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. ET, daily. In addition, highlights will air on Golf Central at 9 p.m. ET each night of the tournament.

During all four rounds of the National Championship, select PGA Professionals will be wired for sound while competing, and will interact with The Golf Channel analysts during the course of their round, providing an insider’s view to the PGA Professional National Championship.

Brian Anderson and former PGA Tour professional Curt Byrum will serve as host and analyst of the tournament broadcast. LPGA Tour veteran Donna Caponi, former touring professional Jerry Foltz and current PGA Professional Michael Breed of Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, N.Y., will handle the on-course reporting and interviews.

The PGA Professional National Championship features 312 PGA Club Professionals representing all 41 PGA Sections. The tournament will take place on Turning Stone’s Shenandoah and Atunyote Golf Clubs, with the low 70 and ties playing the final 36 holes at Atunyote Golf Club.

Entering its ninth season as the exclusive media partner for the PGA Professional National Championship, The Golf Channel is cable television’s undisputed leader in live tournament coverage. Co-founded by Arnold Palmer and a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, The Golf Channel features a programming schedule that includes more live tournament coverage (120-plus events in 2006) than any other network.