CBS Sports and the PGA TOUR head down to the Bayou this weekend with coverage of the ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS.  CBS Sports broadcasts third- and final-round coverage on Saturday, April 30  and Sunday, May 1 (3:00-6:00 PM, ET;  both days), live from TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La.  The tournament returned to TPC Louisiana in 2007 after extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina had moved the event to English Turn Golf and Country Club.  The 2006 Zurich Classic was the first major sporting event to be held in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.

  

Jim Nantz, the 2009 and 2008 Emmy Award winner for "Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play" and five-time National Sportscaster of the Year, now in his 26^th year covering golf at CBS, serves as anchor of CBS Sports' golf coverage. Sir Nick Faldo, winner of six majors and more than 40 tournaments worldwide serves as lead analyst alongside Nantz in the 18^th hole tower. Ian Baker-Finch calls the action at the 17^th hole and Gary McCord at the 16^th hole. Peter Kostis serves as on-course reporter. Lance Barrow is Coordinating Producer and Steve Milton is Director of CBS Sports' golf coverage.  Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

 

Jason Bohn returns to defend his title this week after his wire-to-wire win by two strokes last year over Jeff Overton.  His 18-under par total is the lowest winning total at TPC Louisiana.  Shreveport resident and former LSU All-America David Toms marks his 501^st career start this week at the Zurich Classic.  Toms has three Top-10 finishes in 17 starts here, including a win in 2001. Four-of-the-past six winners of the Zurich Classic earned their first win on TOUR: Tim Petrovic (2005), Chris Couch (2006), Nick Watney (2007) and Andres Romero (2008). They all return in a strong field that includes three of the Top-10 players in the world, Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell and Steve Stricker, Rickie Fowler, Camilo Villegas, Vijay Singh, Brandt Snedeker, Sean O'Hair, Justin Rose, Charlie Wi, Rory Sabbatini, Bubba Watson, Michael Bradley, Justin Leonard, David Duval, D.A. Points, Chez Reavie, Charley Hoffman, Brian Gay, Boo Weekley, as well as other former Zurich Classic winners K.J. Choi, Steve Flesch, Scott McCarron and Brad Faxon,   

 

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CBS SPORTS 2011 GOLF  SCHEDULE

 

 

Broadcast Dates

And Times (PM, ET)                         Tournament                            Location         

 

April 30 (3:00-6:00 PM)                      Zurich Classic                         TPC Louisiana

May 1   (3:00-6:00 PM)                       of New Orleans                      Avondale, La.

 

May 7 (3:00-6:00 PM)                         Wells Fargo                            Quail Hollow Club

May 8 (3:00-6:00 PM)                         Championship                         Charlotte, N.C.

 

May 21 (3:00-6:00 PM)                       Crowne Plaza Invitational      Colonial Country Club

May 22 (3:00-6:00 PM)                       at Colonial                              Fort Worth, Texas

 

May 28 (3:00-6:00 PM)                       HP Byron Nelson                   TPC Four Seasons Resort

May 29 (3:00-6:00 PM)                       Championship                       Irving, Texas

 

June 4 (3:00-6:00 PM)                         the Memorial Tournament    Muirfield Village Golf Club

June 5 (2:30-6:00 PM)                         presented by                           Dublin, Ohio

                                                            Nationwide Insurance

 

June 11 (3:00-6:00 PM)                       FedEx St. Jude Classic          TPC Southwind

June 12 (3:00-6:00 PM)                                                                       Memphis, Tenn.

  

June 25 (3:00-6:00 PM)                      Travelers                                 TPC River Highlands

June 26 (3:00-6:00 PM)                      Championship                       Cromwell, Conn.

                                                                                                            

July 2 (3:00-6:00 PM)                          AT&T National                      Aronimink Golf Club

July 3 (3:00-6:30 PM)                                                                          Newtown Square, Pa.

 

July 9 (3:00-6:00 PM)                      John Deere Classic                    TPC Deere Run

July 10 (3:00-6:00 PM)                                                                       Silvis, Ill.

 

July 23 (3:00-6:00 PM)                      RBC Canadian Open            Shaughnessy Golf and CC          

July 24 (3:00-6:00 PM)                                                                       Vancouver, British Columbia

 

 

July 30 (3:00-6:00 PM)                      The Greenbrier Classic           The Old White Course TPC

July 31 (3:00-6:00 PM)                                                                        White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

 

Aug. 6 (2:00-6:00 PM)                       WGC-Bridgestone                   Firestone Country Club                    

Aug. 7 (2:00-6:00 PM)                        Invitational                              South Course

Akron, Ohio

 

Aug. 11 (12:37-1:07 AM)                   PGA Championship                 Atlanta Athletic Club

Aug. 12 (12:37-1:07 AM)                                                                    Duluth, Ga.

Aug. 13 (2:00-7:00 PM)                      

Aug. 14 (2:00-7:00 PM)

 

Aug. 20 (3:00-6:00 PM)                     Wyndham Championship        Sedgefield Country Club

Aug. 21 (3:00-6:00 PM)                                                                       Greensboro, N.C.

 

Aug. 27 (3:00-6:00 PM)                      The Barclays                         Plainfield Country Club

Aug. 28 (2:00-6:00 PM)                                                                      Edison, N.J.

 

 

CBS Sports Contact:    Robin Brendle              (212) 975-1533           rlbrendle@cbs.com

 

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