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The Father-Son Challenge, the made-for-television event last held in 2008, appears poised to make a comeback in December -- but with a potentially expanded format -- Golf World has learned. Alastair Johnston, vice chairman...

Tuesday, 2/7/2012 at 12:25PM

Posted by Alex Myers

keywords:: alastair johnston,; bernhard langer,; dave shedloski,; father-son challenge,; golf world

Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

When I see the name "Tim Finchem" appear on my cell phone, I stop what I'm doing to take the call. He is, after all, the commissioner of the PGA Tour, and he doesn't...

Wednesday, 1/11/2012 at 1:35PM

Posted by Alex Myers

keywords:: cbs,; deane beman,; nbc,; pga tour,; ron sirak

Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

MELBOURNE - Are you ready for some golf? When the International Team picked up its only Presidents Cup victory here at Royal Melbourne in 1998, golf fans in the United States saw much of the...

Tuesday, 11/15/2011 at 8:00PM

Posted by Sam Weinman

keywords:: Ron Sirak,; golf,; golf channel,; international team,; mike mccarley

Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

If you like your TV golf coverage in quantity -- and we mean really like it in quantity -- you'll be excited with what NBC and Golf Channel have planned for the Presidents Cup. The...

Monday, 9/26/2011 at 10:06AM

Posted by Sam Weinman

keywords:: Presidents Cup,; australia,; comcast,; geoff russell,; golf channel

Golf Tours & News / Sirak

Tim Finchem's TV Deal Ensures PGA Tour's Future -- and Likely His As Well

September 26, 2011

By Ron Sirak

keywords:: golf,; golf world,; PGA Tour,; Tim Finchem,; Golf Channel

Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

NORTON, MASS. -- The key elements of the nine-year contract extension between the PGA Tour and CBS and NBC for network TV rights were the length of the deal and the flexibility to expand digital...

Thursday, 9/1/2011 at 1:29PM

Posted by Sam Weinman

keywords:: Deutsche Bank Championship,; Ron Sirak,; Tim Finchem,; cbs,; golf channel

Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

NBC began its coverage of the final round of the U.S. Open on Sunday with a patriotic piece befitting a U.S. Open played in the shadow of the nation's capital that contained one glaring omission:...

Sunday, 6/19/2011 at 7:41PM

Posted by John Strege

keywords:: Dan Hicks,; Gary Koch,; Greg Norman,; Jack Nicklaus,; Jimmy Roberts

Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

BETHESDA, MD. - That sound you hear is the noise of dominoes falling at the 111th U.S. Open. Because the TV window for the tournament was set for 2-8 p.m. Eastern time, the final twosome...

Saturday, 6/18/2011 at 2:27PM

Posted by Ashley Mayo

keywords:: congressional,; nbc,; open,; ron sirak,; rory mcilroy

U.S. Open

Who were the winners and losers on Friday at Congressional? It's time for a closer look with our second-round edition of birdies and bogeys

June 17, 2011

By Sam Weinman

keywords:: U.S. Open,; golf,; Congressional,; Tiger Woods,; Rory McIlroy

Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

It's not a U.S. Open telecast on ESPN without Chris Berman. Alas. It begs the question: Why?There is likely a reason that Berman doesn't work ESPN's coverage of the Masters, which began in 2008. Wrote...

Thursday, 6/16/2011 at 6:35PM

Posted by John Strege