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Tiger Woods confirms rumor, announces 2012 PGA Tour season will begin at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

After a decade absence, Tiger Woods has confirmed a several-month prevalent rumor. He'll begin his 2012 PGA Tour season at the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The tournament's 63rd edition will be held Feb. 7-12, with the 72-hole championship rounds beginning Feb. 9. The final round is scheduled Feb. 12 at Pebble Beach. Woods [...]

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PGA Tour 2012 TV broadcast schedule, Hawaii to Florida

The PGA Tour season in 2012 will feature a nearly year-round schedule. The limited field Hyundai Tournament of Champions initiates the season January 6 in Kapalua, Hawaii, and the schedule continues through the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic on Sunday, Nov. 11 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Of course, there's the four majors — The [...]

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Tiger Woods: On the way back to Pebble Beach in 2012?

Tiger Woods hasn’t payed in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in a decade, but he made start his 2012 season on the Monterey Peninsula.

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Arizona gets traditional two PGA Tour stops in 2012

The recently announced 2012 PGA Tour season will include 48 tournaments, with Arizona distinguished with its traditional position with two season events, both in February. The 2012 PGA Tour stops in Arizona will be the Waste Management Phoenix Open (Feb. 2-5) at TPC Scottsdale, and the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb. 22-26) at the Ritz-Carlton [...]

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Golf Channel/NBC Sports near one-year merger anniversary

As the 2011 PGA Tour season ends, so to does the first year of coverage after the re-branding of the PGA Tour on NBC and the Golf Channel, now known as the Golf Channel on NBC. The new broadcast marriage began with the 2011 acquisition of a majority share of NBC Universal by Comcast Corporation. [...]

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Champions Tour event at Pebble Beach secures Nature Valley as title sponsor

Nature Valley, the General Mills brand, is the new title sponsor of the First Tee Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links, the Champions Tour, The First Tee and Monterey Peninsula Foundation have announced. The eighth edition of the tournament, now called Nature Valley First Tee Open, will be held July 8-10 after a Labor Day [...]

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Half Moon Bay Links hosts U.S. Kids Golf Championship

Half Moon Bay Golf Links, a 36-hole public golf resort set against the cliffs of the Pacific Ocean, will host the U.S. Kids Golf Bay Area Championship on Sunday, March 7th, with age group winners receiving invitations to the 2011 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship. Approximately 200 junior golfers will compete for one male and [...]

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Half Moon Bay Golf Links, Ritz Carlton offer legends package

Half Moon Bay Golf Links, 36-hole public golf resort set against the cliffs of the Pacific Ocean, and The Ritz-Carlton-Half Moon Bay, a premier oceanfront hotel, have introduced a “Legends Golf Package.” The package combined luxury, elegance, and tradition to offer guests unlimited play on two award-winning, 18-hole courses collaborated on by Arnold Palmer and [...]

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Bayonet, Black Horse will host 2012 PGA of America Championship

Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Club, located on the famed Monterey Peninsula in Seaside, California, has been selected to host the 45th PGA Professional National Championship. The 36-hole event, scheduled June 24-27, 2012, will extend the course’s recent tournament hosting duties, which included the 2010 hosted PGA TOUR and Champions Tour Qualifying School, U.S. Open [...]

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Darius Rucker: music, golf & philanthropy

Since the tournament founder was crooner of some note, it’s logical through the decades there’s always been plenty of room for singers in the celebrity field at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. But just as the tournament today reaches retirement age when its 65th edition begins, so has retirement affected legions of players more [...]

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James Raia has written about golf since he covered the 1982 Women's U.S. Open at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento. He contributes golf tournament coverage, player profiles and other golf-related articles and content to several publications, news agencies and web sites. He has written for Associated Press, the Monterey Herald, and several speciality golf magazines.

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