Ziggo Sport offers golf fans a wide selection this year. The sports channel has secured exclusive three-year broadcast rights to all European DP World Tour tournaments, including the Dutch Open (25-28 May). All American PGA Tour tournaments are also streamed live. The four Majors can also be seen live on Ziggo Sport. Apart from that, there are also pictures of the Asian Tour and women on the LPGA Tour. The highlight will be the battle for the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome at the end of September.
Ziggo Sport will this year all forty American tournaments PGA Tour broadcast live, including:
- February 6-12 – WM Phoenix Open (Scottsdale, Arizona)
- February 16-19 – The Genesis Invitational (Pacific Pallisades, California)
- March 2-5 – Arnold Palmer Invitation (Orlando, Florida)
- March 9-12 – PLAYERS Championship (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida)
- March 22-26 – World Golf Championship Game (Austin, Texas)
- June 1-4 – Memorial Tournament (Dublin, Ohio)
- August 10-13 – FedEx St. Championships Jude (Memphis, Tennessee)
- August 17-20 – BMW Championship (Olympia Fields, Illinois)
- August 24-27 – TOUR Championship (Atlanta, Georgia)
In addition, Ziggo Sport is also broadcasting DP World Tour – the official name of the European Tour – includes the Genesis Scottish Open (13-16 July), Horizon Irish Open (7-10 September), the BMW PGA Championship (14-17 September) and the closing DP World Tour Championship (16-19 November).
Netherlands Open
He Netherlands Open was part of the DP World Tour. The championship is one of the oldest on the European Tour and will be played for the third year in a row at Bernardus Golf at Cromvoirt in Brabant. The 103rd edition of the Dutch Open will take place from 25 to 28 May 2023. Ziggo Sport will be broadcasting the Dutch Open live and will be present at Bernardus with a team of golf reporters and analysts.
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The ‘Majors’ – the four most important annual golf tournaments of the year – can be viewed live on Ziggo Sport:
- April 6-9 – The Masters (Augusta, Georgia)
- May 18-21 – PGA Championship (Rochester, New York)
- June 15-18 – US Open (Los Angeles, California)
- July 20-23 – Open (Hoylake/Liverpool, England)
Ziggo Golf Sports
Marcel Beerthuizen, managing director of Ziggo Sport: “Golf is an important sport in the Ziggo Sport portfolio, where we even created our own channel: Ziggo Sport Golf. I’m glad we managed to let golf fans enjoy the best players and the most beautiful tournaments in the world. The highlight is the Ryder Cup which will be played in Rome this year. We are very concerned about the contribution of the Netherlands, including during the Dutch Open. We are also working with the Dutch Golf Federation to promote this sport.”
Experienced commentator
All golf reports in progress Ziggo Golf Sports and – depending on other live sports broadcasts – possibly also on Ziggo Sport (channel 14) and Ziggo Sport Select.
Comments came from experienced staff such as Jan Kees van der Velden (former editor-in-chief of Golfers Magazine), Daan Slooter (Dutch Open tournament director), Inder van Weerelt (former Dutch champion and European Tour player), Gerard Louter (featured writer Golf.nl) , John Woof (Golf of the Year 1986) and Robert-Jan Derksen (winner of two tournaments on the European Tour).
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