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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 .
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.
When TNT took over the American cable package for the Open in 2003, they started providing 2 hours of early morning coverage on both weekend days prior to the start of ABC's air-time. During the 2006 Open Championship, Mike Tirico filled in for Ernie Johnson Jr., who was undergoing chemotherapy. Tirico was also hosting ABC's coverage that week ...
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.
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]
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TNT holds the broadcast rights to the following sports telecasts: NBA on TNT (Since 1989) Golf on TNT Sports (Since 1999) Major League Baseball on TBS (Since 2007; overflow coverage) College Basketball on TNT Sports (Since 2011) NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (preliminary rounds and Final Four simulcasts) NHL on TNT (Since 2021)