TSN has signed a new seven-year deal with the PGA of America, effective January 2004, renewing its commitment to golf fans from coast-to-coast by providing complete coverage of the PGA Championship, Ryder Cup, PGA Grand Slam and Senior PGA Championship through to 2010.
For the next seven years, TSN will televise all four rounds of the PGA Championship – the final Major of the PGA season, the Senior PGA Championship, the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, featuring Canadian Masters champion Mike Weir teeing off against fellow 2003 Grand Slam champions, as well as complete coverage of the 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 Ryder Cup Championships.
“Our deal with the PGA of America reinforces TSN’s ongoing commitment to providing Canadians with the very best events in professional golf,” said Keith Pelley, President, TSN. “TSN’s comprehensive golf schedule, coupled with Mike Weir’s incredible landmark victory at Augusta, has contributed to the popularity and growth of the sport here in Canada.”
TSN’s 2003 golf schedule includes 600 hours of coverage, including the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA Championship, World Golf Championships, Presidents Cup, Bell Canadian Open, TELUS Skins Game, BMO Financial Group Canadian Women’s Open and exclusive weekly early round coverage of the PGA TOUR.