LPGA Tour’s The ANNIKA Driven by Gainbridge at Pelican – Thursday-Sunday on GOLF Channel
GOLF Channel Presents Coverage of Caitlin Clark in Wednesday Pro-Am at 11 a.m. ET with Special Edition of Golf Today, Playing Alongside Annika Sorenstam and Nelly Korda
NBCSports.com to Present Streaming Coverage of Women’s Leadership Summit Featuring Clark on Tuesday Beginning at 10 a.m. ET
PGA TOUR Butterfield Bermuda Championship – Thursday-Sunday on GOLF Channel
DP World Tour Championship Begins Thursday at 2 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel
College Golf – Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest Continues Tuesday-Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel
STAMFORD, Conn. – November 12, 2024 – GOLF Channel presents more than 50 hours of live tournament coverage this week headlined by the LPGA Tour’s The ANNIKA Driven by Gainbridge at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., which will include appearances by WNBA Rookie of the Year and Gainbridge® ambassador Caitlin Clark in Wednesday’s Pro-Am on GOLF Channel and Tuesday’s Women’s Leadership Summit on NBCSports.com
This week’s coverage on GOLF Channel includes the PGA TOUR’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Rory McIlroy looking to clinch the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, and the Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest collegiate event.
LPGA TOUR: THE ANNIKA DRIVEN BY GAINBRIDGE AT PELICAN
The LPGA Tour’s The ANNIKA marks the penultimate event of the LPGA Tour’s 2024 season, which wraps up next week with the CME Group Tour Championship. The top 60 players in the Race to the CME Globe standings will qualify for the Tour Championship following this week’s event, including Nelly Korda, who won the The ANNIKA in 2021 and 2022.
Caitlin Clark will attend The ANNIKA and is slated to participate in Wednesday’s Pro-Am alongside tournament host Annika Sorenstam and Nelly Korda. GOLF Channel will expand its Golf Today studio programming to start at 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday and will include highlights, live tournament look-ins and expanded tournament preview coverage of Clark’s Wednesday Pro-Am, including an in-round walk-and-talk interview with NBC Sports’ Kira K. Dixon. Clark is also scheduled to be a panelist at the Women’s Leadership Summit on Tuesday at Pelican Golf Club, which will stream on NBCSports.com and begin at 10 a.m. ET.
Day | GOLF Channel | NBCSports.com/App |
Tuesday |
| 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.* |
Wednesday | 11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.^ |
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Thursday | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
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Friday | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
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Saturday | 2:30-5 p.m. | 2-2:30 p.m. |
Sunday | 2-4:30 p.m. | 1:30-2 p.m. |
*Women’s Leadership Summit
^Pro-Am Coverage
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
- Play by Play: Grant Boone
- Analyst: Morgan Pressel
- Holes: Tom Abbott
- On-Course: Karen Stupples
- Interviews: Kira K. Dixon
Notable Players This Week
- Nelly Korda
- Lydia Ko
- Rose Zhang
- Lilia Vu
- Lexi Thompson
- Hannah Green
PGA TOUR: BUTTERFIELD BERMUDA CHAMPIONSHIP
The PGA TOUR continues the FedExFall series of events with the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda, the sixth consecutive playing of this event. Camilo Villegas won last year’s event with a 72-hole total of 260 (24-under) which tied Brendon Todd for the tournament record. Thursday-Friday coverage on GOLF Channel begins at 1 p.m. ET, with third round coverage beginning Saturday at 11:30 a.m. ET and final round coverage beginning Sunday at 11 a.m. ET.
GOLF Channel Broadcast Team
- Play by Play: George Savaricas
- Analyst: Johnson Wagner
- On-Course: Tripp Isenhour / Craig Perks
Notable Players This Week
- Camilo Villegas
- Daniel Berger
- Joel Dahmen
- Nick Taylor
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Francesco Molinari
DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Rory McIlroy heads into this week’s DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates leading the points race and is looking to win the title for the third year in a row and sixth time overall. Only one player – Thriston Lawrence of South Africa – can catch McIlroy, and he must win the tournament and have McIlroy finish 12th or worse. Coverage on GOLF Channel begins at 2 a.m. ET Thursday-Saturday and 1:30 a.m. ET on Sunday.
Notable Players This Week
- Rory McIlroy
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Justin Rose
- Adam Scott
- Billy Horschel
- Shane Lowry
- Tyrrell Hatton
COLLEGE GOLF: SOUTHWEST SHOWCASE AT CEDAR CREEK
The Southwest Showcase at Cedar Creek continues today and tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. The event, held at Cedar Crest Golf Course in Dallas, Texas, is an All-Star Invitational celebrating the talents of top college-aged golfers who are leaders in further diversifying the game of golf. A total of 21 men and 21 women will compete in simultaneous 54-hole, stroke-play tournaments at Cedar Crest, which hosted the 1927 PGA Championship won by Walter Hagen and the 1954 United Golf Association Negro National Open won by Charlie Sifford. Play-by-play commentator Steve Burkowski, analyst Doug Smith, and on-course reporters Emilia Migliaccio and Julia Johnson will call the action.
GOLF CENTRAL STUDIO COVERAGE
Golf Central, GOLF Channel’s daily studio show that showcases highlights and discusses the news of the day around the world of golf, will air Wednesday-Sunday this week. Rich Lerner and Cara Banks will anchor coverage with analysis from Brendon de Jonge and reports from Kira K. Dixon.
Day | Golf Central |
Wednesday | 5:30-6:30 p.m. |
Thursday | 9:30-10 a.m./4-4:30 p.m. |
Friday | 9:30-10 a.m./4-4:30 p.m. |
Saturday | 11-11:30 a.m./5-5:30 p.m. |
Sunday | 10:30-11 a.m./4:30-5 p.m. |
Note: all times ET, post-round coverage begins following conclusion of play
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