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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022

WGC-DELL TECHNOLOGIES MATCH PLAY HEADLINES NBC SPORTS’ GOLF COVERAGE THIS WEEK ON NBC, GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK

64 of Top Players in the World Set to Compete in Lone Match-Play Event of PGA TOUR Season; Coverage Begins Today at 2 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel

PGA TOUR’s Corales Puntacana Championship Coverage This Week on GOLF Channel Begins Thursday at 10:30 a.m. ET

Coverage of LPGA Tour’s JTBC Classic Begins Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel

DP World Tour’s Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Coverage Gets Underway Live from Doha GC Thursday at 5 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel

NBA All-Star Kyle Lowry Joins Latest Episode of Beyond The Fairway Presented by Genesis Podcast

STAMFORD, Conn. – March 23, 2022 – The PGA TOUR stages its lone match-play event of the year this week with the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play from Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas, headlining this week’s golf tournament coverage across the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour and the DP World Tour on NBC, GOLF Channel and Peacock.

PGA TOUR: WGC-DELL TECHNOLOGIES MATCH PLAY

The PGA TOUR’s only World Golf Championship event of the season, the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, gets underway this week as sixty-four of the top players in the World Ranking go head-to-head. Billy Horschel looks to defend his 2021 title.

Live coverage of the five-day event begins this afternoon at 2 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. Over the weekend, coverage on GOLF Channel begins at 10 a.m. ET each day, followed by coverage on NBC and Peacock at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday and 3 p.m. ET on Sunday.

NBC, GOLF Channel & Peacock Broadcast Team

    • Play by Play: Dan Hicks / Rich Lerner
    • Analyst: Paul Azinger / Justin Leonard
    • Tower: Gary Koch / David Feherty / Steve Sands / Jimmy Roberts
    • On-Course: Roger Maltbie / Notah Begay III / John Wood
    • Interviews: Kathryn Tappen

 

How To Watch – Wednesday, March 23 – Sunday, March 27 (all times ET)

    • TV – NBC, GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day NBC & Peacock GOLF Channel
Wednesday   2-8 p.m.
Thursday   2-8 p.m.
Friday   2-8 p.m.
Saturday 2-6 p.m. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday 3-7 p.m. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

 

Notable Players This Week

    • Jon Rahm
    • Dustin Johnson
    • Justin Thomas
    • Brooks Koepka
    • Bryson DeChambeau
    • Collin Morikawa
    • Xander Schauffele
    • Patrick Cantlay

 

PGA TOUR: CORALES PUNTACANA CHAMPIONSHIP

The PGA TOUR’s Corales Puntacana Championship gets underway from Puntacana Resort and Club (Corales) in the Dominican Republic this week, beginning Thursday at 10:30 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

 

GOLF Channel Broadcast Team

    • Play by Play: Bob Papa
    • Analyst: Curt Byrum
    • Tower: Phil Blackmar
    • On-Course: John Cook / Billy Ray Brown

How To Watch – Thursday, March 24 – Sunday, March 27 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day GOLF Channel
Thursday 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Friday 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Saturday 2-5 p.m.
Sunday 2-5 p.m.

 

Notable Players This Week

    • Joel Dahmen
    • Jason Dufner
    • Emiliano Grillo
    • Victor Perez
    • Sahith Theegala

 

LPGA TOUR: JTBC CLASSIC

The LPGA Tour’s JTBC Classic — formerly the Kia Classic — gets underway from Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, Calif., this week with coverage beginning Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

Live coverage on Saturday and Sunday begins at 5 p.m. ET each day on Golf Channel.

GOLF Channel Broadcast Team

    • Play by Play: Grant Boone
    • Analyst: Morgan Pressel
    • Tower: Tom Abbott
    • On-Course: Jerry Foltz / Karen Stupples
    • Interviews: Amy Rogers

 

How To Watch – Thursday, March 24 – Sunday, March 27 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day GOLF Channel
Thursday 9-11 p.m.*
Friday 9-11 p.m.*
Saturday 5-8 p.m.
Sunday 5-8 p.m.
*Delayed coverage

 

Notable Players This Week

    • Jessica Korda
    • Danielle Kang
    • Lexi Thompson
    • Sei Young Kim
    • Jin Young Ko
    • Inbee Park

 

DP WORLD TOUR: COMMERCIAL BANK QATAR MASTERS

The 25th playing of the DP World Tour’s Commercial Bank Qatar Masters begins Thursday at 5 a.m. ET live on GOLF Channel. The tournament was originally part of the DP World Tour’s Middle East swing, but was postponed from its original February date due to Covid-related travel complications.

How To Watch – Thursday, March 24 – Sunday, March 27 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day GOLF Channel
Thursday 5-10 a.m.
Friday 7-10 a.m.
Saturday 7-9:30 a.m.
Sunday 5-9:30 a.m.

 

Notable Players This Week

    • Justin Harding
    • Thomas Bjorn
    • Ashun Wu
    • Jorge Campillo

 

BEYOND THE FAIRWAY PRESENTED BY GENESIS

The latest episode of NBC Sports’ Beyond The Fairway Presented by Genesis podcast, hosted by professional golfers Doug Smith and Will Lowery, features NBA All-Star guard Kyle Lowry of the Miami Heat, who discusses how he fell in love with golf and how it’s impacted his game on the court.

Click here to listen to the full episode.

BROADCAST NOTES

    • Golf Today and Golf Central: Golf Today and Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on GOLF Channel Wednesday-Sunday. Eamon Lynch and Damon Hack host today’s edition of Golf Today with Todd Lewis. Golf Central coverage is anchored by Cara Banks, Brandel Chamblee, Mark Rolfing, Jaime Diaz, and Lewis.

 

Day Golf Today Golf Central
Wednesday 10 a.m.-Noon Noon-2 p.m./8-9 p.m.
Thursday   1:30-2 p.m./8-9 p.m.
Friday   1:30-2 p.m./8-9 p.m.
Saturday   8-9 p.m.
Sunday   8-9 p.m.

 

All GOLF Channel coverage also streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

–NBC SPORTS–