thegolfchannel.com - 2/12/2009
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LPGA Tour _new KAHUKU, Hawaii – Golf Channel and the LPGA have agreed to a 10-year partnership that will make the network the exclusive cable home of the tour beginning in 2010. The new agreement establishes the LPGA as the only women’s professional sports association in the U.S. to receive a ...
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LPGA Tour & Golf Channel Sign 10 Year Agreement
Waggle Room —
... The LPGA Tour is really getting its ducks in order on the television side. They have agreed in principle to a 10 year agreement with Golf Channel to ink the network as the exclusive cable home for the Tour starting in 2010. The agreement was jointly announced Wednesday at the SBS Open with Commish Bivens and Golf Channel President Page Thompson. ...
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Fang's Bites —
... Business Times has more on the A's move to its own channel. Steve Lepore at Puck The Media has news that Monday's Sharks-Bruins game drew the highest NHL regular season viewing audience in Versus' history. Anthony Crupi of Mediaweek writes about the Golf Channel's new 10 year rights deal with the LPGA. The Desert Sun (CA) reports that the new LPGA deal will not affect the Kraft Nabisco Championship which is on ESPN2 and CBS. Here's the Golf Channel's release on the LPGA deal. That's going to do it for now. Check ...
Stanford schools Michelle Wie on the mental game. Tiger Woods returns and is your short game scaring you?
Golf for Beginners —
... Several interesting deals to counteract the downward decline of the LPGA include a ten-year exclusive agreement with the Golf Channel beginning in 2010 and a ...
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LPGA on GNN Returns! - Season Premiere - 2/12/09 —
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On the season premiere of LPGA on GNN:
We kick off our third season by talking about the monumental LPGA TV deal with the Golf Channel and what it means. Ryan tells you who he likes this season on Tour and which rookies will shine. Finally, we talk about who has the best chance ...
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