Tiger Woods defends Buick Invitational title as CBS Sports begins golf coverage
TIGER WOODS DEFENDS TITLE AGAIN IN SAN DIEGO AT PGA TOUR’S “BUICK INVITATIONAL” AS CBS SPORTS BEGINS GOLF COVERAGE JAN. 27-28 NICK FALDO JOINS ANCHOR JIM NANTZ AS CBS SPORTS’ LEAD ANALYST
CBS Sports’ 2007 PGA TOUR Coverage Broadcast in HDTV
Tiger Woods makes his debut in the 2007 PGA TOUR season looking for his seventh consecutive PGA TOUR title when he tees it up at the BUICK INVITATIONAL on CBS. Woods, the No. 1-ranked player in the world and four-time Buick winner, takes on San Diego’s hometown favorite Phil Mickelson and three-time Buick winner in one of the strongest early season fields in golf including Vijay Singh, Jose Maria Olazabal, Arron Oberholser, Camilo Villegas, Fred Couples, Tom Lehman, Jesper Parnevik, Zach Johnson, Stewart Cink, Mark O’Meara, Brad Faxon, Lucas Glover, Robert Allenby, David Duval, Rich Beem, Steve Elkington and fan favorite John Daly.
CBS Sports broadcasts third and final-round coverage of the BUICK INVITATIONAL from the Torrey Pines South Course on Saturday, Jan. 27 (3:00-6:00 PM, ET) and Sunday, Jan. 28 (3:00-6:30 PM, ET), live on the CBS Television Network.
Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo, provide commentary from the 18th hole tower, along with Peter Oosterhuis at the 17th hole and Ian Baker-Finch at the 15th hole. Peter Kostis and David Feherty are on-course reporters.
Nantz, now in his 22nd year overall covering golf for CBS Sports, serves as anchor for the Networks’ golf coverage. Faldo, winner of six majors and more than 40 tournaments worldwide, joins CBS Sports in 2007 as lead analyst alongside Nantz in the 18th tower.
In 2007, CBS Sports will broadcast all 19 PGA TOUR events in HDTV. CBS Sports will continue to broadcast the Masters and the PGA Championship in HDTV. The 2000 Masters was the first golf tournament presented live in HDTV on network television.
(Following are excerpts from Wednesday (24) conference call)
Sean McManus, President, CBS News & Sports: We are in the first year of a brand new PGA TOUR deal, which at least for the next 6 years keeps CBS as the dominant golf broadcaster in this country with the biggest and most important PGA TOUR schedule and two of the four majors. We book-end our golf season with Augusta in April and the PGA (Championship) in August. I’m excited to be part of the new FedEx Cup also as that plays out throughout this year. We’re going to play a major role in promoting it and exposing it and being part of the championship season, so we’re excited about that and we’re excited about our golf team…we pride ourselves as having the best golf coverage on television and I think with the addition of Nick Faldo and Ian Baker Finch, we’ve just further distanced ourselves from the field and firmly established ourselves as the leaders in golf coverage. We’re really proud of that.
Tony Petitti: The thing that probably gets me the most excited about getting ready for golf this season is the combination of the great announce team that were going to be able to put out there each and every week Led by Jim Nantz and now adding Nick and Ian. When you combine that with Peter Oosterhuis, Gary McCord, David Feherty, Peter Kostis, Bobby Clampett and Billy Macatee, it’s just an incredibly deep team and all those voices are recognizable. (They’ve) been together for a while…it’s continuity. A team that was already great, has gotten even better. One new thing for this season…that we’re really excited about is that all of our PGA TOUR events in 2007 will be broadcast in HDTV.”
Lance Barrow is Coordinating Producer and Steve Milton is Director of CBS Sports’ golf coverage. Petitti is Executive Vice President & Executive Producer, CBS Sports.
