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16th Aug: Sports fans can look forward to a more world class sport
this weekend with Ten Sports broadcasting live coverage of the USPGA
Championship from Medinah.
The USPGA Championship is the last of the four Majors and will
take place on the longest course ever to host one of golf's four
majors. The layout at Medinah near Chicago, where the event begins
on Thursday, has been lengthened to 7,561 yards.
Defending champion Phil Mickelson joked earlier in the year after
hearing details of the new layout: "I'm thinking about coming
to the USPGA as a spectator instead of a player."
Mickelson will at least have extra time to prepare after surprisingly
missing the cut for the first time in 2006 at The International
last weekend.
Tiger Woods will go in to the tournament as favourite and Medinah
is where Tiger Woods held off Sergio Garcia to lift the USPGA title
seven years ago.
During last month's Open win at Hoylake, the world number one used
a driver just once in 72 holes, but will not be able to repeat that
tactic in Illinois.
"I think the players will notice a different golf course from
1999," said course renovator Rees Jones.
Woods and Mickelson are ranked one and two in the world respectively
and will be joined at Medinah by Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen, Jim
Furyk, Adam Scott and Ernie Els who are ranked three through to
seven respectively.
Chris McDonald, CEO, Taj Television Limited, owners of Ten Sports
said: “The USPGA Championship is one of the biggest tournaments
in golf and this year the organisers have drawn together an extremely
strong field which will guarantee our viewers four days of exceptional
entertainment.”
Ten Sports live coverage begins on day one at 23-30 IST on Thursday
17th August.
17th Aug: Day 1 (2330-0530 IST) Live
18th Aug: Day 2 (2300-0530 IST) Live
19th Aug: Day 3 (2330-0300 IST) Live
20th Aug: Day 4 (2330-0430 IST) Live
ABOUT TEN SPORTS: Only launched in April 2002, Taj TV’s Ten
Sports is watched by more viewers than any other sports channel
in the sub-continent and is available in nearly 50 million cable/
satellite households worldwide. Ten Sports is the world’s biggest
producers of cricket. The Channel broadcasts cricket from Sharjah,
the West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Morocco throughout the
Indian sub-continent and Asia, as well as in Europe and the Middle
East. Other cricket properties broadcast by Ten Sports in certain
territories include internationals from India, the World Cup 2003
and the ICC Champions Trophy 2004.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TEN SPORTS PROGRAMMES, CONTACT:
Murtuza Madraswala – Taj Television India Pvt Ltd, 403 Manish
Commercial Complex, Dr. A.B. Road, Mumbai, India. Tel no: +91 22
6662 3101; Fax no: +91 22 6662 629; Email: murtuzam@tajtv.com or
visit www.tensports.com
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