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Watching Golf this Week: The John Deere Classic, and Senior Open

July 12, 2012 by 1 Comment

So who needs the big names? If you, like me, watched the end of last weekend’s Greenbrier tourney you saw some top-notch golf from guys I guarantee you never heard of before — and saw Ted Potter Jr. show off some stones, going eagle-birdie to get into a playoff with um, um, with… oh yeah, Troy Kelly, and win.

I love these guys. Tiger who? Phil who? The anonymous-guy PGA could continue this weekend as the pros head to a spot near and dear to my heart — western Illinois, aka Quad Cities territory — for some Midwestern heat, corn bugs, fireflies and the John Deere Classic, where Steve Stricker will be trying to win the thing for the fourth time in a row. And just for good luck, Stricker’s wife will be carrying his bag.

With Zach Johnson as your highest-ranked star, it’s a field that may have you saying “who’s he” a bunch. But as last week showed, maybe that’s not so bad.

So if you need a bunch of birdies before tuning in to the wind and gorse at the British Open next week, head on over to the Golf Channel and CBS (no online video this week) for a taste of the Midwest.

BONUS GOLF COVERAGE: If the John Deere isn’t your cup of tea — or even if it is, don’t forget that the U.S. Senior Open also takes place this week, in Lake Orion, Mich. See below for TV, which is basically ESPN Thursday-Friday and NBC Saturday-Sunday. There may be some online action via WatchESPN, but you need a compatible cable contract if so.

Here’s where to follow the action:

THE JOHN DEERE CLASSIC

(all times Eastern)
TV COVERAGE
Thursday, July 12 — Golf Channel, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.
Friday, July 13 — Golf Channel, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.
Saturday, July 14 — CBS, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.
Sunday, July 15 — CBS, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.

U.S. SENIOR OPEN TV
Thursday, July 12 — ESPN, 3 p.m. — 7 p.m.
Friday, July 13 — ESPN2, 3 p.m. — 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 14 — NBC, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.
Sunday, July 15 — NBC, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.

RADIO
SIRIUS XM (Satellite)
12 p.m. — 6 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m. — 6 p.m., Sunday

ONLINE
No Live@ video this week — the PGA’s live online video doesn’t return until the Barclays in late August, so you will need to get your online fix from…

PGA SHOT TRACKER
If all you want is shots and distances (which can be addicting) get your fix via Shot Tracker.

FACEBOOK PAGE
Of course the John Deere Classic has a Facebook page. Like it.

And don’t forget the Senior Open Facebook page.

TOP TWITTER FEEDS TO FOLLOW
The John Deere Classic has its own feed.
Geoff Shackelford — well known golf writer. If you’re not following Geoff you are missing the online boat.
Golf Channel — official Golf Channel feed
@PGATOUR — official PGA Twitter feed
@StephanieWei — great golf writer who is a Twitter fiend. Check her Instagram stream for some cool shots of the Homestead, one of our favorite places.
Doug Ferguson is the lead golf writer for AP. Good Twitter insights that often aren’t part of your wire-service lead.

TOURNAMENT APP
This is new — at least to us — but if you are there the John Deere Classic has its own app, which looks like it has all the stuff the regular PGA app has plus some local info. Download away.

WHAT’S THE COURSE LIKE?
The tourney has some fine info on the TPC Deere Run. Here’s the course’s own website.

WHO WON THIS THING LAST YEAR?
Stricker. And the year before. And the year before.

LOCAL FLAVOR
I love that Wikipedia names five cities for the Quad cities. In the old days the hard one to get in trivia answers was East Moline, which if memory serves was bigger than Moline itself. Argue in the comments if you know better. We’ll link to the Quad Cities Times for our local coverage.

FEDEX CUP LEADERS
1. Tiger Woods, 1,952 points
2. Jason Dufner, 1,849
3. Hunter Mahan, 1,654
4. Bubba Watson, 1,617
5. Matt Kuchar, 1,423

See the full standings for the FedEx Cup points list.

WORLD GOLF RANKINGS
1. Luke Donald; 2. Rory McIlroy; 3. Lee Westwood; 4. Tiger Woods; 5. Webb Simpson.
See the official World Golf Ranking list.

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Watching Golf this Week: It’s ‘Game On’ for Tiger at AT&T National

June 28, 2012 by 5 Comments

If Arnie has a tournament and so does Jack, why not Tiger? The one PGA Tour stop most closely associated with Woods — the AT&T National, at Congressional outside D.C. — has its charismatic host back playing this year, probably among the favorites to win so long as the U.S. Open weekend Tiger doesn’t reappear.

There’s no getting away from El Tigre this week — from the GAME ON pose in the AT&T National website ad which shows Tiger flashing his guns to the feature story on the PGA Tour website — it’s all Tiger all the time, and since like Memorial he has won here before (most recently three years ago, the last time the National took place at Congressional) he feels comfortable, so he has to be included among the favorites. Lots of talent in the field this week, although U.S. Open champ Webb Simpson is taking the week off.

What may bear for some interesting viewing this weekend are reports that Congressional is set up at U.S. Open toughness, perhaps to try to reclaim some honor that was lost last year when Rory McIlroy made Congressional look like a Las Vegas pro-am while setting a U.S. Open scoring record. You could say the rain was to blame, making the greens easy to shoot for. But AP golf guru Doug Ferguson’s piece Wednesday seems to hint there may be more bogeys than birdies outside our nation’s capital city this weekend. If you are looking for a U.S. Open encore, tune in.

Here’s where to follow the action:

AT&T NATIONAL

(all times Eastern)
TV COVERAGE
Thursday, June 28 — Golf Channel, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.
Friday, June 29 — Golf Channel, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.
Saturday, June 30 — CBS, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.
Sunday, July 1 — CBS, 3 p.m. — 6:30 p.m.

RADIO
SIRIUS XM (Satellite)
12 p.m. — 6 p.m., Thursday-Saturday; 11 a.m. — 5 p.m., Sunday

ONLINE
No Live@ video this week — the PGA’s live online video doesn’t return until the Barclays in late August, so you will need to get your online fix from…

PGA SHOT TRACKER
If all you want is shots and distances (which can be addicting) get your fix via Shot Tracker, which is in the house for the AT&T National.

FACEBOOK PAGE
There’s a nice shiny trophy on the AT&T National’s Facebook page. Gotta like that.

TOP TWITTER FEEDS TO FOLLOW
The Tiger Woods Foundation is handling the official Twitter feed for the AT&T National. So far, mostly local stuff like scavenger hunts and donation links.
Geoff Shackelford — well known golf writer. If you’re not following Geoff you are missing the online boat.
Golf Channel — official Golf Channel feed
@PGATOUR — official PGA Twitter feed
@StephanieWei — great golf writer who is a Twitter fiend. She said not only was she driving to the National, she was bringing her clubs.
Doug Ferguson is the lead golf writer for AP. Good Twitter insights that often aren’t part of your wire-service lead.

WHAT’S THE COURSE LIKE?
No video fly-by (which is sometimes overrated) but a nice interactive hole by hole course guide of Congressional Country Club from the tourney’s website. Here’s the PGA Tour site’s nuts and bolts.

WHO WON THIS THING LAST YEAR?
Nick Watney, in a tourney held at Aronimink outside Philadelphia. And Rory McIlroy won last year’s U.S. Open, held at Congressional.

LOCAL FLAVOR
The AT&T National has a long tradition of honoring the military — check this page out for more info. The Washington Post has a lot of Tiger stories (surprise!) on its special golf page, which is helpfully titled “other sports.” We blame the Nats.

FEDEX CUP LEADERS
1. Jason Dufner, 1,849 points
2. Bubba Watson, 1,617
3. Hunter Mahan, 1,572
4. Tiger Woods, 1,452
5. Matt Kuchar, 1,423

See the full standings for the FedEx Cup points list.

WORLD GOLF RANKINGS
1. Luke Donald; 2. Rory McIlroy; 3. Lee Westwood; 4. Tiger Woods; 5. Webb Simpson.
See the official World Golf Ranking list.

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Watching Golf this Week: Travelers Championship

June 21, 2012 by 2 Comments

If you are burnt out on golf right now, we understand. A week at Olympic, as either fan or player, will take it out of you.

But this is the PGA Tour! There is no rest! Play continues on this week with the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. The good news is, the PGA Tour’s Live@ online video coverage is back, so you can enjoy tournament play from the comfort of your computer or mobile device. And you will get your first chance to watch Webb Simpson, U.S. Open champion, compete with that big silver trophy in his bag.

Well, maybe he won’t be carrying it around. At the very least he should be bird-man free, though birdies will probably be more prevalent this week at the TPC River Highlands than at last week’s bogey-fest. No Tiger or Phil in the field, but Masters champ Bubba Watson will apparently take a break from life as a dad to grace the course (hopefully for more than two days) as part of a pretty good field, you can see the list of names here. On to Connecticut!

Here’s where to follow the action:

TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP

(all times Eastern)
TV COVERAGE
Thursday, June 21 — Golf Channel, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.
Friday, June 22 — Golf Channel, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.
Saturday, June 23 — CBS, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.
Sunday, June 24 — CBS, 3 p.m. — 6 p.m.

RADIO
SIRIUS XM (Satellite)
12 p.m. — 6 p.m., Thursday-Sunday

ONLINE
Since the Live@ camera crew wasn’t at the U.S. Open they had plenty of time to set up in Connecticut… so, check out the expanded Live@ schedule:
Thursday, June 21 — 8 a.m. — 7 p.m.
Friday, June 22 — 8 a.m. — 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 23 — 11 a.m. — 6 p.m.
Sunday, June 24 — 11 a.m. — 6 p.m.

PGA SHOT TRACKER
If all you want is shots and distances (which can be addicting) get your fix via Shot Tracker, which also returns for the Travelers.

FACEBOOK PAGE
The Travelers has Boomer Berman today on its Facebook page. That’s what you get for having a pro-am near the kingdom of Bristol. Or at least close enough to drive there.

TOP TWITTER FEEDS TO FOLLOW
TravelersChamp is the official Twitter feed from the tourney.
Geoff Shackelford — well known golf writer. Not sure if he is at the Travelers but follow him anyway.
Golf Channel — official Golf Channel feed
@PGATOUR — official PGA Twitter feed
@StephanieWei — great golf writer who is a Twitter fiend. She will be on course at the Travelers.

WHAT’S THE COURSE LIKE?
Here’s the official page of the TPC River Highlands. If anyone else knows any history, send it our way.

WHO WON THIS THING LAST YEAR?
The painter hat guy, aka Frederick Jacobsen. Bubba won in 2010, so that’s why he’s here this week instead of changing diapers.

LOCAL FLAVOR
The tourney history is a good quick read — for the thing that was formerly known as the Greater Hartford Open. For local coverage the Hartford Courant has a good looking site including a video guide to the course. Watch out for those fold-over ads for the local casinos, though.

FEDEX CUP LEADERS
1. Jason Dufner, 1,849 points
2. Hunter Mahan, 1,509 points
3. Tiger Woods, 1,452
4. Zach Johnson, 1,414
5. Bubba Watson, 1,372

See the full standings for the FedEx Cup points list.

WORLD GOLF RANKINGS
1. Luke Donald; 2. Rory McIlroy; 3. Lee Westwood; 4. Tiger Woods; 5. Webb Simpson.
See the official World Golf Ranking list.

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U.S. Open Sets Records for Online, App Viewing

June 20, 2012 by 1 Comment

We don’t have any definitive viewer numbers, but according to a press release from the USGA, the recent U.S. Open golf tournament in San Francisco attracted a record number of online viewers, especially for live online video and via mobile devices. This is hardly a surprise, since online golf viewership overall has been spiking this year, with no end in sight to the growth curve.

According to the USGA, which pioneered online coverage of golf, overall viewer visits to the U.S. Open website during the week increased 79 percent from the year-before totals, while views of live streaming video increased 210 percent from 2011. Though the USGA hasn’t provided exact numbers on page views and streaming video looks, it’s a good guess that the latter number is somewhere in the one- to two-million range, since approximately a half-million to a million folks will watch online video of a regular PGA event, according to PGA Tour reps. The U.S. Open’s website features were powered technically by IBM, which also helps produce the wonderful online experience for The Masters golf tourney.

The availability of an Android version of the USGA’s U.S. Open app helped spike visits to the mobile version of the Open website — according to the USGA, mobile website views increased 375 percent in 2012, with iPhone app downloads jumping up 44 percent from the previous year. In addition to live video the U.S. Open websites also included a live leaderboard, a photo stream and a unique feature that let you look at an interactive map of the course and see which players were on which hole. The USGA was also extremely active on Twitter, with the official U.S. Open Twitter feed providing constant scoring updates and links to feature coverage.

Even though the U.S. Open live online video wasn’t very comprehensive — on Thursday and Friday the coverage followed one “marquee” group throughout its round, and on the weekend the coverage consisted of only play at two holes — it was extremely well produced, with commentators that were critically judged by many observers to be better than some of the broadcast TV talent. It’s probably a safe guess to say that next year the USGA will continue to expand live online coverage of the U.S. Open, in sync with the expanded live online views coming next season from the PGA Tour for regular events. That’s good news for golf fans, who will apparently be rewarded for finding more ways to watch.

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U.S. Open Closes With… a Birdie?

June 17, 2012 by 1 Comment

Not really the classic atmosphere you were looking for. Webb Simpson manages to get in one last shot: “enjoy the jail cell pal.”

Costas has to just be wondering: Why all this weird shit happening to me lately?

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U.S. Open Online Video for the Weekend: Holes 8 & 18

June 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The U.S. Open website and the U.S. Open apps will be showing up-close coverage of holes 8 and 18 at the Olympic Club during Saturday and Sunday rounds, according to the U.S. Open website.

Unlike Thursday-Friday coverage, which followed “marquee” groups throughout the course, on the weekend the Open is opting to showcase two of the more interesting holes — the stadium-like par-3 No. 8, and the classic finisher, the up-and-down No. 18. This is kind of a fun feature, like the “Amen Corner” cam at Augusta, and a great way to watch all the groups come through.

Live online coverage starts at 1 p.m. Pacific, mirroring the TV coverage on NBC. Enjoy!

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