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The $10 million purses on
the PGA Tour may be a thing
of the past. Touring pros may
have to sell the jet and fly
commercial. That’s a scary
thought!
The PGA and LPGATours have
formed a marketing agreement
and are currently studying the
best options for their respective
tours in negotiating new
contracts with the networks.
Fox, CBS and NBC are all
active in golf coverage.
Fox pays the USGA around
$90 million each year for
the rights to their events,
including the U.S. Open, U.S.
Women’s Open, U.S. Men’s
and Women’s Amateurs, as
well as, the lesser USGA
tournaments.
NBC recently picked up the
Open Championship from
ABC/ESPN and along with
the Golf Channel has primary
coverage of the LPGA Tour
and Ryder Cup, plus they
may be looking for more. CBS
is still the lead dog in Golf
with the Masters, the PGA
Championship and most of
the PGA Tour regular season.
The final piece of the puzzle
may be the professional tours
broadcasting more events
under their own production
and offering them to
subscribers over the internet
and on smart TV’s.
Google, Roku, and other
internet television services
are gaining new subscribers
daily at considerably lower
rates than cable providers
currently charge.
Stay tuned sports fans. How
you receive your football,
baseball, basketball, hockey
and golf coverage will be
changing soon.
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