PGA Tour :Buick Invitational Tiger Woods starts his season live on Ten Sports

MUMBAI: Tiger Woods, the finest contemporary golfer in the world, and perhaps of all time, will start his 2008 season when he takes part in this week’s $5.2 million Buick Invitational.

Woods, the undisputed number one in the world and winner of Buick Invitational in four of his last five starts – including the last three years – goes up against a quality field at Torrey Pines North and South courses from 24 January, and the much anticipated tournament will be seen live and exclusive on Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel in the Sub-continent.

The live coverage of the tournament on Ten Sports starts from 25 January, at 1:30 am IST and ends with the final day’s coverage starting at the same time (1:30am IST) on 28 January. The coverage of the second round will be delayed and starts 3:30 am IST on 27 January.

Tiger proved in December last year how quickly he can get back into the groove when he tore apart a quality field in his own Target World Challenge, and won the title by seven shots despite coming off a ten-week break.

But it is not just Woods who will be hoping for a fast start to the season. Also in the field is Phil Mickelson, who will be eager to build up on his success at the end of last year, which saw him win on the PGA Tour and the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

The Indian interest will centre around Daniel Chopra, who won the season-opening winners-only Mercedes Benz Championship in Hawaii.

Also in the field are Masters champion Zach Johnson, Jim Furyk, KJ Choi and Vijay Singh.

Ten Sports is the definitive home for golf action in the Subcontinent, with the channel telecasting action from one of the biggest Tours in the world – the US PGA.