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TNT was the long-running holder of cable rights to the PGA Championship (with full coverage of the first two rounds and early coverage of the weekend rounds since 1999 after being on sister channel TBS [1] [2] since 1991) under a contract with the PGA of America. [3] From 2003 to 2009, TNT also held the cable rights to The Open Championship.
The 2009 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 138th Open Championship, held from 16–19 July at the Ailsa Course of the Turnberry Resort, in Ayrshire, Scotland. Stewart Cink won his only major championship after a four-hole playoff with Tom Watson .
In the United Kingdom, the Open Championship was historically broadcast by the BBC—a relationship which lasted from 1955 to 2015. The BBC's rights to the Open had been threatened by the event's removal from Category A of Ofcom's "listed" events, a status which legally mandated that the Open be broadcast in its entirety by a terrestrial broadcaster.
PGA Tour on ABC was the de facto branding used for telecasts of the main professional golf tournaments of the PGA Tour on ABC Sports in the United States until 2006. [1] ABC broadcast at least one PGA Tour event from 1962 to 2009, focusing before 1995 on the majors, with ABC serving as the primary television partner of the PGA Tour from 1999 until 2006.
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Tirico was also hosting ABC's coverage that week, leading to 11-hour shifts for him. In the past, TNT owned cable rights to the Open Championship, [46] as well as the Women's British Open and Senior British Open, from 2003 to 2009 (with ABC picking up weekend coverage), replacing (and ultimately being replaced by) ESPN.
In 2003, TNT took over the rights to broadcast the Thursday and Friday rounds of The Open Championship, [85] as well as the rights to weekday rounds of the Women's British Open and Senior British Open. ESPN assumed the Open Championship rights in 2009. From 2000 to 2007, TNT also carried the biennial PGA Tour-managed Presidents Cup. [86]
NFL on TNT (1990–1997) Olympics on TNT (1992–1998) Golf on TNT (1995–2019) Title Night (1998–2000) Wimbledon (2000–2002; Returns in 2025) NASCAR on TNT (2001–2014) (co-production with NBC Sports from 2001 to 2006. Production shifted to Turner Sports full time from 2007 to 2014; Returns in 2025) UEFA Champions League (2018–2020)