Local Sports

PGA Tour To Stream Entirety of The Players Championship

The PGA Tour is expanding its live video coverage of The Players Championship as far as it can go — every shot by every player in every round.

 

In a first for golf, and most likely the first step toward video access to every player at every tournament, The Players Championship will offer live streaming of all 144 players in the field.

Coverage will be available to “PGA Tour Live” subscribers on NBC Sports Gold or Amazon’s Prime Video channels.

 

The ambitious production will require about 120 cameras — some stationary, some hand-held and others part of the NBC Sports Group broadcast — to show shots that for the opening two rounds start at about 7:40 a.m. and end some 12 hours later.

 

Augusta National had video coverage of every shot from every player at the Masters this year, though it was available through a catalog of players chosen off its website. The difference at The Players is that every shot will be accessible live.

 

It’s up to the subscribers to choose whom they want to see.

 

PGA Tour Live for the last few years has had featured groups in the morning and afternoon that have live streaming, often the biggest names in the field that have consecutive tee times to make it easy for cameras to get to them.

 

That was expanded this season, with all domestic events in the fall having featured pairings for live streaming.

 

Now it’s every player, even those who might not be seen at all during a tournament.

 

The announcement Monday comes as the PGA Tour already is talking to media companies about a new television deal. The current arrangement ends after 2021, and consumption habits are changing rapidly.

Townhall Top of the Hour News

Local Weather - Sponsored By:

CLINTON WEATHER

Local News

DeWittDN on Facebook