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[...Because I Played Sports] “Events now pay in the low to mid-six figures to cover production costs under separate five-year deals with ESPN and Golf Channel. Two-thirds of domestic LPGA events pay about $250,000 for production on Golf Channel, while the others on ESPN pay $350,000 or more.”

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[Golf.com: Tours & News] LPGA season began with a bang at the SBS Open | Tours & News ...: Wie didn't win, but she temporarily turned an island in the middle of the Pacific into the center of the golfing world, and 2 1/2 rounds of near-perfect golf left no doubt that the 19-year-old will be a week-in-and-week-out force as she plays a full LPGA schedule for the first time. The last two years of injury and controversy had turned Wie into a walking cautionary tale, but it took all of one round for her to remind everyone of her star power.

[SportsBusiness Daily] Golf Channel Inks 10-Year Deal As Exclusive Cable Home For LPGA: Golf Channel and ESPN each air to up to 10 events annually under deals signed in '05. Wasserman Media Group consulted the LPGA on its pursuit of a new cable deal.

[Waggle Room] LPGA Tour & Golf Channel Sign 10 Year Agreement - Waggle Room: Golf Channel will carry three- and four-round coverage of domestic events, including one major championship, and international feeds of LPGA global events, as well as early round coverage of events that will have weekend coverage on other networks. The network also will continue with exclusive rights to the biennial Solheim Cup, pitting the U.S. against Europe.

[Off the Green] LPGA gives The Golf Channel exclusive cable rights - Off the Green ...: In my mind, the PGA Tour made a huge mistake when it kept ESPN out of the equation for cable rights. Did the LPGA make the same mistake, or is The Golf Channel the best home for that tour?

[Honolulu Advertiser - Breaking business news] LPGA tour will have to do with less in 2009 | HonoluluAdvertiser ...: Due in part to the economic downturn, the LPGA tour has four fewer tournaments than it had a year ago and about $7.5 million less in purse money. In addition, about one-third of this year's 30 events have contracts that must be renewed by 2010.

[Courant.com - Golf] LPGA Tour to return to Los Angeles area in 2010; signs deal with ...: J Golf, a division of JBC, will have exclusive broadcast rights within Korea for nearly all LPGA Tour events through 2014. It is the country's leading cable and satellite provider, reaching 8 million households.

[BunkerShot.com GOLF] LPGA to return to L.A. after deal with Korean TV: The LPGA Tour will return to the Los Angeles area after a five-year absence with a tournament in 2010, funded by its new deal with JoongAng Broadcasting Corp. of Korea.

[beauty and depravity] LPGA will suspend memberships if golfers don’t learn english ...: The LPGA is a private association so it is true that they can make up these rules but suspending memberships isn’t the answer.  Whether it’s been communicated differently to the “international” golfers privately may be different but from a PR perspective, it doesn’t smell right because it sounds like a threat. The LPGA is an association that boasts itself as the premier women’s golf tour in the world…so it shouldn’t be surprising that they’re going to attract international players.  And as long as they meet the “golfing standards,”

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[Best Seat in My House] LPGA signs agreement with The Golf Channel - Pete Dougherty ...: The LPGA has signed a 10-year contract with The Golf Channel, which will become the exclusive cable home to the tour beginning in 2010.

[Waggle Room] Good Night, SBS Open. Hello New LPGA TV Deal! - Waggle Room: The second risk for the LPGA is that J Golf is a smaller operation than SBS. SBS, which also has rights to the Winter and Summer Olympics and World Cup soccer, is one of the three major national networks in Korea while J Golf is a cable-only operation.

[FORE RIGHT] FORE RIGHT: Off to Tucson...: While the city is the same, the venue is different, and advance reports from people who have seen The Ritz-Carlton Course at Dove Mountain promise me it won't be the absurd trek that The Gallery Golf Club was last March. Actually, that's good news for Tiger, too, who seems wary only at the thought of walking golf, not playing it.

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[Hooked On Golf Blog] Hooked On Golf Blog » Blog Archive » Thursday & Friday Masters ...: [...] Ryan Ballengee wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerptStarting in 2008, Thursday and Friday coverage of The Masters will be on ESPN. This is good.

[GeoffShackelford.com] - GeoffShackelford.com - LPGA Tour Becomes Only Stand-Alone U.S. ...: despite the above accomplishments and a life of humility to be emulated, it saddens me that all the media exposure is MONEY on MONEY bratty, MONEY spoiled, MONEY rich MONEY kids MONEY who i couldn't care less about myself personally and IMHO is the main reason these same MONEY people MONEY see MONEY a MONEY big MONEY problem MONEY in MONEY golf MONEY today and i don't.

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