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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...

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Golf 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...

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Rory 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...

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Kissimmee’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...

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Raymond 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...

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Sophie 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...

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Golf 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...

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Golf 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...

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Final 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...

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Arnold 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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