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Monday, September 28th, 2015
2016 RYDER CUP CAPTAINS DAVIS LOVE III AND DARREN CLARKE JOIN DAVID FEHERTY FOR A SPECIAL FEHERY LIVE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 29 at 9 P.M. ET
Morning Drive On-Site Tuesday at Hazeltine National Golf Club for Ryder Cup One-Year-Out Press Conference With Love and Clarke, Along With Special Guests
Golf Central Special: Ryder Cup – One Year to Go, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. ET
ORLANDO, Fla. (Sept. 28, 2015) – Golf Channel will celebrate one-year-out from the 2016 Ryder Cup on Tuesday with comprehensive coverage from Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., – site of the Ryder Cup – featuring an expanded Morning Drive from 7-11 a.m. ET, followed by a Golf Central special at 6:30 p.m. ET and a Feherty Live primetime special at 9 p.m. ET from Minneapolis with U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III and European Captain Darren Clarke.
Tuesday from 7-11 a.m. ET, Damon Hack will report on-site at Hazeltine National for Morning Drive, which will include guests from the PGA of America, members of the national golf media, Minnesota Vikings players Kyle Rudolph and Chad Greenway, and Ryder Cup captains Clarke and Love during the four-hour expanded show. The live captains’ press conference is scheduled to air during the 10 a.m. ET hour. Golf Central will air a half-hour special Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. ET, featuring sit down interviews with the two captains. The show also will take a look back to the 2014 Ryder Cup.
Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET, David Feherty – one of the most recognizable and unique personalities in sports and newly announced NBC Sports golf analyst – will unleash his wit and unconventional interview style that has earned his show critical acclaim when he hosts a special Feherty Live stage show from the historic Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, Minn. Feherty Live – Countdown to the Ryder Cup, will feature conversations with Clarke and Love. Viewers also will get a behind the scenes preview of the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National.
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