Eurosport snaps TV Rights for US PGA Tour 26/06/2009 |
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British Eurosport has announced it has secured the live television rights for US PGA Tour golf for the rest of the 2009 season.
Action from the remaining 2009 events will now be accessible in more than 10 million UK homes on British Eurosport and British Eurosport 2, through Sky and Virgin Media platforms.
"We are pleased to announce this agreement with Eurosport which ensures that PGA Tour coverage will continue to be made available, live, every week to golf fans throughout the United Kingdom," said PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem.
"We are delighted to welcome the US PGA Tour to the Eurosport platform in the UK," said Eurosport chairman Laurent Eric Le Lay.
"British golf fans can now see the world's best players competing live as the 2009 season unfolds. We can give the US PGA Tour's iconic tournaments excellent coverage across our two UK TV channels and fans can follow all the news and results on http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/."
The US PGA Tour will also be available to UK fans in simulcast through Eurosport's online subscription service, Eurosport Player - click on the link under the picture to subscribe.
World number one Tiger Woods, England's Paul Casey, double Major champion Padraig Harrington and Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter all feature regularly on the US Tour.
As the season continues, these stars and many others will be jockeying for position heading into the PGA Tour play-offs for the FedExCup and its conclusion at The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola.
Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh, Justin Rose and newly minted US Open champion Lucas Glover will be in action for the next three nights at 8pm UK time on British Eurosport 2 as part of a high-quality field at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Eurosport UK's Director of Broadcast, Dave Kerr said: "The US PGA Tour is a great sports series and we are delighted that we can bring the live coverage to a wider audience of golf fans than ever before.
"With the retention of Moto GP, the recent acquisition of British Superbikes and now the arrival of US PGA golf, our channels are becoming more and more attractive and exciting to UK viewers and we look forward to welcoming golf fans to a channel that has long been a destination for passionate fans of our other major sports."
(Source: Eurosport)
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