TSN Announces 2007 Golf Coverage for Canada

TSN announced its 2007 golf
coverage, which includes the biggest and most prestigious events on the golf
calendar. Highlights of the schedule include
The Presidents Cup
from
Montreal, the most
esteemed golf event ever held in

Canada, as well as the four majors
(
The Masters

,
U.S. Open
,
British Open
,
PGA
Championship
).

TSN will televise
The Masters
,

U.S. Open
and
PGA Championship
in High Definition on
TSN HD, as well as a number of PGA TOUR events.

TSN’s coverage gets underway next weekend (Feb. 3
& 4) with the PGA TOUR’s
FBR Open

from

Scottsdale,

AZ. Additional PGA TOUR
coverage includes weekday action of the
Canadian
Open
from Angus Glen Country Club in

Markham,
ON,
the second oldest stop on the PGA TOUR and the third oldest championship in the
world (complete golf broadcast schedule below).

The 2007
Presidents
Cup
will be played September 27 to 30 at
The Royal Montreal Golf Club, marking the first time the tournament has been
held in

Canada.
TSN will also televise opening ceremonies on September 27. A biennial
event,
The
Presidents Cup
features
the 12 best players from the
United States
competing against the 12 best players from the rest of the world (excluding
Europe) in competitive match play format. Jack
Nicklaus and Gary Player return in 2007 as Captains for the

U.S. and
International teams, respectively. The event attracts the biggest names
in golf: participants in The 2005
Presidents
Cup
included Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson,
Chris DiMarco, Vijay Singh and

Canada’s
Mike Weir.

In October 2006, TSN agreed to a four-year
broadcast extension with the PGA TOUR for exclusive Canadian English-language
rights to key events.
TSN has been
televising the PGA TOUR since 1985.

Golf fans can catch all the latest news and
highlights from around the world of golf daily on
SportsCentre
, TSN’s
flagship news and information program.

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