WASHINGTON, DC - WUSA 9 will be delivering exclusive and innovative live coverage of all the action in the national AT & T Golf Tournament beginning on Monday, June 24. The tournament will be played this year at the legendary, historic Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland and will have 132 of the best golfers in the world. One of the biggest names in golf today, the 2013 master champion Adam Scott is among the exceptional field of professional golf, scheduled to play the tournament. And WUSA 9 will bring the best of the best to the spectators, the users of the application, fans and spectators week.
Television coverage of the WUSA 9 include transmissions live afternoon all beginning of week 17 long and also special curfew Wednesday to Friday 11:32 to 23:50. And on Sunday, June 30, coverage will conclude with an exclusive show wrap-up; "Game on: overtime" in 23:35 that will focus in particular AT & T National highlights of the tournament. WUSA 9 coverage also includes a vibrant digital component with content delivered in the WUSA 9 news exclusive streaming app and twitter in vivo whole week coverage.
According to WUSA 9 President and General Manager Mark Burdett; "this is our second year of a significant commitment to the local and regional sport, and the national AT & T Golf Tournament is the highlight of the local golf season. "Since the Tiger Woods Foundation to our partners a tremendous LG Electronics, Ford Washington, Lexus and Sheehy Automotive dealers to the CBS Sports Team top notch this event is really a local masterpiece and we are really happy to be part of the coverage and excitement."
WUSA 9 morning news anchor Mike Hydeck and WUSA 9 sports journalist / anchor, Kristen Berset report live each day of the tournament. The Washington Post Golf expert and reporter Barry Svrluga sports will be in hand deliver your golf games insights throughout the tournament.
The tournament, sponsored by the Tiger Woods Foundation, in its seventh year of play and is expected to attract an audience of over 150,000 fans and spectators. Golfers will compete for a prize of $6.5 million.
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