Tournament of Champions Coverage on KJAN

August 11th, 2016 by admin

The 58th Annual Tournament of Champions is set to begin Friday at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club and KJAN will have live coverage throughout the weekend. The tournament features the top finishers from club championships around the state along with past champions and last year’s top-25 finishers. The event is a three-day 54 hole tournament played Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and is split into three different divisions: Open, Senior, and Super Senior.

Tournament Chair Matt Mullenix was featured on our Heartbeat Today Program on Thursday morning and he said 96 total golfers have signed up for play in this year’s event. He said it’s nice to see some familiar faces but great to see new participants as well and he anticipates around 30 new golfers in this year’s field. Mullenix also said 12 past champions will be back to compete this year.

We’ll have live coverage throughout the event on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1 and you can also follow along with tee times and scores on the sports page at kjan.com. Our scheduled reports on Friday are at 8:35am, 11:20pm, 1:05pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:35pm, and 5:45pm. We will also have other break-in reports throughout the day. Catch scheduled reports on Saturday at 8:35am, 11:15pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm. Sunday we will have live coverage of the leaders beginning at 12:00pm on Sunday through the finish.

Listen to the full interview with Matt Mullenix below.