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Shell's Wonderful World of Golf was a televised series of golf matches which began in the 1960s. [1] [2] The program was sponsored by Shell Oil.It was a part of the tradition of "challenge matches" between pairs of professional golfers, which were the earliest form of professional golf competition, but have now been almost entirely replaced by large field tournaments.
The Air New Zealand Shell Open was a golf tournament held in New Zealand between 1975 and 1994. The event was the New Zealand Airlines Classic in 1975 and 1976 and the New Zealand Airlines Open in 1977. The Grange hosted the first and final editions of the event but Titirangi hosted the event the most, 14 times between 1977 and 1991.
CBS Sports has been a carrier of PGA Tour golf since 1970. [1] CBS was the Tour's primary television partner from 1970 to 1998, carrying 20 and more events per season. CBS shared duties as primary Tour carrier with ABC Sports from 1999 to 2006, covering around 15 events per season.
Date Tournament Location Purse ($) Winner(s) OWGR points Notes Jan 5 Bahamas Classic: Bahamas 300,000 Hale Irwin: n/a Sep 1 PGA Grand Slam of Golf: Illinois
Fall Series: Oct 10 McGladrey Classic: Georgia 4,000,000 Heath Slocum (4) 30 New tournament Fall Series: Oct 17 Frys.com Open: California 5,000,000 Rocco Mediate (6) 24 Fall Series: Oct 24 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open: Nevada 4,300,000 Jonathan Byrd (4) 26 Fall Series: Nov 14 Children's Miracle Network Classic: Florida ...
1995 PGA Tour season; Duration: January 5, 1995 () – October 29, 1995 (): Number of official events: 44: Most wins: Lee Janzen (3) Greg Norman (3): Money list: Greg Norman: PGA Tour Player of the Year
Jack Whigham, a Hollywood agent, and Bryan Zuriff, a film and TV producer, conceived the event. Zuriff was a fan of The Skins Game—a former PGA Tour unofficial event that was held around Thanksgiving weekend—and envisioned a concept for a golf event that would, as explained by Whigham, be "played the way a lot of us play with our buddies on the weekends?
NBC first began televising golf events after it was awarded the television rights to the U.S. Open in 1954.The tournament continued to air on the network through the 1965 event, however NBC rebuffed a long-term deal to broadcast the event when the United States Golf Association (USGA) decided on a true contract in 1966.