Well, It's Not the PGA Tour...

But the European Tour is in action today! The Africa Open is our first chance to see a couple of the big names in action this year -- Louis Oosthuizen, the defending champion, and Retief Goosen are in the field.

Unless you keep up with the European Tour, you might not recognize many of the other players. I recognized a few of the names:

• Chris Wood
• Oliver Wilson
• Jaco Van Zyl
• Tjaart Van Der Walt (Tjaart has played the PGA and Nationwide Tours some)
• Richard Sterne
• Phillip Price
• Scott Pinckney (he's from the USA)
• John Peterson (the amateur who won the Arnold Palmer Award and was NCAA Champ this year)
• Garth Mulroy
• Damien McGrane
• Thomas Aiken

And more, but I got tired of typing. ;-)

Anyway, if you want to get a head start on the 2012 golf season, I think GC starts the tape-delayed broadcast (the tournament's just getting underway as I write this) at 9am ET. And you can check the Africa Open live leaderboard here.

Later tonight (6pm ET, I think) GC will have a special broadcast from Hawaii with some closest-to-the-pin competitions and stuff to get ready for the Hyundai.

Welcome to the new golf season!