| Airtimes: Indian Standard Times Sat, November
4 at 1800hrs Sun, November 5 at 1400hrs & 2000hrs Mon, November
6 at 0900am & 2000hrs In November, LIVING GOLF focuses on Europe’s
highest ranking Pro-Am tournament, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Now
that the hard graft of the golfing season is drawing to a close, the professionals
can kick back and relax in the only way they know how - by playing with celebrities.
LIVING GOLF explores the tradition of the Pro-Am, which has been
a feature of the golfing calendar for over 60 years. Today, the tournaments are
attended by the top echelon of the golfing world and high profile stars from other
walks of life, but what is it that makes these events so appealing? The
LIVING GOLF team visits St. Andrews to cover the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship,
one of today’s biggest Pro-Am events. The pros are on hand to offer tips
and to analyse which celebrity has the best swing. There is also the chance to
catch up with some of the leading amateur talent, which include representatives
from Hollywood, the world of rock music and other major sports. Oscar-winning
actor Michael Douglas, one-time European Footballer of the Year Ruud Gullit and
Bon Jovi’s drummer, Tico Torres all spike up for a swing. LIVING
GOLF’s host Don Riddell meets the stars and talks in-depth with British actor
Hugh Grant to find out what draws celebrities, and so many people, to the sport.
Don also talks with the pros, including members of the recent Ryder Cup teams.
He asks them how they cope; trying to play their best game whilst being weighed
down by an amateur for the afternoon! Viewers can also track the
progress of the first-ever broadcast journalist to take part in, and report from
within, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, as CNN’s Justin Armsden takes
on the world’s best, alongside fellow Australian and professional golfer
Peter Fowler. LIVING GOLF tracks his performance over three of the six courses
at St Andrews on which the event is staged, experiencing the highs and lows of
competing on a grand scale, surrounded by major talent and in front of a large
audience. And when the golfing is all done, the programme takes a peek behind-the-scenes
at the glamorous parties that follow. With a unique insight into
Europe’s biggest Pro-Am, including the opinions of the people who take part,
the programme showcases one of the highest profile events in the golfing world.
And with CNN’s own representative in the competition there is more than a
passing interest in the outcome: How will Justin fare against some of the world’s
greatest golfers? Could this be the first golf cup to go in the CNN trophy cabinet?
Presented by Don Riddell, LIVING GOLF looks at golf both on and
off the course, teeing up the lifestyle, business, travel, fashion and technology
aspects of one of the world’s most popular sports. Bringing news updates
from the latest tournaments and majors, the half-hour weekly program also features
a series of special packages and interviews as the team crosses the globe to bring
viewers the more unusual golfing stories. | 
