PJ87
Journeyman Pro
I get a feeling that there is going to be a few issues between golf (especially the European Tour) and Sky over the coming years.
The secret to making money out of golf coverage appears to be the exclusivity of the majors and, to a certain extent, the Ryder Cup. When Sky put together a dedicated golf channel, they had this but now they have lost a few and others look less certain, it remains to be seen whether Sky's involvement in golf remains a big enough money maker.
The timing of US events and the fields playing makes it a bit of a draw but the same cannot be said for European Events.
Perhaps this is the first sign of this or maybe it is me reading too much into it.
Sky golf is one of my bug bears. They try to sell it as the place for all golf, yet almost as soon as they launched it they lost the PGA. Plus they charge £18 pm for it.. yet you can get sky football for £18 pm.: of course they price it so you can just get the lot for the price of one and a half channels but they should price them better
Sky golf for £5 a month would seem more affordable for those without sky sports who just want golf and aren’t interested in football or F1 etc
Considering how much money sky throw at those 2 it’s golf that helps prop them up at the same time whilst seeing its funding cut in a way
Just annoying