Two events this week. There is of course The Open at Troon, Scotland. 2 Golfing J's will be participating...
Tee times and pairing are as follows:
Duval paired with Sandy Lyle (Scotland, 1985 Open Champion) and amateur Scott Gregory (England)
Thu: 2:08amET
Fri: 7:09amET
Kuchar paired with Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) and Andrew Johnston (England)
Thu: 8:15amET
Fri: 3:14amET
NBC Sports and its subsidiary, The Golf Channel, are in the first year of televising The Open. ABC Sports (and ESPN) have held the rights for over 50 years until now. TV schedule is as follows:
Thu & Fri: 1:30am-4:00pmET Golf Channel
Sat: 7am-2:30pmET NBC
Sun: 7am-2pmET NBC
Highs in the low 60's, wind in the 14-20 mph range, and of course rain will be around all 4 days. Fun stuff.
While all that fun is going on in Scotland, there is another PGA Tour event in Opelika, Alabama, where 3 GJ's are scheduled to participate:
Good luck to all of our GJ's this week.
Upcoming in July:
July 19-20 US Amateur Qualifying at Roswell, GA - any of our GJ's participating? We'll see...
July 21-24 Canadian Open at Oakville, Ontario (suburbs of Toronto)
July 25-26 US Amateur Qualifying at Newnan, GA
July 28-31 PGA Championship at Baltusrol GC in Springfield, NJ
- David Duval, Open Champion 2001
- Matt Kuchar
Tee times and pairing are as follows:
Duval paired with Sandy Lyle (Scotland, 1985 Open Champion) and amateur Scott Gregory (England)
Thu: 2:08amET
Fri: 7:09amET
Kuchar paired with Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) and Andrew Johnston (England)
Thu: 8:15amET
Fri: 3:14amET
NBC Sports and its subsidiary, The Golf Channel, are in the first year of televising The Open. ABC Sports (and ESPN) have held the rights for over 50 years until now. TV schedule is as follows:
Thu & Fri: 1:30am-4:00pmET Golf Channel
Sat: 7am-2:30pmET NBC
Sun: 7am-2pmET NBC
Highs in the low 60's, wind in the 14-20 mph range, and of course rain will be around all 4 days. Fun stuff.
While all that fun is going on in Scotland, there is another PGA Tour event in Opelika, Alabama, where 3 GJ's are scheduled to participate:
- Roberto Castro
- Chesson Hadley
- Cameron Tringale
Good luck to all of our GJ's this week.
Upcoming in July:
July 19-20 US Amateur Qualifying at Roswell, GA - any of our GJ's participating? We'll see...
July 21-24 Canadian Open at Oakville, Ontario (suburbs of Toronto)
July 25-26 US Amateur Qualifying at Newnan, GA
July 28-31 PGA Championship at Baltusrol GC in Springfield, NJ