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Tee-To-Green Reporting Includes Exclusive Columns, Tips, Stroke-By-Stroke Updates
Fort Lauderdale, Florida -- June 10, 1997 -- CBS SportsLine (cbs.sportsline.com) tees off its online coverage of the U.S. Open Championship from Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The Internet's most comprehensive sports site offers golf fans unmatched information in a fun, interactive format, on one of golf's most prestigious tournaments.
CBS SportsLine's extensive coverage includes player profiles, expert commentary and even golf tips from the pros. Among the service's diverse features:
Desktop Leaderboard -- The Internet's most dynamic exclusive Desktop Leaderboard provides hole-by-hole coverage of the entire player field. Any player's status is a click away.
Course Layout -- Fans can stay on top of Congressional with a detailed course layout including pictorial hole-by-hole overviews.
News and Notes -- Updated news throughout the Championship, including daily pairings as they are announced.
Tiger Watch -- Fans can follow phenom Tiger Woods around the course as he shoots for his first Open title.
History -- The U.S. Open dates back to 1895 and boasts as rich a history as any tournament in the world. Historians of the game will revel in this compilation of the Championship's greatest moments.
Photos, Photos, Photos -- An assortment of photographs of the world's best golfers in action at the Open.
Exclusive Columns and Editorials -- Exclusive stories written by CBS SportsLine golf columnist Melanie Hauser, national columnist Ray Buck, and an array of contributing writers directly from the course.
Expert Commentary -- CBS golf analysts will provide commentary throughout the event. CBS commentator and 1964 U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi will offer his insights to fans with pre-tournament observations and memories of his victory 33 years ago, the last time the Open was held at Congressional.
Chat with Arnold Palmer -- Fans can interact with CBS SportsLine superstar Arnold Palmer via a chat scheduled for 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 11.
Golf Tips -- CBS SportsLine, in conjunction with The Golf Channel, will offer an online golf clinic providing tips from some of the nation's top instructors.
John Daly Interviews -- CBS SportsLine will offer an exclusive live audio/video simulcast of John Daly's Golf Talk Live interview (telecast on The Golf Channel) on the eve of the tournament.
CBS SportsLine Radio -- The Internet's only all sports talk radio station will include programming devoted to coverage of the U.S. Open.
SportsLine USA, Inc., the publisher of CBS SportsLine, is a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based sports media and technology company founded in 1994. The SportsLine service was renamed CBS SportsLine as the result of an agreement with CBS Sports in March 1997. The service features more than 100,000 pages of multimedia sports information and entertainment covering all major collegiate and professional sports. Programming includes exclusive editorials by nationally acclaimed writers; award-winning, real time animated baseball and football coverage via "virtual stadiums"; a merchandise superstore; and the only Internet-based all-sports radio station. SportsLine's superstar advisors include Arnold Palmer, Joe Namath, Shaquille O'Neal, Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice, Pete Sampras, Cal Ripken, Arnold Palmer, Joe Montana, and Emerson Fittipaldi.