TNT Presents Live Coverage of PGA Grand Slam of Golf on Nov. 23 & 24
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Turner Network Television
The event, the toughest golf tournament to qualify for in the world, features the winners of golf's four major events. This year the tournament, which will be held for an 11th consecutive year at Poipu Bay Golf Course and Hyatt Regency Kauai Resort & Spa, includes PGA Champion Vijay Singh, U.S. Open Champion Retief Goosen, Masters Champion Phil Mickelson and British Open Champion Todd Hamilton. Singh (1), Mickelson (4) and Goosen (5) represent three of the top five players on the PGA Tour's Official Golf World Rankings.
Ernie Johnson will serve as host, along with analyst Bobby Clampett in the booth, Billy Kratzert reporting from the course, and Jim Huber providing player interviews and essays.
The two-day, 36-hole, stroke-play tournament carries a $1-million purse, awarding the winner $400,000, second place $250,000, third place $200,000 and fourth place $150,000. This marks the 14th consecutive year that Turner Sports will present the Grand Slam, and the sixth year TNT will air the event. The event will be televised to some 88.9 million U.S. homes by TNT and to more than 100 countries worldwide. The network extended its contract with the PGA of America in June 2002 to continue televising the PGA Grand Slam of Golf and the PGA Championship through 2011.
Turner Network Television
TNT Presents Live Coverage of PGA Grand Slam of Golf on Nov. 23 & 24
Star-Studded Event Features 2004 Major Winners Vijay Singh (PGA Championship), Phil Mickelson (Masters), Retief Goosen (U.S. Open) and Todd Hamilton (British Open)
For Release: Oct.20, 2004The event, the toughest golf tournament to qualify for in the world, features the winners of golf's four major events. This year the tournament, which will be held for an 11th consecutive year at Poipu Bay Golf Course and Hyatt Regency Kauai Resort & Spa, includes PGA Champion Vijay Singh, U.S. Open Champion Retief Goosen, Masters Champion Phil Mickelson and British Open Champion Todd Hamilton. Singh (1), Mickelson (4) and Goosen (5) represent three of the top five players on the PGA Tour's Official Golf World Rankings.
Ernie Johnson will serve as host, along with analyst Bobby Clampett in the booth, Billy Kratzert reporting from the course, and Jim Huber providing player interviews and essays.
The two-day, 36-hole, stroke-play tournament carries a $1-million purse, awarding the winner $400,000, second place $250,000, third place $200,000 and fourth place $150,000. This marks the 14th consecutive year that Turner Sports will present the Grand Slam, and the sixth year TNT will air the event. The event will be televised to some 88.9 million U.S. homes by TNT and to more than 100 countries worldwide. The network extended its contract with the PGA of America in June 2002 to continue televising the PGA Grand Slam of Golf and the PGA Championship through 2011.
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