Ben Wright Returns to U.S. Television as Host of World Club Championship From The Club at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island, South Korea.Sports Editors & Golf Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2002 Event to Be Telecast on the Golf Channel, Dec. 11, 2002, From 9-11 P.M. ET Famed golf broadcaster Ben Wright returns to U.S. television as host of the World Club Championship that was held at The Club at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island, South Korea it was announced today on a conference call by David V. Smith, President of Golf Projects International and Chairman of the Advisory Board for Nine Bridges. The show is produced by Emmy-Award winning producer Terry Jastrow and will air on The Golf Channel on Dec. 11, 2002 from 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET "We are delighted Ben has accepted to host the telecast," Smith said. "He has broadcast and played golf in many countries around the world and has a true passion for the history of the game and amateur golf." The World Club Championship brings together the finest clubs in the world based on Golf Magazine's 2001 Top 100 Courses in the World ranking. Eighteen teams consisting of a club champion and a partner, competed representing six countries including the U.S., England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia and South Korea. Eddie Merrins, the famed pro from Bel-Air Country Club, is the Championship Chairman. Tom Crow, founder of Cobra Golf, is the Championship Referee. "I'm obviously thrilled to be working with the team that has been assembled," Wright said. "It is a joy for me to work with Terry Jastrow. I think this is an idea whose time has come. The significance of this event is represented with the participation of Pine Valley Pine Valley may refer to:
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba , participating. Nine Bridges looks like the Kings course at GlenEagles in Scotland. It is truly a marvelous course." "The idea of this event with the great clubs of the world represented by club champions is very intoxicating in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. ," Jastrow said. "As a team event, the leader board is always going to be fascinating because it will read Muirfield, Pine Valley, Royal St. George's Noun 1. St. George's - the capital and largest city of Grenada capital of Grenada Grenada - an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth or Royal Melbourne." |
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