Golf on NBC
| Golf on NBC | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | PGA Tour on NBC (1954–2011) Golf on NBC (2011–present) Golf Channel on NBC (2011–2022) |
| Genre | American golf telecasts |
| Presented by | Various commentators |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 72 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Various tournament sites |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 360 minutes or until tournament ends (U.S. Open) 480 minutes or until tournament ends (The Open Championship) 180 minutes or until tournament ends (Other events) |
| Production company | NBC Sports |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC NBCSN USA Network CNBC Peacock Telemundo, TeleXitos and Universo (Spanish audio/broadcast) |
| Release | June 18, 1954 – present |
| Related | |
| Golf Channel | |
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Golf telecasts have aired on NBC since June 18, 1954, with some of its earliest telecasts having included the 1954 U.S. Open, and the first televised coverage of the Ryder Cup in 1959.
Presently, NBC televises around 8 PGA Tour events per-season, alternating with CBS on the FedEx Cup Playoffs since 2022. It also serves as the broadcast television outlet for two of the men's majors, the U.S. Open and The Open Championship. NBC has occasionally aired coverage for selected European Tour and LPGA events, although the majority of these tours' events are broadcast by sister network Golf Channel.
After NBC's parent company NBC Universal was acquired by Comcast, owner and operator of Golf Channel in February 2011, the channel's operations were merged directly into NBC Sports, and golf broadcasts on NBC took on the Golf Channel on NBC branding.
Since 2022, due to the realignments of NBC Sports output stemming from the launch of Peacock, closure of NBCSN, the move of cable rights to majors to USA Network, and NBC's renewed PGA Tour contract, the Golf Channel on NBC title was dropped and all golf telecasts across NBCUniversal properties (including Golf Channel) are now billed as NBC Sports telecasts on-air.