Forward Press: Q&A With Packer, Fox Returns, BMW PGA, Dean & Deluca, Another Senior Major!
/Whew, busy week!
In this week's Forward Press, I speak with Brandt Packer, who is picking up some plum assignments producing big time golf. He is overseeing Golf Channel's two weeks of NCAA golf as well as the Rio Games golf coverage.
Also this week is Fox's return to televising USGA golf, and the programming execs showed their continued passion for the game by scheduling a U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship live window--no weather issues--that left viewers with four quarterfinal matches at one 1-up through 15, 1-up through 13, AS thru 11 and 2-up through 10. That's 2.5 hours of golf with no plans to show the conclusion of matches. #usgaonfox #12years
Meanwhile over in the UK, the defection of three big stars isn't helping the BMW PGA at Wentworth, though something tells me it won't be a dull week.