Web.com Tour Finals Continue with Penultimate Event at Albertsons Boise
Open; Coverage Airing Live in Primetime Thursday-Sunday on Golf Channel
PGA TOUR Champions Host Inaugural Ally Challenge in Michigan
Major Champions Lead Field at KLM Open in The Netherlands
Asian Tour’s Shinhan Donghae Open Airing Live
in Primetime on Golf Channel, Wednesday-Saturday
ORLANDO, Fla. (Sept. 11, 2018) – The LPGA Tour will stage the final major of the 2018 season this week at The Evian Championship in France. Golf Channel will air nearly 25 hours of live coverage Thursday-Sunday, with a 90-minute show recapping the final round airing Sunday on NBC. The field features nine of the top-10 in the current Rolex Women’s World Golf rankings. The Web.com Tour Finals continue with the Albertsons Boise Open, the third of four events that will award 25 additional PGA TOUR cards for the 2018-19 season. The PGA TOUR Champions are in Michigan for the inaugural Ally Challenge, where Bernhard Langer and Fred Couples lead the field. The European Tour is in The Netherlands for the KLM Open, with major champions Angel Cabrera and Padraig Harrington in the field. Wednesday-Saturday, the Asian Tour’s Shinhan Donghae Open will air live in primetime on Golf Channel from South Korea.
LPGA TOUR
The Evian Championship
Dates: Sept. 13-16
Venue: Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France
Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 5-8 a.m. / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Live)
Friday 5-8 a.m. / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Live)
Saturday 6-11:30 a.m. (Live)
Sunday 4:30-10 a.m. (Live) / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. (Replay)
Tournament Airtimes on NBC (Eastern):
Sunday 2:30-4 p.m.
Broadcast Notes:
Twenty-five hours of coverage on Golf Channel, NBC: Golf Channel and NBC will combine for nearly 25 hours of tournament coverage of The Evian Championship Thursday-Sunday, the most-number of hours ever for this major championship. Live coverage of all four rounds will air on Golf Channel Thursday-Sunday, with NBC airing a special 90-minute show recapping the final round on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Nordqvist defends: Anna Nordqvist defeated Brittany Altomare on the first playoff hole to earn her eighth LPGA Tour win and second major championship.
Headlining the field: Sung Hyun Park, Ariya Jutanugarn, So Yeon Ryu, Inbee Park, Lexi Thompson, Minjee Lee, Shanshan Feng, Georgia Hall, Brooke Henderson and Anna Nordqvist.
Golf Channel Broadcast Team:
Play by Play: Grant Boone / Tom Abbott
Analyst: Judy Rankin / Karen Stupples
Tower: Richard Kaufman
On-Course: Jerry Foltz / Henni Zuel
WEB.COM TOUR
Albertsons Boise Open
Dates: Sept. 13-16
Venue: Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, Idaho
Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 6-8 p.m. (Live)
Friday 6-8 p.m. (Live)
Saturday 6-8 p.m. (Live)
Sunday 6-8 p.m. (Live)
Broadcast Notes:
Web.com Tour Finals continues with third of four events: This week marks the third of four Web.com Tour Finals events, with eligible players vying for 25 PGA TOUR cards for the 2018-19 season. Players in the field include the top-75 on the Web.com Tour money list and Nos. 126-200 in the final FedExCup regular season standings.
Headlining the field: Hunter Mahan, Robert Streb, Lucas Glover, Matt Jones, Curtis Luck, Maverick McNealy, Henrik Norlander, Dylan Meyer, Julian Suri and Erik Compton.
Tournament Broadcast Team:
Play by Play: Steve Burkowski
Analyst: Craig Perks
Tower: Phil Blackmar
On-Course: Gary Christian / Tripp Isenhour
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
The Ally Challenge
Dates: Sept. 14-16
Venue: Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, Mich.
Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Friday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 3-6 a.m. (Saturday replay)
Saturday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 3-4:30 a.m. (Sunday replay)
Sunday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 1-4 a.m. (Monday replay)
Broadcast Notes:
Inaugural event at familiar venue: The inaugural Ally Challenge returns to a venue that is familiar to many in the field. Warwick Hills previously hosted a PGA TOUR stop between 1958-2009, with notable winners including Hale Irwin, Ben Crenshaw, Fred Couples and Vijay Singh.
Headlining the field: Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Vijay Singh, David Toms, Jerry Kelly, Tom Lehman, Rocco Mediate, Colin Montgomerie, Mark O’Meara, Corey Pavin and Kenny Perry.
Golf Channel Broadcast Team:
Play by Play: Whit Watson
Analyst: Lanny Wadkins
Tower: John Mahaffey
On Course: Billy Ray Brown / John Cook
EUROPEAN TOUR
KLM Open
Dates: Sept. 13-16
Venue: The Dutch – Spijk, The Netherlands
Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 12:30-5:30 p.m. (Tape delay)
Friday 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Tape delay)
Saturday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Tape delay)
Sunday 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Tape delay)
Broadcast Notes:
Wattel defends: Romain Wattel finished one stroke ahead of Austin Connelly to earn his first European Tour win.
Headlining the field: Angel Cabrera, Matt Wallace, Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer, Haotong Li, Kevin Stadler, Andy Sullivan, Lee Westwood and Romain Wattel.
ASIAN TOUR
Shinhan Donghae Open
Dates: Sept. 13-16
Venue: Bear’s Best Cheongna Golf Club, Incheon, South Korea
Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern)
Wednesday 10 p.m.-3 a.m. (Live)
Thursday 10 p.m.-3 a.m. (Live)
Friday 10 p.m.-3 a.m. (Live)
Saturday 10 p.m.-3 a.m. (Live)
Broadcast Notes
Lee defends: Richard Lee finished one shot ahead of Gavin Green for his second career Asian Tour victory.
Headlining the field: Arjun Atwal, Byeong Hun An, K.T. Kim, Richard Lee, Y.E. Yang.
-NBC Sports Group-
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