Grand Slam events

In January 2006, PGA Tour released the 2007 to 2012, the new media broadcast
program. CBS sports channel to continue as a major PGA Tour coverage partners, and
will gradually increase each season reported 16-19 event. And NBC Sports will
increase 5 to 10 events reported. In addition, The Golf Channel has become the tour
15 years of Internet broadcasters. These do not include broadcast rights to
broadcast the four Grand Slam events, it is because the four events for the PGA Tour
does not control over. In the radio, mainly by CBS (the Masters and PGA
Championship), NBC (U.S. Open) and ESPN (British Open) and other organizations live.
PGA Tour in the region outside the United States have higher ratings. In the UK, Sky
Sports (Sky Sports) in 2006, before the main event is the broadcast media, but
according to media reports, its rival Setanta Sports through a 100 million and 3
million contracts, up from 6 in 2007 years in the UK and Ireland exclusive broadcast
rights. The broadcast program includes Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour events,
but as with the U.S. media does not include the right to broadcast the four Grand
Slam events. While the other difference is that the U.S. media, Setanta Sports
excluding the World Golf Championship on television. In order to better broadcast
golf tournament, Setanta Sports Setanta Golf specially set up broadcast channels to
provide programming.