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CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR PRESENTS "PHIL AT AUGUSTA" ON SATURDAY, APRIL 9

CBS Sports will broadcast a CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR golf special, PHIL AT AUGUSTA on Saturday, April 9 (2:30-3:30 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

 

Hosted by CBS Sports' Jim Nantz, PHIL AT AUGUSTA takes us inside Phil Mickelson's triumphs at the Masters®, the place where he truly fulfilled his destiny.

 

One of golf's most popular champions throughout his career, Mickelson had won tournaments and prize money beyond imagination.  But it was in 2004 when he birdied five of the last seven holes at Augusta that "his time" had finally arrived to don his first green jacket.  No longer tagged with the label of "best golfer to have never won a major," two years later in 2006 he won his second green jacket.  Then in 2010 with his wife, Amy, recovering from breast cancer, Mickelson tailored his third green jacket with his emotional "win for the family."

 

The one-hour special features interviews with "Team Mickelson" including his parents, caddy Jim "Bones" McKay, swing coach Butch Harmon and short game guru Dave Pelz.

 

PHIL AT AUGUSTA is produced and directed by two-time Emmy Award winner Mickey Holden of the Holden Production Group.  CBS Sports' Andy Freedman is coordinating producer.

 

Lance Barrow is Coordinating Producer, CBS Sports Golf.  Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

 

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

                                    Jerry Caraccioli            212/975-7466              gwcaraccioli@cbs.com