The Big Break I

Infobox Television The Big Break
season_name = The Big Break


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first_aired = October 6, 2003
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num_episodes = 10
hosts = Rick Smith; Katherine Roberts
location = Treetops Resort, Gaylord, Michigan
tour_exemptions = Canadian Tour
tournament_exemptions = 2004 Barton Creek Classic, 2004 Greater Sacramento Open, 2004 Michelin Guadalajara Classic, 2004 Corona Ixtapa Classic
winner = Justin Peters
website = http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=23232
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next_season = The Big Break II

"The Big Break I" first aired, as said in the introduction, on October 6, 2003. The contest was filmed over ten days at the Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Michigan. The winner would receive exemptions into four selected events on the Canadian Tour in 2004 (all of which were broadcast by The Golf Channel).

The ten hopefuls for the first season were Randy Block of San Antonio; Garrett Garland of Northridge, California; Charles Calhoun of Marietta, Ohio; Justin Peters of Plantation, Florida; Steve Duemig of Clearwater, Florida; Anthony Sorentino of Rochester Hills, Michigan; Mark Farnham of Port Jefferson, New York; Craig Pawling of Sunrise, Florida; Jeff Brown of Hampton, Georgia; and Jon Roddy of Orlando, Florida. The show was hosted by Phil Mickelson's former swing coach, Rick Smith, and Katherine Roberts, who was dismissed as eye candy. In the end, Peters defeated Sorentino 3 & 1 in the matchplay final. Peters, though, failed to make the cut in any of the four Canadian Tour events he played in.

The first season's webpage is still viewable [http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=23232 here] .