Turner Sports will tee up its coverage of the 90th PGA Championship from the historic Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, MI with 18 hours of TNT tournament coverage plus 118 hours of complementary coverage across four online streams exclusively through PGA Championship LIVE on PGA.com, the official home of the PGA Championship. Beginning on Thurs., August 7, PGA.com will host 118 hours of coverage, nearly tripling last year’s 45 hours, and will feature an unprecedented 82 hours of live footage, the most live coverage ever offered online of the PGA Championship. TNT will air six hours each of first and second-round coverage (1 – 7 p.m. ET) on Thurs., August 7 and Fri., August 8, and three hours each of third and final-round coverage on Sat., August 9 and Sun., August 10 (11 – 2 p.m. ET).
“Turner Sports continues to lead the way in integrated sports coverage by offering fans innovative ways to view one of the most anticipated golf events of the year, and we are thrilled to once again maximize our capabilities to offer comprehensive television and online coverage of the PGA Championship,” said Lenny Daniels, Turner Sports senior vice president of sports production and new media.
PGA.com will host four channels of PGA Championship content on a new wide-screen format that offers 224% more viewing area than was available last year on the site. The PGA Championship LIVE streams will include:
• Playercam – During rounds one and two PGA.com will follow two select groups for the duration of their rounds and will follow one group for rounds three and four.
• Par 3 – Fans can watch the world’s best golfers play the course’s challenging Par 3’s as PGA.com will isolate various holes throughout the tournament.
• TNT Simulcast – A simulcast of the TNT production will air on Thursday and Friday with an hour of bonus coverage from Noon – 1 p.m. ET followed by TNT coverage from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET, allowing fans to follow along before they get home from work.
• Inside the Ropes – Viewers have exclusive access to course flyovers, player profiles and historical PGA Championship moments.
In 2007, PGA.com streamed more than 45 hours and recorded record-breaking video streaming and page views during four days of coverage, with more than two million total streams and 165 million page views, a 233% increase, the second consecutive year that online PGA Championship coverage has contributed to record breaking numbers.
90th PGA Championship on TNT- Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Township, MI
Round Day/Date Time
First Round Thurs., August 7 1 – 7 pm ET
Second Round Fri., August 8 1 – 7 pm ET
Third Round Sat., August 9 11 am – 2 pm ET
Final Round Sun., August 10 11 am – 2 pm ET
TNT’s announcing team will feature two-time Emmy® award-winning Ernie Johnson, who will joined by Ian Baker-Finch (analyst), Billy Kratzert (analyst) and Jim Huber (course reporter) in calling the Championship. It is the 17th consecutive year, and tenth straight on TNT, that Turner Sports will air the event.
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