Ben Crane aims for a repeat at the U.S. BANK CHAMPIONSHIP IN MILWAUKEE, formerly the Greater Milwaukee Open and mainstay on the PGA TOUR since 1968. CBS Sports provides all the golf shots with a unique and experienced blend of insight and perspective with third- and final-round coverage of the U.S. Bank Championship from Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Milwaukee, Wis., on Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30 (3:00-6:00 PM, ET; both days), live on the CBS Television Network.

Bill Macatee along with Lanny Wadkins, CBS Sports' lead golf analyst, provide commentary from the 18th tower. Peter Oosterhuis calls the action at the 17th hole, Gary McCord at the 16th and Bobby Clampett at the 15th. David Feherty and Peter Kostis serve as on-course reporters.

Crane won the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee last year with a four stroke victory over Scott Verplank. He also tied the 36- and 72-hole scoring records and set a new 54-hole mark with his solid play. Crane has continued his consistent play again this year and last week he placed 11th at the British Open. The Milwaukee field includes Crane, two-time Milwaukee winner Carlos Franco (2004, 1999), 2003 winner Kenny Perry, 2002 Milwaukee winner Jeff Sluman, Fred Funk, Brad Faxon, Stewart Cink, Tim Herron, K.J. Choi, Mark Calcavecchia, Charles Howell III, Tom Pernice Jr., Brett Wetterich, Jose Coceres, Bob Estes and Verplank.

Lance Barrow is Coordinating Producer and Steve Milton is Director of CBS Sports' golf coverage. Tony Petitti is Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.

CHIPS SHOTS WITH LEAD ANALYST LANNY WADKINS (Wadkins, winner of 21 PGA TOUR events, the 1977 PGA Championship and former U.S. Ryder Cup Captain, will call his fifth PGA Championship for CBS in August from Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. (Aug. 17-20)

(On the British Open): Tiger came back from the U.S. Open and had a very good Western Open and got himself ready. It was key that he had that tournament to get back in contention and get the feel back. What impressed me at the British Open was he had such a solid game plan and he stuck to it, and it just proves that he is the best player, period. He doesn't necessarily need his length to beat everyone. If he only hit it 280 yards off the tee he would still win because he's better then everybody else at every other phase of the game. He plays with more imagination then anyone else so nobody right now is even going threaten him for quite a few years as far as number one. Not even Phil Mickelson. Tiger has doubled the number of points between he and Phil right now, and in the point standings that's a long way to go. Lefty's going have to win like he's never won and Tiger's going have to fall off the map for that to happen anytime soon. That is just not going to happen.


On Tiger Woods passing Jack Nicklaus's record 18 major championship titles): The talent is definitely there to do it and I don't see the number of potential threats to Tiger winning majors that I saw that Jack Nicklaus had to deal with. Vijay Singh, for instance, is approaching mid-forties and he is probably not going be at his top game for the next 10 years as a threat. Phil Mickelson should be, and the young players have yet to prove themselves. So I think that everything is aligned for Tiger to get there…(On missing the U.S. Open cut): I don't think that he was ready for the U.S. Open yet. There is no substitute for playing and he hadn't played from the Masters® until the Open and that's just too long to go to be ready for a major championship. It was a time in his life that personal issues take precedence and they should. There's nothing wrong with that it's unfortunately a fact of life that we all expect to go through at some point in time.

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