Golf Channel ratings spike for PGA Tour telecasts
Jhonattan Vegas' playoff victory at the Bob Hope Classic wound up generating that event's highest ratings since 2007. (Getty Images) It’s still early, but all that hand-wringing about PGA Tour ratings...
View ArticleGolf Channel captures Frank Chirkinian’s story in documentary
Frank Chirkinian: Late CBS director gets documentary, enshrinement in World Golf Hall of Fame. (Getty Images) CBS analyst Peter Kostis tells this story about how the late Frank Chirkinian would loathe...
View ArticleRory McIlroy gets into Twitter tiff with Golf Channel analyst
Rory McIlroy: Didn't take kindly to Twittered criticism of his course management. (Getty Images) Whether poking fun at himself after his Masters collapse, winning the U.S. Open or his eye-opening trip...
View ArticleKissimmee’s Give Kids The World gets lift from Golf Channel tour
Donations from Golf Channel Am Tour entrants help create memories for kids with life-threatening illnesses. (Photo courtesy Golf Channel) Kissimmee’s 70-acre Give Kids The World Village is $30,250...
View ArticleRaymond Floyd’s fascination with short game never grows old
Raymond Floyd got hooked on the short game as a kid in North Carolina. (Getty Images) Raymond Floyd never found all that much excitement in hitting a driver – or in teaching it. Figuring out how to...
View ArticleSophie Gustafson honored by GWAA after leaving ‘comfort zone’
Before Sophie Gustafson helped Europe take back the Solheim Cup, she already was a winner in the interview room. (Getty Images) Sophie Gustafson, whose poignant Golf Channel interview last fall earned...
View ArticleGolf Channel to show supplemental ‘Bear Trap’ coverage at Honda
If NBC’s coverage of the Honda Classic ever starts to bog down this weekend, Golf Channel is offering viewers a second viewing option built around the high-wire drama of PGA National’s “Bear Trap.” The...
View ArticleGolf Channel’s ‘Longest Day’ set to blanket U.S. Open sectionals
It’s all hands on deck today at Golf Channel, which has fanned out its crew across the nation in an ambitious quest to provide wall-to-wall coverage from all 11 U.S. Open qualifiers being contested for...
View ArticleFinal 3 of ‘Big Break Atlantis’ takes on Orlando flavor
Gloriana Soto (L) and Marcela Leon kept their "Big Break Atlantis" selection from each other all last winter. (Photo courtesy Golf Channel) Marcela Leon and Gloriana Soto spent last winter lying to...
View ArticleArnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus part of ‘Legendary Conversation’
Lee Trevino might have summed it up best: Who knows whether this type of gathering will ever happen again. After all, Arnold Palmer just completed his 83rd year on earth. (Happy Birthday, Arnie!) Gary...
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