TV Team Championship

HISTORY

In 1995 the Fox Sports Net Bay Area started broadcasting the "TV Team Championship" tournament, a competition between golf clubs both public and private from the Northern California PGA Section. 

In 1995, the Qualifying tournament was held at the Chardonnay Club where over 144 of the best golfers in Northern California representing 48 golf clubs, both public and private, entered the tournament in quest of a chance to play in the final TV field of 16 Club Teams.

The team from Cherry Island Golf Course, led by professional Shawn Kelly with amateurs Stu Schroeder and Kathy Woodward, took the victory over the team from the Chardonnay Club. Since the initial Team Championship in 1995 there have been winning teams representing facilities such as The Ridge, Rooster Run, Stockton Country Club, Pasatiempo, Granite Bay, and many others. Matches have been held at venues such as Pebble Beach, Spanish Bay, Eagle Run, Ridgemark, Stonetree, Chardonnay Golf Club, Half Moon Bay Golf Links, and Bodega Harbour Golf Links.

Since 1995 over 1,000 hours of TV Team Golf shows have been broadcast on TV. The programs are seen locally on FSN and Nationally on DirecTV. The broadcast reaches over 4.4 million households locally and over 13 million households Nationally. Prize money of over half million dollars has been awarded to PGA Professionals since 1995.

FORMAT

The teams are comprised of three players, the Club Professional, an outstanding lady amateur and men's amateur from the club. They compete with other club teams in the Northern California PGA Section in 9 hole matches that are taped for TV. The TV match is then edited into a one-hour program of the Play by Play of the match and also features previews of each hole being played, an interview segment, a golf tip and other features of interest to viewers. It is an opportunity to display the talents of the Northern California PGA Club Professionals and outstanding local amateurs to the vast television audience. 

The TV Team Golf show highlights many aspects of local golf the viewers can relate to, from the courses, to the clubs, to the local amateur players and to the club professionals that are participating in the matches. With all of the positive things that are currently taking place in the golf world, this is a great opportunity to expose the TV viewers to the PGA Professionals and outstanding Amateurs in our area.

WHAT TO DO NEXT

Contact your local PGA Professional for more information about the local qualifying events in your area.