World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational 2008

The 2008 World Golf Championships
Bridgestone Invitational
July 31 – August 3, 2008

Tournament: PGA Tour / PGA European Tour / Japan Golf Tour
Location: Akron, Ohio
Course: Firestone Country Club
Length: Par 70 / Yardage 7,400
Purse: $8,000,000
Official Site: WGC

Tee Time and Field : Official Site

TV Coverage
The 2008 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational will be broadcast in over 200 countries. U.S Television broadcast by GOLF CHANNEL and CBS and outside Skysport GD sport CCTV TrueSport

Back Ground
The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour. The event, sponsored by NEC through 2005 and known as the WGC-NEC Invitational, was established in 1999 as a successor to the World Series of Golf, which was also sponsored by NEC.

The tournament changed sponsorship in 2006, with Bridgestone taking over from NEC as title sponsor. As a part of the five-year sponsorship agreement, the event will continue to be held at its traditional site of the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

Credit: Wikipedia

137th The Open Championship

137th Open Championship

Royal Birkdale
Southport, Lancashire, England
Jul 17-20, 2008
Start Time 09.00(GMT)

The Open 137th comes to Royal Birkdale and is the ninth time. And no Tiger

Tour: PGATour, Europeantour, Asian Tour
Country: Lancashire England
Length: Par 70 Total 7173 yards
Past Winner: 2007-Padraig Harrington Prize Fund- € 6,162,532
: 2006-Tiger Woods


TV Coverage: BBC I/II , GD Sport / CCTV5 / StarSprot(not confirm)


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Background
The Open Championship, or simply The Open (sometimes referred to as the British Open outside the UK), is the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The Open is played on the weekend of the third Friday in July, and is the third major to take place each year following The Masters and the U.S. Open and before the PGA Championship. The event takes place every year on one of nine historic links courses in the United Kingdom. In 2007, The Open had a prize fund of £4.2 million (at the time, approximately €6.197 million or $8.638 million). Historically, The Open's prize money was consistently the least of the four majors; since 2002 it has been the highest. Uniquely among the four Major championships, the Open features a four hole playoff for all golfers tied at the end of regulation, with the playoff continuing into sudden death holes if players remain tied after four holes.

Credit Backgroun: Wikipedia

Golf Tour This Week July 10-13,2008

Golf This Week
July 10-13, 2008

This is warm up for The Open 137th with Scottish Open.

LPGA Tour
Tournament: Jamie Far Owens Corning Classic
Club: Highland Meadows Golf Club
Country: Sylvania, O.H, USA.
Purse: $1,300,000
Par: 34-37, 71
Yardage: 6,428
Field & Pairing: Official Site
TV Coverage: ThaiTV7, CBS

European Tour
Tournament: The Barclays Scottish Open
Club: Loch Lomond
Country: Glasgow, Scotland
TV Coverage: TrueSport4


PGA Tour
Tournament: John Deere Classic
Club: TPC Deere Run
Country: Silvis IL, USA .
Purse: $4.2 million
Winner: $756,000
Field & Schedule: Official Site
TV Coverage: CBS