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2021-22 PGA TOUR SEASON BEGINS WITH THE FORTINET CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE ON GOLF CHANNEL THIS WEEK

Live Coverage of LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic from The Oregon Golf Club in West Linn, Ore., Begins Thursday at 3 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel

GOLF Channel Also Presents Coverage of PGA TOUR Champions’ Sanford International and European Tour’s Dutch Open This Week

Final Round of Maridoe Collegiate Invitational – Today at 4 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel

NBC Sports 43rd Ryder Cup Media Conference Call – Today at Noon ET

STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 15, 2021 – NBC Sports will present live tournament coverage of the first event of the 2021-22 PGA TOUR season, the Fortinet Championship, as well as coverage of the LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic, PGA TOUR Champions’ Sanford International and the European Tour’s Dutch Open this week on GOLF Channel.

The final round of the Maridoe Collegiate Invitational will be presented live today from 4-7 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. The tournament kicks off the 2021 fall college golf slate on GOLF Channel, totaling more than 90 hours. Click here for more details.

PGA TOUR: FORTINET CHAMPIONSHIP

The PGA TOUR begins its 2021-22 season at the Fortinet Championship in Napa, Calif., at Silverado Resort and Spa (North Course). The tournament marks the first of nine events scheduled to be played during the fall portion of the PGA TOUR schedule.

Live coverage will be presented Thursday-Sunday from 6-9 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

GOLF Channel Broadcast Team


  • Play by Play: Terry Gannon
  • Analyst: Trevor Immelman
  • Tower: Curt Byrum
  • On-Course: John Wood / Arron Oberholser
  • Interviews: Kira K. Dixon

How To Watch – Thursday, September 16 – Sunday, September 19 (all times ET)


  • TV – GOLF Channel
  • Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app; Exclusive early morning coverage Thursday-Friday streams on PGA TOUR LIVE on NBC Sports Gold

DateGOLF Channel
Thursday6-9 p.m.
Friday6-9 p.m.
Saturday6-9 p.m.
Sunday6-9 p.m.

Notable Players This Week


  • Phil Mickelson
  • Jon Rahm
  • Kevin Na
  • Webb Simpson
  • Hideki Matsuyama
  • Will Zalatoris

LPGA TOUR: CAMBIA PORTLAND CLASSIC

The oldest non-major on the LPGA Tour, the Cambia Portland Classic heads to The Oregon Golf Club in West Linn, Ore., for the first time this week.

Live coverage gets underway Thursday at 3 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

GOLF Channel Broadcast Team


  • Play by Play: Grant Boone
  • Analyst: Judy Rankin
  • Tower: Tom Abbott
  • On-Course: Jerry Foltz / Kay Cockerill

How To Watch – Thursday, September 16 – Sunday, September 19 (all times ET)


  • TV – GOLF Channel
  • Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app

DateGOLF Channel
Thursday3-6 p.m.
Friday3-6 p.m.
Saturday3-6 p.m.
Sunday3-6 p.m.

Notable Players This Week


  • Brooke Henderson
  • Jennifer Kupcho
  • Stacy Lewis
  • Jin Young Ko
  • Ariya Jutanugarn

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: SANFORD INTERNATIONAL

Coverage of the PGA TOUR Champions’ Sanford International from Minnehaha Country Club in Sioux Falls, S.D., begins Friday at 9:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. Miguel Angel Jimenez is the defending champion of the event.

GOLF Channel Broadcast Team


  • Play by Play: George Savaricas
  • Analyst: Lanny Wadkins
  • Tower: John Cook
  • On-Course: Billy Ray Brown

How To Watch – Friday, September 17 – Sunday, September 19 (all times ET)


  • TV – GOLF Channel
  • Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app

DateGOLF Channel
Friday9:30-11:30 p.m.*
Saturday9:30-11:30 p.m.*
Sunday9:30-11:30 p.m.*

*delayed coverage

Notable Players This Week


  • Ernie Els
  • Jim Furyk
  • Steve Stricker
  • Fred Couples
  • Vijay Singh
  • Miguel Angel Jimenez

EUROPEAN TOUR: DUTCH OPEN

GOLF Channel presents nearly 20 hours of live coverage of the European Tour’s Dutch Open from Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt, Netherlands.

Coverage begins Thursday at 7:30 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

How To Watch – Thursday, September 16 – Sunday, September 19 (all times ET)


  • TV – GOLF Channel
  • Streaming – NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app

DateGOLF Channel
Thursday7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Friday7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Saturday7 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Sunday7 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Notable Players This Week


  • Rory Sabbatini
  • Graeme McDowell
  • Brandon Grace
  • Thomas Pieters

MARIDOE COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL

The Maridoe Collegiate Invitational presented by EasyPost is a 54-hole team and individual stroke play championship that features top Division I men’s golf programs across the country taking place at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas. Cameron Sisk (-8) of Arizona State leads the stroke play event and Arizona State currently leads in the team standings after the second round of play.

Live coverage of the final round of play begins this afternoon at 4 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. Encore presentations will be presented later in the evening at 8 p.m. ET and Midnight ET on GOLF Channel.

GOLF Channel Broadcast Team


  • Play by Play: Steve Burkowski
  • Analyst: Hunter Mahan
  • Tower: Jim Gallagher Jr.
  • On-Course: Billy Ray Brown

**REMINDER: NBC SPORTS 43RD RYDER CUP MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL**

NBC Sports play-by-play commentator Dan Hicks, analysts Paul Azinger and Justin Leonard, on-course reporter John Wood, and producer Tommy Roy will preview the 43rd Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits Golf Club in Kohler, Wis., on a media conference call today, Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Noon ET.

Media interested in participating should call 800-367-2403; Passcode: 1077131.

BROADCAST NOTES


  • Golf Today and Golf Central: Golf Today and Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on GOLF Channel Thursday-Sunday. Shane Bacon and Damon Hack anchor Thursday’s edition of Golf Today alongside Kira Dixon. This week’s Golf Central coverage is anchored by Whit Watson, Jim Gallagher Jr. and

DateGolf TodayGolf Central
Thursday12:30-2 p.m.2-3 p.m./9-9:30 p.m.
Friday 2-3 p.m./9-9:30 p.m.
Saturday 2-3 p.m./9-9:30 p.m.
Sunday 2-3 p.m./9-9:30 p.m.



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  • All GOLF Channel coverage also streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

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