Defending Weetabix Women’s British Open Champion Jeong Jang announces an initiative to support the children of Operation Smile, a charity that provides free reconstructive surgery to children and young adults around the world suffering with facial deformities. … TNT will provide live coverage of the 88th PGA Championship, Aug. 17-20. The network will air exclusive first- and second-round coverage on Thursday, Aug. 17 from 2-8 p.m. ET and Friday, Aug. 18 from 2-8 p.m. ET, respectively, along with weekend coverage of the third and fourth rounds from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET. … Graphite Design International announces that the winner of the Senior British Open Championship used a GDI shaft model in his driver. … TNT concludes its last leg of British Open coverage in England with the Women’s British Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St. Anne’s in England. TNT will televise portions of the first and second rounds on Thursday, Aug. 3 and Friday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m.-Noon ET/PT. … CBS Sports will air live coverage of the Buick Open, broadcasting the third and final rounds on Saturday, Aug. 5 and Sunday, Aug. 6 from 3-6 p.m. ET. … Jason Straka, a senior design associate with the firm Hurdzan / Fry Golf Course Design, has been recently elected as an adjunct professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at The Ohio State University. … Buffalo Communications names Andrea Latta as public relations specialist. … The Golf Channel kicks off "Wednesday Night at the Movies" tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET with the airing of "Banning," starring Robert Wagner.
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