Thursday, June 24, 2010

Comcast coverage of Tiger's tourney

COMCAST SPORTSNET GIVES PHILADELPHIA GOLF FANS AN INSIDE LOOK AT AT&T NATIONAL AT ARONIMINK



Interviews with Tiger, Daily Reports and Specials Highlight Coverage



PHILADELPHIA (June 24, 2010) – Comcast SportsNet, Philadelphia’s source for comprehensive local sports coverage, will give Philadelphia-area golf fans extensive inside coverage of the 2010 AT&T National golf tournament at Aronimink Golf Course in Newtown Square, PA. Comcast SportsNet’s coverage begins on Monday, June 28 with live shows from the course beginning on Wednesday, June 30. Throughout the week, Comcast SportsNet will bring viewers exclusive interviews, behind the scenes access and daily highlights during Daily News Live, SportsNite and TeeTime at the AT&T National specials.



Daily News Live on the Road

Comcast SportsNet’s daily talk show, Daily News Live will be live on location at the clubhouse at Aronimink Golf Course daily beginning on Wednesday, June 30. Host Michael Barkann will be joined by special guests and legendary golfers.



TeeTime at the AT&T National Special

On Wednesday, June 30 at 6:30 p.m. Comcast SportsNet will air a 30-minute live special previewing the tournament, the course and the field of golfers. Neil Hartman will have a one-on-one sit down interview with Tiger Woods. TeeTime at the AT&T National specials will air daily at 11 p.m. beginning on Wednesday, June 30 and running through Sunday, July 4.



Fore! – Golfing with Philly Sports Legends

On Wednesday, June 30 at 7 p.m., fans can catch Philadelphia sports icons as they hit the links at Aronimink Golf Course and meet up with Tiger Woods. Comcast SportsNet’s Neil Hartman is joined by baseball analyst Ricky Bottalico and Darren Daulton and former Eagle Mike Quick as they play the same course as the professionals and get advice from Tiger.



Tiger Woods Press Conference

Comcast SportsNet will carry Tiger Woods’ press conference live from Aronimink on Tuesday, June 29 at 2 p.m. It will be available both on air and on CSNPhilly.com.



CSNPhilly.com

Comcast SportsNet has a dedicated page on CSNPhilly.com for the AT&T National including tournament news, fan guides and the latest news. Fans can check it out at http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/attnational. Also, this Monday, June 28, CSNPhilly.com will air a special edition of Lunchtime Live at Noon. The show, with host Rob Kuestner, along with guests Neil Hartman and Philadelphia Daily News golf columnist Mike Kern, will be live as the course makes final preparations for the AT&T National.



Comcast SportsNet also provides local golf fans the convenience of booking discounted tee times online for leading courses across the region and around the country through a partnership with Golf Channel, also owned by Comcast. To secure a tee time, golfers can go online to www.csnphilly.com/pages/tee_time.



For AT&T National ticket information, please visit www.attnational.org.

FROM KEITH GROLLER

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