PGA Tour
PGA Tour sponsor BetMGM signs up to IMG Arena’s golf product
US sports betting operator BetMGM is to offer IMG Arena’s golf data and live streaming service to its betting customers.
PGA Tour Series-China season cancelled
Golf's PGA Tour has cancelled the 2021 season of its Chinese developmental tour, the PGA Tour Series-China, due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Discovery to showcase PGA Tour on Eurosport in 36 countries
Media group Discovery has opted to showcase live and highlights coverage of golf’s PGA Tour on its Eurosport channels in 36 European and Central Asian markets in 2021.
Pro golfers welcome return of fans at Vivint Houston Open
Participants at this week's Vivint Houston Open have been overwhelmingly excited to have fans back at a United States-based PGA Tour event for the first time since early March
Phil Mickelson may skip Houston Open as fans will be present
Phil Mickelson says he is considering pulling out of the Houston Open due to health and safety reasons as fans will be present at the Masters tune-up event
Vivint Smart Home to sponsor PGA Tour’s Houston Open
The PGA Tour has announced that smart home company Vivint Smart Home will become the title sponsor of next month's Houston Open
IMG Arena’s in-play golf betting product ‘soft-launches’ on Bet365 platform
IMG Arena, the sports betting unit of the IMG agency, has soft-launched its in-play betting golf product outside of North America on the Bet365 platform at this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children O…
‘Parity and equality’ key to PGA Tour betting operator deals
The four betting operator sponsors of golf’s PGA Tour, all signed this summer, are each paying similar rights fees for non-exclusive rights with the same contract durations.
Sport
Round-Up: IPL loses sponsor, Golf Australia and FFA appointments, CBA takes player image rights, and more
Indian retailer Future Group has pulled out of its sponsorship of the Indian Premier League. The company is suffering financial problems linked to Covid-19
PGA Tour signs up PointsBet as latest betting operator
Golf’s PGA Tour named PointsBet, the global betting company, as its latest official betting operator in a multiyear agreement.
PGA Tour Series China 2020 season shelved
Travel restrictions and the ongoing spread of Covid-19 have led to the cancellation of this year's PGA Tour Series China 2020
Round-Up: Swiss prosecutors’ Platini probe, fans back in South Korea, Nike layoffs, and more
Swiss federal prosecutors are targeting former European football head Michel Platini in a widening of their probe into a CHF2m ($2.1m/€2.9
ITV lands weekly PGA Tour highlights rights for rest of 2020
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired highlights rights to the US PGA Tour for the remainder of the 2020 season, marking the first time the network has shown professional golf in over 30 years
Eurosport and DPlay air Covid-19 charity skins in seven European countries
Discovery, the media group and owner of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport and subscription streaming service Dplay, will broadcast the first live golf since before the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown…
PGA Tour outlines safety measures for return
The PGA Tour has detailed its health and safety plan for when it returns to action in June, in a 37-page document memo issued to players and staff
Round-Up: PGA Tour measures, Asian Beach Games ploughs on, UK govt training guidelines, and more
Details have been reported of a 37-page memo from golf's PGA Tour to its players, outlining the Covid-19 measures that will be taken when the series resumes next month
Round-Up: Hyundai breaks with FFA, Ma Guoli leaves CBA, PGA Tour to fly golfers, European football restarts, and more
Hyundai is ending its sponsorship of the Australian A-League after this season, according to the Sydney Morning Herald
PGA Tour embraces ESPN+ in lucrative nine-year domestic rights deals
The PGA Tour has finalised nine-year domestic media rights deals with incumbent rights-holders CBS, the commercial network, and the Comcast-owned NBC Sports Group, while agreeing a landmark streaming deal…