Day, Fowler Headline Field at Zurich Classic of New Orleans as Rose Defends
Seven of Top-10 in Rolex World Rankings to Tee it Up at at LPGA’s Volunteers of America Texas Shootout, Including Thompson, Lewis
Web.com Tour in Indiana for United Leasing & Finance Championship;
First of 10 Web.com Tour Events Airing on Golf Channel in 2016
European Tour Stages Volvo China Open, Jimenez in the Field
Jason Day, Rickie Fowler and defending champion Justin Rose headline the field, as the PGA TOUR is in Louisiana for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The LPGA Tour is outside of Dallas for the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout, featuring seven of the top-10 in the world scheduled to compete, including Lexi Thompson and Stacy Lewis. The Web.com Tour is in Indiana for the United Leasing & Finance Championship, the first of 10 Web.com Tour events airing on Golf Channel in 2016. And the European Tour is in Beijing for the Volvo China Open, with Miguel Angel Jimenez headlining the field.
PGA TOUR
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Dates: April 28-May 1
Venue: TPC Louisiana, Avondale, La.
Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. (Replay)
Friday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. (Replay)
Saturday 1-2:30 p.m. (Live) / 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Replay)
Sunday 1-2:30 p.m. (Live) / 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Replay)
Broadcast Notes:
Golf Central airing on-site in New Orleans:Golf Channel’s evening news program, Golf Central, will be on-site at TPC Louisiana, airing live Thursday-Sunday and offering insight and analysis once the tournament gets underway. Ryan Burr will host, while Brandel Chamblee and David Duval will serve as analysts. George Savaricas will provide reports and player interviews. Golf Channel’s Morning Drive also has an on-site presence at TPC Louisiana, with Damon Hack and Charlie Rymer discussing the latest storylines and conducting interviews throughout the week.
Rose defends: Justin Rose finished one shot ahead of Cameron Tringale to earn his seventh career PGA TOUR win.
Headlining the field: Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose, Charley Hoffman, Billy Horschel, Smylie Kaufman, Steve Stricker, Patrick Rodgers, Daniel Berger and Byeong Hun An.
Golf Channel Broadcast Team:
Play by Play: Rich Lerner
Analyst: Nick Faldo
Tower: Phil Blackmar
On-Course: Billy Ray Brown
LPGA TOUR
Volunteers of America Texas Shootout
Dates: April 28-May 1
Venue: Las Colinas Country Club, Irving, Texas
Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday Noon-2:30 p.m. (Live) / 2:30-5 a.m. (Friday replay)
Friday Noon-2:30 p.m. (Live) / 3-5:30 a.m. (Saturday replay)
Saturday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 2:30-5 a.m. (Sunday replay)
Sunday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 2:30-5 a.m. (Monday replay)
Broadcast Notes:
Format: This week’s event is unique in that while there is a cut to low-70 players (and ties) following 36 holes on Friday, there is an additional cut to low-50 players (and ties) after 54 holes on Saturday.
Headlining the field: Lexi Thompson, Stacy Lewis, Brooke Henderson, Sei Young Kim, In Gee Chun, Amy Yang, So Yeon Ryu, Shanshan Feng, Hyo Joo Kim, Minjee Lee and Suzann Pettersen.
Golf Channel Broadcast Team:
Play by Play: Tom Abbott
Analyst: Judy Rankin
Tower: Jim Gallagher Jr.
On-Course: Jerry Foltz / Karen Stupples
WEB.COM TOUR
United Leasing & Finance Championship
Dates: April 28-May 1
Venue: Victoria National Golf Club, Newburgh, Ind.
Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Tape delay) / 4:30-6:30 p.m. (Streaming on Golf Live Extra)
Friday 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Tape delay) / 4:30-6:30 p.m. (Streaming on Golf Live Extra)
Saturday 7-9 p.m. (Tape delay) / 4-6 p.m. (Streaming on Golf Live Extra)
Sunday 7-9 p.m. (Tape delay) / 4-6 p.m. (Streaming on Golf Live Extra)
Broadcast Notes:
Golf Channel announces new Web.com Tour broadcast team for 2016: On Thursday Golf Channel will televise the first of 10 Web.com Tour events scheduled on its air in 2016. This season, Golf Channel welcomes a few new faces to its tournament telecast team. Grant Boone returns to Golf Channel as play-by-play host – a role he served in for several years on Golf Channel in the early 2000s; and Golf Channel analyst Tripp Isenhour – winner of multiple Web.com Tour events in his career – will join the team as an on-course reporter. Familiar faces returning to Golf Channel’s Web.com Tour coverage this season include lead analyst Craig Perks, Steve Burkowski (tower analyst) and Kay Cockerill (on-course reporter).
Bryan vying for third Web.com Tour victory this season, automatic promotion to PGA TOUR: Wesley Bryan leads the money list this season on the Web.com Tour after last week’s victory in Mexico, his second of 2016. With a win this week or at any point during the rest of the 2016 Web.com Tour season, Bryan would automatically qualify for an immediate promotion to the PGA TOUR by virtue of winning three times in one year during the Web.com Tour schedule. Bryan also is a well-known trick shot artist along with his brother George, and is a former competitor on Golf Channel’s Big Break series.
Headlining the field: Wesley Bryan, Ben Curtis, Ollie Schniederjans, Cody Gribble, Oliver Goss, Max Homa, Trey Mullinax, Jonathan Byrd and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano,
Golf Channel Broadcast Team:
Play by Play: Grant Boone
Analyst: Craig Perks
Tower: Steve Burkowski
On-Course: Kay Cockerill / Tripp Isenhour
EUROPEAN TOUR
Volvo China Open
Dates: April 28-May 1
Venue: Topwin Golf & Country Club, Beijing, China
Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 12:30-2:30 a.m. (Tape delay) / 2:30-5:30 a.m. (Live) / 6-10 a.m. (Replay)
Friday 5-10 a.m. (Tape delay)
Saturday 6-10 a.m. (Tape delay)
Sunday 6-10 a.m. (Tape delay)
Broadcast Notes:
Ashun defends: Wu Ashun defeated David Howell by one stroke to earn his first European Tour victory, becoming the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event in his home country.
Headlining the field: Miguel Angel Jimenez, Thorbjorn Olesen, Peter Uihlein, Bernd Wiesberger, Tommy Fleetwood, Alexander Levy, Y.E. Yang and Joost Luiten.
Golf Channel Broadcast Team:
Play by Play: Julian Tutt
Analyst: Dom Boulet
On-Course: Warren Humphreys
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