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Our digital subscription service provides exclusive live coverage for fans. PGA TOUR LIVE, a subscription-based digital platform service, kicks off its 2017 – 2018 PGA TOUR coverage at CareerBuilder Challenge. Launched in July 2015, PGA TOUR LIVE offers live coverage of two concurrent featured group pairings during morning competition prior to the start of the regularly scheduled television coverage. It also offers live-streaming coverage from select holes after early-round group coverage has concluded, as well as on 15 select weekends. This season, fans will have access to over 400 hours of exclusive coverage on PGA TOUR LIVE on both desktop and mobile devices. PGA TOUR LIVE FAQs: Where can I watch coverage? Desktop: PGATOURLIVE.com Mobile: iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play) apps TV: tvOS App Store (4th generation or newer) Twitter #GoLive (A free preview of PGA TOUR LIVE will broadcast globally on Twitter #GoLive for first 60-90 minutes of Thursday and Friday coverage. More information about PGA TOUR LIVE on Twitter can be found here.) Is PGA TOUR LIVE available in all countries? PGA TOUR LIVE is available globally except in China and South Korea. What are the hours of coverage? Beginning with the first featured group’s tee time, PGA TOUR LIVE will be available up until the start of Golf Channel’s coverage on Thursday and Friday. The approximate times for PGA TOUR LIVE are 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. ET, with the exception of West Coast events that have later start times. Additionally, there will be free featured hole coverage on Thursday and Friday during the Golf Channel window (usually 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. ET). There will also be free featured hole content scheduled for Saturdays and Sundays (8 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET) at 15 select events. Starting this year, Twitter #GoLive will also host free PGA TOUR LIVE streaming windows for first 60-90 minutes of Thursday and Friday coverage. Which tournaments are available in 2017 – 2018 season? Starting with the CareerBuilder Challenge, all tournaments for the rest of the 2016-17 PGA TOUR season will be available on PGA TOUR LIVE except for the majors (The Masters, U.S. Open, The Open Championship, PGA Championship), alternate-field events, and The Ryder Cup. PGA TOUR LIVE is also geo-restricted in certain areas for World Golf Championship events. If you have questions on PGA TOUR LIVE tournament coverage or geo-restrictions, please contact us at [email protected] or 1-800-515-9990. Features of PGA TOUR LIVE •   Tournament leaderboards and player scorecards •  In-round highlights and access to full-round archives PGA TOUR LIVE is a subscription service available for $5.99 per month. Fans may also purchase a full season pass to PGA TOUR LIVE for $39.99 per year. Subscribe now to PGA TOUR LIVE. How can I contact PGA TOUR LIVE customer support for technical difficulties or subscription questions? By email: [email protected] By phone: 1-800-515-9990  

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Paul Azinger will become NBC Sports’ lead golf analyst in 2019, following Johnny Miller’s retirement at the Waste Management Phoenix Open (Jan. 31-Feb. 3). Azinger won 12 times on the PGA TOUR, including the 1992 TOUR Championship and 1993 PGA Championship. He also was captain of the 2008 Ryder Cup team. He has enjoyed a lengthy broadcasting career since retiring as a player, serving as the lead golf analyst for ABC and ESPN from 2006-2015. He joined Fox Sports’ broadcast of USGA championships in 2016 and will continue to serve in that role. “I have great admiration for both the quality of NBC Sports’ coverage and commitment to great storytelling, as well as the network’s deep commitment to the game I love,� Azinger said. “It is a great honor to cover a tremendous slate of PGA TOUR and marquee events, including THE PLAYERS, The Open, Ryder Cup and Tokyo Olympics. Additional opportunities to contribute to instructional and historical projects, as well as Golf Channel’s top-notch news platforms, makes this the role of a lifetime.� Following his breakthrough major championship victory at the PGA Championship at Inverness, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. After battling the disease for months with intensive chemotherapy and radiation, he was able to return to golf and received the Golf Writers Association of America Ben Hogan Award in 1995, which recognizes a professional golfer who remains active in the sport despite serious illness or physical handicap. Azinger’s comeback was fully realized in 2000, when at the age of forty, he won the Sony Open in Hawaii. Additionally, Azinger will contribute to Golf Channel’s portfolio of platforms, ranging from Golf Central’s Live From the Masters alongside former colleague Mike Tirico; develop instructional content for both on-air and via Revolution Golf; and develop documentary projects for Golf Channel’s Emmy-nominated and critically-acclaimed Golf Films. Azinger’s NBC Sports schedule in 2019, which will regularly include all four days of tournament coverage on Golf Channel and NBC, will kick off at the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship (Feb. 21-24). NBC Sports will allow Azinger to continue to call The Masters for the BBC, as well as the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open on FOX. “Paul is one of the most perceptive minds in golf,� said Tommy Roy, lead golf producer, NBC Sports. “His innate ability to dissect the action in front of him and convey it to the viewer in such a concise, assured manner is what we value most across our tournament broadcast team.�

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MELBOURNE, Australia – Zach Johnson called it, “Code Red.â€� It’s an apt description. When Tiger Woods is playing a match at this week’s Presidents Cup, he certainly can’t focus on his duties as the U.S. Team captain. So that leaves it up to his assistants – Fred Couples, Steve Stricker and Zach Johnson – to steer the ship in his absence. According to Couples, Stricker will gets first dibs on being in charge, although there likely will be a rotation basis at the top. PRESIDENTS CUP: Power Rankings | Expert Picks | Data-driven Els | What will Tiger be like as captain? | Inside Internationals’ win in 1998 | Quiz: Who should you root for? In fact, Couples was looking directly at Stricker while providing an explanation on the process. “Basically when Tiger is playing, you’ll probably start out as the captain, and then it might move to me or it might move to Zach,â€� Couples said. “It’s pretty easy. … Just to get the radio, you have to dial in it and say, ‘Steve Stricker is the captain’ … “We’re all captains, and it depends on where we are on the course.â€� Couples and Stricker both have experience as Presidents Cup captains. Couples led the U.S. to wins in 2009, 2011 and 2013, while Stricker was the captain when the U.S. routed the Internationals two years ago at Liberty National. Johnson is making his first appearance as a Presidents Cup assistant after four appearances as a player. One thing that is for sure – when Woods is competing, he won’t be consulted or updated on any developments around the course. “He’s got to play golf,â€� said Couples, who said he thinks Woods will play three matches this week. Cold War Australian Presidents Cup rookie Cameron Smith made some strong comments regarding Patrick Reed following last week’s rules development at the Hero World Challenge. They don’t appear close to burying the hatchet. “I’m sure he didn’t like it,â€� Smith said. “I think there is a little bit of tension there. I’ve looked at Patrick a couple times but he hasn’t looked back. I’m looking forward to the weekend. … I think our friendship, I guess, is not quite there anymore.â€� As for Reed, he said Tuesday he would not treat a potential match with Smith any different than the rest. “It’s an opponent. It’s one of their 12 guys,â€� Reed said. “Go out and play against them. My job is to go out any time my name is called, go out and try to win a point. Doesn’t matter who it is I’m playing on that team. I know to try the best I can to win a point for my team and my guys.â€� DJ’s fit and ready Dustin Johnson, making his first competitive appearance since the TOUR Championship, declared himself healthy after undergoing arthroscopic surgery in September to repair cartilage damage in his left knee.  Johnson withdrew from last week’s Hero World Challenge, citing an extra week of rest and therapy would be beneficial for this week’s Presidents Cup. On Wednesday, he put to rest any health concerns. “Unless I didn’t feel like I could here and help the tea, then I wouldn’t have come,â€� Johnson said. “But I feel like I definitely can help the team and the game is in good-enough form to where I feel just fine.â€� Assistant Zach Johnson watched Dustin practice on Tuesday. “The last 12 holes, even the guys he was playing with are like, ‘Oh, someone’s back.’ Yeah, it looked good,â€� said Zach. Ernie vs. Tiger Only one captain is playing this week, but certainly Tiger Woods and Ernie Els have had their share of battles through the years. Most of the time, Woods has come out on top – including two majors when he routed the field while Els finished runner-up. Els has spoken this week about coming up short against Woods, so an International win this week would be sweet. “It would be nice,â€� said International assistant captain Geoff Ogilvy. “He ran into a buzzsaw a lot in the big tournaments,â€� International assistant captain Geoff Ogilvy said of Els vs. Woods. “He was so far and away the second-best golfer in the world for the best patch of Tiger’s career, but there was still daylight from No. 1.â€�

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