Golf Central
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Golf Central is Golf Channel's news program. It was launched in 1995, in the same year as the network it airs on.
A nightly half-hour show, Golf Central features news and highlights from the major golf
tours and events of the world, in addition to on-site reports from tournaments.
From Thursdays through Sundays during tournament play, from 9 AM Eastern to 4 PM, one single anchor will give half-hourly updates on current tournament leaderboards.
While tournaments are in progress, editions of Golf Central air every half hour to provide updates on the current event, including highlights and leaderboards. During notable golf events (such as the Men's major tournaments
and the Ryder Cup
, among others), Golf Channel also airs Golf Central: Live From... before and after network coveragewhich provides special extended coverage on-location from tournament sites; including analysis and coverage of press conferences.
, Rich Lerner, Todd Lewis, Steve Sands, Kelly Tilghman
and Scott Walker
.
A nightly half-hour show, Golf Central features news and highlights from the major golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tours and events of the world, in addition to on-site reports from tournaments.
Format
The show's format involving anchors varies — sometimes there is just one anchor on the desk for a show; sometimes an anchor is joined by an analyst for tournament recaps; or two anchors will be used. With the recent additions of new talent for the show, the latter format has been utilized more recently. It should also be noted that there is never one mainstay anchor team, as anchor teams vary from night to night.From Thursdays through Sundays during tournament play, from 9 AM Eastern to 4 PM, one single anchor will give half-hourly updates on current tournament leaderboards.
While tournaments are in progress, editions of Golf Central air every half hour to provide updates on the current event, including highlights and leaderboards. During notable golf events (such as the Men's major tournaments
Men's major golf championships
The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
and the Ryder Cup
Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, and is contested every two years, the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe...
, among others), Golf Channel also airs Golf Central: Live From... before and after network coveragewhich provides special extended coverage on-location from tournament sites; including analysis and coverage of press conferences.
Anchors and other contributors
As mentioned earlier, talent on the show varies from night to night, but in the show's rotation are about 6 people who appear on the show in anchor roles. Those people are Tom AbbottTom Abbott
Tom Abbott is a broadcaster and sports commentator, best known for his work with The Golf Channel. He currently presents and commentates the network's European and LPGA Tour coverage, as well as anchoring Golf Central and reporting for Live From...
, Rich Lerner, Todd Lewis, Steve Sands, Kelly Tilghman
Kelly Tilghman
Kelly Tilghman is a broadcaster for The Golf Channel, and the PGA Tour's first female lead golf announcer....
and Scott Walker
Scott Walker
Scott Walker may refer to:*Scott Walker , Governor of Wisconsin, and former county executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin*Scott Walker , boxer...
.