Sky Sports to keep Ryder Cup Rights
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The Ryder Cup will continue to be exclusively live on Sky Sports until at least 2012, while a new agreement starting in 2009 will see live coverage of the first two days' play in four European Tour events switch from BBC to Sky.
The events concerned are the BMW PGA Championship, Barclays Scottish Open, Quinn Direct British Masters and World Match Play Championship at Wentworth.
Highlights of the Thursday and Friday play will be shown on BBC, with Sky having a Saturday and Sunday highlights programme, and during the next three Ryder Cups BBC will again have "extensive highlights".
The four-year deal follows what the European Tour have called "an extensive tender process".
Tour chief executive George O'Grady said: "These agreements give the Tour and all our tournament partners immense confidence for the future".
Vic Wakeling, managing director of Sky Sports, added: "The European Tour has grown so much over the last decade whilst the incredible growth of the Ryder Cup has made it one of sport's biggest success stories.
"With more than 30 live Tour events on Sky Sports each year our viewers can see Ryder Cup contenders and the rising stars for the future throughout each season. And the World Golf Championships events add competition from the major US stars."
Dominic Coles, BBC Director of Sports Rights, commented: "We're delighted with this new four-year deal which serves to further the already strong relationship between BBC Sport and European golf.
"The deal means that the BBC will continue to bring a crown jewel of golf, the Ryder Cup, to the widest possible audiences across TV, radio and online, as well as the best of the action from the top four UK events on the European Tour up to and including 2012."
(Source: golf365.com)
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