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LPGA TV schedule
The Tour revealed its Golf Channel TV schedule for the 2011 season today (better late than never...). A quick glance-through shows a few surprises. Only one - that's ONE - official event will have no television coverage this season, that being the Mizuno Classic in November. Golf Channel airs...
Golf Channel Has a New Morning Show and I Want In
Last night, Geoff Shackelford brought my attention to a piece on Links Magazine's website with Golf Channels' Keith Allo. Allo said the network would be launching a morning show in 2011. Hours later, Golf Channel released the news it was green lighting a show (hopefully very) tentatively titled...
Report: Golf Channel Head Thompson Leaving Network
Sports Business Daily is reporting that Golf Channel head Page Thompson will be leaving the Comcast-owned network by the end of 2010. Thompson has been with the network since 2007 - the first year of Golf Channel's 15 year early-round PGA Tour coverage deal. Golf Channel is one of the properties in...
Golf Channel to Broadcast Nationwide Tour Without Announcers
Remember that experiment when an NFL game was broadcast in its entirety without announcers? And how huge of a failure it was? Well, it's never been tried in golf before, and Golf Channel thinks it's about time to give it a run. Our pal Jerry Foltz shared the news last night on Twitter, and then I...
Sunday Night Football Exec Producer Ebersol Could Be New Golf Channel Boss
You may or may not know the name of Dick Ebersol. As Faith Hill belts out the Sunday Night Football theme song, his name passes through the credits as the Executive Producer. Ebersol is much more than the man behind SNF at NBC, where he has a killer track record as a sports producer. Now with the...
Sunday Bag: Is This Tiger's Worst Performance Ever?
We're going to start a new segment here for the weekends called the Sunday Bag. (Yes, even if we do it on Saturday.) I'll answer your questions and comments that you send to ryan@thegolfnewsnet.com or through Facebook & Twitter. Just remember, if you send a question, I can print the e-mail....
The LPGA Tour Could've Shown Ochoa's Final Tournament
Last weekend, there were probably about a handful of articles bemoaning the LPGA Tour's inability to somehow broadcast the Tres Marias Championship, which was Lorena Ochoa's last as a full-time pro golfer. Some wondered if it was a contractual issue for Golf Channel in their deal with the LPGA. ...
Gannon Joins GC, Rankin
Terry Gannon has left ESPN after 21 years to join Golf Channel to do play-by-play of both PGA and LPGA events. Gannon will reunite with former partner Judy Rankin, who left ESPN last fall, at the LPGA Championship in June. Tom Abbott handled the play-by-play at the Kia Classic, the only...
And, Finally, A Post About Doing TV at the Masters (Or, Pants Optional)
Beyond the white & green curtain, TV magic happens Over the course of my life, I've had a few opportunities to be on television. In 2001, I was on Jeopardy! (Yes, really.) I did a local quiz bowl show a few times in high school. (Yup, I was a loser.) And I did one TV appearance about a...
Golf Channel Changed Its Name Because of Waggle Room
For close to a year now, I had been using the handle of waggleroomgolf on Twitter. I thought it made sense to tell people what Waggle Room was if they weren't sure. About a week ago, though, I decided that I wasn't getting any extra followers with four extra characters on my name. So to be...
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