TSN tees up

It's golf, golf, golf at TSN this year with the specialty net devoting more than 500 hours of coverage to the game in 2006. The season gets underway tomorrow with all four rounds of the Mercedes Championships. Highlights include TSN and CTV once again teaming up for the Bell Canadian Open - the only Canadian stop on the PGA Tour - and available in HD for the second year running. There will also be all four Majors - the British Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, and the first two rounds of the Masters, as well as three Senior Majors and two Women's Majors, the made-for-TV TELUS Skins Game, and the biennial team tourney, the Ryder Cup. TSN extensive golf coverage continues to draw steady viewership growth. In 2005, TSN attracted an average audience of 174,000 viewers for its golf coverage - an 11% increase over 2004. (Nielsen Media Research; All audience figures 2+).
By Staff 
January 5, 2006

It’s golf, golf, golf at TSN this year with the specialty net devoting more than 500 hours of coverage to the game in 2006. The season gets underway tomorrow with all four rounds of the Mercedes Championships. Highlights include TSN and CTV once again teaming up for the Bell Canadian Open – the only Canadian stop on the PGA Tour – and available in HD for the second year running. There will also be all four Majors – the British Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, and the first two rounds of the Masters, as well as three Senior Majors and two Women’s Majors, the made-for-TV TELUS Skins Game, and the biennial team tourney, the Ryder Cup. TSN extensive golf coverage continues to draw steady viewership growth. In 2005, TSN attracted an average audience of 174,000 viewers for its golf coverage – an 11% increase over 2004. (Nielsen Media Research; All audience figures 2+).