POSTED: Monday June 22nd 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GOLF DIGEST U.S OPEN CHALLENGE RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, JULY 4 ON NBC SPORTS

Event Featured Jordan, Timberlake, Roethlisberger Playing Bethpage Black

       NEW YORK—June 22, 2009 - NBC Sports’ broadcast of the Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge has been rescheduled for Saturday, July 4 at 2 p.m. following NBC Sports’ coverage of the Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Final. The event had been originally scheduled for broadcast yesterday leading into NBC Sports’ final round U.S. Open coverage but weather delays forced programming changes.

 Michael Jordan, Ben Roethlisberger, Justin Timberlake and amateur winner Larry Giebelhausen all set out with the goal of breaking 100 at the Black Course at Bethpage State Park, the site of the 2009 U.S. Open Championship.

The group played all 18 holes of the Black Course from the back tees under strict USGA rules.

In the December 2008 issue, Golf Digest asked readers to send in a six-word essay on why they thought they could break 100 at Bethpage Black. The four finalists were narrowed down from 73,581 essays that were submitted. Larry Giebelhausen a police lieutenant of Scottsdale, Ariz., won the online vote with “I’m a cop, I’ll shoot low.”

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