August 15, 2012 U.S. AMATEUR, WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP, SAFEWAY CLASSIC AND DICK'S SPORTING GOODS OPEN AIRTIMES AND BROADCAST NOTES NBC Sports Group to Deliver Five Days of Tournament Coverage from the U.S. Amateur Final Opportunity to Qualify for the PGA TOUR Playoffs at the Wyndham Championship LPGA Tour Returns to the Pacific Northwest for the Safeway Classic presented by Coca-Cola Champions Tour Heads to New York for the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open
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U.S. Amateur
Dates: Aug. 15-19
Venue: Cherry Hills Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colo.

Airtimes (Eastern):
Wednesday 4-6 p.m. (Live) / 1-3 a.m. (Replay) – First Round
Thursday 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Live) / 12:30-2:30 a.m. (Replay) – Second Round
Friday 8:30-10:30 p.m. (Tape Delay) / 8:30-10:30 a.m. (Saturday Replay) - Quarterfinals
Saturday 4-6 p.m. (Live, NBC) - Semifinals
Sunday 4-6 p.m. (Live, NBC) - Championship

Golf Channel Broadcast Team
Mark Rolfing (Play-by-Play)
Gary Koch (Analyst)
Steve Burkowski (Analyst, Wednesday-Friday)
Roger Maltbie (On Course)
Dottie Pepper (On Course)

Broadcast Notes:
- NBC Sports Group to Feature Five Days of Coverage – Golf Channel and NBC will deliver 10 hours of tournament coverage of the U.S. Amateur from Cherry Hills Country Club. Golf Channel will air coverage of the first round, second round and quarterfinals Wednesday-Friday, followed by the semifinals and the championship match Saturday and Sunday on NBC.
- Elite Amateur Field – A total of 43 U.S. states and 20 countries in total are represented in the U.S. Amateur, featuring nine USGA champions and 12 USGA runners-up.

Wyndham Championship
Dates: Aug. 16-19
Venue: Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, N.C.

Airtimes (Eastern):
Thursday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8:30-11:30 p.m. (Replay)
Friday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Replay)
Saturday 1-2:30 p.m. (Live) / 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (CBS Replay)
Sunday 1-2:30 p.m. (Live) / 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.(CBS Replay)

Golf Channel Tournament Broadcast Team
Brian Hammons (Play by Play)
Frank Nobilo (Analyst)
Peter Oosterhuis (Tower)
Peter Kostis (On Course)
Billy Andrade (On Course)
Todd Lewis (Interviews)

Broadcast Notes:
- Final event for the PGA TOUR Regular Season – The Wyndham Championship marks the final event for the 2012 PGA TOUR Regular Season, and the final opportunity to players to qualify for the PGA TOUR Playoffs. The top 125 players in the FedExCup standings after the Wyndham Championship will advance to The Barclays next week and the start of the PGA TOUR Playoffs.
- Aimpoint presented by Fidelity Featured – Aimpoint presented by Fidelity, Golf Channel’s Emmy Award-winning graphics technology that predicts the line of a putt and where players must aim to hole out, will be featured on holes 9 and 15 at Sedgefield Country Club.
- Headlining the Field – Webb Simpson, Nick Watney, Brandt Snedeker, Jason Dufner, Bill Haas, John Daly, Ryan Moore, Robert Karlsson, Henrik Stenson, John Huh, Stuart Appleby, Patrick Cantlay, David Duval and Paul Casey

Safeway Classic presented by Coca-Cola
Dates: Aug. 17-19
Venue: Ghost Creek Golf Course, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, North Plains, Ore.

Airtimes (Eastern):
Friday 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Live) / 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Saturday Replay)
Saturday 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Live) / 3-5 a.m., 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Sunday replays)
Sunday 7-9:30 p.m. (Live) / 3-5 a.m. (Replay)

Golf Channel Broadcast Team
Tom Abbott (Play by Play)
Judy Rankin (Analyst)
Matt Gogel (Tower)
Jerry Foltz (On Course)
Val Skinner (On Course)

Broadcast Notes:
- Michelle Wie and Christina Kim Featured Saturday for LPGA Unplugged – LPGA professionals Michelle Wie and Christina Kim will be featured Saturday on “LPGA Unplugged,” a new feature airing on Golf Channel during LPGA tournament coverage where players discuss all aspects of golf, the tour and their everyday lives.
- Natalie Gulbis Mic’d Up – LPGA professional Natalie Gulbis will be fitted with a microphone during Friday’s opening round of coverage. Viewers will be able to eavesdrop on conversations between Gulbis and her caddie during the course of her round.
- Walk and Talks Featured – Golf Channel on-course reporters Jerry Foltz and Val Skinner will interview players as they are walking the fairways during all four rounds of tournament coverage.
- Two-time U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion Danielle Kang Rookie Spotlight– 2010 and 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Danielle Kang will be Golf Channel’s rookie spotlight player during Friday's tournament coverage.
- Headlining the Field – Yani Tseng, Michelle Wie, Lexi Thompson, Paula Creamer, Stacy Lewis, Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen, Cristie Kerr, Azahara Munoz, Brittany Lincicome, Karrie Webb, Jiyai Shin, Morgan Pressel, Natalie Gulbis, Sandra Gal and Beatriz Recari.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Open
Dates: Aug. 17-19
Venue: En-Joie Golf Course, Endicott, N.Y.

Airtimes (Eastern):
Friday 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Live) / 2:30-4:30 a.m. (Replay)
Saturday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 1-3 a.m. (Replay)
Sunday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 1-3 a.m. (Replay)

Golf Channel Broadcast Team
Mike Crispino (Play by Play)
Curt Byrum (Analyst)
John Mahaffey (Tower)
David Marr III (Tower)
Billy Ray Brown (On Course)

Broadcast Notes:
- Friday’s Featured Grouping – Tom Lehman, Bernhard Langer and Tom Watson will be Friday’s featured grouping during Golf Channel’s live tournament coverage (10:30 a.m. ET tee time). Lehman and Langer are currently the top two in the 2012 Charles Schwab Cup Standings.
- Headlining the Field – Lehman, Langer, Watson, Nick Price, Roger Chapman, Mark Calcavecchia, Fred Funk, Jay Haas, Kenny Perry, John Cook, Corey Pavin, Loren Roberts, Olin Browne, Peter Senior and Hale Irwin.

-NBC Sports Group-