The Big Break is the Golf Channel's reality television program. The show's premise is to award an aspiring professional golfer exemptions into selected events on certain tours. The series debuted on October 6, 2003.
Currently, the show airs at 9 p.m. Eastern time/6 p.m. Pacific time every Monday or Tuesday. Tom Abbott replaced Vince Cellini as the male host at Big Break Sandals Resorts in the spring of 2010. Stephanie Sparks stayed on as host.
Each episode is an hour long, though each season finale is two hours long. The show's chief signature is a giant rock that bears its logo. Until the 11th edition, there was a side rock with the Roman numeral identifying the edition. Now, each show is referred to only by its location.
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Season List
The Big Break I
EP : 1
2003-10-06
The Big Break II: Las Vegas
EP : 1
2004-09-27
The Big Break III: Ladies Only
EP : 1
2005-02-08
The Big Break IV: USA vs. Europe
EP : 1
2005-09-13
The Big Break V: Hawaii
EP : 0
The Big Break VI: Trump National
EP : 1
2006-09-26
The Big Break VII: Reunion at Reunion
EP : 1
2007-02-25
The Big Break Mesquite
EP : 0
Big Break Ka'anapali
EP : 0
Big Break X: Michigan
EP : 0
Big Break Prince Edward Island
EP : 0
Big Break Disney golf
EP : 0
Big Break Sandals Resort
EP : 0
Big Break Dominican Republic
EP : 0
Big Break Indian Wells
EP : 0
Big Break Ireland
EP : 0
Big Break Atlantis
EP : 0
Big break Greenbrier
EP : 5
2012-10-02
Big Break Mexico
EP : 0
Big Break NFL Puerto Rico
EP : 0
season 1 || The Big Break I
Relesed on | 2003-10-06
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.
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 here.