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Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

SONY OPEN IN HAWAII HEADLINES NBC SPORTS’ LIVE TOURNAMENT COVERAGE THIS WEEK ON GOLF CHANNEL

Live Coverage of Sony Open from Waialae Country Club in Honolulu Begins this Thursday at 7 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel

Australasian Tour’s Australian PGA Championship & Asian Tour’s Singapore International Presented this Week on GOLF Channel

NBC Sports’ Coverage of PGA TOUR’s Sentry Tournament of Champions Last Week Averaged 560,000 Viewers, Ranking as Most-Watched Edition of Event Since 2017

STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 12, 2022 – The PGA TOUR’s first full-field event of the 2022 calendar year gets underway at the Sony Open in Hawaii from Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, headlining NBC Sports’ live tournament coverage this week on GOLF Channel.

The Australasian Tour’s Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane begins Thursday at 6 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

The two-week closing stretch of the 2020-21 Asian Tour season begins this week with the first of a pair of events in Singapore, the Singapore International. Coverage begins live Thursday at Midnight ET on GOLF Channel.

NBC Sports and GOLF Channel honored the life and passing of Tim Rosaforte yesterday. Click here for statements, click here to watch Rich Lerner’s video essay, and click here for Jaime Diaz’s article as the GOLF Channel community reflects on his life and impact.

NBC Sports’ coverage of the PGA TOUR Sentry Tournament of Champions delivered viewership milestones across NBC and GOLF Channel. The full event across both networks (Thur.-Sun.) averaged 560,000 viewers to rank as the most-watched edition of the event since 2017, up 17% vs. 2021. Additional viewership highlights:

    • GOLF Channel averaged 497,000 viewers across its four telecasts to deliver its second-best viewership for the event on record (since 2007);
    • Sunday’s Final Round across NBC and GOLF Channel averaged 866,000 viewers, most-watched Final Round since 2017;
    • Round 1 on GOLF Channel averaged 423,000 viewers, ranking as the network’s most-watched Round 1 for this event on record (since 2007);
    • Round 2 on GOLF Channel averaged 437,000 viewers, ranking as the network’s second most-watched Sentry TOC Round 2 (since 2007).

 

SONY OPEN IN HAWAII

The Sony Open in Hawaii is the PGA TOUR’s first full-field event of the 2022 calendar year, taking place from the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, which has hosted the event since it began in 1965.

Kevin Na looks to defend his 2021 Sony Open title, and Cameron Smith, who won last week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, looks to become the third player to win at Kapalua and Waialae in the same year (Ernie Els, 2003, and Justin Thomas, 2017).

Live coverage gets underway Thursday in primetime at 7 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

GOLF Channel Broadcast Team

    • Play by Play: Steve Sands
    • Analyst: Curt Byrum
    • Tower: Mark Rolfing
    • On-Course: Notah Begay III / John Wood

 

How To Watch – Thursday, January 13 – Sunday, January 16 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day GOLF Channel
Thursday 7-10:30 p.m.
Friday 7-10:30 p.m.
Saturday 7-10:30 p.m.
Sunday 6-10 p.m.

 

Notable Players This Week

    • Cameron Smith
    • Harris English
    • Jim Furyk
    • Billy Horschel
    • Marc Leishman
    • Hideki Matsuyama
    • Kevin Na
    • Webb Simpson

 

AUSTRALIAN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

The Australasia Tour’s Australian PGA Championship takes place this week from Royal Queensland Golf Course in Brisbane, Australia, with the men’s tournament being played concurrently with the inaugural Australian Women’s PGA Championship at the same venue.

Coverage gets underway Thursday at 6 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

How To Watch – Thursday, January 13 – Sunday, January 16 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day GOLF Channel
Thursday 6-9:30 a.m.*
Friday 6-9:30 a.m.*
Saturday 6:30-10 a.m.*
Sunday 6:30-10 a.m.*
*delayed coverage

 

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL

The two-week closing stretch of the 2020-21 Asian Tour season begins with the first of a pair of events in Singapore, the Singapore International, from Tanah Merah Country Club.

Coverage begins live Thursday at Midnight ET on GOLF Channel.

How To Watch – Thursday, January 13 – Sunday, January 16 (all times ET)

    • TV – GOLF Channel
    • Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

 

Day GOLF Channel
Thursday Midnight-4 a.m.
Friday 1-4 a.m.
Saturday 2:30-6:30 a.m.*
Sunday 2:30-6:30 a.m.*
*delayed coverage

 

TIM ROSAFORTE

NBC Sports and GOLF Channel honored the life and passing of Tim Rosaforte yesterday. Click here for more statements from members of the NBC Sports and GOLF Channel:

Pete Bevacqua (Chairman, NBC Sports) Statement:

“We at NBC Sports are all so deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our friend and colleague, Tim Rosaforte. Tim was one of the great voices of the game for many years, and a strong and trusted presence for the entire golf community. On a personal level, I will miss our conversations and the walks we would take around championship venues over the course of the last two-plus decades.”

Molly Solomon (Executive Producer, GOLF Channel) Statement:

“Tim Rosaforte was golf journalism’s original ‘insider.’ He was endlessly curious about people, tirelessly intrigued by golf and blessed with an indefatigable work ethic. He combined all of that to produce entertaining and informative storytelling that distinguished him, first as a newspaper and magazine writer, and then as a television personality. More than that, his gentle, caring demeanor and love for quality conversation made him a singular friend and colleague. All of us at GOLF Channel have struggled over the past two years to reconcile that our best teammate was losing his memory, curiosity and perspective to this insidious disease. We send our love to Genevieve, Genna, Molly and his family.”

BROADCAST NOTES

    • Golf Today and Golf Central: Golf Today and Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on GOLF Channel Thursday-Sunday. Shane Bacon and Damon Hack anchor Thursday’s and Friday’s editions of Golf Today alongside Steve Burkowski. This week’s Golf Central coverage is anchored by Anna Whiteley, Brandel Chamblee, and Burkowski.
Day Golf Today Golf Central
Thursday 4-6 p.m. 6-7 p.m./10:30-11 p.m.
Friday 4-6 p.m. 6-7 p.m./10:30-11 p.m.
Saturday 6-7 p.m./10:30-11 p.m.
Sunday 5-6 p.m./10-11 p.m.

 

    • All GOLF Channel coverage also streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

–NBC SPORTS–