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Nike live! Golf tournament coverage reaches television viewers By Tammy Hayas Perhaps the next best thing to playing golf at Prestonwood Coun try Club is wmching the Nike Caro lina Classic golfers swing their way through the toumamenL But for those who couldn’t see the latest tournament action in per son, the event was televised live fOT the first time ever by the Golf Channel, May 16-18. The Golf Channel’s first day ever on the air was January 17, 1995. But the idea for the channel was ccmceived in 1990 when the PGA tour was held in Alabama. According to Mark Oldham, the vice Resident of tournament af fairs, the Golf Channel’s caigins began when Arnold Palmo' was staying at the home of Joe Gibbs during the tournament. When Gibbs followed Palmer through the tournament, he saw the potential for the success of a channel strictly for golf. Now, six yeare later, the Golf Channel is currently broadcast to 2.5 million people. "The subscriber base is continu ing to grow each day we’re doing business," Oldham said. He said that the ccanpany expects to expand, televising to 6 million people, by the end of the year. Local residents receive the Golf Channel through Time-Wamer Cable. The Golf Channel decided to cover the Nike tournament at ftestonwood because of its timing in the overall tournament schedule. The channel mainly covers the senior tour and the LPGA tour. The Nike tournament at Prestonwood was held at the right moment when the channel had time in its pro gramming tt) cover it. "OvCT the last 18 months, we’ve found that the level of play in Nike golf is unbelievable," producer Keith Hiishland said. "We found .out in a hurry with our first event last year that we were in for a treat." Partly because the Golf Channel covered the Prestonwood tourna ment, the course was altered to meet the needs of the channel. The Golf Channel, along with the club and tour, made the decisions on the course. The tournament’s front nine holes were played on the club’s Meadows course and the back nine were from the Highlands course. Another major reason the course was altered was because tourna ment director MaryMac Webb wanted holes one and 10 to be close to the club bouse, ^'eventing golfers from needing transporta tion. "It was a combination of what might look best on television and what might be the most exciting way to play the course," Hirshland said. In order to show footage from the back nine holes, 80,000 feet of cable were run throughout the course. The channel brought in over 100 people to set up and fuo- duce the coverage for the Golf Channel. Tha Morrisviiie and Praston Progress, Wednesday, May 29,1996 - 9 The Next Issue Comes Out June 26th! Call us today to reserve your ad space! 552-5675 QUIET, GOLFERS AT WORK-Bill Andrews holds up the "Quiet" sign on the first tee of the Nike Carolina Classic. The event was televised by the Golf Channel. Because of the numerous holes and the size of the fairways, golf is one of the most expensive sports to produce, according to Oldham. "It’s a major production," he said. "On a football field, you’ve got 100 yards and you know what your field is. Baseball and basketball are the same way. With golf, it varies from place to place. Each golf course is different." Both Hirshland and Oldham said they were impressed with the Prestonwood course. "Compared to other courses we televise, it’s among the top courses," Oldham said. "The aesthetics of the course are beauti ful. It looks really good on televi- 3ria/^/e e^&ance ENROLL NOW FOR SUMMER CAMPS & FALL CLASSES. CALL 387-1298 Age 5112 to Adults/Beginner to Professional • Pre-Ballet • Ballet • Pointe • Jazz • Theater • Character Annette C. Hagopian, Director 528 E. 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Call For Details! Prestonwood Notebook "This is an event," Hirshland said. "Even though we travel around to 35 different golf tourna ments a year, there’s one Nike Tour event here." Hirshland said that the channel is looking forward to reluming to Prestonwood in the future. In the meantime, local golfers can con tinue to follow their favorite tournaments on the channel. "The thing that sets us apart (from other channels) is our com mitment to the game,” Hirshland said. "We’re not only the Golf Channel, we’re golfs channel. We don’t have anything else on our plate." Durham golfer nails hole-in-one, wins car The most exciting and controversial moment of the Nilto Carolina Classic was a hole-in-one that nobody saw. Durham’s John Maginnes aced the 205-yard fifth hole with a 1-iron, but he and his two playing part- n^s didn’t realize the ball was in the bole. "There wasn’t any gallery out there, so we didn’t know it was in until we got up there. I just thought it was close," Maginnes said. There is no question that Maginnes bad a hole-in- one, but a controversy arose over the awarding of a Buick Riviera, which supposedly would go to the first golf^ to score an ace in Saturday’s round. However, the insurance contract stipulmed the third round rather than the third day, and-because Thurs day’s opening round was washed out-it was the sec ond round that was being played on Saturday. The l^est wo'd is that Maginnes is likely to win the automobile, which is worth considerably more than the $1,700 check he picked up for a 54-hole total of 212. "It’s pretty much a done deal [that be will get the car]," said Julian Williamson, marketing director of the classic. "Fve talked widi Maginnes since the tournament and that’s what I told him. The Buick people say all that needs to be done is the necessary p^)erwork." That paperwork, said Williamson, includes signa tures of Maginnes’ playing partners to verify the fern. Nike golfers say it takes about $1,000 in tourna ment earnings to tweak even for the week. If that’s the case, then 28 golfers who made the cut actually lost money despite receiving a paycheck. One of those below the $1,000 mark, however, did make a small profit. That would be none other than Vance Heafner, Prestonwood’s director of golf. Since Heafner bad no travel expenses, be at least bad a little left over after his caddy and the government took their cut. Heafner, incidentally, finished the tourna ment with a 54-hole total of 215, which is one under par. Another Prestonwood golfer, Chud: Tickle, was only amateur in the tournament. Tickle fmled to make the cut after shooting a 72-76, but still bad m^oiies of the 1995 tournament when he advanced to the final two rounds. Top prize of $36,000 in the Nike Classic went to Glen Hnatiuk, who set a Prestonwood record by shooting a 64 on the final day of the $2(X),000 event Hnatiuk, who had a three-day total of 205, didn’t claim the title until winning a playoff with CYaig Perks, who sunk a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to tie for the lead. Hnatiuk, who won with a par on the first playoff bole, registered bis third care^ win on the Nilm tour and jumped into the top IS on the money list. He also became the fifth player in tour history to win tourna ments in three different years. The pros aren’t the only winners at Prestonwood. The new men’s match play champion is Preston Ed mondson, who defeated J.R. Robinson in the final rouTKl. Other flight winners included $teve Metzger, first flight; Tom Howard, second; Steve Sims, third; Jade Wallace, fourth; and Dick Shannon, fifth. 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