GOLF CENTRAL LIVE FROM THE OPEN STARTS 200+ HOURS OF COVERAGE FROM THE OLD COURSE AT ST. ANDREWS VIA NBC, USA NETWORK, GOLF CHANNEL & PEACOCK

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Monday, July 11, 2022

GOLF CENTRAL LIVE FROM THE OPEN STARTS 200+ HOURS OF COVERAGE FROM THE OLD COURSE AT ST. ANDREWS VIA NBC, USA NETWORK, GOLF CHANNEL & PEACOCK

Starting today at 9 a.m. ET, GOLF Central Live from the outdoors It provides nearly 75 hours of live on-site coverage before and after the championship

Celebration of Champions – a four-hole event featuring 40 Open and R&A champions, including Tiger Woods – today at 11am ET LIVE on GOLF Channel

Transcript – Dan Hicks, Paul Azinger, Nota Begai III, John Wood and producer Tommy Roy View 150^th Open Championship

STAMFORD, CT – July 11, 2022 – GOLF Central Live from the outdoors begins his nearly 75 hours of studio coverage at 150^th The Open Championship today at 9 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock, kicking off more than 200 hours of NBC Sports coverage originating from The Old Course in St. Andrews in Scotland this week on NBC, USA Network, GOLF Channel and Peacock.

GOLF Channel’s coverage today includes live coverage of the Celebration of Champions at 11 a.m. ET, with 40 Open and R&A Champions competing in 10 teams of four on 1^St2^n.d17^th and 18^th holes at St. Andrews. Champions scheduled to compete include Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Colin Morikawa, Anna Nordqvist, Tom Watson and Nick Faldo.

GOLF Central Live from the outdoors

Broadcast team

• Housewives: Rich Lerner / Cara Banks / Shane Bacon
• The analysts: Brandel Chamblee / Paul McGinley / Mark Rolfing / Aaron Oberholzer / Nota Begai III / Jaime Diaz / Eamonn Lynch
• Reporters: Todd Lewis / Damon Hack / Rex Hoggard / Ryan Lavner

Last week, the NBC Sports golf commentators Dan Hicks, Paul AzingerNota Begai III, John Woodand producer Tommy Roy reviewed the upcoming 150^th Media Conference Open Championship. Click here for a full transcript.

150^th OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Broadcast team

• Host: Mike Tirico
• Game by game: Dan Hicks / Mike Tirico / Terry Gannon
• analyst: Paul Azinger / Justin Leonard / Nick Faldo
• Tower: David Feherty, Gary Koch, Peter Jacobsen, Steve Sands, Kurt Byrum, Tom Abbott
• Of course: Nota Begai III / John Wood / Mark Rolfing / Karen Staples
• Essays: JimmyRoberts
• Interviews: Catherine Tappin / Cara Banks / Todd Lewis

How to Watch – Thursday, July 14 – Sunday, July 17 (all times ET)

• Television – NBC, USA Network
• Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app

*coverage will begin shortly before the first scheduled championship time at 1:30am ET

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