The Bob Hope Chrysler Golf Classic gets underway on Wednesday, January 21st. “Fifty Years of Hope” will be played over four days at four different championship courses in and around the Palm Springs, California area. This year’s anniversary edition is hosted by Arnold Palmer.
...Such a lovely place...
Don’s playing with amateurs Josh Kelley and Bob Holmes throughout the four days. Each celebrity/amateur team plays with a different pro, rotating over the four courses. The tournament lumps the celebrities together in one field, which makes it easier for the fans (and the press) to follow them. The official site has posted the pairings. Probably the best time to see your favorite player/celebrity is during one of the practice rounds on Monday and Tuesday.
Tonight, Michael McDonald is headlining the entertainment at the tournament’s traditional ball.
Look for leaderboard coverage via the PGA site, TV coverage on the Golf Channel and radio coverage on Sirius XM Golf.
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I've been tuning in to our cable TV's coverage of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic for the past two days. They pick up a Golf Channel feed for about two hours and actually got Don on camera teeing off what appeared to be a textbook drive straight to the green.
The other hour and fifty-five minutes were filled with graphics, player portraits, interviews, trivia, shots of palm trees, fountains and cars, Nick Faldo, slo-mo swing analyses and plugs from equipment manufacturers.
I stared at the same limp yellow flag for about ten minutes during today's broadcast before realizing that they'd lost the video. I heard Huey Lewis singing “Desperado,” though, so that must have meant Don was nearby.