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  • Ten Sports to air Dunhill Links golf tourney

    MUMBAI: Golf tourney Dunhill Links Championship will air on Ten Sports.
     
     

    The tournament kicks off tomorow 29 September. The Dunhill Links Championship is played over three different courses – The Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarn – and is considered a ‘celebration of links golf’. The tournament is played on a pro-am format.

    At least two Indian professional golfers – Jyoti Randhawa and Amandeep Johl – and former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev are expected to participate in the tournament, which offers a purse of $5 million.
     
     

    The Scottish galleries will be in full voice as local hero Stephen Gallacher will try and defend his title. Ireland’s Padraig Harrington, winner in 2002; Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke, Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie and Paul Lawrie, winner in 2001, and England’s Lee Westwood, winner in 2003, Ian Poulter, Denmark’s Thomas Björn, Australia’s Nick O’Hern and David Howell will all be battling for one of the biggest prizes on the European Tour.

    The golfers will share centre stage with personalities from the world of entertainment including actor Michael Douglas, actor Hugh Grant, Jodie Kidd and Tico Torres. This mix gives the championship its unique character. Also present will be a who’s who of sports stars for whom golf is a passion, including England’s cricket captain Michael Vaughan, Andrew Strauss, Ian Botham and Steve Waugh, tennis ace Boris Becker, soccer greats Sir Bobby Charlton and Johan Cruyff and former Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell.
     

  • ESS secures multi-year rights for US Open golf tourney

    ESS secures multi-year rights for US Open golf tourney

    MUMBAI: Hot on the heels of acquiring the rights to next month’s Asia Cricket Cup, ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has announced that it has renewed the multi-year cable and satellite rights for the US Open Golf Championships.

    Other golf tourneys that already air on the network include the Augusta Masters, the Open Championships, the World Golf Championships (WGC) as well as the Grand Slam of Golf.

    The new five-year United States Golf Association (USGA) broadcast package also includes live coverage of the US Senior Open Championships, the US Women’s Open Championship and the US Amateur Championships.

    ESS MD Rik Dovey said, “This is part of the network’s ongoing effort to deliver top-flight must-see programming to viewers across Asia. Golf’s popularity is on the rise and golf enthusiasts in Asia want their fill of the best the sport has to offer.

    “Asia’s growing interest in the sport can also be attributed to the star power of the players – viewers are more knowledgeable about the game, the players as well as all the off-the-fairway news and happenings surrounding the sport.

    “It has been refreshing to see Asian golfers such as Shigeki Maruyama (Japan), KJ Choi (Korea), Arjun Atwal (India) and Chang Lian-wei (China) showing themselves to be strong contenders on the international golfing stage. The presence and the success of these Asian sporting talents have a direct correlation to the viewership of the sport on our network. This is helped by the fact that our live golf programming is without a doubt the most expansive in the region.”

    On the ad front the broadcaster has stated that it is seeing signs of continued upward growth. It has claimed that sponsorship and spot rate packages for all its major golf programming are completely selling out. Broadcast partners include Rolex and Mission Hills

    All four rounds of the 104th US Open Championships are airing in over 128 million homes on ESPN.

  • McDowell’s golf tourney in Bangalore next month

    BANGALORE: McDowell’s Signature from the UB Group Spirits Division has announced the upcoming celebrity golf tournament in the garden city on 14 September.

    The McDowell’s Signature Celebrity Golf Tournament will see participants from the worlds of sports, commerce and entertainment. President -UB Group Spirits Division Vijay Rekhi was quoted in an official release as saying, “The brand has been actively associated with golf, and will continue to do so. The brand continues to reach out to its discerning consumers through premium lifestyle events such as this, also keeping in mind a noble cause, the Champs Foundation.”

    Over 25 celebrities are expected to participate in the event including Max’s brand ambassador Kapil Dev. The Champs Foundation is a charity organisation, which has done a lot of productive work for needy sports persons.