GOLF: US Open 2013 – Exclusively live on Sky Sports

June 10, 2013

Make way for the big guns as the stars of the golfing world will be out in force this week for the 113th US Open, the second Major championship of the season.

All four days of competition from Merion Golf Club’s East Course will be again be shown exclusively live on Sky Sports.

Opened in 1912, the East Course has hosted the US Open on four previous occasions and produced four different winners.

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GOLF: Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley joins Sky Sports commentary team

May 21, 2013

European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has entered a two-year partnership to become a Sky Sports ambassador and join the on-air commentary team.

The agreement is aligned to McGinley’s current role as the 2014 European Ryder Cup Captain and will see him join the Sky Sports golf team at selected events over the next two years, including the forthcoming BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

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GOLF: PGA Championship 2013 – Live from Wentworth on Sky Sports & Highlights on BBC Two

May 21, 2013

Luke Donald goes for an historic hat-trick at Wentworth this week as he looks to reign supreme once again over stellar field at this year’s BMW PGA Championship, with live coverage only on Sky Sports.

The European Tour’s flagship event has an illustrious list of former winners including Tony Jacklin, Seve Ballesteros, Sir Nick Faldo, Bernard Langer and Colin Mongomerie, while former world number one Luke Donald has won the event for the past two years.

All four days of the tournament from May 23-26 will be shown exclusively live for the first time on Sky Sports HD, while free-to-air highlights of the final two rounds will be broadcast on BBC Two.

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GOLF: The Players Championship 2013 – Live on Sky Sports

May 7, 2013

Having tackled Augusta, world golf’s elite now face the prospect of combatting the eye-catching TPC at Sawgrass for the sport’s unofficial fifth major – The Players Championship.

A record prize purse awaits the winner of this year’s tournament where Matt Kuchar returns as the defending champion. Sky Sports will show all four days of the competition exclusively live (May 9-12).

Come Sunday the triumphant golfer’s wallet will be filled with $1.7m, a sum greater than that received for winning a major competition, plus they’ll also earn a equally cherished three-year invitation to the Masters at Augusta.

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GOLF: Masters Tournament 2013 – Live coverage on BBC Sport & Sky Sports

April 5, 2013

Golf’s finest go head-to-head for the coveted Masters green jacket at the majestic August National course and you can follow all of the action on Sky Sports and BBC Television.

All four days of the 2013 Augusta showpiece, which takes place April 11-14 – as well as the pre-tournament Par 3 contest – will be shown live on Sky Sports HD, with live free-to-air coverage of the final two rounds on BBC Two and BBC Two HD.

Fans will be hoping for a repeat of the nail-biting excitement of last year where American Bubba Watson ensured he was the man heading to the Butler Cabin to collect his green jacket after winning a nail-biting play-off against former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen.

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GOLF: WGC Cadillac Championship – Live on Sky Sports

March 5, 2013

The world’s golfing elite descend on the Doral Golf Resort & Spa for the WGC Cadillac Championship, the second World Golf Championship event of the 2013 season.

Dominated by Americans since first being held in 1999, the tournament had never been won by a European player until last year, when England’s Justin Rose changed all that with a stunning final-round comeback that saw him climb up to seventh in the world rankings.

Sky Sports have exclusive live coverage of all four days of the tournament with daily live action starting on Thursday, March 7 and running through to Sunday, March 10.

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GOLF: WGC Accenture Match Play Championship – Live on Sky Sports

February 18, 2013

The first World Golf Championship event of 2013 tees off at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Dove Mountain in Arizona this week.

It’s the 15th year of the WGC Accenture Matchplay, an event that puts the world’s biggest names head-to-head in a unique competition over five days, all of which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.

It is a straight-knockout event, with the 64 of the top 68 players on the sport’s official world rankings battling over 18 holes in the matchplay format, with the likes of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood all aspiring to lift the Walter Hagen Cup.

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GOLF: Turkish Airlines World Golf Final 2012 – Live on Sky Sports

October 8, 2012

Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods headline a star-studded eight-man field at the inaugural Turkish Airlines World Golf Final.

This brand new four-day invitational event begins on Tuesday, October 8, and reaches its climax on Friday, October 11, when the two finalists will play for a first prize of $1.5million.

Sky Sports will have full coverage of all four days of the tournament which takes place at the Antalya Golf Club in Belek, Turkey.

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GOLF: Ryder Cup 2012 on Sky Sports & BBC TV

September 17, 2012

The finest golfers from the United States and Europe go head-to-head for glory as one of sport’s greatest rivalries is rekindled in the 39th edition of the Ryder Cup.

With Europe aiming to retain the trophy against a resurgent US team in front of a patriotic and partisan American crowd at the Medinah Country Club, the tournament promises to be yet another highlight of an extraordinary year of sport.

Sky Sports will have exclusive live coverage of all the drama and excitement across all three days in Illinois, with free-to-air highlights on BBC TV at the end of each day’s play.

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GOLF: PGA Championship 2012 – Live on Sky Sports

August 7, 2012

One of the most challenging courses in the United States plays host to the final major championship of the year as the world’s top golfers contend for the famous Wanamaker Trophy at the picturesque Kiawah Island resort.

Sky Sports will have exclusive live coverage from South Carolina of the 2012 PGA Championship, as Keegan Bradley returns to defend his PGA title, and will be one of many golfers aiming not only for another career-defining triumph but also to pick up qualification points for the 2012 Ryder Cup.

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GOLF: 141st Open Championship – Live on the BBC

July 11, 2012

The Open Championship returns to Royal Lytham & St Annes for the 141st edition of golf’s most coveted Major championship.

Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke will return to defend the famous Claret Jug he won admist emotional scenes at Royal St George’s last year.

You can follow all the drama and excitement of the 2012 installment as it unfolds with all four days of the tournament exclusively live on BBC TV, HD, radio, red button, mobile and online (July 19-22).

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GOLF: US Open 2012 – Exclusively live on Sky Sports

June 12, 2012

The US Open returns to the Olympic Club in San Francisco and Sky Sports will have exclusive coverage of all four days of the 2012 tournament, starting on June 14.

The famous Californian course is expected to provide a challenging test for the second major championship of the season as Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy looks to defend the US Open crown that he won in emphatic style last year.

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