Golf Channel LPGA Tour Season begins Friday

Golf Channel LPGA Tour Season begins Friday

Golf Channel’s coverage of the 2011 LPGA Tour season is the most anticipated in the network’s history and will feature full coverage of the first two major championships of the year and shot-by-shot coverage of the The Solheim Cup, one of the biggest Newest Official World Golf Ranking events in women’s sports. The network’s coverage of the 2011 LPGA Tour season will kick off today with Honda LPGA Thailand at 12:30 p.m. ET.In total, Golf Channel will broadcast 22 LPGA Tour events – 12 domestic and 10 international. Twelve of the 14 events in North America will be televised live. Golf Channel will program coverage of the remaining seven international events – most originating from Asia – at optimal viewing times. The Solheim Cup will air live.

Golf Channel is entering the second year of a 10-year partnership with the LPGA Tour as the exclusive cable home. In 2010, the network introduced and featured several unique production elements to enhance the telecasts and showcase the personalities of LPGA Tour players, most notably fitting players with microphones during competition. “Mic’d Up” now also is featured on PGA TOUR telecasts.