January 30, 2015

Sky Sports To End BBC's 59-Year Open Championship Run

January 30, 2015/ Geoff Shackelford

Charles Sale for the Daily Mail says Sky Sports will pay £10 million a year for UK rights and the deal is to be announced next week.

BBC will retain some sort of highlights deal. ESPN, meanwhile, is in the midst of an 8-year, $25 million-annual deal that commenced in 2010.

The 2015 Open Championship at St. Andrews will be the BBC's final broadcast.

Geoff Shackelford

Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning Drive, is co-host of The Ringer's ShackHouse is the author of eleven books.