FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
PGA TOUR COMMISSIONER TIM FINCHEM DISCUSSES HIS LIFE AND PROLIFIC CAREER ON A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF FEHERTY, MONDAY, MAY 4, AT 10 P.M. ET
Feherty Sits With Finchem on the Eve of THE PLAYERS Championship, the PGA TOUR’s Marquee Tournament, Airing on Golf Channel and NBC, Thursday, May 7- Sunday, May10
Preview Clip: PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem on Feherty (password: Golf Channel)
ORLANDO, Fla. (April 30, 2015) – On a special episode of the popular Golf Channel series, Feherty, David Feherty sits down with PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem for a wide-ranging conversation covering his life, his career and 21 prolific years leading the world’s top golf tour.
Among the topics discussed during the episode, Finchem recalls his early career as a lawyer and White House Advisor to the President, as well as how being the son of a military man affected his approach to life. He describes his PGA TOUR career and the initiatives begun during his tenure, including The Presidents Cup international match-play competition, the season-long FedExCup points competition and its playoffs, and the World Golf Foundation’s The First Tee initiative, which has impacted the lives of more than 6 million young people. Finchem also talks about the seismic changes that occurred on Tour with the ascendance of Tiger Woods.
Feherty originally debuted in June 2011 as the most-watched original series in Golf Channel history and host David Feherty, Emmy nominated in 2014 for Outstanding Sports Personality, has gone one-on-one with celebrities across golf, sports and entertainment, including former President Bill Clinton, basketball Hall-of-Famers Bill Russell and Charles Barkley, sportscasters Al Michaels and Dan Patrick, actors Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson, and golfers Tom Watson and Greg Norman.
-NBC Sports Group-
